With nearly 350 voters, the family of the late Ron Bahadur Thapa of Phuloguri Nepali Paam in Assam's Sonitpur district is one of the largest that to exercise their franchise in Assam during the opening phase of polling for the Lok Sabha, on April 19.
Ranjit Dutta, the BJP candidate for the Sonitpur parliamentary constituency, filed his nomination papers on Wednesday with the returning officer at Tezpur in Assam's Sonitpur district.
In a joint operation, Assam police and Nagaland police arrested the most wanted narcotics drug trafficking kingpin of North East India from Assam's Sonitpur district. The arrested drug trafficking kingpin was identified as Md. Bahar Uddin and he hails from Jeliagrong, Dimapur in Nagaland.
As part of Vikas Yatra in Sonitpur district, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday dedicated and initiated Rs 1,370 crore worth of developmental projects, including a model residential school, water supply schemes, tourism initiatives, road constructions, and health sector advan
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday attended the 13th triennial conference of the All Bathou Mahasabha at Thelamara near Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district in the presence of nearly 1 lakh people of Bodoland.
Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary and Assam Minister Ashok Singhal on Friday visited Thelamara near Dhekiajuli in Assam's Sonitpur district where Union Home Minister Amit Shah will attend the programme as the Chief Guest.
The National Commission for Women (NCW) has condemned the incident in which a woman was attacked with sharp weapons and burnt to death by a group of six persons for allegedly practising witchcraft in Assam's Sonitpur district.
The police on Tuesday recovered three suspected handmade Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) in the Sonitpur district of Assam, which borders neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh.
In a joint operation, Assam police and forest department apprehended two suspected poachers and recovered arms and ammunition in Sonitpur district on Sunday.
According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), nearly 47,400 people have been affected in Lakhimpur district, 41,000 in Dhemaji district, 28,000 in Golaghat district, 21,500 in Sivasagar district, and 17,800 in Sonitpur district.