Assam

Guwahati:  In a major breakthrough towards de-escalating tensions at the Assam-Nagaland border, the two Chief Secretaries of the two states Saturday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to immediately withdraw states’ forces from the border locations to their respective...

Guwahati: Pass percentage in Commerce and Science streams increased by over 10 per cent while in Arts it was by more than 20 per cent compared to the previous year for state board conducted class 12 examinations in Assam, results...

Guwahati: Assam erupted in joy minutes after boxer Lovlina Borgohain cruised past Nien-Chin Chen in her quarterfinal bout of Women’s Welter (64-69kg) in the Tokyo Olympics on Friday.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma tweeted to congratulate the pugilist.Taking to...

New Delhi: All vehicles entering Assam from Mizoram will be checked for "illicit drugs", the Assam government said Thursday, days after six men of the Assam Police were killed in an unprecedented gunfight between the two police forces.The statement...

Agartala/Guwahati: The Northeast India Federation of Journalists (NIFJ), an affiliate of the Indian Journalists Union and International Federation of Journalists, appealed to the journalists and medica organization to exercise restrain while reporting and covering the Assam-Mizoram border incident leading...

Guwahati: Assam government has advised its citizens to avoid travelling to Mizoram, citing the recent violence at the border district between the two states. Any threat to their personal safety cannot be accepted, said the advisory.Six men of the...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma Tuesday laid wreaths to pay homage to the slain cops who lost their lives in the border clash on Monday night, in Silchar.Assam government has also declared three-day state mourning as a...

Guwahati: The Assam-Mizoram border standoff Monday took a bloody turn with six Assam police personnel were killed in firing by Mizoram police as both the state administration accused each other of instigating the violence.Assam Chief Minister in the evening...

Guwahati: At least nine Rohingya refugees, including three women and a child, were arrested from the railway station here on Sunday morning. They were allegedly carrying fake UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) ID cards, the NDTV reported.On...

Guwahati: A total of 42 children from Assam have been rescued in Sikkim and brought back to the state on Friday, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said.The parents of the children, hailing from four villages of Chirang district along the...