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Assam government mulling anti-superstition law

Last Updated: Monday, September 9, 2013, 11:39

With attacks against persons suspected to be practising witchcraft on rise, the Assam government is planning to bring in an anti-superstition bill in the next session of the state Assembly.

Fresh floods affect Jorhat district, 25,000 families hit

Last Updated: Sunday, September 8, 2013, 22:26

Water level of the Brahmaputra river was flowing above the danger level at several places affecting more than 45 villages in Assam`s Jorhat district, official sources said.

BSF jawan kills two superiors in Assam`s Dhubri district

Last Updated: Thursday, September 5, 2013, 14:15

In a case of fratricide, a BSF jawan on border duty killed two superiors in Assam on Thursday.

Assam Women Commission team to probe gang-rape of bride

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 4, 2013, 18:44

The Assam State Commission for Women has constituted a fact finding team to enquire into the alleged atrocities committed on a newly married women at Mayong in Morigaon district on August 15.

40 injured in Assam mob violence

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 22:24

Atleast 40 people, including 12 police personnel, were injured when a mob went on a rampage following an abortive attempt to abduct a two-year old boy in Assam`s Sibsagar district on Tuesday, police said.

Gogoi for separate directorate for streamlining mid-day meal

Last Updated: Monday, September 2, 2013, 19:31

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday said that his government would set up a separate directorate to streamline the mid-day meal scheme.

Assam a role model in country`s health sector: Ghulam Nabi Azad

Last Updated: Sunday, September 1, 2013, 17:59

Assam has emerged as role model in health sector of the country by implementing highest number of schemes under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said.

Woman allegedly raped by three brothers-in-law

Last Updated: Saturday, August 31, 2013, 22:18

A woman was allegedly raped by her three brothers-in law at Murmuria Tea estate in Jorhat district, police said on Saturday.

Court sentences taxman to 2 yrs RI for forgery in I-T returns

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 21:45

A special CBI court in Guwahati has sentenced an Income Tax department official and another person to two years of rigorous imprisonment.

Assam strikes balance on land acquisition

Last Updated: Thursday, August 29, 2013, 18:10

Assam today said despite scarcity of land in the state it could not wash off its hands like West Bengal on the ground that it could not help in land acquisition for private projects.