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Two held for gang-rape, murder of woman co-worker in Assam

India, March 10 -- A 25-year-old woman labourer was gangraped and murdered by two of her co-workers at a brick factory in Assam's Darrang district, police said on Sunday. The incident happened in Sipa... Read More


Assam: Students' Union begin 12-hour hunger strike against CAA

India, March 10 -- The All Assam Students' Union (AASU), along with 30 other organisations on Sunday, began their 12-hour-long hunger strike against the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act... Read More


Jailer held under UAPA over recovery of gadgets from the cell of Amritpal

Silchar, March 9 -- A top prison official has been arrested in Assam over an alleged security breach, which allowed the smuggling of gadgets including a smartphone and spy-cam pen into a high-security... Read More


3 suspected poachers held in Assam with firearms, animal body parts: Officials

India, March 9 -- The Assam Police in a joint operation with the forest department on Saturday arrested three suspected poachers and recovered a large amount of animal body parts and firearms from Chi... Read More


Prison official arrested over recovery of gadgets from Amritpal Singh's cell

India, March 8 -- A top prison official has been arrested in Assam over an alleged security breach, which allowed the smuggling of gadgets including a smartphone and spy-cam pen into a high-security c... Read More


Elephant killed in Assam after getting hit and dragged by train

India, March 6 -- A young adult wild elephant was killed in Assam's Lakhimpur after being hit by a speeding train on Monday. According to officials of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), the incident ha... Read More


Two smugglers from Punjab arrested with 1,317 kg cannabis at Assam-Tripura border

India, March 6 -- The Assam police in a special operation on Tuesday seized 1,317 kg of cannabis from the Assam-Tripura state border checkpoint near Karimganj district, and arrested two smugglers hail... Read More


Assam STF arrests three poachers with 7.14 kg rhino horn

India, March 4 -- The Special Task Force of Assam Police has arrested three rhino poachers and recovered a horn weighing 7.14 kgs from Kamrup district, officials said. The STF team led by Inspector K... Read More


13 kg gunpowder, 2900 detonators seized from house near Assam-Mizoram border

India, March 4 -- Over 13 kg of gunpowder and 2900 detonators have been recovered from Assam's Cachar district near the state's border with Mizoram, police said on Monday. Police said that the explos... Read More


Assam HSLC Maths Paper: Full marks will be awarded if questions were out-of-syllabus, says Education Minister

India, March 3 -- Assam education minister Dr Ranoj Pegu has assured to award full marks to each student if the allegations of out-of-syllabus questions in the class-10 final examination are proven to... Read More