The Aam Aadmi Party withdrew its candidate from Assam’s Guwahati Lok Sabha seat and demanded that Congress withdraw their candidates from Sonitpur and Dibrugarh. Earlier, on February 8, AAP MP Sandeep Pathak announced that AAP candidate Manoj Dhanohar will contest from Dibrugarh, Bhaven Chaudhary from Guwahati and Rishi Raj from […]
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Assam BJP leader Bijuli Medhi thanks party’s leadership over her candidature from Guwahati for LS polls
Soon after the BJP announced her candidature from the Guwahati constituency in Assam for the Lok Sabha polls, BJP leader Bijuli Kalita Medhi expressed her gratitude to the top party leadership. “I thank the party leadership including respected Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah […]
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Govt moving towards making electricity bill zero: PM Modi in Guwahati
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party government at the Centre is moving towards making the electricity bill of the households in the country zero. The Prime Minister’s remarks came while addressing a gathering after inaugurating and laying the foundation stone of projects worth Rs […]
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Guwahati: Man involved in counterfeit documents racket sustains injury in police firing
One of the kingpins of the counterfeit land document racket, while trying to escape from the police, was injured in the police firing in Guwahati on Sunday. The injured person, identified as Ramen Modahi, is a resident of Lalung Gaon in Guwahati’s Lakhra area. The accused person is known as a land grabber […]
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Assam STF seizes 58.5 grams of heroin in Guwahati, 1 held
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police on Wednesday apprehended a drug peddler after 31 numbers of plastic vials and 2 numbers of Tobacco boxes containing suspected Heroin weighing 58.5 grams was recovered from his possession at Basistha area of Guwahati, officials said. The 34 year old drug peddler was identified […]
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Assam: Section 144 imposed in Guwahati to ensure peaceful public movement, police commissionerate functioning
Aiming to ensure peaceful movement of the public and normal functioning of offices of the jurisdiction of police commissionerate, Assam’s Guwahati, prohibitory order under section 144 of CrPC has been imposed in the city, officials said on Sunday. “Prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC (Code of Criminal Procedure) have been imposed in Guwahati to ensure the peaceful movement […]
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Special NIA court in Guwahati convicts 5 people in 12-year-old PLA-Naxal nexus case
A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in Guwahati has convicted five persons in the 2011 People’s Liberation Army (PLA)-Naxal nexus case related to a criminal conspiracy to threaten the unity, integrity, security and sovereignty of India, the agency said on Thursday. Those convicted have been identified as PLA’s-N. Dilip […]
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Assam: Annual Day of Airports Authority of India celebrated with full enthusiasm in Guwahati
The 28th Annual Day of Airports Authority of India (AAI) was celebrated on April 1 at the Regional Headquarters, North East Region, Guwahati with full enthusiasm by the employees and their participation in a function held in Guwahati. The Airports Authority of India was constituted by an Act of Parliament and came into being on […]
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Assam: Guwahati shopkeeper buys scooty using coins saved over 5-6 years
In an inspiring story, a small shopkeeper of Guwahati, Md. Saidul Hoque finally fulfilled his dream after buying a new scooty using his stored coins. He had been saving Rs 1, Rs 2, Rs 5 and Rs 10 coins for the last 5-6 years. Hoque, a resident of the Boragaon area in Guwahati city, on Tuesday […]
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Assam: First Youth20 Inception Meeting 2023 begins in Guwahati
The first Youth20 (Y20) Inception Meeting under the G20 started in Guwahati on Monday. B Narayanan, director general, NE Zone, Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry; Meeta Rajivlochan, secretary, Ministry of Youth and Youth Affairs, Kalyan Chakravarthy, principal secretary, Assam government, and Prof. Parameswar K Iyer, director, IIT Guwahati addressed a […]
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Assam to host first Youth20 Inception Meeting from February 6 to 8, in Guwahati
Guwahati is all set to host the first Youth20 (Y20) Inception Meeting 2023 from February 6 to 8, under G20. The meeting will be held on the IIT-Guwahati campus. The Summit will provide an opportunity for the students to voice their opinions to the audience worldwide. Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Singh […]
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Assam: Several houses gutted in massive fire in Guwahati
Properties worth several lakh of rupees and many houses were gutted in a massive fire that broke out in a slum colony in the Fatasil Ambari area of Guwahati on Friday night. According to local police, no report of any casualty in the fire incident. Several cylinders exploded in the fire that broke out in a slum colony in the Fatasil […]
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Assam Police recovers fake gold bars in Guwahati, 5 arrested
A team of East Guwahati Police District from Hatigaon police station on Saturday arrested 5 persons and recovered fake gold bars from their possession. According to the Guwahati City Police, the persons were identified as Hasen Ali of Naoboicha, Sirajul Ali of Salbari, Sahidul Islam of Lakhimpur, Santosh Bharol of […]
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Airtel launches 5G services in Guwahati
India’s leading telecommunications company Bharti Airtel on Monday announced the launch of its fifth-generation mobile (5G) services in Guwahati. The telecom firm said Airtel 5G Plus services would be available to customers in a phased manner as the service provider continues to construct its network and complete the roll-out. Customers with 5G-enabled devices will […]
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Sanjay Raut claims he got ‘Guwahati offer’ but refused as he follows Balasaheb Thackeray
Days after the Uddhav Thackeray-led Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) collapsed following the revolt of Shiv Sena leaders, party MP Sanjay Raut on Saturday claimed that he was “given the offer” to go to Guwahati and join Eknath Shinde and other rebel MLAs. However, Raut said he turned down the offer […]