The Assam forest department has faced a new challenge to protect one-horned Rhinoceros in the state after a case of poachers using tranquillizers to remove rhino horn has come to light in Assam’s Orang National Park on Monday. According to the reports, poachers chopped off the horn without killing a
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The Assam government has decided to provide minority certificates to six minority communities in the state, said state Health Minister Keshab Mahanta on Sunday. Speaking to ANI, Mahanta said that the people of Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and Parsis will be provided minority certificates. “Assam Cabinet has decided to
The Assam government on Sunday approved an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each to those who sustained serious injuries during the Assam agitation that took place during 1979-85. The total amount of Rs 6.90 crore has been allocated for the purpose. The decision was taken during the Cabinet meeting that
A total of 26 Rohingyas were detained by Assam’s Cachar district police on Sunday morning from Silchar, said police. According to Cachar district police, the detained Rohingyas were coming from Jammu. Ramandeep Kaur, Superintendent of Police (SP) of Cachar district told ANI, “The Rohingyas reached at Kamakhya railway station in
Tamulpur Boy Vijay Das has designed a special set of Gamucha where he has beautifully designed pictures of significant Assamese figures using the red threads which are generally used for making floral designs in the Gamucha. He has carved pictures of famous Assamese figures, including Lakshimanth Bezbaruah, Jyoti Prasad Agarwala,