A delegation of 11 political parties from Assam, headed by Congress, on Friday staged a sit-in protest in front of the office of Election Commission of India (ECI) after they were not allowed to meet the Chief Election Commissioner.
Over 80 people have fallen ill after consuming pulse prasad during a ‘nam’ (worship) programme organised by the local unit of 'Bhagwant Sangha' at Dekapam Shantipur village Namghar in Dhemaji district of Assam.
In a tragic incident, a student of Dibrugarh University reportedly lost his life, while four others sustained injuries in a road accident in Jamugurihat of Sonitpur, Assam.
Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) took out a mock funeral rally of Assam Food and Civil Supply minister Ranjeet Kumar Dass and the government for failing to control the sky-rocketing price rise in Dibrugarh on Thursday.
The Assam Cattle Preservation Act, 2021, was amended in the assembly and which empowers the police to enter the house of an accused and inspect, search and seize properties acquired in the last six years with money earned from illegal cattle trade.
According to reports, July to September is considered the peak season of JE but cases were reported from June as well, even as the health department did not make the vector-borne diseases menace public.
