The Northeast Frontier Railways on Sunday cancelled ten trains a day after the two coaches Siphung passenger train fell on a river near Kokrajhar. NFR officials told Assam Times that works are on to restore the damaged portion of the bridge forcing them to cancel ten trains including Kamakhya-Alipurduar Siphung express, Mariani-Guwahati passenger train, New Jalpaiguri-Dekargaon passenger train.
These trains would be restored from Tuesday.
A day after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma declared that he "will take sides" and "will not let Miya Muslims take over all of Assam," opposition leaders filed a police complaint on August 27 accusing him of promoting enmity between different religious and ethnic groups. The complaint was lodged at the Dispur police station by Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President Bhupen Borah and Assam Jatiya Parishad's Lurinjyoti Gogoi, representing the United Opposition Forum, a coalition of groups opposed to the BJP and its allies.
The complaint, supported by Independent Rajya Sabha MP Ajit Bhuyan, Leader of the Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly Debabrata Saikia, and Congress...
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