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Kidnapped ONGC employee set free by ULFA(I) militants; CM welcomes release

3:42 pm May 22, 2021

Guwahati: Responding to an appeal from Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the banned ULFA (I) outfit on Saturday freed ONGC employee Ritul Saikia kidnapped by them over a month back. Saikia, kidnapped on April 21, was released by the United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) militants near the Myanmar border in Longwa village of Mon district in Nagaland this morning, a top official at Assam Police headquarters told PTI. The new chief minister of Assam, […]

Covid cases: Deaths in Assam touch record highs

11:41 pm May 17, 2021

Guwahati: Assam reported a record 92 deaths due to COVID-19 on Monday, while the number of COVID-19 cases registered an all-time high of 6,394 persons, pushing the total number of infections to 3,35,023, the National Health Mission (NHM) said. With 26 persons in Kamrup Metropolitan, 11 in Kamrup, seven in Sonitpur, six in Darrang, five each in Cachar, Dibrugarh and Tinsukia, three each in Barpeta, Nagaon, Nalbari and Sivasagar, two […]

Congress will not let CAA be implemented if voted to power in Assam: Rahul

6:43 pm February 14, 2021

Sivasagar: Accusing the BJP and the RSS of ”dividing” Assam, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said his party will protect every principle of the Assam Accord and will not let the Citizenship (Amendment) Act be implemented if voted to power in the upcoming assembly polls. Sounding the Congress’ poll bugle in the state, Gandhi […]

PM to launch programme to allot ‘patta’ to over 1 lakh indigenous people in Assam

4:09 pm January 21, 2021

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will launch a special programme of the Assam government to distribute land ‘patta’ or land allotment certificates to over one lakh landless indigenous people. This is for the first time since independence that such a large number of people will be given ‘patta’ in Assam in one go. ”The prime minister will formally […]

Man arrested in Assam for trying to ‘sacrifice’ child for ‘hidden treasure’

11:27 pm November 15, 2020

Sivasagar: A person was arrested in Assam‘s Sivasagar district on Sunday for allegedly trying to sacrifice his child in order to get a hidden treasure in his backyard as per the advice of a sorcerer, police said. The gruesome incident came to light when neighbours sensed something fishy in the house of the accused at […]

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