Jorhat Central Jail symbolises 'Rashtra Bhakti' like Andaman's Cellular Jail: Assam CM Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated new development projects in Jorhat, including a convention centre, a flyover, and an a...
02 Apr, 2025, 09.29 PM IST
State govt making efforts to showcase Assam’s glorious history on global stage, says CM Himanta Biswa SarmaAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the Convention Centre at Martyr’s Memorial Park in Dhekiajuli, honoring martyrs of the...
21 Sep, 2024, 08.18 PM IST
Anti-CAA protests in Assam, effigies of PM, HM burntThe Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) burnt the effigies of the prime minister and the home minister in Lakhimpur and Dibrugar...
12 Mar, 2024, 09.05 PM IST
HIV infections on the rise in the state: Assam State AIDS Control SocietyASACS added although sexual transmission has always been a main route of HIV transmission in the state, it has been observed that sharing o...
19 Jul, 2023, 08.26 PM IST
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that several policemen will lose their jobs till 2026Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced that around 10,000 police personnel in the state will face job losses until 2026 due...
11 Jul, 2023, 10.19 PM IST
Assam forms committee for monitoring affairs of all central jails and district jailsIn pursuance of the Gauhati High Cort order, the Home and Political Department, Assam has constituted a committee comprising the DIG of Pri...
09 Feb, 2023, 02.44 PM IST
Assam cabinet decides to withdraw petty criminal cases pending in subordinate courtsThe cabinet has stated instruction for withdrawal of cases and authorisation to Public Prosecutor and Additional/Assistant Public Prosecuto...
11 Sep, 2022, 09.50 PM IST
Assam: Jailed student's family appeals for her releaseBarshashree, a resident of Jorhat in Assam, was arrested two months back for allegedly penning a poem which appears to pro United Liberatio...
13 Jul, 2022, 10.45 PM IST
Assam CM denounces trend of forced donations for holding public eventsSarma distributed five thousand cheques to the women beneficiaries to incentivise them to maintain good credit discipline at a programme he...
04 Feb, 2022, 10.16 PM IST
Assam government to preserve the Jorhat Central Jail as a heritage siteChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited historic Jorhat Central Jail and interacted with the jail authority as well as few of the jail i...
19 Aug, 2021, 07.16 PM IST
Assam government changes nomenclature of detention centres to Transit campOut of 181, there are 61 detenues who are declared foreign nationals and there are 120 detenues, who have been convicted by the Court and a...
19 Aug, 2021, 08.50 AM IST
- Assam assembly polls: Peasant leader Akhil Gogoi may contest election from jail
Gogoi will move the Supreme Court. He was arrested for sedition charges in 2019 during the anti-Citizenship Amendment Act protest in Assam....
07 Jan, 2021, 11.42 PM IST
COVID-19: Around 55 inmates of Guwahati Central jail test positiveLeader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia stated that the Legal Department of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) will provide assistance t...
11 Jul, 2020, 09.12 PM IST
Akhil Gogoi to campaign against congress in AssamEC has ordered inquiry into allegations of violation of the Model Code of Conduct by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's son, four ministers and a...
02 Apr, 2014, 02.58 PM IST
Assam government mulling anti-superstition law in next session of assemblyThe Assam government is planning to bring in an anti-superstition bill in the next session of the state Assembly.
09 Sep, 2013, 11.36 AM IST
Assam tops 2012 list of custodial deaths in IndiaAndhra Pradesh came second in the category with five such cases, followed by Maharashtra with four deaths, as recorded by the national agen...
15 Jun, 2013, 02.16 AM IST
- Assam villagers skin leopard for consumption
Since April, the state, which has some of the country's finest animal sanctuaries, has seen people killing and eating leopards in revenge f...
11 Jun, 2008, 03.01 AM IST