NEW DELHI: A wagon of a goods train carrying food grains went off the tracks near MUPA in Assam‘s Maligaon on Thursday evening, disrupting train services. The derailment happened around 4 pm inside tunnel number 2 at KM /52/5.The Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO) of Northeast Frontier Railway said, “A wagon of goods train carrying…
Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan NEW DELHI: Union minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday compared the CM Hemant Soren-led Jharkhand government to cyclone Dana, claiming if voted to power it will “wreak havoc”.Chouhan, who is BJP’s Jharkhand poll in charge, called the Hemant dispensation “deadlier than Dana”.“The Hemant Soren coalition government is deadlier than ‘Dana’….
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Thursday declared all Bangladeshi migrants who entered Assam on or after Mar 25, 1971, as illegal migrants. Given the grave adverse impact they have had on the state’s culture and demography, the Union and state govts must expedite their identification, detection and deportation, SC said.A five-judge bench delivered this verdict…
The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (Afspa) has been extended in four districts of Assam for another six months, citing potential threats to internal law and order following “recent disturbances” in neighboring Bangladesh.According to a notification issued on Tuesday, the districts of Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, and Sivasagar will remain designated as “disturbed areas” under Afspa.The…
Assam CM Himanta hits out at Karnataka MLA Priyank Kharge NEW DELHI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday addressed recent criticism from Karnataka MLA Priyank Kharge and defendedsetting up of a semiconductor plant in Assam. CM Sarma said the region has become a significant center for the semiconductor industry.Responding to Kharge’s remarks on…
NEW DELHI: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday lashed out at Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren for comparing the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to “rats,” asserting that the organization consists of “Hindu lions” working to restore the glory of Sanatan dharma. The BJP accused Soren of following the pattern of George Soros and patronizing…
NEW DELHI: Former BJP MP and party in-charge for Assam, Harish Dwivedi, made a controversial claim on Thursday, alleging that a specific community was waging a ‘jihad’ by producing more children to gain control of the country’s political system and impose their religious beliefs. He said that the government was taking serious measures to address…
NEW DELHI: The eviction drive in Assam turned violent on Thursday as a mob clashed with the police, which to push back the protestors, resorted to lathi charge and opened fire — leading to the death of two people. Assam Police was carrying out the drive to evict alleged encroachers in the Kamrup (Metropolitan) district…
GUWAHATI: A young singer from Assam‘s Dhubri district was taken into custody Saturday for allegedly inciting hostility against the state’s ethnic communities through his song..The lyrics by Altap Hussain bear resemblance to a Bangladeshi protest song “desh ta tomar baaper naki” (is the country owned by your father?). The viral song has attracted criticism from…
NEW DELHI: The Assam assembly on Friday decided to discontinue the practice of giving “two hours” of Jumma break to Muslim MLAs.Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma hailed the decision by the assembly, saying it has “prioritised productivity” and has shed the “colonial baggage“.“By doing away with the 2 hour Jumma break, Assam assembly has prioritised…
