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The 22-year-olds posts on Instagram are flooded with comments mentioning the similarity between the two. (Instagram Screengrab/ tigerjackieshroff Verified/ davidmessi_official)Newsmakers
Meet Tiger Shroff's doppelganger: Instagram says he looks just like...

David Saharia, model and fitness enthusiast from Mangaldoi, Assam, has created a stir due to his uncanny resemblance to...

27 July 2018 5:09 PM IST

Next generation of fake news will be empowered by Artificial Intelligence and be far more sophisticated, and even more disastrous.Life
Death by 'fake news': social media-fuelled lynchings shock India

The killing of Nilotpal Das and Abhijeet Nath has resonated broadly among urban, well-educated Indians.

14 July 2018 1:59 PM IST

Crossing a red signal is considered a serious offence in the railway. A red signal means another train is on the same track ahead of the local train. (Representational picture)India
Killed in similar manner: 2 women found dead in toilets of Assam...

The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has ordered an inquiry into the two incidents, an NFR spokesman said in Guwahati.

11 July 2018 9:29 PM IST

A 68-year-old man was lynched and his wife and pregnant daughter were injured in Meghalaya when a group of people attacked them on suspicion of practising witchcraft. (Representational image)India
35-yr-old man beaten to death at Assam wedding for objecting to...

6 people were arrested in connection with the killing of labourer, identified as Jatin Das, at Ghorathal village in...

11 July 2018 5:57 PM IST

The belongings of the sadhus were thrown open by the mob, videographed and shared on social media, further fuelling the hearsays. (Facebook Screengrab/ The Assam Rifles - Sentinels of the North East)India
Army, police rescue 3 'sadhus' suspected of child lifting, from mob...

Army and police officers came to rescue of 3 people after hundreds of people gathered to attack them in wake of...

6 July 2018 1:59 PM IST

Voters in a queue show their voter identity card at a polling booth in Mandi, Himachal Pradesh. (Photo: PTI)India
No government jobs in Assam from 2021 for those with more than 2...

The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting held late Monday evening that also adopted a New Land Policy.

22 Oct 2019 8:35 AM IST

Government of Indias Representative and Interlocutor for Naga Peace Talks and Nagaland Governor, RN Ravi on Friday held a detailed consultation meeting with the primary stakeholders of the Naga society in Kohima and said that the central government is determined to conclude the Naga peace process. (Photo: ANI)India
Centre determined to conclude Naga peace process: Nagaland Governor

The government has been trying to sort out the matter and is in talks for the last 22 years.

19 Oct 2019 1:28 PM IST

The other key decisions taken by the cabinet were related to bamboo farming and the government holiday list for the coming year among others. (Photo: ANI)India
Assam govt makes sanitary napkins mandatory in factories, industries

The decision was taken in the Assam cabinet meeting, chaired by Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, to promote hygiene...

20 Nov 2019 10:30 AM IST

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday assured people that no one could steal rights of the sons of the soil of Assam. (Photo: ANI)India
No threat to land or language, says Assam CM; internet restored after...

In no way will the honour of Assam be affected, CM Sonowal assured people of the state.

20 Dec 2019 10:00 AM IST

Union home minister Amit Shah with Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal and Assam finance minister Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati on Sunday. (Photo: PTI)India
Assam CM to meet PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah over amended...

The team will meet two leaders 'very soon' to apprise them of the present situation in the state, Patowary said in a...

15 Dec 2019 10:29 AM IST

Sentiments against the amended Citizenship Act ran high on Friday at the burial of a 17-year-old youth who died in an alleged firing incident while he was returning from a protest venue, with many locals hailing him as a \martyr\. (Photo: PTI)India
Martyr! We salute you': Tempers flare at Assam teen who died in firing...

A senior police officials said the incident is being investigated and the allegations of the family are being looked...

14 Dec 2019 10:21 AM IST

Vehicles were stranded in various cities of Assam due to heavy blockade. (Photo: PTI)World
Bangladesh asks India to increase Guwahati security amid protests over...

The Foreign Ministry in Bangladesh said that Indian envoy Das met acting foreign secretary Ahsan at his office on...

13 Dec 2019 11:01 AM IST

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