Assam

Youth shot in Udalguri; illegal weapon seized, attacker held

Guwahati, July 20: Tensions flared in Assam’s Udalguri district just ahead of the BTR elections, as a youth was shot in a violent altercation involving an illegal firearm. The...

Railway station master accused of wife’s murder arrested in Assam

Rangia (Assam), Jul 20 : An absconding railway official, accused in the murder of his wife, has been...

Heroin worth Rs 6 crore seized, 2 arrested in Assam

Guwahati, Jul 20: Two persons have been arrested and heroin worth over Rs 6 crore has been seized...

Declare statewide drought now: Saikia slams govt inaction as crop crisis grips Assam

Guwahati, July 19: A day after the Assam Cabinet declared five districts as drought-affected, Leader of the Opposition...

Vote bank, violence & vendetta: BJP slams Congress for inciting chaos, insulting Assam’s indigenous identity

Guwahati, July 19: BJP MP Dilip Saikia launched a scathing attack on the Congress party, accusing it of...
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Opposition MLA Akhil Gogoi suspended from Assam Assembly for disrupting proceedings

Guwahati, Feb 20: Independent MLA Akhil Gogoi was on Wednesday suspended briefly from the Assam Assembly for disrupting the reply of Public Health Engineering...

Assam Police arrests poacher from Sonitpur district

Guwahati, Feb 20: Assam Police arrested a poacher wanted in connection with several cases from Sonitpur district, officials said on Wednesday. Acting on a tip-off,...

Assam social groups allege Meghalaya encroachment: 33 villages illegally included in Jaintia Hills Council

Guwahati, Feb 19: Several political and social organizations in Assam’s West Karbi Anglong district have raised serious allegations against Meghalaya, accusing it of encroaching...

Chaos in Assam Assembly: House adjourned three times as ruling BJP moves adjournment motion

Guwahati, Feb 19: The second day of the Assam Legislative Assembly’s budget session saw unprecedented turmoil as the ruling BJP moved an adjournment motion...

44 days after they went missing, bodies of two workers found in Assam mine

Guwahati, Feb 19: Divers fished out decomposed bodies of two more miners trapped inside a coal mine in Assam's Dima Hasao district on Wednesday,...

Political storm in Assam: Congress’ Bhupen Borah questions timing of APSC report, BJP hits back

Guwahati, Feb 19: A fresh political controversy has erupted in Assam after state Congress chief Bhupen Kumar Borah raised concerns over the timing of...

Sonowal inaugurates Inland Waterways Terminal at Jogighopa, flags off cargo vessel to Bangladesh

Guwahati, Feb 18: Union Minister for Ports, Shipping & Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday inaugurated the Inland Waterways Terminal (IWT) at Jogighopa, officially dedicating...

Centre’s ‘NAKSHA’ programme launched in Barpeta Road to revolutionize urban land management

Guwahati, Feb 18: The Centrally-sponsored NAKSHA (National Geospatial Knowledge-Based Land Survey of Urban Habitations) programme was officially launched in Barpeta Road Urban Local Body...

Assam govt, AASU reach consensus on 38 key recommendations of Justice Sharma panel on Assam Accord

Guwahati, Feb 16: The Assam government and the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) have reached a consensus on implementing 38 out of 52 recommendations...

Gaurav may be trapped, I have sympathy for him: Himanta on Cong MP’s wife’s controversy

Guwahati, Feb 16: Appearing to soften his stand against Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi over the controversy surrounding the Congress leader’s British wife, Assam...

In a first, Kokrajhar to host inaugural sitting of Assam assembly on Monday

Kokrajhar (Assam), Feb 16: For the first time in Assam, a session of the legislative assembly will be held outside Guwahati, with Kokrajhar hosting...

Two killed in road accident

Boko, Feb15: In a tragic road accident on NH17 at Lampara under Boko Police Station on Saturday evening killed two people. According to the...
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