Dibrugarh: The Dibrugarh district administration has issued a strong directive prohibiting the publication, printing, circulation, distribution, sale, exhibition, possession and storage of any radical or ‘jihadi’ literature, documents, materials or digital content associated with banned extremist organisations.The order was issued on May 11 by additional DM Pranjal Baruah and has been enforced under Section 98…
Guwahati: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the expansion of his five-member cabinet to a full-fledged one will take place only in the first week of June, citing the upcoming assembly session and his scheduled visit to New Delhi for consultations with the party’s central leadership.He said that portfolio allocations to the current ministers…
Guwahati: The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Guwahati zonal office has provisionally attached six immovable properties worth around Rs 6.65 crore under the provision of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with a case against a buisness firm.“The attached properties include two commercial properties in ‘Shine Towers’ located in Guwahati and two flats…
Guwahati: Congress Lok Sabha deputy leader Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday wrote to Union home minister Amit Shah over a reported incident in Nehru Place, New Delhi, where two women from Assam and Bihar were allegedly molested, assaulted and subjected to racist abuse on Sunday.According to media reports, the women were having tea outside a hotel…
Guwahati: A day after taking oath for a second consecutive term as chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, along with his cabinet colleagues, paid floral tribute to Assam’s first CM Gopinath Bordoloi at his memorial in the city on Wednesday.Sarma said his govt is committed to ensuring the security and development of the state while fulfilling…
Guwahati: Congress leader Pawan Khera on Wednesday appeared before the crime branch of the Guwahati police commissionerate in connection with a forgery and criminal case registered against him following a complaint by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma.The CM said the investigation will be completed within the stipulated time if Khera continues to…
Guwahati: Senior advocate Devajit Saikia has been appointed as advocate general of the state for another term of five years. This was announced by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in a post-cabinet meeting briefing on Wednesday.Saikia will hold the position of the advocate general for the second consecutive term. He held the position in the last…
Silchar: A youth lodged an FIR after a video showing him being humiliated went viral, alleging that the incident was actually a cover for an extortion attempt.Hibul Hossain, a resident of the Madhurbond area, filed the FIR at Silchar Sadar Police Station on Tuesday evening.Hossain alleged he was forcibly taken to a field behind a…
Guwahati: A seven-day exhibition titled ‘Bharat-Contour of Continuity’ was inaugurated at Assam Royal Global University in collaboration with the Indian Museum under the ministry of culture, Government of India, to mark International Museum Day.The initiative also commemorates 150 years of ‘Vande Mataram’ and will pay tribute to India’s heritage through a portrait of Rishi Bankim…
Guwahati: Gauhati high court judge Justice Parthivjyoti Saikia recused himself from hearing the bail petition of Shyamkanu Mahanta in Zubeen Gargdeath case, special public prosecutor (SPP) Z Kamar said on Wednesday.Mahanta moved the HC after the fast track court, which was set up for speedy trial of the Zubeen case, denied him bail on April…
