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Guwahati (Assam) [India], October 19 (ANI): Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday said that people of Assam are still grieving the loss of Zubeen Garg, describing the late singer as a true leader of Assamese society. His remarks came as fans and political leaders gathered in Guwahati on Sunday to pay floral tributes, marking one month since the iconic singer's death in Singapore on September 19. A large number of fans and respected figures pai ...Read More >
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Guwahati: Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and AICC top leader, Rahul Gandhi, arrived in Guwahati today to pay tribute to Assam's legendary music icon Zubeen Garg. Soon after his arrival, he visited the artist's resting place at Sonapur, outskirts of the city, where he offered floral and candle tributes. Later, Gandhi visited the late artist's residence at Kahilipara, where he met Zubeen's wife Garima Saikia Garg and father Kapil Thakur, expressing his heartfelt condolences. During his ...Read More >
GUWAHATI, Oct 17: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has sought a transparent investigation into the death of legendary singer Zubeen Garg in Singapore last month. Gandhi, who paid tributes to the late singer at the cremation site in Sonapur here, and later met his family at their Kahilipara residence on Friday afternoon, addressed mediapersons and said, "We love Zubeen Garg, we want to honour him, but first we want transparency and justice. What happened in Singapore, everybody in Assam should know, ...Read More >
Guwahati, Oct 17 (PTI) Leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, is scheduled to arrive here on Friday to pay tribute to singer Zubeen Garg, who died in Singapore last month. Gandhi will visit Garg's resting place at Sonapur, on the outskirts of Guwahati, to offer his respects to him, a Congress leader said. He will also visit the singer's residence to convey his condolences to the bereaved family members, he said. Garg, 52, died in Singapore while swimming in the sea on Septem ...Read More >
Guwahati, Oct 16: Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President and Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi blamed both the police and the Home Department for failing to anticipate the unrest that played out outside Baksa District Jail on Wednesday. "The law enforcement machinery had a responsibility to assess the situation and take preventive measures. Their failure has contributed to what we witnessed today," Gogoi said. Calling upon all stakeholders to act responsibly and allow the law to take its co ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Police on Wednesday resorted to lathi-charge and fired teargas shells to disperse an agitated mob that attacked and set ablaze some vehicles and hurled stones at the convoy carrying the five accused arrested in cultural icon Zubeen Garg's death case as they were being brought to Baksa District Jail. Prohibitory orders have been imposed under Section 163 of BNSS in Mushalpur town and adjoining areas of the jail, while internet and mobile data services have been suspended in the e ...Read More >
It's been more than a month since Zubeen Garg breathed his last. His fans continue to demand justice to avenge what they call an "untimely" death on foreign soil. Much has been written about the loss to the artistic world -- and especially to the people of Assam, for whom he remains a legend. Anyone who has followed Zubeen's career knows his propensity to give a damn about his celebrity status. He spoke his mind and didn't care who he offended, because his words were often laced with sarcasm tow ...Read More >
SINGAPORE - Indian musician Zubeen Garg died on Sept 19 after swimming in waters off St John's Island, and not while scuba diving as was initially reported by Indian media. In response to queries by The Straits Times on Oct 1, a spokesman for the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said it has extended a copy of the autopsy report, along with its preliminary findings on Zubeen's death to the High Commission of India upon their request. SPF had earlier ruled out foul play. The 52-year-old was with mo ...Read More >
Guwahati, Oct 1 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said the nine construction workers, who died in the building collapse at Ennore thermal power station in Chennai a day ago, were from the northeastern state, and condoled the death of the labourers. Assam Congress President Gaurav Gogoi also expressed grief over the death of the workers from the state. The family members of the workers demanded that the labourers' bodies, now kept in the morgue of George Stanley Hospit ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], September 30 (ANI): Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking a transparent and urgent probe into the death of singer Zubeen Garg, who passed away in Singapore. The 52-year-old Assamese music icon died on September 19 following a scuba diving accident in Singapore. His mortal remains were first flown to Delhi and later transported to Guwahati on Sunday morning by a commercial flight. In his letter, Gogoi requested t ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Union Minister Suresh Gopi stirred controversy on Tuesday by claiming that those elected by "corpses" are now serving the state. Speaking at a neighbourhood meet called "Kalungu" in Idukki district, he alleged that cadavers from 25 years ago had cast votes in Kerala elections. Media reports have previously highlighted incidents of deceased voters being listed as active in Kerala's voter list, he said, while indirectly referring to the accusations of "scientific rigging " aga ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Congress President Gaurav Gogoi has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging his direct intervention and oversight in the investigation into the sudden and tragic death of celebrated singer Zubeen Garg. In his letter on Tuesday, Gogoi called for an urgent, transparent, and impartial probe, monitored by the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), to ensure justice is delivered. Gogoi specifically requested that the Special Investigation Team (SIT), formed by the Assam Police to in ...Read More >
Guwahati, Sept 30: Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi on Monday accused the BJP-led State government of attempting to divert the ongoing investigation into the death of heart-throb Zubeen Garg. "This is not an investigation. This is a cover up which is going on. Otherwise, the two main persons who are accused, the manager and the event organizer, named by the Chief Minister himself... why are they being given vacation time? They are yet to be interrogated by the Stat ...Read More >
Guwahati, Sept 15: The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC), on Monday, claimed that the foundation stone for the Narengi-Kuruwa bridge project had already been laid by former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. The statement came in the wake of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's two-day visit to Assam, during which he inaugurated several infrastructure and healthcare projects, including the bridge project. "The Prime Minister laid the foundation stone for the Narengi-Kuruwa bridge during his visit, bu ...Read More >
