The Assam government on Thursday decided that it will create nearly 900 posts in Public Works and Public Health Engineering departments by making new circles and divisions in various parts of the state. At a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Cabinet gave its nod to create
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Anguish and outrage poured in from across Assam on Thursday after a college student succumbed to injuries in a machete attack by her estranged boyfriend, who was a non-teaching staff at her college. Nandita Saikia, a BA student at Moridhal College in Dhemaji district, was attacked by Rintu Sharma while
A woman was critically injured after she was attacked allegedly by a man with whom she was engaged in an extra-marital affair, a police officer in Kamrup district of Assam said on Thursday. The development comes close on the heels of a college girl losing her life in a similar
Four coaches of the Guwahati-Howrah Special Express train has derailed near Chaygaon station around noon on Wednesday. Fortunately, no casualty to any passenger has been reported so far. Suhanan Chanda, the Chief Public Relations Officer (CPRO), Northeast Frontier Railway, informed that the Restoration work is underway at the site. Further
More than 50 people were taken ill and treated for suspected food poisoning after having ‘prasad’, comprising gram and fruits, at a religious function in Assam’s Charaideo district, a police official said on Monday. A villager organised the event at his house and distributed ‘prasad’ among the neighbouring households on