Assam

Bhatiapar gas leak displaces 350, triggers outrage over ONGC safety lapses

Guwahati, June 17: Six days after a gas blowout at Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s (ONGC) crude oil well in Assam’s Sivasagar district, operations to contain the leak remain...

Adani’s Umrangso mega cement plant sparks uproar: NCST hauls up Dima Hasao DC over tribal land grab allegations

Guwahati, June 17: In a serious escalation of the controversy surrounding the Adani Group’s proposed cement mega-project in...

Congress slams BJP for secretly handing tribal lands to Adani, calls for white paper on land deals

Guwahati, June 16: The Congress has accused the BJP-led Assam government of attempting to hand over tribal and...

Uncontrolled ONGC gas leak in Assam enters day 5; 47 families displaced, Gogoi slams silence and inaction

Guwahati, June 16: A gas leak that began on June 12 at ONGC’s Rudrasagar oil field in Assam’s...

MP Ajit Bhuyan grilled in MPLAD scam; Gaurav Gogoi slams probe as politically motivated

Guwahati, June 16: Rajya Sabha MP and opposition leader Ajit Kumar Bhuyan was questioned for over five hours...
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Debabrata Saikia to World Bank, ADB: Suspend Assam project funds over ‘unlawful’ tribal land grabs

Guwahati, June 14: Assam Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia has written to the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB), demanding immediate...

‘Follow Raj Dharma’: Pradyut Bordoloi slams Himanta over rise in communal tensions in Assam

Guwahati, June 14: Expressing grave concern over rising communal tensions in various parts of Assam, senior Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP Pradyut Bordoloi...

Resurrecting a forgotten titan: New book sheds light on Assam’s scientific trailblazer Dr Hiranya Chandra Bhuyan

Guwahati, June 14: A stirring new book, Portrait of a Genius, has reignited interest in one of Assam’s most exceptional yet under-celebrated minds —...

AATSU slams Assam Govt over ‘corporate land grab’ in protected tribal areas, alleges systematic violation of indigenous rights

Guwahati, June 14: The All Assam Tribal Students’ Union (AATSU) has accused the Assam government, the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC), and the Dima Hasao...

NEHU professor held for bribery

Shillong, June 12: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has caught red handed a professor of North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong while accepting...

Cultural icon Sonal Mansingh honoured with Assam’s prestigious Srimanta Sankardeva Award

Guwahati, June 12: In a grand tribute to India’s cultural legacy and spiritual heritage, Padma Vibhushan Dr. Sonal Mansingh, an icon of Bharata Natyam...

Rakibul Hussain blasts Assam CM for weaponizing citizenship laws, stirring panic to hide governance failures

Guwahati, June 11: Congress MP from Dhubri, Rakibul Hussain, launched a sharp attack on Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday, accusing him...

Assam’s Muslim student body slams Assam Govt’s ‘push back’ policy, alleges targeted harassment of innocent Muslims

Guwahati, June 11: The Muslim Students Union of Assam (MSUA) on Wednesday voiced strong opposition to the Assam government’s ongoing “push back” policy, alleging...

Bhutan meets Assam: Gelephu Mindfulness City delegation sparks cross-border synergy at Royal Global University

Guwahati, June 11: In a powerful display of cross-border camaraderie and shared vision, a high-level nine-member delegation from Bhutan’s ambitious Gelephu Mindfulness City project...

Dimasa groups demand CBI or SIT probe into mysterious death of civil services aspirant in Uttarakhand

Guwahati, June 10: The suspicious death of 25-year-old Rashmita Hojai, a civil services aspirant from Assam's Dima Hasao district, has sparked outrage among the...

Assam CM meets Bhutan delegation, backs Gelephu Mindfulness City as model for regional growth

Guwahati, June 10: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met with an 11-member delegation from Bhutan’s Gelephu Mindfulness City Project on Tuesday at Lok...

ONGC builds 75 high-tech Anganwadi Centres across four states to boost child development and maternal care

Guwahati, June 10: To mark 75 years of India’s independence under the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, ONGC has developed 75 model Anganwadi Centres in...
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