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Half of declared foreigners set for release from detention centres

Half of declared foreigners set for release from detention centres

The State government has issued a notification underlining the guidelines for the conditional release of declared foreigners housed in detention centres for more than three years. While over 300 detenues have completed three years in the detention centres, police sources say that in another year’s time half of the 1,100-odd

Assam Police donates Rs 75 L to Relief Fund

Assam Police donates Rs 75 L to Relief Fund

The Assam Police has contributed Rs 75 lakh to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Director General of Assam Police Kuladhar Saikia, along with other senior police officers, handed over the cheque to Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at the latter’s office chamber in the State Legislative Assembly here on Tuesday. Receiving

CBI books BJP MLA for murder, conspiracy

CBI books BJP MLA for murder, conspiracy

The 19-year-old woman and her lawyer were critically injured and her aunt and aunt’s sister died in a road accident in Rae Bareli on Sunday. Her family has accused Bangarmau MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, the main accused in the rape case, of planning the accident. The CBI has booked BJP

NGT green signal for Subansiri Dam,Work from Tomorrow

NGT green signal for Subansiri Dam,Work from Tomorrow

The much delayed Subansiri Dam is now on as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) removed all legal hurdles and NHPC will resume work from tomorrow. There were two petitions challenging the Committee, which had cleared the Dam with some minor modifications. The petitioners alleged that Committee did not have independent

BJP’s lone Muslim MLA in Assam becomes deputy speaker of assembly

BJP’s lone Muslim MLA in Assam becomes deputy speaker of assembly

Aminul Haque Laskar, the lone Muslim legislator from Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam, was on Wednesday elected unopposed to the post of deputy speaker of the state legislative assembly. Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami made the announcement during the ongoing session of the assembly. Besides his own party, Laskar, who represents