The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday (December 16, 2024) arrested an alleged operative of the banned terrorist outfit, ULFA (I), on the charge of planting improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Guwahati during the Independence Day celebrations this year. “NIA teams, with the active support of Assam Police, carried out searches at the house of […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed five more chargesheets in five cases against 18 accused in connection with the “unregulated deposit scam” in Assam. The chargesheets have been filed in a special Guwahati court. “These cases are being investigated by CBI Guwahati. These are apart from four chargesheets filed by the CBI Delhi, […]
GUWAHATI The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday (December 17, 2024) quashed the Assam government’s December 2023 standard operating procedure (SOP) allowing the traditional buffalo and bulbul bird fights during the mid-January Magh or Bhogali Bihu. The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India, an animal rights group, had petitioned against the SOP. The […]
An Assam Congress leader died on Wednesday (December 18, 2024) after police fired tear gas shells at protesters during a ‘Raj Bhavan Chalo’ programme in Guwahati. Mridul Islam, an advocate by profession, was the secretary of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee’s (APCC) legal cell, and a resident of Boko in southwestern Assam. He collapsed after […]
GUWAHATI A team of wildlife conservationists tagged the almost-blind Ganges river dolphin for the first time. A healthy male river dolphin from Kulsi, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, was tagged and released under veterinary care. An initiative of the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, it was executed by the Wildlife Institute of India […]
GUWAHATI The Assam Police Special Task Force (STF) arrested eight members of a “global terror group”, the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), in simultaneous operations across three States on the intervening night of December 17 and 18. The ABT is an affiliate of al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent. One of the eight, identified as Mohammed Sad […]
After years of talks with stakeholders and community representatives, the Assam government has reconstituted a Committee of Group of Ministers to look into the demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status of six of the State’s ethnic groups, namely the Chutiya, Koch-Rajbongshi, Matak, Moran, Tai-Ahom and ‘Tea Tribe’ communities. These communities have long been demanding ST […]
The 4th Kokrajhar Literary Festival will begin on February 1 at the Bodofa Cultural Complex in Assam’s Kokrajhar district. The three-day event will focus on promoting cultural connections and peace through literature. The festival will feature over 60 national and nine international guests, alongside more than 100 local participants. It will include panel discussions, poetry […]
GUWAHATI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday (December 19, 2024) that no demonstrations would be permitted near the Governor’s house in Guwahati. He announced this a day after a Congress leader died allegedly due to excessive tear gas shelling during the party’s ‘Raj Bhavan Chalo’ stir. “The institution of the Governor stands […]
The North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) has hailed the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)‘s recognition of tea from the plant Camellia sinensis as a healthy beverage. On December 19, the FDA issued a final rule to update the “healthy” nutrient content claim to help consumers identify foods that are particularly useful as the foundation of […]
