Assam

New Delhi: The Tai Ahom Yuba Parishad, Assam (TAYPA) on Tuesday staged a sit-in protest here, demanding the Centre to provide constitutional safeguard to the Tai Ahom community by granting it the Schedule Tribe (ST) status.Scores of TAYPA...

New Delhi: BJP Rajya Sabha MP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa on Monday accused that Congress had brought illegal immigrants from neighbouring Bangladesh into Assam for its "votebank"."You brought Bangladeshis into Assam for 'votebank'," the BJP member from Assam said...

Guwahati: An Assam police constable was rrested on Monday for allegedly killing his pregnant wife at the official quarter in Assam's Dibrugarh town.The accused, identified as Biki Chetia, used his service weapon to kill his four-month pregnant wife...

Guwahati: Raijor Dal chief Akhil Gogoi was on Monday suspended from the budget session of the Assam Legislative Assembly for disrupting House proceedings.Speaker Biswajit Daimary suspended Gogoi for trying to disrupt Governor jagdish Mukhi's address on the first...

Guwahati: A 15-year-old male elephant was electrocuted at Malini division of Burhapahar tea estate under Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve on Friday.The elephant which was passing through the tea garden was electrocuted when its body touched a...

Guwahati: Two more Assam students reached New Delhi from war hit Ukraine on Tuesday taking the total number to 106 who have returned from the restive country.Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed on Wednesday that one student arrived...

New Delhi: A total of 105 students hailing from Assam have been brought back to India so far from the war-hit Ukraine, an official said here on Tuesday."Out of the 105 students, 100 arrived in Delhi and five...

Guwahati: Assam police on Tuesday recovered a cache of arms, ammunition and explosives at Mahamaya Reserve Forest in Kokrajhar district in lower Assam.Acting on a specific intelligence, Kokrajhar police team led by L R Bishnoi, Special DGP and...

Guwahati: Around 65 per cent votes were polled in the by-election to Majuli assembly constituency in Assam, officials said. Polling which began at 7 am has been more or less peaceful.No untoward incident has been reported from any...

Guwahati: In a big breakthrough, Assam Police on Monday claimed that it has arrested a dreaded and wanted Maoist leader, Arun Bhattacharjee alias Kanchan da from Cachar district.According to Assam police, 72-year Bhattacharjee who hails from Howrah, West...