Assam Bharatiya Janata Party President Ranjit Dass on Friday said that only after the two-phase Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) Polls in December a decision can be taken about the much speculated end of its alliance with the Bodoland People's Front (BPF).
In a shocking revelation, three of the four accused who attacked Asomiya Pratidin's journalist Milan Mahanta were granted interim pre-arrest bail. The order issued on November 18 by the Gauhati High Court before Justice Ajit Borthakur read, petitioners (the accused here) Abani Thakuria, Sanjay Thakuria and Biswajit Das prayed for granting pre-arrest bail, apprehending arrest in connection with Palashbari P.S. Case No. 515/2020 under Sections 341/324/325/392/34 of the IPC.
A proud moment for Assam as six journalists received the Laadli Media and Advertising Award for Gender Sensitivity 2020 (Eastern). Journalists Diganta Sarma, Rini Barman, Farhana Ahmed, Alakananda Sreekumari Kakoti, Chitralekha Baruah and Reetu Gogoi bagged the award.
The Gandhi Mandap, the Rope Way Terminal buildings on both South and North bank of Brahmaputra have turned blue on Friday evening (November 20) on the occasion of World Children's Day.
In a recent update, the Union Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on Thursday made a declaration that the roads connecting National Highway – 715 in Majuli as NH715K under National Highways Act, 1956.
The Uttar Pradesh government has now sent a proposal to bring in a strict law against 'Love Jihad' in the state, reported news agency ANI. The Yogi Adiyanath led Home Department has sent a proposal to the Department of Law for the same.
In connection to the hit-and-run death of Pratidin Time's journalist Parag Bhuyan, the Crime Investigation Department (CID) has said that the investigation is underway and is progressing in the right direction under the strict directions of Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
A bunch of journalists, litterateurs, senior citizens, critics, artists of Assam have condemned the arrests of the artists for painting a graffiti of the peasant leader Akhil Gogoi on Thursday. The graffiti was made on the walls of the flyover near Games Villages in National Highway.
Prime accused in the major SI recruitment exam scam of Assam Police, Kumud Kalita has been arrested by CID on Thursday night from Sualkuchi. It has been alleged that Kalita charged huge amounts of money from the candidates in the name of giving jobs. Kalita was absconding for two months and got arrested yesterday night.
The national capital recorded a minimum of 7.5 degrees Celsius on Friday, the lowest in the month of November in 14 years, according to the India Meteorological Department.
The Gauhati High Court (GHC) on Friday rejected the bail plea of the five accused in the SI recruitment exam scam. The one judge bench of Justice Rumi Kumari Phukan has rejected the bail plea of Sandeep Sarma, Kushal Das, Devraj Das, Tarinikanta Banikya and Ankujit Baruah. All the five were arrested by CID and Crime Branch.
Vistara Airlines has started operating flights between Delhi and Doha under an air bubble arrangement between India and Qatar, the airlines said on Friday. A statement issued by the airlines said that the inaugural flight departed on Thursday from Delhi at 8 pm and landed in Doha at 9.45 pm (local time).
For the very first time, Hon'ble Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal's Twitter account has been taken over by an 18-year old girl Vandana Urang in a symbolic gesture to support children's empowerment and participation on the occasion of World Children's Day. Vandana Urang, who hails from the Namroop Tea Estate in Dibrugarh has taken over the CM's Twitter account and operated between 9 – 11 am on Friday and shared her opinion on #Reimagining Education in Assam, in a post-pandemic world.
Fourteen people, including six children, of a wedding party, were killed and few others injured when the vehicle they were travelling in collided with a parked truck in Pratapgarh district of Uttar Pradesh late on Thursday night, officials said. The accident took place at a spot on the Prayagraj-Lucknow highway under Manikpur police station of the district, police said.
Former Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi's health condition has not shown signs of improvement. He was admitted to the Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on November 1 after his health deteriorated. Although it has been reiterated that Gogoi's health deteriorated since Wednesday, doctors at GMCH said that he is now stable. "He is drowsy. Not talking much but he is communicating through signs and hand gestures," said doctors adding that he is stable but the next few hours are critical.
