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NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma countered AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi‘s remarks of India’s potential to see a “hijab-clad” daughter as the Prime Minister. He said that India is a Hindu nation and the Prime Minister of India shall always be a Hindu person.Responding to Owaisi’s remark, Sarma said, “Constitutionally, there is no…
Assam is on a mission to empower women through self-employment, with the government allocating Rs 10,000 seed capital to over 1.5 million women via the MMUA initiative. This ambitious program aims to cultivate 4 million ‘Lakhpati Baideos’ in time for the upcoming elections, invigorating rural economies and fostering female entrepreneurship. Guwahati: The BJP-led govt in…
NEW DELHI: The Congress move to appoint Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as chairperson of the candidate screening committee for the upcoming Assam elections has added to the murmurs of leadership debate within the grand old party, with the BJP-led NDA claiming internal conflict between the Gandhi siblings. Soon after Priyanka’s elevation, which was announced on Sunday,…
NEW DELHI: An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter Scale struck Morigaon district in Assam early Monday morning, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. The tremor occurred at 04:17:40 IST, with its epicentre located at latitude 26.37 N and longitude 92.29 E, at a depth of 50 km. There were no immediate reports of…
Visual from incident site Guwahati: A couple was killed after their home was allegedly set ablaze by a mob over suspicion of witchcraft in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, police said on Wednesday.The attack took place on Tuesday night at No. 1 Beloguri Munda village in the Howraghat area, where a group of villagers allegedly barged…
NEW DELHI: Opposition parties in Assam on Wednesday demanded the rehabilitation of families affected by the recent violence between two communities in West Karbi Anglong district and sought adequate compensation for the families of two persons who lost their lives. Submitting a joint memorandum to governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya, the opposition called for immediate relief…
DIPHU: A group of people burnt alive a couple in a village in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, suspecting them to be involved in witchcraft, police said on Wednesday.The incident occurred on Tuesday night at No. 1 Beloguri Munda village in the Howraghat area.“The miscreants first attacked the couple with sharp weapons inside their house. After…
Agartala: Tripura Police, in a joint operation with Assam Police STF and central agencies, arrest suspected JMB offshoot member Jagir Miah from a border village, in Agartala. (PTI Photo) GUWAHATI: Assam police busted a module of Imam Mahmuder Kafila (IMK) with the arrest of 11 alleged operatives of the Bangladesh-based Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh (JMB) offshoot formed…
Dibrugarh: Ten people of Bangladeshi origin were arrested Monday for attacking police and freeing a man accused of posting pro-terrorist content online, after a planned mob assault in a village in Assam’s Lakhimpur.The assault triggered outrage as it involved “Miya” people – referred to Bengali-speaking immigrant Muslims of Bangladeshi origin in Assam, a population estimated…
‘Forest man’ Jadav Payeng (File photo) Dibrugarh: Unidentified miscreants set fire on Sunday to the Molai Kathoni 2.0 forest, a newly cultivated green cover created by “Forest Man of India” Jadav Payeng and his 21-year-old daughter, Munmuni Payeng, on a sandbar of the Brahmaputra river in Majuli district. The blaze caused extensive damage to the…
