Assam

Assam: Two sentenced to 7 years rigorous imprisonment in drug trafficking case

Diphu (Assam), Oct 24 : A local court in Assam’s Dima Hasao district has sentenced two persons to seven years rigorous imprisonment in a drug trafficking case. The court of...

Four held with heroin in Assam

Guwahati, Oct 24 : Four persons have been arrested and over 2 kg of heroin seized from them...

Veteran scribe Baikuntha Goswami dies at 79

Guwahati, Oct 24 : Veteran journalist Baikuntha Nath Goswami died on Friday due to old-age-related ailments at his...

Zubeen death case: Lathi-charge outside jail as protesters hurl stones at vehicles carrying accused

Guwahati, Oct 15 : Assam Police on Wednesday resorted to lathi-charge to disperse an agitated mob that hurled...

Tea tribes demonstrate in Assam demanding ST status, wage hike, land rights

Dibrugarh (Assam), Oct 13 : Thousands of people from Assam’s tea tribe and Adivasi communities staged a massive...
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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 indigenous lands to corporate interests like...

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 Sivasagar district remains uncontrolled after five...

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 by the Chief Minister’s Special Vigilance...

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...
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