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  • Election Commissioner ’ Clean Chit To Modi, Shah: SC Refuses To Hear Assam MP Sushmita Dev Plea

    By Bhupen Goswami Guwahati : “Rightly or wrongly, decision has been made. Challenge it in court” The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to hear Congress MP Sushmita Dev’s plea seeking action against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, BJP chief Amit Shah for alleged poll code violations and asked her to file a fresh petition. As Election […]

    State level training on scientific avian farming for self employment in Mangaldai

    By Mayukh Goswami Mangaldai: Much to the delight of the youths of the State who  are deeply interested to take up scientific avian farming  on a commercial basis  for self employment and also  providing employment for few others ‘Shaan Agro Orchard’ a local  private organization successfully  dealing with  these ventures  for last couple of years  […]

    Reuters journalists jailed in Myanmar released after more than 500 days

    By Bhupen Goswami Guwahati: In a major victory for the press, India’s neighboring country Myanmar has released two Reuters journalists who had been jailed after they were convicted of breaking the Official Secrets Act. The two journalists Wa Lone, 33, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 29, were being held in Insein prison on the outskirts of […]

    12 more Rohingya victims of trafficking rescued in Mizoram

    By Bhupen Goswami Guwahati : In a major victory against human trafficking, the Mizoram police rescued 12 suspected Rohingya nationals (eight girls and four boys) trapped by traffickers from their hideout in Aizawl. The Rohingyas were rescued based on specific inputs by the Young Mizo Association (YMA). Among the 12 foreigners, some were minors who […]

    NRC Claims-Objections Hearing A Public Harassment says MLA Nuul Huda,Around 30 Lakh people Left out of NRC Final Draft

      By Bhupen Goswami Guwahati : As many as 31 lakh of the 40 lakh applicants left out of the final draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) have filed claims forms for their inclusion in the roster.Media reports quoting NRC officials said that around 31 lakh claims forms were received at various NRC […]

    China slams US naval ships sailing through disputed South China Sea

    China today protested over two US warships sailing near islands in the disputed South China Sea. Chinese officials said that it violates its sovereignty. The US guided-missile destroyers ‘Preble’ and ‘Chung Hoon’ travelled within 12 nautical miles of Gaven and Johnson Reefs in the Spratly Islands, which Beijing calls Nansha. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng […]

    Assam Congress stages protest against PM Modi’s remarks on Rajiv Gandhi

    By Bhupen Goswami Guwahati : The Assam Congress staged a protest in front of the party regional headquarters, Rajiv Bhavan at ABC, in Guwahati on Monday. The protest was against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s comment on Rajiv Gandhi alleging him of being the most corrupt leader India has ever known. Referring to the Bofors case, […]

    Muslim organization calls for 12-hour ‘Assam Bandh’ on May 8

    By Bhupen Goswami Guwahati : The Assam Muslim Autonomous Council Demand Committee has called for a state-wide bandh on May 8. This comes at a time when the Gauhati High Court has issued a blanket ban on bandhs. Some of the reasons that the organisation mentioned for calling the bandh include the Biswanath beef incident […]

    Record Tea Production In Assam But Tea prices worry industry despite

    By Bhupen Goswami Guwahati : Assam’s tea production touched a record 785.37 million kg in 2018-19 but the industry is worried that price realisation at the farm-gate level is low and in some cases does not even cover the cost of production.Assam has produced record number of tea but there is no cheer as everyone […]

    57.33% polling recorded on 14 seats of fifth phase in UP

    In Uttar Pradesh, polling on 14 seats of fifth phase competed peacefully. Overall 57.33 per cent polling was recorded which was one per cent less than the polling in 2014. Our correspondent reports that Barring some incidents of glitches in EVM overall polling was peaceful in the fifth phase. Heavy security arrangements were in place […]