Guwahati: The United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) and the BJP combine are likely to lead the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) following the two-phase elections held to the 40-member council. The elections have thrown up a fractured mandate with the ruling Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) winning only 17 seats. Led by the Hagrama Mohilary, a militant … Read more
GUWAHATI: Assam’s minorities welfare minister Ranjit Dutta has said the proposal to create a development board for the Goria, Moria, Deshi and Jolah Muslim communities could soon be sent to Cabinet for approval. People belonging to these communities are often referred to as indigenous Muslims of Assam. “After the creation of the board, a survey … Read more
Guwahati: Central forces will soon police Assam’s border with Mizoram in Cachar and Karimganj districts, chief secretary Jishnu Barua has said. Mizoram has refused to move out its police from the border after clashes between people of villages on either side of the border. “A notification for central forces is out…they would be deployed along … Read more
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal has alleged that miscreants at Lailapur border outpost abducted one of the state residents, Intazul Laskar, who died on Monday morning in a hospital in Mizoram. Sonowal has sent details of the incident to Union home minister Amit Shah. Sonowal’s colleague, environment minister Parimal Suklabaidya handed over a cheque … Read more
Guwahati | New Delhi: Union Home minister Amit Shah on Monday promised chief ministers of Assam and Mizoram to find an amicable solution to the boundary dispute, which saw violent clashes between Vairengte residents of Mizoram and Lailapur residents of Assam on Saturday night. Miscreants from the Mizo border torched houses and stalls in Assam … Read more
New Delhi: Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will on Tuesday lay the foundation stone for India’s first multi-modal logistics park in Assam to be constructed at an estimated cost of Rs 694 crore, an official statement said. The multi-modal logistic park will be developed under the ambitious Bharatmala Pariyojna. “Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways … Read more
Guwahati: Amid simmering tension on the Assam-Mizoram border after a violent clash between the people of the two states, Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal spoke to his Mizoram counterpart Zoramthanga on Sunday. Sonowal also apprised the PMO and MHA about the situation. During their talks, Sonowal and Zoramthanga laid emphasis on joint efforts to address the … Read more
CM Sarbananda Sonowal had directed the CID to probe the leak of the question paper for the recruitment of sub-inspectors to the Assam Police. File photo of SP Kumar Sanjit Krishna (Picture Courtesy: Twitter @karimganjpolice) Assam police on Thursday arrested a Superintendent of Police, who is also the brother of the state’s top bureaucrat. The … Read more
Guwahati: Pernod Ricard India Foundation and WWF India aim to conserve the Asian elephant through effective human-elephant conflict management in Assam. The project will work across 150 villages in Kamrup, Sonitpur, Biswanath, and Nagaon districts and train community members on effective situation management by developing a toolkit and forming anti-depredation squads, which would help them … Read more
SRIJANASOM, a charitable non-governmental organization has conducted a serological survey in collaboration with Medicity Guwahati group of Clinics and Diagnostics in different districts of Assam called AASHA (Assessment of Anti SARS CoV 2 Seroprevalence in Habitants of Assam). The organization stated the world is witnessing an unprecedented situation today, with over 35 million confirmed cases … Read more