Assam

Guwahati: The BJP-led Assam government presented a Rs 935.23 crore deficit budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year as the state finance minister Ajanta Neog announced several new schemes for promoting micro-entrepreneurship and creating employment.Among the major highlights of the...

Guwahati: The Assam Police have detained at least 22 individuals, including students and teachers, for questioning regarding the leak of a general science question paper intended for the state board's Class 10 examination.The leak led to the test's cancellation,...

Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has directed the Centre to pay compensation of Rs 20 lakh each to the families of five youths killed by the Army in Assam ‘s Tinsukia district in 1994, advocate of the petitioner Pari...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that elements involved in anti national activities will be wiped out of the state. Sarma made these comments after the arrest of a suspected Pakistani agent from Assam’s Morigaon.The...

Guwahati: The Guinness Book of World Records has recognised a compilation of over 42 lakh essays on Ahom general Lachit Borphukan as largest online photo album of handwritten notes.Swapnil Dangarikar, the adjudicator of Guinness World Records here, handed over...

Mumbai: In a bid to promote Assam as the most film tourism-friendly state that familiarities single-window clearances for shooting movies, Assam Tourism has conducted a roadshow in a luxury hotel here, in presence of renowned Indian actor Adil Hussain.In...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister on Tuesday said 11,500 dancers will perform Bihu on April 14 at Sarusajai stadium in an attempt to set a world record for the largest Bihu performance.Sarma said that the event will feature 11,500 dancers...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday claimed that NDA will form the government in all the three states of North East Region which have gone to polls on Monday.Sarma who is also the convenor of the...

New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met with Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Hardeep Singh Puri here on Monday.During his meeting with the minister at his office, Sarma discussed ways to utilise the natural resources...

Guwahati: A defence public relations officer (PRO) has been arrested from Central Assam’s Tezpur for his alleged involvement in the murder of a woman from Tamil Nadu.Assam police arrested Defense PRO Lt Col AS Walia from Tezpur on Friday...