Assam

SSC Notifies Constable (GD) Recruitment In CAPFs, NIA, SSF And Rifleman (GD) In Assam Rifles

Jobs | NDTV Education Team | Saturday July 21, 2018

Candidates can apply to the posts at the official website of the Staff Selection Commission at ssc.nic.in.

BJP Lawmaker's Daughter Among 19 Arrested In Assam's Cash-For-Jobs Scam

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday July 19, 2018

19 civil and police service officers in Assam, including a BJP lawmaker's daughter, have been arrested in Guwahati in connection with the multi-crore civil service job scam in the state.

12,000 Primary Teachers In Assam Write To PM, Demand Pending Salaries

Cities | Press Trust of India | Tuesday July 17, 2018

A total of 12,000 primary school teachers in Assam yesterday sent as many letters to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking his intervention for payment of salaries not realised after being given appointment by the state government between 1991 and 2001.

2 Killed In Assam As Train Hits Vehicle

Guwahati News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 16, 2018

Two persons were killed when the New Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express hit a vehicle between Dikom and Chabua stations in Tinsukia in Assam on Sunday night, railway officials said on Monday.

President Ram Nath Kovind Gives Nod To Assam's Anti-Witch Hunting Bill

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday July 16, 2018

President Ram Nath Kovind has approved the AssamWitch Hunting (Prohibition, Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2015, converting it to an Act, almost three years after it was passed by the state Assembly.

Formalin Scare Hits Fish Markets In Assam; Kerala, Northeast Cautious

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhary, Sneha Mary Koshy, Uma Sudhir | Monday July 16, 2018

The price of local fish in Assam has shot up by Rs 100 per kilo in the last five days after the July 11 ban on fish imports from other states, especially Andhra Pradesh. Assam's annual fish intake is 10,000 metric tonnes, and about 90 per cent is imported from Andhra Pradesh.

CBI To Probe Assam's Multi-Crore Barak Valley Coal Scam

Guwahati News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 16, 2018

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday directed senior state officials to take necessary steps for handing over the multi-crore Barak Valley coal scam to the CBI.

In Cash For Jobs Scam, BJP Lawmaker's Daughter Among 19 Summoned

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday July 16, 2018

The daughter of BJP's Lok Sabha MP R.P. Sharma is among 19 government officials issued summons on Sunday by the Assam Police in the multi-crore cash-for-jobs scam.

Behind Wave Of Fake Mob Killings, Worrying Role Of Local Media

India News | Written by Uma Sudhir, Ratnadip Chaudhary and Shruti Menon | Sunday July 15, 2018

A journalist in north Maharashtra who created a fake video. Local stringers in Jharkhand and Hyderabad who sent out alarmist messages. A 'lone wolf' in Assam who summoned a mob.

Assam To Get Its First Transgender Judge Today

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 14, 2018

Assam's first transgender judge will begin work at the Lok Adalat in Guwahati from tomorrow making the north eastern state the third one in the country, after West Bengal and Maharashtra to have one such.

2 Men, Accused Of Raping And Killing Women On Train In Assam, Arrested

Cities | Press Trust of India | Friday July 13, 2018

The prime accused and his accomplice in the rape-and-murder case of two women on board two trains in Assam have been arrested, the police said.

Sketch Of Suspected Serial Killer In Assam Released By Cops

India News | ANI | Friday July 13, 2018

The Assam Police on Thursday released the sketch of the man, who is suspected to kill two women in lavatories of two trains on the same route, in Assam.

Formalin Found In Fish In Assam's Guwahati Markets

Guwahati News | ANI | Thursday July 12, 2018

The presence of formalin content in the fish came to notice after the state health department carried out a laboratory test.

6 Arrested In Assam After Man Lynched For Objecting To Bursting Of Cracker

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Thursday July 12, 2018

Six people were arrested on Wednesday after a man was beaten to death in Assam's Nalbari district when he objected to bursting of crackers at a wedding.

"Killed In Similar Manner": 2 Women Found Dead In Toilets Of Assam Trains

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday July 11, 2018

Two women, including a student of an agricultural university, were found dead in the toilets of two trains in Assam, the police said today, adding that it was suspected that both were killed in a similar fashion.