Assam

Guwahati: As many as three people were killed and several are missing following heavy landslides triggered by incessant rains in Dima Hasao district in Assam, officials said on Sunday.According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) three persons,...

Guwahati: The Chief Justice (Acting) of Gauhati High Court, Justice N Kotiswar Singh on Saturday said, there is an urgent need for widespread multi-agencies coordination to prevent wildlife crimes.“Prevention and mitigation of wildlife crimes that have acquired an alarming...

Guwahati: Hedayet Ali, who is a native of Assam became the seventh person from the state to scale Mount Everest.Ali hails from Hajo in Kamrup but is settled in California, USA. He reached the top of Everest at 7:30...

Guwahati: Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday said that his party will do everything possible to oust `corrupt’ BJP from the north-eastern states.Banerjee who arrived here in the morning to open Trinamool's party office in Guwahati...

Guwahati: Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said that unlike West Bengal its neighbouring state Assam has tackled the issue of illegal migration with strong determination.Heaping praises on the BJP-led Assam government for ‘tackling’ illegal migration, Shah said.“Assam...

Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday said that numerous peace accords signed with the insurgent outfits during the NDA rule in the North Eastern Region laid the foundation of terror, bomb blasts free region.Addressing a public rally...

Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) has expressed grave concern over the news relating to the execution of two Assamese youths by the separatist militant outfit with the conviction of spying forAssam police and demanded the government to take...

Guwahati: The banned insurgent outfit the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) has awarded death sentences to two cadres who were allegedly involved in spying against the proscribed outfit.As per statement issued by the banned outfit, it has...

Guwahati: Rajeev Chandrasekhar,  Minister of State for Electronics & IT, Entrepreneurship & Skill Development has inaugurated five centers of the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) in the north east for skill enhancement of the educated youth...

Guwahati: Assam police has seized drugs worth Rs 6 crore which are suspected to be smuggled from Manipur.Police seized suspected heroin consignment near Assam-Meghalaya border after intercepting a Meghalaya registered car while it entered Guwahati.The sized heroin...