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Raijor Dal MLA Akhil Gogoi was expelled from the Assam Legislative Assembly after raising allegations of corruption in the Jal Jeevan Mission related to Guwahati's water supply.Gogoi accused individuals of misappropriating funds and demanded a high-level probe into the alleged irregularities. He further claimed that a minister, agitated by his remarks, resorted to a personal attack, which ultimately led to his expulsion from the House.

 Assam Assembly was adjourned thrice on Wednesday when both the ruling and opposition members demanded discussions on various issues by suspending other routine businesses of the day. The opposition brought four adjournment motions, while the treasury bench sought a discussion on a recent report on APSC cash-for-job scam. The adjournment motions were on coal mine tragedy of Umrangso by the Congress, coal and other syndicate by CPI (M), alleged torture of Indian citizens in a detention centre by AIUDF and the cash-for-job scam in Assam Public Service Commission by Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi.

 Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday inaugurated an Inland Waterways Terminal (IWT) on Brahmaputra in Assam's Jogighopa, aiming to function as a crucial point in the waterways connecting Bhutan and Bangladesh. At a function at Jogighopa in Bongaigaon district, the Ports, Shipping and Waterways Minister dedicated the terminal to the people of the nation in the presence of Bhutan Minister of Industries, Commerce and Employment Lyonpo Namgyal Dorji, an official release said. "Marking the occasion, two ships and two barges carrying coal and chips were flagged off to Bangladesh by the Union minister," it added. "The Inland Water Transport (IWT)…

A person was arrested with heroin and Yaba tablets worth around Rs 14 crore in Assam's Cachar district, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday. "Massive Drug Bust in Ramprasadpur. In a major breakthrough, @cacharpolice, under the jurisdiction of Dholai Police Station, intercepted a vehicle. Upon a thorough search, police recovered 40,000 Yaba tablets and 260 grams of Heroin, worth a market value of Rs 14 crore," Sarma said in a post on X. During the operation, a suspected drug peddler was arrested, the CM said.

The Assam Director General of Police Harmeet Singh on Monday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into a case against Pakistani national Ali Tauqeer Sheikh for his social media comments on India's internal affairs, Chief Minister Himata Biswa Sarma said. The team was formed following the registration of an FIR by the CID amid controversy over the alleged ISI links of Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi's British wife Elizabeth Colburn. Sheikh, an advisor of the Pakistan Planning Commission and a former colleague of Colburn, was charged under various sections of the BNS and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).