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Deported Jahanara and Mumtaz still ‘missing’, Gauhati HC warns state, Centre says search on

October 11, 2026 6:10 am

While the two cases are being heard separately by the same Bench, a near-identical order has been given regarding both of them, which was uploaded on the High Court’s website on Thursday.

NSA invoked by Assam against activist Pranab Doley day after he gets bail

August 01, 2026 5:29 am

In a July 29 order granting bail to Doley, an Additional Sessions Judge in Golaghat observed that there is prima facie absence of footage demonstrating these allegations and no “deadly weapon” was seized during investigation.

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In Assam Budget, satellite city near Guwahati airport, semiconductor push

July 11, 2026 5:56 am

Mallabaruah’s Budget speech outlined the state government’s plans for next five years. Among its flagship initiatives, he said, is acting on its promise of two lakh jobs.

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Baijayant Panda interview: ‘People of Assam have had enough of impunity of law-breakers … CM Sarma is very blunt about language he uses’

March 27, 2026 11:54 pm

“Sarma’s rhetoric may sound sensational but crackdown on child marriage and eviction of illegal occupation are the commonly attributed aspects of the so-called polarisation because a large number of people from one community have been affected,” says BJP’s Assam election in-charge.

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‘I’m repaying a debt’: Modi hands over land rights to 28,000 tea workers in historic Assam move

March 14, 2026 1:13 am

Speaking at the event, Modi claimed that measures by the BJP government for the welfare of farmers such the PM-KISAN scheme, crop insurance and loans, have helped protect farmers from international crises.

Pension is a social welfare measure rendering socio- economic justice to those who in the hey-day of their life ceaselessly toiled for the employer, the Guahati High Court said.

'No bounty, grace': Gauhati High Court asks State to form panel over pension to PWD workers with 20 years service

February 05, 2026 12:24 pm

Assam PWD Workers Pension Case: The court was hearing a petition filed by 13 retired work-charged and muster roll employees of Assam’s public works department who were denied pension after putting in over two decades of service and dismissed their plea.

An app developed for monitoring attendance and other matters in Assam's government schools would send the alerts to notify parents and class teachers about a student's absence for five days in a row

Assam govt launches automated SMS alert system to reduce student absenteeism in schools

December 17, 2025 9:30 am

Recognising the state's linguistic diversity, the SMS alerts will be delivered in five official languages: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Hindi and English.

On Feb 18, 1983, 1800 people (as per official figures) were killed in just six hours in 13 villages in and around Nellie. (Express Archives)

What is Nellie Massacre on which Assam govt tabled inquiry report this week

November 28, 2025 7:13 am

This week, the Assam government released two key reports of the Nellie Massacre, considered one of the worst of mass violence in post-Independence India. Here’s what the report by the ‘Commission of Enquiry on Assam Disturbances’ led by IAS officer Tribhuvan Prasad Tewary said.

‘BJP crossing all limits, its states Haryana and Assam detaining, sending NRC notices to Bengal residents’: Mamata

July 23, 2025 2:12 am

Stating that over 30 crore people speak Bengali in the world, the CM said: “This illegal detention is an insult to our mother tongue"

Missed demographic invasion in lower and middle Assam, won’t let it repeat in upper Assam: Himanta’s rationale for mass evictions

July 16, 2025 11:43 am

In the past month, the Assam government has conducted five major evictions across four districts in which at least 3,300 families have been removed from forest land, grazing land and government revenue land.