Guwahati

Bullet-Hit Body Of Policeman Posted At Assam Chief Minister's House Found

Cities | Press Trust of India | Monday September 17, 2018

A bullet-riddled body of a Lance Naik of Assam Police, who was posted at the chief minister's official residence here, was found in his barrack Sunday, a senior police official said.

2 Haryana Men Disguise As Bank Officers, Clone ATM Cards, Arrested

India News | ANI | Monday September 17, 2018

43 blank ATM cards, one laptop, swipe machine, three mobile handsets, and Rs 20,000 in cash were seized from the culprits' possession.

Bengal Minister To Visit Assam To Open Trinamool Congress Office

India News | Written by Monideepa Banerjie | Wednesday September 12, 2018

One of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's senior-most ministers is flying to Guwahati on Thursday to inaugurate a Trinamool Congress office in the north-east city. The party said it will "stand by the suffering people of Assam who have been left out of the draft National Register of Citizens or NRC."

First-Year IITian From Karnataka Found Hanging In Hostel Room

Guwahati News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday September 12, 2018

A first-year student of IIT-Guwahati has allegedly committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling fan of her hostel room, a police officer said.

3 Dead, Several Missing After Boat Capsizes In Brahmaputra

Guwahati News | Reported By Ratnadip Choudhury, Edited By Soumyajit Majumder | Wednesday September 5, 2018

Two people were killed and at least 30 were missing after a bhut-bhuti - a country-made boat fitted with an engine - carrying about 50 passengers capsized in Brahmaputra this afternoon.

India To Play 2 Tests, 5 ODIs, 3T20Is Against West Indies, Full Schedule Announced

Wednesday September 5, 2018

India are scheduled to play 2 Tests, 5 ODIs and 3 Twenty20 Internationals against the West Indies.

Court Sets Aside Panel That Indicted Prafulla Mahanta For Assam Killings

Guwahati News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday September 4, 2018

The Gauhati High Court on Monday set aside constitution of Justice K N Saikia Inquiry Commission that had indicted the erstwhile Prafulla Kumar Mahanta government for extra-constitutional killings of ULFA leaders family members.

IIT JAM 2019: Online Registration Begins

Education | NDTV Education Team | Friday September 7, 2018

IIT Kharagpur will conduct the exam in collaboration with eight zones: IISc Bangalore, IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee.

In Assam, Woman Allegedly Raped On Highway

Guwahati News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhary | Wednesday August 29, 2018

A woman, who was travelling on a bike with her friend, was allegedly raped on a highway in Assam's Nagaon district last night.

Brand New Roof At Guwahati Airport Turns Shower Faucet After Rain

Guwahati News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Tuesday August 28, 2018

A video of water gushing through the roof at the airport in Guwahati has gone viral on social media. Heavy rain for little over an hour on Monday evening caused water to enter through the ceiling of the newly-made extension of the passenger lounge.

This Tea Variety From Arunachal Fetches Rs 40,000 Per Kg In Auction

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday August 24, 2018

The Guwahati Tea Auction Centre (GTAC) on Thursday scripted a record after a line of Golden Needle tea fetched a whooping Rs 40,000 per kg during a pan India auction.

Transgenders Find It Hard To Make It To Assam Citizens' List

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Tuesday August 14, 2018

Rinki, 29, a transgender in Guwahati, did not find her name in the draft Assam citizens' list. But she is not the only transgender who did not make it to the National Register of Citizens or NRC in Assam. While Assam is now busy with the claims and objection phase of the NRC, an exercise to identify illegal immigrants, the transgender community in ...

"No More New Documents To Submit," Say People Left Out In Assam List

India News | Ratnadip Choudhury | Sunday August 12, 2018

Fourty-eight-year old Sunil Sarkar, atailor by profession in Dimoria village, about 40 km away from Guwahati, has been anxious ever since Assam released its citizen list. His Bengali-Hindu parents migrated from Sylhet, a city earlier in eastern Pakistan and now in eastern Bangladesh, to Assam's Nagaon in the 1960s over "fears of religious persecuti...

Ahead Of Citizen Registry Final Draft, Police In North-East On Alert

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 28, 2018

Several north-eastern states which share borders with Assam have kept their police forces on alert to thwart possible infiltration of illegal immigrants after the final draft of NRC is published in Guwahati on July 30.

Didn't Know Was Pregnant, Says Taekwondo Player Who Lost Foetus In Flight

India News | Edited by Aditya Sharma | Friday July 27, 2018

A 19-year-old taekwondo player from Guwahati, who had admitted of losing the foetus recovered from a lavatory of an AirAsia plane, on Thursday claimed that she wasn't aware of her pregnancy.