ASSAM

Missing data row: FIR against former NRC official

9:32 pm February 13, 2020

Guwahati: Hours after Assam’s updated citizenship data disappeared from the website ‘nrcassam.nic.in’, an FIR was filed against a former NRC official for allegedly failing to submit the password to the sensitive document before quitting her job. Talking to PTI on Thursday, NRC state coordinator Hitesh Dev Sarma said the complaint against former NRC project officer […]

British national dies aboard cruise boat in Assam

11:43 pm January 31, 2020

Jorhat (Assam): A 76-year-old tourist from the UK died aboard a cruise boat in Assam on Friday, police said. Alastair Neil Macdonald was found dead on the ‘Charaideo’ when it was returning from a week-long tour of areas in Upper Assam. It is owned by the Assam-Bengal Navigation Company, they said. Macdonald was a part […]

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India to see Rs 4 lakh cr investment in gas infrastructure: Pradhan

7:49 pm January 23, 2020

New Delhi: India will see an investment of over Rs 4 lakh crore in development of gas supply and distribution infrastructure in the next five years as it chases the target of more than doubling the share of the environment-friendly fuel in its energy basket to 15 per cent by 2030, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan […]

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NPR dangerous game, a precursor to NRC: Mamata

3:40 pm January 20, 2020

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday appealed to her counterparts in the northeast and non-BJP states to take a note of the “clauses” mentioned in the NPR form, before participating in the exercise to update the register. Dubbing the NPR exercise as “a dangerous game”, Banerjee said the form, which seeks birth […]

CAA casts shadow over ‘Bhogali Bihu’ festival in Assam

7:53 pm January 14, 2020

Guwahati: ‘Bhogali Bihu’, a harvest festival of Assam, is likely to be a low-key affair this year as the contentious Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has cast a shadow over the celebration to be held on Wednesday. People across Assam seemed less enthusiastic about celebrating the festival as five people were killed allegedly due to police […]