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 —...
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...
