Utpal Parashar

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that every state government must remain vigilant and work very closely with the Border Security Force to check illegal migrants entering India

Several online trading scams, all of which appear to have operated independently, came to light in Assam in August this year.

Police said ₹27 lakh in cash, gold jewellery and a passport were seized from Dipankar Barman at the time of his arrest

Himanta Biswa Sarma, who is the BJP’s co-in-charge for the elections to the 81-seat assembly in Ranchi, has been camping in Jharkhand for the past several days

The court directed the officer-in-charge of the Nalbari police station to register a case (against IAS officer Deka), conduct investigation and submit final report “expeditiously”

Assam is yet to draft and notify the policy and rules although the Juvenile Justice Act was enacted in 2015 and notified in 2016

Located 55km east of Guwahati, Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary is home to more than 100 hundred one-horned rhinos, around 300 wild buffaloes, leopards, deer, pangolins, wild boars and several migratory birds.

While polling was by and large peaceful in four seats, allegations of violence and rigging were made by the ruling BJP and the opposition candidates in the Samaguri seat

State forest and environment minister Lalthansanga terms the incidents targeting “brothers and sisters” as unfortunate

The CBI in October took over the probe into 41 cases in Assam concerning various unregulated deposit schemes, where investors are believed to have been duped of over ₹2,000 crores.