Assam

Guwahati: As many as seven people were killed and four injured in different road accidents in different parts of Assam on Thursday.Five people were killed in the Nalbari district, while two others were killed in Nagaon and Lakhimpur districts.In...

Guwahati: The Assam police have arrested nine cadres of the recently-formed militant Adivasi People’s Liberation Army (APLA), a top official said on Thursday.Nine cadres of the group were arrested on Wednesday from Golaghat and Karbi Anglong districts and arms...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched `Assam Millet Mission with a view to expand and increase millet cultivation in the state.After launching the programme, Sarma said that Millet Mission is targeted to raise the nutrition quotient and...

Shillong: Assam Chief Minister and BJP’s ‘chief strategist’ will head the party’s campaign in Meghalaya and launch its campaign from Chief Minister Conrad Kongkal Sangma’s home turf in South Tura, the party said on Tuesday.Elections to the 60-member Meghalaya...

Guwahati: Assam police has rescued seven black primates on Monday night, arresting two people after a chase of nearly 10 kilometres.As per reports, Haliakandi police had intercepted a vehicle at a checkpoint in the Ramnathpur outpost area. On checking the...

Guwahati: The banned ULFA(I) has claimed responsibility for the attack on an Army patrol party in eastern Assam’s Tinsukia district on Tuesday.The ULFA (I) in a statement emailed to media on Tuesday said the ambush, codenamed ‘Operation Lakhipathar’, was...

Guwahati: A magistrate has been arrested in Assam for compromising his responsibility in a case of sexual assault and murder of a 13-year-old girl in Darrang district, state chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Saturday.The victim girl who...

Guwahati: Union Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari Friday announced sanctioning of upcoming new projects worth Rs.1.6 Lakh crore in North East. At the concluding press conference of the review of NH projects in North East Region here, the Minister said these...

Guwahati: The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday bagged 12 of the 22 seats in the Deori autonomous council elections, an official statement said.The saffron party won 11 seats while its ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) secured one,...

Guwahati: A middle aged man got drowned in the river Brahmaputra in Assam’s Dibrugarh district on Tuesday, officials said on Wednesday.Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) Project Officer (Dibrugarh) Deepjyoti Hatikakoti said the incident took place near the river...