NIA court clears Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi of all charges

A special National Investigation Agency (NIA) Court on Thursday cleared Sibsagar MLA Akhil Gogoi in all cases registered against him related to the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) violence in Assam in December 2019. The court said there is insufficient material against Gogoi to frame charges against him. With this, Akhil walked out of the Gauhati Medical […]

Jailed Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi gets 2-day parole, visits ailing mother in Jorhat

Jailed AssamMLA and Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi, granted parole for two days by an NIA court, met his ailing mother in Jorhat on Saturday. After being granted parole on Friday afternoon, Gogoi left Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, where he was undergoing treatment for various ailments. He spent the night at his rented residence […]

PM Modi assails previous Assam govts for failing to protect land rights of indigenous people

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday castigated the previous governments in Assam for depriving its lakhs of poor indigenous people of their land rights. The BJP-led government in the state is committed to ensuring that the indigenous people have legal rights over their land, Modi said, after launching a drive to give ownership certificates to […]

PM Modi distributes land pattas to indigenous people in Assam’s Sivasagar

Attending a public meeting at Jerenga Pathar at Sivasagar, prime minister Narendra Modi kick-started Assam’s largest land dole to distribute land pattas to over 1 lakh indigenous people of the state. In his speech, PM Modi cited an evergreen song of Bharat Ratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika—O mor dharitri aai, charanate diba thai (Mother earth, give […]

PM Narendra Modi biggest well-wisher of Assam: CM Sarbananda Sonowal

Addressing the public meeting at Jerenga Pathar at Sivasagar, Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal said PM Narendra Modi is the biggest well-wisher of Assam and its people. “Prime Minister is the biggest well-wisher of Assam and its people. The development of Assam and the northeast region is due to his support,” Sonowal said. The prime minister arrived […]

BREAKING | Two more test COVID-19 positive in Assam

Two more test positive for COVID-19 in Assam, taking the state’s tally to 214. Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed, “Two persons from Sivasagar in quarantine at our Jorhat centre are found #COVID19 +.” ↗️Total cases 214 ↗️Recovered 54 ↗️Active cases 153 ↗️Deaths 04 ↗️Migrated 03 📌Alert ~ Two persons from Sivasagar in quarantine […]

Assam Police jawan Ratul Gogoi wins hearts distributing pens, to be awarded

In a kind gesture an Assam Police jawan in Sivasagar district was seen on video distributing pens to the candidates of Class XII Board (Higher Secondary) examinations and wishing them good luck. As seen in the video, the constable Ratul Gogoi from 1st APBN greeted the candidates with pens at Hem Chandra Dev Goswami College, […]

Budget 2020: Sivasagar among 5 archaeological sites to be developed with on-site museums

Five archaeological sites in the country will be developed as iconic sites with on-site museums. The heritage city of Assam’s Sivasagar will also be developed as iconic site with on-site museum, under the new budget. The decision was announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting Union Budget for the financial year 2020-21 in the […]

Assam: Four members of family seriously injured in car accident

In a major accident that took place in Assam’s Sivasagar district, four members of a single family got seriously injured on the spot. An i-10 car which was speeding down the National Highway at Demow lost control and fell down from the side of the road into a gorge. The injured persons have been identified […]