Assam

Sarbanand Sonowal has called for strict action against TMC troll Garga Chatterjee for making derogatory remarks against King Sukaphaa.

Earlier, Garga Chatterjee had insulted the Marwari community by referring to them as ‘dishonest community that indulges in black-marketing’.

Rituparna Pegu slapped Hussain Ali who then called his family members, thrashed the victim and stabbed him from behind.

Shekhar Gupta claims Assam’s Coronavirus numbers not credible because journalist he sent to Assam quarantined for testing COVID-19 positive

Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has expressed shock at the 'second-class citizen' treatment meted out by Maharashtra and Delhi state govts, to people from other states who are residing and earning their livelihood in these states.

Until now, Assam was only charging the accused with IPC section 269 and section 270, both bailable with a jail term of six months only

Congress and Rahul Gandhi have been stridently attacking the Modi government over the handling the coronavirus outbreak in the country

The other accused, namely, Jalil Ali, Firoze Khan, and Shabir Ali, involved in the lynching of Sanatan Deka are currently absconding.

The gruesome murder happened in Manahkuchi near Hajo in Assam, where Sanatan Deka was fatally assaulted by Faizul Ali and his friends.

The significance of the 19th day of May 1961 is probably as alien a concept to the modern-day Bengali of Kolkata, as civilization is to a Vandal.