Leopard skins and bones seized in Nagaon, one wildlife trafficker nabbed
Guwahati, June 18: The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has seized two leopard skins and 20 leopard bones weighing 2.58 kilograms during an anti-wildlife...
CBI busts ₹45 lakh medical billing scam in ONGC; 8 arrested including senior officials and medical shop owners
Guwahati, June 18: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against 10 individuals, including two ONGC officials and eight private medical...
ONGC gas blowout enters 7th day: One dead, villagers suffer as containment efforts drag on
Guwahati, June 18: The gas blowout at ONGC’s RDS#147A rig in Bhotiapar, Sivasagar district, entered its seventh day on Wednesday with no significant change...
Key Assam bridge reopened last month after nearly 2 years of repair collapses
Silchar, Jun 18: A newly-repaired bridge in Assam's Cachar district collapsed on Wednesday with two overloaded trucks plunging into the Harang river, injuring...
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...
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 Assam’s Dima Hasao district, the National...
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 —...
