Minority community in Assam showered Congress with votes despite BJP’s development works: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma | North East India News

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said Hindus do not indulge in communalism in the state and accused the minority community of voting for the Congress in large numbers in Lok Sabha elections 2024 despite the development work done by his BJP government. “I proudly say that the Hindu community in Assam did…

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NIA files chargesheet against 4 ULFA (I) cadres in connection with grenade attack on Assam Army station | North East India News

2 min readAgartalaJun 26, 2024 09:13 AM IST The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Tuesday filed a chargesheet against four accused in the attack on a military station in Assam in December last year, which was later claimed by the Paresh Baruah-led United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-I). Two motorcycle-bome cadres of the proscribed outfit…

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Day after Assam cops said 3 militants killed, families cite video to claim fake encounter | North East India News

5 min readGuwahatiUpdated: Jul 19, 2024 08:00 AM IST The families of three men, who were accused of being Hmar militants and were killed by the Assam police on Wednesday morning, have raised questions on the circumstances surrounding their death, citing a video which purportedly shows them being apprehended from an autorickshaw a day earlier….

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‘Promise fulfilled’: Himanta Biswa Sarma presents 23,959 appointment letters to teachers | North East India News

1 min readGuwahatiSep 3, 2024 03:48 AM IST Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday presented permanent appointment letters to 23,959 contractual and state pool teachers, calling it a milestone in the government’s efforts to provide more than one lakh jobs in the state. The appointment letters regularising the contractual and state pool teachers…

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‘Wounded Hindu sentiments, created divide’: FIR into arrest of Assam singer | North East India News

3 min readGuwahatiUpdated: Sep 3, 2024 08:52 AM IST Assam’s Bengali-Muslim singer Altap Hussain, who was arrested over a controversial protest song, was trying to whip up a “dispute between the Hindu and Miya communities”, the FIR registered in the case states. Altap, a 35-year-old singer from Dhubri, was arrested Saturday for protest song called…

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