This was announced by Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in a social media post, where he said, “Lakhipur Police of Goalpara district has arrested the following individuals for allegedly throwing beef near a temple in a deliberate attempt to incite communal tension post Eid-ul-Zuha.”
While the counting of the paper ballots for panchayat polls across 27 districts of the state started on Sunday morning and continued through the day on Monday, by 8:00 pm on Sunday, the state election commission had published the results of just 430 of 2,192 anchalik panchayat seats.
Almost three weeks after he was arrested by Assam Police in connection with alleged malpractices in Class XII CBSE exams, University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) Chancellor Mahbubul Hoque was arrested again Wednesday in another case in another district. The FIR in Sonitpur is the sixth such report against Hoque across five different districts […]
The golden langur is an endangered species endemic to Western Assam and Bhutan. According to a population estimate released last year, there are 7,396 golden langurs in India, of which officials say 500-600 are in the Kakoijana Reserve Forest.
The population includes 3,044 adults, 1,042 sub-adults, 717 juveniles and 1,025 calves. The estimation was conducted in all 43 forest divisions in Assam.
Consumption of beef is not illegal in Assam, but The Assam Cattle Preservation Act of 2021 bans cattle slaughter and sale of beef in areas where Hindus, Jains and Sikhs are in majority and within a five-km radius of a temple or satra (Vaishnavite monastery).
Assam Director General of Police G P Singh said that the Officer in Charge of Panbazar police station Inspector Bhargav Borbora has been placed under suspension with immediate effect
Bandh supporters, however, exempted school buses, vehicles carrying students to attend examinations, and those of the emergency services from the purview of the shutdown.
Along with distribution of the SHC, agricultural machinery was handed over to farmers and agriculture knowledge centres were inaugurated by the chief minister in the presence of Agriculture minister Atul Bora.
The arrest followed a suo motu FIR on August 30 under Section 299 (deliberate and malicious acts intended to outrage religious feelings of any class) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The singer has been remanded in police custody.
A total of 9,35,682 people, who had submitted their biometrics during the NRC process between February 2014 and October 2014, found their biometrics frozen and have been caught in a bureaucratic tangle since then, unable to access Aadhaar cards.
Avinash’s tragedy has shaken a state where children account for a significant number of deaths caused by the floods. Among 34 people who have died in flood-related incidents in the state since June 29, 12 are children.
Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Hindus did not indulge in communalism and voted on merit white the minority community gave its 100 per cent votes to the Congress in Lok Sabha elections 2024.
According to CWC's bulletin, the Buridehing River continues to flow above the normal situation, registering a water level of 133.54 metres as of 11 am on Monday.
Priyanka Gandhi claimed that PM Modi was far away from the reality of the common people and had no understanding of their miseries as he had become egoistic.
NIA team reaches Malda to investigate gherao of judicial officers engaged in SIR
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NIA officials, led by DIG, arrived in Malda to investigate the harassment of seven judicial officers. They were accompanied by 60 Army jawans and NIA IG Sonia Singh also landed in Kolkata. The incident occurred when judicial officers were held hostage by protesting residents. The SC transferred the probe to NIA and the team visited the BDO office and Mothabari police station for evidence.
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