Tezpur, September 13: Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi on Saturday announced that his party will contest in 36 constituencies in the upcoming 2026 Assam Legislative Assembly elections, asserting its preparedness to emerge as a decisive political force. The announcement was made at the party's expanded executive meeting, held at Bihguri Chandranath Sharma Bhawan in Tezpur, where more than 200 representatives participated. Declaring his own candidature from Sivasagar, Gogoi emphasised that the R ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Wednesday that the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Assam Police, probing the alleged Pakistani links of Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi and his family, has unearthed startling facts which point towards a larger conspiracy aimed at undermining India's sovereignty. In an apparent reference to Gogoi (who is also a member of Parliament), and his wife Elizabeth Coulburn, the chief minister said on X that the SIT probe has al ...Read More >
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has expressed profound dismay, describing itself as "perturbed, curious, and shocked" over the Assam government's decision to allocate 3,000 bighas (approximately 991 acres) of tribal land in Dima Hasao district to Mahabal Cement Private Limited for a cement factory. Our sources confirmed that during a hearing on Monday Justice Sanjay Kumar Medhi questioned the rationale behind granting such a vast tract in a Sixth Schedule area, where tribal rights and environm ...Read More >
Guwahati: A high-level delegation of Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) met leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi in New Delhi on Tuesday, urging him to raise the twin issues of the Assam Accord implementation and constitutional safeguards for the Assamese people in Parliament.The meeting is significant given the tense atmosphere in the state due to the eviction drives initiated by the state govt and ultimatums issued by various vigilante groups to 'migrant Muslims' of Bangladesh origin to leave upper Assa ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi declared that a future Congress-led government would reclaim land allegedly "illegally" occupied by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his cabinet colleagues and redistribute it to the poor. He made the statement while addressing the media after the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee's Extended Executive Meeting in Guwahati. Ready for a challenge? Click here to take our quiz and show off your knowledge! Gogoi accused the current BJP-led govern ...Read More >
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday (August 1, 2025) said Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's remark on the U.S. tariffs has exposed his ''anti-India'' mindset. ''When Prime Minister Narendra Modi is conducting everything so gracefully and talking with various countries on equal terms, Mr. Gandhi is defaming our country'', the Chief Minister said at a press conference in Guwahati. Mr. Gandhi on Wednesday (July 30, 2025) said U.S. President Donald Trump was right in calling the Indian ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday called the Lok Sabha's leader of opposition, Rahul Gandhi, a 'traitor', alleging that the Congress leader was siding with Bangladeshi and Pakistani Muslims.Speaking on the sidelines of a campaign rally, ahead of the Bodoland Territorial Council election, in lower Assam's Tamulpur, Sarma said, "Rahul Gandhi is an anti-India person. He is only with Bangladeshi and Pakistani Muslims, not with Indian Hindus and Indian Muslims. He is a pakka deshdrohi ...Read More >
Guwahati, Aug 3 (PTI) Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday said all the land "illegally" occupied by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his ministers will be redistributed among the poor people if the opposition party forms government in the state next year. After the Extended Executive Meeting of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee here, Gogoi in a press conference claimed that the people of the state are fed up with the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government. ...Read More >
Gogoi also claimed that there have been instances of electors visiting a polling station during voting, coming to know that their names are missing from the list. Senior Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday alleged that the neutrality of the Election Commission is questionable, which is why the opposition parties want a discussion on the revision of the voter list in Parliament. Speaking to reporters before the start of the Extended Executive Meeting of the Assam unit of the Congress here, G ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 3 (PTI) The government has notified a new framework for the edible oil industry, imposing stricter registration and reporting requirements on producers to enhance transparency and oversight, according to an official release. The 2025 Vegetable Oil Products, Production and Availability (VOPPA) Regulation Order, notified on August 1 by the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, amends the Vegetable Oil Products Production and Availability (Regulation) Order, 20 ...Read More >
Guwahati, August 3: The Congress has kicked off preparations for the 2026 Assam Assembly elections, with a "bold" grassroots campaign set to roll out from next month. The decision was formalised by the party's Nikhil Bharat Congress Committee and announced during an extended executive meeting held in Guwahati on Sunday. Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi said the new campaign strategy is designed to reconnect with voters across the state and challenge the ruling BJP ...Read More >
Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday alleged that Congress leader Rahul Gandhi is anti-national and only supports the Muslims of Bangladesh and Pakistan. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of an election campaign meeting in Bodoland Territorial Region, Sarma also claimed that the Congress does not respect icons of Assam, like the Kamakhya temple and Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva. "Rahul Gandhi is an anti-India person. He is only with Bangladeshi and Pakistani Musli ...Read More >
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], August 3 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath is closely monitoring the flood situation in Uttar Pradesh, issuing timely directives to ensure effective relief efforts. Acting on his instructions, state ministers are inspecting affected areas, while Relief Commissioner Bhanu Chandra Goswami informed that floods have impacted 37 tehsils and 402 villages, affecting 84,392 people. Of these, 47,906 have received assistance, and 2,759 animals have been ...Read More >
Guwahati, Aug 3 (PTI) Senior Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday alleged that the neutrality of the Election Commission is questionable, and that is why the opposition parties want a discussion on the revision of the voter list in Parliament. Speaking to reporters before the start of the Extended Executive Meeting of the Assam unit of the Congress here, Gogoi, who is also the deputy leader of the party in Lok Sabha, also questioned the BJP-led central government's decision not to allow a dis ...Read More >
Guwahati: Congress MP and APCC chief Gaurav Gogoi who here on Sunday chaired the executive committee meeting of the party said that they focused on devising a comprehensive strategy to strengthen the party's position ahead assembly elections 2026. Informing that the meeting has started discussing a roadmap for 2026 assembly polls, Mr Gogogoi told reporters that it's high time for them to gear up for a fierce political battle. Pointing out that key grassroots feedback gathered during recent out ...Read More >
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