Tag Archives: Assam

Guwahati: The Assam government continued to hand over financial assistance to the kin of the victims of the Pahalgam terror attack, with state minister Bimal Borah visiting the residences of two bereaved families in Karnataka on Sunday. The state government is providing assistance of Rs 5 lakh each to the …

Court also ordered convicts to pay a compensation of Rs 8 lakh to the victim’s family. (Representational) Dibrugarh: A court in Assam’s Charaideo district on Monday sentenced 23 people to life imprisonment on Monday for killing a woman on suspicion of practising witchcraft 13 years ago. Charaideo District and Sessions …

Dima Hasao, Assam: At least three suspected NSCN (National Socialist Council of Nagaland) cadres, who entered Assam allegedly to extort money from the National Highways Authority of India, were killed in an encounter with security forces in Dima Hasao district on Tuesday. The entire operation took around 60 hours. The …

Guwahati: At least 19 people have been arrested in three states in the northeast over remarks on the terror attack in Pahalgam, which claimed 26 lives, including those of a Navy officer and an officer from the Intelligence Bureau. The people who have been arrested in Assam, Meghalaya and Tripura …

Dibrugarh: A man suspected of stealing goats was lynched by a mob in Assam’s Dibrugarh on Monday morning, said the police. Another man was critically injured during the attack. According to police, the incident took place around 10:30 am in the Hatigarh Bokpara Division of Bokul Tea Estate. Locals spotted …

New Delhi: Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB) has declared the results of the HSLC or Class 10 exam today. Around  63.98 per cent students qualified the exam. Boys have performed better in the exam with an overall pass percentage of 67.59 per cent, whereas for girls the pass percentage is …

Guwahati: An Assistant Professor at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Assam’s Silchar was arrested on Friday for allegedly sexually harassing a female student, police said.  Cachar Superintendent of Police (SP) Numal Mahatta said Dr Koteswara Raju Dhenukonda, who has been suspended by the institute, was arrested from the …

The arrest of Congress’ Assam unit spokesperson, Reetam Singh, over a social media post has teed off a fresh war of words between the grand old party and the ruling BJP.  Reetam Singh was on Saturday arrested for a social media post enquiring about the status of cases registered against …