Assam Eid

If convicted under the new law, a person can be imprisoned for up to eight years and fined up to Rs 5 lakh.

The Assam government on Monday announced that no public gatherings will be allowed in the state on Eid in view of the COVID-19 pandemic as it released a set of new virus-fighting measures to control the pandemic.

Covaxin maker Bharat Biotech, under fire over supply-related issues, today said it has dispatched the Covid vaccine to several states like Kerala, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Odisha.

A two-year-old Facebook post that seems to express support for Pakistan and encourage beef consumption has landed a Gauhati University research scholar in trouble, with Assam police filing a case against her. The accused - Rehna Sultana - claims that the post had been "misinterpreted", and was deleted minutes after it was originally posted in June ...

Eid is meant to be a time of celebration, goodwill and joy, but there will be none of that in the home of Haji Mohiruddin of Assam this year, whose wife, Rezia Khatun died rushing to a NRC re-verification appointment 270 kilometres away in Koliabor

Peace remained the central focus of Eid in Assam on Monday with thousands of people offering Namaz-e-Eid at mosques across the state, including in the troubled Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts where 77 people have been killed in ethnic clashes and more than four lakh displaced.

If convicted under the new law, a person can be imprisoned for up to eight years and fined up to Rs 5 lakh.

The Assam government on Monday announced that no public gatherings will be allowed in the state on Eid in view of the COVID-19 pandemic as it released a set of new virus-fighting measures to control the pandemic.

Covaxin maker Bharat Biotech, under fire over supply-related issues, today said it has dispatched the Covid vaccine to several states like Kerala, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Odisha.

A two-year-old Facebook post that seems to express support for Pakistan and encourage beef consumption has landed a Gauhati University research scholar in trouble, with Assam police filing a case against her. The accused - Rehna Sultana - claims that the post had been "misinterpreted", and was deleted minutes after it was originally posted in June ...

Eid is meant to be a time of celebration, goodwill and joy, but there will be none of that in the home of Haji Mohiruddin of Assam this year, whose wife, Rezia Khatun died rushing to a NRC re-verification appointment 270 kilometres away in Koliabor

Peace remained the central focus of Eid in Assam on Monday with thousands of people offering Namaz-e-Eid at mosques across the state, including in the troubled Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri districts where 77 people have been killed in ethnic clashes and more than four lakh displaced.