Assam CM Sonowal writes to I&B Minister Javadekar for retaining AIR and DD, Dibrugarh’s status
Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has written a letter to Union Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar raising the issue of Prasar Bharati’s directives for reassigning All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan Kendra (DDK) in Dibrugarh as relay centres only, curtailing their capacity to produce own programmes while they would only broadcast/telecast AIR and DDK, Guwahati’s programmes.
AIUDF chief says Modi-government is anti-Muslim, Assam BJP hits back
Guwahati/IBNS: All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief and Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal said that, the Modi-government is an anti-Muslim and anti-national government.
Properties worth Rs 30 lakh gutted in fire incident in Assam’s Sivasagar
Guwahati/IBNS: A massive fire in Assam’s Sivasagar district gutted several houses, shops and caused losses of over Rs 30 lakh.
Police recover huge cache of illegal arms in Assam’s Kokrajhar
Guwahati: Ahead of the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections, police have recovered huge cache of illegal arms in Assam’s Kokrajhar district.
West Bengal police arrest most wanted drugs mafia from Assam’s Karimganj district
Guwahati: West Bengal police arrested a most wanted drugs mafia from Assam’s Karimganj district.
Assam CM inaugurates newly constructed building of district Museum at Dibrugarh
GuwahatiIBNS: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday inaugurated the newly constructed building of District Museum, Dibrugarh thereby providing a permanent infrastructure with modern facilities for research, collection of artefacts and their preservation which was a long felt need in the Upper Assam region of the state.
Amid row over 'Love Jihad', couples in Assam have to declare religion, income before marriage
Guwahati/IBNS: Amid row over laws against alleged religious conversions due to marriage or 'Love Jihad', Assam government is mulling a law that would require the bride and the groom to declare their income and religion a month before their marriage.
Sarbananda Sonowal lays foundation stone of cricket stadium in Assam's Majuli district
Guwahati/IBNS: In a significant step in strengthening the sports infrastructure of Majuli and bringing the island district in the cricket map of the nation, Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal laid the foundation for a cricket ground along with a pavilion at Kamalabari in Majuli on Monday.
Assam: Three people killed in bus-oil tanker collision
Guwahati/IBNS: At least three people were killed and few others injured following a head on collision between a passenger bus and an oil tanker in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Monday.
BJP tries to get support from indigenous Muslims ahead of Assam assembly polls
Guwahati/IBNS : Keeping in view of the assembly poll in Assam which is scheduled in 2021, the Assam state BJP is making strategy to get support from the indigenous Muslim people in the state.
Police arrest self-styled general secretary of PDCK in Assam’s Karbi Anglong, arms recovered
Guwahati/IBNS: One self-styled general secretary of the People’s Democratic Council of Karbi Longri (PDCK) was arrested by police in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Thursday evening.
Central team visits Assam to assess the flood-landslide damages of the state
Guwahati/IBNS: A high level Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) comprising seven members from different Ministries of the union government visited various districts of Assam for on-spot assessment of the flood/landslide damages during the current year from Nov 23 to Nov 25.
Assam: Elephant calf die after hit by railway engine
Guwahati/IBNS: An elephant calf died after the calf was hit by a railway engine at Mariani area in Assam’s Jorhat district.
Six people of a marriage party killed in Assam accident
Guwahati/IBNS: At least six people of a marriage party were killed in a road accident in Assam’s Dibrugarh district on Thursday.
Rahul Gandhi likely to attend Tarun Gogoi's last rites: APCC
Guwahati/IBNS: The last rites of former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will be performed on November 26 in Guwahati and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is likely to attend the funeral service, said a senior Congress leader.