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The booklets are distributed among backward class communities free of cost during community programmes organised by the police. (Representional Image)

Woman attacked, stripped for selling illegal liquor in Assam

The incident came to light after a video of the attack went viral in the social media and police registered a case...

22 Sept 2018 8:25 AM IST

This restriction made me frustrated and compelled me to be no longer comfortable to be in the party, Meghalaya CM D D Lapang said in his resignation letter. (Photo: File | PTI)

Congress leader and 4-time Meghalaya CM Lapang resigns, blames Rahul...

In letter to Cong chief, Lapang said, 'In my opinion it means service and contribution of senior and elderly is no...

14 Sept 2018 6:14 PM IST

Non-subsidised cooking gas (LPG) now costs Rs 548.50 in Delhi as against Rs 527.50 previously. The hike comes on the back of a Rs 18 per cylinder increase in price on May 1.

IOC plans giving 5-kg cylinders to distributors to counter strike in...

It is considering supplying 5 kg cylinders to distributors for sale at the gates of its bottling plants.

13 Sept 2018 5:05 PM IST

The girls kin, when questioned, told the police that the teenage girl committed suicide by hanging from the ceiling of her house with a dupatta, part of her school uniform. (Representational Images)

18-yr-old IIT-Guwahati student from Karnataka hangs self in hostel...

Police said that 18-year-old Nagashree S C left behind a note stating that she wanted to be a teacher and not an...

12 Sept 2018 9:06 PM IST

35-year-old Dean Cresdee, the rapist who searched the internet for ways to have sex with passed out women has been jailed for six years.

Guwahati: 19-year-old rapist awarded death penalty

The 11-year-old was gang-raped and set on fire after being doused with kerosene in March.

8 Sept 2018 1:55 AM IST

An irate mob, on Monday, dragged two rape-and-murder accused out from a police station in Tezu town in Lohit district of Arunachal Pradesh and lynched them. (Representational Image)

Nagaon: 19-yr-old gets death sentence for raping, setting 11-yr-old...

The court had convicted Zakir Hussain and acquitted five other accused for lack of evidence on September 4.

7 Sept 2018 3:53 PM IST

A passenger ferry crosses as rescuers search in the Brahmaputra River after a boat capsized. AP

Boat carrying 40 capsizes in Brahmaputra river, 2 dead

The boat was moving towards Majbat, Madhayamkhanda in North Guwahati from Fancy Bazar ghat in the city.

6 Sept 2018 2:01 AM IST

The mishap took place around 1:30 pm when the boat developed a technical snag and subsequently collided with a pillar of an ongoing water supply project in the Brahmaputra. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Assam: 20 feared dead after boat carrying 40 passengers capsizes in...

At least 12 people have been rescued by NDRF and SDRF teams.

5 Sept 2018 6:36 PM IST

A 33-year-old woman from Saroornagar claimed that she was kidnapped and raped in a moving car by the driver and his two friends, while her friend jumped out and sustained injuries.

3 Assam women raped after being made to drink drug-laced fruit juice

The man, who has another rape case against him, is absconding, Assam police said.

3 Sept 2018 9:02 PM IST

The rescue mission started at 4:30 am and was over in an hour. A total of 19 people stranded on the island were airlifted by the IAF helicopters. (Photo: Twitter | @PemaKhanduBJP)

Air Force rescues 19 people stranded on island in Arunachal's swelling...

The stranded persons, engaged in dairy farming, had got trapped on the small island located in Sille-Oyan circle.

31 Aug 2018 7:07 PM IST

Subsidised LPG now costs Rs 477.46 per 14.2-kg cylinder in Delhi. It was priced at Rs 419.18 in June last year.

IOC to invest Rs 286 cr to expand LPG bottling output in north-east...

Company currently has 10 bottling plants across north east and these are functioning at over 100 pc utilisation rate.

29 Aug 2018 2:36 PM IST

Ram Prakash Chauhan aka Kissing Baba claimed that he had supernatural powers to cure the physical and psychological problems of women. (Photo: ANI/Twitter)

Assam's 'Kissing Baba' who cured women with hugs, kisses arrested

The self-styled godman claimed that he acquired his powers from Lord Vishnu and his 'chamatkari chumban' could help...

25 Aug 2018 2:03 PM IST