Students at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) here began an indefinite hunger strike on Monday in protest of the academic dean's alleged involvement in a student's suicide on the campus premises last week.
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Senior Assam scribe held for referring to Mahatma Gandhi as 'British spy', released on bail
Septuagenarian journalist Atin Das was arrested on Friday in Assam’s Hailakandi district for referring to Mahatma Gandhi as “a spy of the British” before being released on bail, the police said.
In Assam jail for 4 yrs, Nepalese woman severely ill before her return to home
She was sent to jail after legal proceedings. At the end of the trial, the court announced a two-year sentence for her. The sentence expired on December 27, 2020. The woman has since been kept in the Central Jail Transit Camp (formerly Detention Camp) in Silchar.
India has opportunity to take lead in tackling climate change: Union Minister
On the sidelines of a programme at Assam University in Silchar on Sunday, he said that at a time when the world is reeling under food and energy crisis in the post-Covid situation, India has the opportunity to take the lead in keeping climate change under control.
Assam: Drugs valued at Rs 70cr seized, five held
At least five persons have been arrested in Assam's Cachar district on charges of drug peddling, officials said on Saturday. The estimated value of the seized drugs would be around Rs 70 crore, said the police officer.
Liberation Tigers of Tribals member arrested in Assam
"Based on a tip-off, Cachar police conducted a special operation in the Hari Nagar area under Joypur police station and arrested the 28-year-old self-styled cadre of the banned terrorist organisation," he said.
Assam institutes keep freshers in separate hostels to prevent ragging
In the wake of the Dibrugarh University ragging case, strict precautionary measures have been taken in various higher education institutions in Assam to check the harassment of freshers, including keeping the freshers in separate hostels.
Assam: 14 college students rusticated from hostel for ragging
Another case of ragging surfaced at a dental college in Assam's Silchar town where at least 14 students have been rusticated from the hostel by the authority, officials said on Monday.
Gadkari announces projects worth Rs 1.6L crore for NE
At a press conference in Guwahati on the review of national highway (NH) projects in the northeastern region, the Minister said these projects include roads, ropeways, RoBs, major bridges across river Brahmaputra and other water bodies.
Three ganja smugglers arrested in Assam
"Sikandar Kumar tried to escape after realising the BSF and the police personnel were trying to apprehend them. However, all three of them were chased and caught," the police officer added.
Cyclone Sitrang: Rain in several NE states dampens Diwali cheers
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday evening said that cyclonic storm Sitrang, pronounced as "Si-Trang" over Bay of Bengal is very likely to cross Bangladesh coast between Tinkona Island and Sandwip close to Barisal in the early hours of Tuesday.
Heroin worth Rs 47 cr seized in Assam
Border Security Force (BSF) troopers accompanied by the Assam Police on Tuesday seized 9.477 kg of heroin worth Rs 47.4 crore in Karimganj district and arrested one person in connection, officials said.
After a long gap, flight to connect Silchar with Imphal, Aizawl
A senior official at Silchar airport said that under the Regional Connectivity Scheme UDAN (Ude Desh Ke Aam Naagrik), Alliance Air, which is a division under the Air India Asset Holdings Private Limited, will be operating flight services on this route on a daily basis.
7 students suspended after their hugging video goes viral
A group of boys and girls from Class 11 of the college were hugging and poking each other in the classroom. Another student of the same class recorded the video and later uploaded it on the social media.
Assam: Stone mafias disturbing eco-sensitive zones near Sonachara rivulet
Allegations were levelled against the forest department for its indirect involvement in these mafia operations. Also, Ramu Chetri, a close aide of the ex-MLA of Borkhola, is allegedly involved in these illegal stone quarrying operations in the rivulet.
SC notice on plea seeking delimitation in four Northeastern states
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice on a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission of India to carry out a delimitation exercise in four Northeastern (NE) states -- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Nagaland -- as per the Representation of People's Act, 1950.
Assam's physically-challenged artist gifts painting to PM Modi
Abhijeet Gotani, a physically challenged painter from Assam's Silchar on Friday presented a collage of paintings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi. The collage showcases Modi's different stages of life -- from his childhood days to becoming the country's Prime Minister.
26 Rohingyas coming from Jammu refugee camp detained in Assam
Twenty-six Rohingyas, including 12 children and 8 women, coming from Jammu were detained in southern Assams Cachar district on Sunday and the police are now verifying their UNHCR cards, officials said.
2 Ukrainians detained by Railway Police in Assam
The GRP personnel detained Chrisinsky Volodimir, 39 and Nazari Voznyuk, 21, while they were travelling through the Agartala-New Delhi (Anand Vihar) Tripura Sundari Express train on Thursday night.
Over 2K airguns surrendered in Arunachal to shun hunting: Minister
The Environment and Forest Minister of Arunachal Pradesh, Mama Natung, said on Friday that responding to the government's appeal, 2,000 airguns and a few rifles have so far been voluntarily surrendered by the people who willingly vowed not to hunt birds and animals.
NIA recovers incriminating materials on Assam-Mizoram border blasts
The NIA sources said that the two separate explosions had occurred in Pakua Punjee Lower Primary School and another near the house of one Dilwar Hussain Mazumdar on August 13 near Assam-Mizoram border.
BSF, BGB exchange sweets at various posts on Diwali
On the occasion of Diwali, the Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) on Thursday exchanged sweets at various frontier posts along the 4,096-km-long India-Bangladesh border, officials said.
Mizoram to ferry fuels, essentials from Tripura, Manipur
In wake of the tensions on the border with Assam, the Mizoram government has taken steps to ferry transport fuels and other essentials from neighbouring Tripura and Manipur, officials said on Friday.
Border row: Mizoram complains against Assam's 'economic blockade'
Mizoram on Wednesday complained to the Union Home Ministry that an "economic blockade" by Assam on from Monday and "destruction" of railway lines on Tuesday badly affected supply of essentials and foodgrains to the state.
6 Assam policemen killed in Assam-Mizoram border clashes
At least 100 people of the two states including southern Assam's Cachar district Superintendent of Police (SP) Nimbalkar Vaibhav Chandrakant were injured in the firing and clashes and admitted in hospital.