All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) MLA and party General Secretary Rafiqul Islam said that the Assam government can't shut down private Madrasas in the state.
Reacting to the controversial statement of Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary on the rise of the electricity bill, opposition Congress MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha on Tuesday staged a protest against the statement and was seen as sitting under a tree near the Assam Legisla
Champhai Police seized over 3 kg of heroin worth Rs 15 crore in Mizoram's Champhai district on Tuesday and apprehended two drug smugglers, an official statement said.
The All Assam Students' Union (AASU) on Tuesday staged Gana Satyagraha in Guwahati to protest against the State government's decision of introducing the English language as a medium to teach science and mathematics from Class 6 onwards.
The overall pass percentage of Higher Secondary (Class 12) examination in the Arts stream this year was 70.12 per cent, for Commerce it was 79.57 per cent and for Science, it was 84.96 per cent.
"Inputs indicate casualties to insurgents. This is being verified on the ground. During preliminary search-two AK series rifles, one 51mm mortar, two carbines, ammunition, and warlike stores were recovered from the general area," the Indian Army said.
Five people were arrested, following the firing incident in the Assam-Arunachal border area that claimed the lives of two persons in Assam's Dhemaji district on Monday.
The District Deputy Commissioners of Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and other districts of Upper Assam have issued instructions to the educational institutions to rechedule the classes at an earlier time.
Two persons were killed and two others were injured in a shooting incident in Assam's Dhemaji district along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border on Monday, police said.
Karbi Anglong police apprehended one person at Karbi Anglong Police and seized 89 soap cases containing around 1 kg of heroin hidden in the door panel of the vehicle, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday.