BJP leaders in Assam’s Bengali-speaking Barak Valley are hopeful that the bill will be passed in Parliament in the Budget session after it was stalled in the Rajya Sabha. read more

Researchers from Assam University, Silchar, have found a high concentration of lead and cadmium in double distilled water that leached from both old and new glazed, colourful ceramic cups heated in the microwave (convection mode) at 140 degree Celsius... read more

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said Congress president Rahul Gandhi had lost his sleep and was counting his days, fearing revelation of secrets, apparently by arrested alleged middleman of AgustaWestland helicopter deal scam, Christian Miche... read more

The prime minister arrived at Silchar in Cachar district from Imphal as a part of his first phase of poll campaign, wherein he is scheduled to address rallies in 20 states in 100 days before the model code of conduct comes into force. read more

PM Narendra Modi in Silchar LIVE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be addressing two public rallies at Imphal (Manipur) and Guwahati (Assam) today as part of the BJP’s campaign to hold 100 rallies ahead of the Lok Sabha elections. read more

Seven Rohingyas who are to be deported to Myanmar were brought from Silchar to Imphal by the Assam Police. The Assam Police brought the 7 Rohingyas on a bus bearing the Registration no: AS24 C 2829. The team will be heading for Moreh early morning and the Rohingyas will be deported at the Myanmar immigration office located at Indo-Myanmar Friendship Gate. Deepak Kumar, Inspector General (Law and Order) of Assam said, “The Myanmar nationals who were arrested along with Rohingyas in 2017 are now being deported back. Seven of them are being deported while cases are still going on in the matter of 13 others.”read more

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The Bengali-speaking Barak Valley has been pushing to break away from Assam and be declared a Union territory. read more

Former Union minister of state Kabindra Purkayastha said that claims that more Muslims or more Hindus have been left out of the NRC list is propaganda. read more

The Assam chief minister also expressed his gratitude to “the state’s Bengali-speaking people and organisations for unequivocally registering their protests against the West Bengal chief minister’s plan to polarise the state”. read more

After reports of how 200 doubtful voters and declared foreigners found a place in the draft in Muslim-dominated Morigaon, contrary to Supreme Court directions, families who claim to have come after March 25, 1971, the citizenship cut-off date in Assam,... read more

Home minister Rajnath Singh said the MPs had been detained in view of intelligence inputs received by the Assam government, but were extended all courtesies. read more

TMC secretary general and West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee said the party will observe “black day” in every block and district of the state on Saturday and Sunday. read more

Ruckus by opposition leaders over the Assam NRC draft list has resulted in repeated in parliamentary adjournments this week. read more

Six of the eight-member team of Trinamool lawmakers have left for Kolkata, two will leave later. They had landed in Silchar on Thursday to take stock of the situation in the aftermath of the publication of the final draft of the National Register of... read more