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Silchar: The Barak Upatyaka Banga Sahitya O Sanskriti Sammelan on Sunday protested the alleged exclusion of Bengali from Assam University’s digital library project and demanded its immediate inclusion, warning that the move could hurt linguistic sentiments in the Bengali-dominated region.Sammelan spokesperson Gautam Prasad Dutta said omitting Bengali ignored the region’s demographic character, linguistic history and…

The accused Avijit Kindo (L) had booked two rooms at the hotel on Saturday evening, (R)(AI Image) RANGIA: A woman was found dead with injury marks on her throat in a hotel near Rangia railway station in Assam’s Kamrup district on Sunday, a police officer said.A man who had booked the hotel room and was…

Dibrugarh: A two-day conference of Assam’s district commissioners began in Jorhat on Sunday, with CM Himanta Biswa Sarma chairing discussions on district administration and implementation of govt programmes.The conference is being attended by district commissioners across the state, chief secretary Ravi Kota and cabinet ministers.Discussions are expected to be held on focusing on improving coordination…

CM, Forest min Laud Conservation EffortGuwahati: Assam’s pygmy hog population has increased from six in 1996 to 194, marking a major conservation success for one of the world’s smallest and rarest wild pig species, state forest and environment minister Jayanta Mallabaruah said.Wading in on the remarkable conservation effort, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, too, described it…

Dibrugarh: Following a joint operation by Moranhat police and 20 Assam Rifles on Saturday, two men were arrested in Charaideo for allegedly extorting money from residents in the name of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (Ulfa-I), officials said.Led by the deputy superintendents of police (headquarters and security) of Charaideo, the duo, Mohd Abdul…

Veteran Congress politician and former Nagaland chief minister SC Jamir at a press conference in Dimapur Dimapur: Veteran Congress politician and former Nagaland chief minister SC Jamir met RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat, urging him to pressure the Centre to close peace negotiations and sign a final agreement with all Naga underground factions to resolve the…

Shillong: The special investigation team (SIT) of Meghalaya Police on Saturday arrested another Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) functionary in connection with the violence and vandalism during the students’ union’s protest bike rally in Shillong on August 19.Banjop Dkhar, president of KSU’s Shillong Mihngi Circle, is the sixth student leader to have been arrested.KSU president Raymond…

The network is suspected of facilitating banking fraud, fraudulent ATM withdrawals and online betting Dibrugarh: Tinsukia police arrested 11 youths for their alleged involvement in a cybercrime network suspected of facilitating banking fraud, fraudulent ATM withdrawals and online betting.The arrests came on Friday following coordinated raids at several locations based on specific information and technical…

The younger boy, who accompanied the victim, escaped by climbing a tree Dibrugarh: A leopard critically injured a 12-year-old boy who had gone to collect vegetable fern near Nagabari village in Dibrugarh’s Khowang area on Saturday afternoon.The boy, identified as Pulak Gogoi, was first taken to a primary health centre and later shifted to Assam…

A mobile phone and documents suspected to contain details of the network’s financial activities were seized Dhubri: A man was arrested on Friday night for his alleged involvement in a hawala and money-transfer network linked to cross-border cattle smuggling.The accused, identified as Abul Chand of Dhubri, was allegedly involved in illegal financial transactions. Police recovered…