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GUWAHATI: Train services on the Alipurduar Division of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) were briefly disrupted early Thursday morning following a massive blast on the railway track between Salakati and Kokrajhar in Assam’s Bodoland Territorial Region. The blast, believed to have been caused by an improvised explosive device (IED), blew up portions of the track. An…
Guwahati/Dibrugarh: It has been a month since Zubeen Garg – Assam’s beloved voice, rebel, and cultural soul – left this world. Yet, the silence he left behind continues to echo across the Brahmaputra valley and the hills beyond. On Sunday, thousands gathered at Sonapur, where Zubeen was laid to rest, not just to mourn but…
NEW DELHI: Police in Assam have arrested a 27-year-old man for posting a controversial video on social media related to the death of popular Assamese singer Zubeen Garg, who died in Singapore on September 19. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that Md Injamul Hoque was apprehended from Nagaon district for uploading an inflammatory edited…
Zubeen Garg tragically passed away on September 19 while swimming off St John’s Island in Singapore, and his supporters have been demanding justice ever since. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has now revealed that the investigation into the celebrated Assamese singer’s drowning may take up to three more months to conclude. Singapore police say investigation…
Since Zubeen Garg‘s demise, all his fans have been waiting for clarity on the singer’s passing. Adding to the confusion, a fake post-mortem report has been circulating widely on social media, causing alarm among the public. The Assam Crime Investigation Department (CID) has confirmed that the report is entirely false and has issued a strict…
NEW DELHI: Violence broke out outside Baksa District Jail in Assam on Wednesday after five people accused in connection with singer Zubeen Garg’s death were shifted there following a court order sending them to judicial custody.The accused North East India Festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta, Garg’s manager Siddharth Sharma, his cousin and suspended police officer Sandipan…
NEW DELHI: A 14-month-old girl who had come to visit her maternal uncle in North Tripura’s Panisagar was allegedly raped and murdered, news agency PTI reported on Sunday.According to police, the accused, a daily wager, was arrested from Nilambazar in Assam on Sunday. Sumanta Bhattacharjee, Officer-in-Charge of Panisagar police station, said the accused had taken…
Guwahati: Even as Singapore Police is conducting its own investigation into the death of Zubeen Garg, who drowned while swimming in the sea on Sept 19, the Assam Police SIT remains in a limbo — still waiting for a formal response from the country to its request through the MHA, seeking crucial evidence under the…
Zubeen Garg; Himanta Biswa Sarma NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday assured that the chargesheet in the death case of Assamese singer and state icon Zubeen Garg would be submitted within the stipulated three-month period.Also Read: When late singer Zubeen Garg had dreamed of collaborating with AR Rahman; called Himesh Reshammiya…
Assam Police Service officer Sandipan Garg, cousin of the late singer Zubeen Garg, has been apprehended by the CID in connection with the singer’s Singapore death. (Credits/@X) NEW DELHI: Assam Police Service (APS) officer Sandipan Garg, cousin of late singer Zubeen Garg, has been arrested in connection with the ongoing investigation into the singer’s death…
