The Railway Protection Force has detained 57 people suspected to be Bangladeshi nationals at Kamakhya railway station in Guwahati. The group was intercepted aboard the Brahmaputra Mail and reportedly travelled from Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. Authorities have not yet disclosed…
The Assam Cabinet has approved the allocation of three bighas of land in Hudumpur village under Palasbari revenue circle to Olympic medallist Lovlina Borgohain for establishing a boxing academy. Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the land would…
The BJP-led NDA reportedly made significant gains in Assam’s by-elections, with BJP candidate Devashish Sharma leading in the Nagaon Lok Sabha seat. The supplied report also claims that the NDA won all five contested Assembly seats, while AIUDF chief Badruddin…
Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma said an artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled alert system has helped save 151 elephants from potential train collisions. The system analyses five years of GPS data to predict elephant movement and identify possible railway crossings…
Guwahati: An East Guwahati Police District (EGPD) team from Basistha Police Station has arrested a 30-year-old man, Moidul Islam of Khanka, in connection with a theft case reported at Sonkuchi Temple. According to Guwahati Police, the arrest was made within…
Goa: Veteran Indian actor Nana Patekar passed away at the age of 75 on Thursday, October 8, after suffering a cardiac arrest at his residence in Dona Paula, Goa. He was found unconscious and taken to Manipal Hospital, where doctors…
Dibrugarh: Dibrugarh University has launched what it describes as the country’s largest online archive of rare Sanchipat manuscripts, marking the birth centenary of noted Assamese poet Nabakanta Barua. The archive provides free global access to 53,275 digitised pages of manuscripts…
Guwahati: Borluit Productions held the premiere of its Assamese feature film ‘Dipholu’ at Matrix Cinemas, Beltola, on Tuesday. Directed by Nekib and produced by Jekiv, the film explores village life, human relationships and aspirations through humour, emotion and social themes…
Goalpara: The Special POCSO Court in Goalpara has sentenced Mominul Islam to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting a minor girl in 2021 under Agia police station. The judgment was delivered by District and Sessions Judge and Special POCSO Court Judge…
Guwahati: The Assam government has signed an MoU to establish a modern shipbuilding and repair facility at Dharapur near Guwahati along the Brahmaputra. The shipyard will connect National Waterway 2 (Brahmaputra) with National Waterway 16 (Barak), aiming to reduce cargo…