NEW DELHI: THE National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has held four cases of encounters in Assam as fake and has directed the Assam government and the Defence Ministry to pay a total of Rs.30 lakh as relief to the families of six victims. The NHRC found four cases of encounters carriedContinue Reading
Sarbananda Sonowal will form the first BJP government of Assam on May 24Continue Reading
Kerala tops the list of MLAs with criminal recordsContinue Reading
Guwahati: The Centre has recognised that Congress-ruled Assam has done better than any other state in the country to e-enable its panchayati raj institutions through the use of information technology. The development, the ruling party claimed, debunked the BJP’s “misinformation” campaign that Dispur had done nothing for rural development. PrimeContinue Reading
Tezpur — Epilepsy is posing a major threat to the State as it is carrying a huge burden of 3 lakhs epilepsy patients, as per a study by Guwahati-based GNRC Hospitals. The study further reveals that Sonitpur district alone has a huge epileptic population of 14, 445. The study hasContinue Reading
In Tripura, the number of cases have increased from 567 cases in 2007 to 951 in 2011Continue Reading
New Delhi: Reiterating its early observation, the Supreme Court-appointed one-man Upamanyu Hazarika Commission has reported that there is an established institutionalised mechanism that enables a Bangladeshi national to freely come into the country, acquire citizenship and voting rights here and a large scale racket of fake certificates is involved. In hisContinue Reading
Biju Kalita doubled his income within a few yearsContinue Reading
Guwahati: About 20 people were missing after a boat carrying about 200 people capsized in a river in Assam`s Kamrup district on Monday. Locals said the boat, going from Hatikhola to Gomi over the Kalahi river, developed a snag at Sampupara near Chaigaon and overturned after hitting some object. TheyContinue Reading
