ASSAM

Security measures tightened in Assam, Sec 144 Cr PC in Guwahati ahead of final NRC

11:09 pm August 29, 2019

Guwahati: Security measures have been tightened across Assam and prohibitory orders under 144 Cr PC have been clamped on Thursday in vulnerable areas of the state, including in the capital city ahead of the publication of the final NRC, which is touted as the proof of Assamese identity, police officials said. The final NRC list, […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Muslims cremate Hindu friend in Assam village

9:51 pm August 25, 2019

Rangia: A group of Muslim villagers in Assam’s Kamrup district has performed the last rites of a Hindu man, who had stayed at a Muslim friend’s residence with his family for over 25 years, officials said on Sunday. Sixty-five-year-old Rajkumar Gaur used to stay at Saddam Hussain’s residence in Rangia’s Khandikar village after the death […]

Hindus trump Muslims in forging documents to find way into NRC

3:21 pm August 25, 2019

Guwahati: With the hugely contentious NRC exposing communal faultlines in Assam, it has emerged that more Hindus than Muslims forged documents to find their way into the National Register of Citizens, sources with close knowledge of the exercise said on Sunday. The final NRC list, which will identify bonafide citizens of Assam, is set to […]

Sukhoi aircraft crashes near Tezpur

11:18 pm August 8, 2019

New Delhi: A Sukhoi fighter jet of Indian Air Force crashed near Tezpur in Assam on Thursday evening, official sources said. Both pilots of the aircraft ejected safely and have been rescued, they said. The Su-30 aircraft was on a routine training mission from Tezpur and crashed in the local flying area, the sources said. […]

Bihar rain: Punpun river water level starts receding

Death toll in Bihar floods rises to 130; situation eases in Assam

11:06 pm July 30, 2019

Patna/Guwahati: Death toll in Bihar floods rose to 130 on Tuesday, but the situation improved considerably in neighbouring Assam where water levels in all the major rivers started receding and no fresh casualty reported from anywhere in the last 24 hours. Casualties remained at 86 in Assam in the current wave of deluge. Thirteen districts […]