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Right to be considered for promotion is a fundamental right, right to promotion is not, says Gauhati High Court
Fp Staff • 3 years agoEarlier Supreme Court had also ruled that the right to promotion can not be treated as a fundamental right
Assam: 10, including two minors, dead after autorickshaw collides head-on with speeding truck
Fp Staff • 3 years agoAs per Assam Police, the victims, all residents of Longai Tea Estate, were returning after attending a Chhath puja
Assam boat capsize: 6 Inland Water Transport staffers arrested; 3 others detained
• 3 years agoThe collision took place when private boat 'Ma Kamala' was heading towards Majuli from Nimati Ghat with passengers and vehicles, while government ferry 'MB Tipkai' was coming from the world's largest river island.
Five killed in Assam in suspected militant attack: All you need to know about Dimasa National Liberation Army
Fp Staff • 4 years agoThe group claims to be committed to revamping the fight for a sovereign, independent Dimasa nation.
Foiled Meghalaya’s attempt to erect electricity polls near border in Guwahati, says Assam Police
• 4 years agoAt least six Assam Police personnel were killed while defending the ‘constitutional boundary’ of the state with Mizoram
Four-time Assam MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi resigns from Congress, to join BJP on 21 June
• 4 years agoRupjyoti Kurmi, a prominent tea tribe leader, is the son of former Assam minister late Rupam Kurmi, and has been elected from Mariani constituency since 2006
18 wild elephants killed by lightning strikes in Assam's Nagaon district, says senior forest department official
Fp Staff • 4 years agoChief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, taking stock of the deaths, directed forest minister Parimal Suklaba to head to the site of the incident
Himanta Biswa Sarma to be new Assam CM; credited as man behind BJP's surge in North East
Fp Staff • 4 years agoIn the recently-concluded election, Sarma had secured the Jalukbari seat for the fifth consecutive term
'Committment shouldn't be questioned': Editors Guild demands withdrawal of I&B Ministry's advisory asking TV channels not to air 'anti-national' content
• 5 years agoThe Editors Guild of India sought the withdrawal of a Ministry of Information and Broadcasting advisory asking all private television channels to desist from showing content that could incite violence or promote anti-national ideas
Assam floods: Sprinter Hima Das donates half her salary for relief efforts, asks corporates to come forward as well
Fp Staff • 6 years agoThe torrential downpour in the state of Assam continued to wreak havoc on Monday, causing the flooding on National Highway 37 and affecting 200 villages in Morigaon district alone due to the rising water levels of river Brahmaputra.