Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and national organising secretary Sandeep Pathak will visit Assam by the first half of March, party leaders in Assam said. Party sources said Kejriwal’s proposed visit holds importance…
An Army jawan was trampled to death by a wild elephant in Narengi cantonment in Guwahati, Assam, officials said on Sunday. Khamlian Kap was on duty when the elephant strayed into the cantonment area from the nearby Amchang Wildlife Sanctuary…
As Turkey reels from its deadliest earthquake in decades, some residents of Istanbul have already turned their growing anxiety elsewhere – towards the next big quake. “We live in distress,” said Aysegul Rahvanci, a lifetime Istanbul resident, of her fears…
The police personnel of Dhubri district seized a pick-up van along with 5 quintals of raw cattle meat at Chagolia on the Assam-Bengal border on February 11. As per the police, the smuggled meat was supposed to be delivered in…
Many had started calling Namdapha in Arunachal Pradesh a tiger reserve without tigers due to non-sighting of the big cat since 2015. After about eight years, on February 8, staff of the 1985 sq km tiger reserve, however, got a…
Jairam Ramesh today released party’s manifesto for Meghalaya Assemble election scheduled for February 27 next. The Congress has promised a ‘Five Star Meghalaya” through ‘Five Commitments’ if voted to power in the hill state. Releasing the manifesto, Jairam Ramesh said…
A black ribbon was displayed on one of the electronic boards of Istanbul airport on Friday in solidarity with quake-hit countries Turkey and Syria. As per reports, more than 21,000 people have died in Turkey and Syria after a magnitude-7.8…
The death toll stands at more than 24,000 in Turkey and northwestern Syria as rescue efforts continue. The number of deaths in Turkey rose to 20,665 on Saturday while more than 3,500 were killed in Syria. The Syrian government has…
Hollywood actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio praised the Assam government for ensuring zero poaching of the one-horned rhinocerous at Kaziranga National Park, a Unesco World Heritage Site, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma invited the Academy Award winning actor to the…
A massive fire broke out at the Silver Square Building Guwahati's Christian Basti on February 11. The fire started at the parking lot of the building at around 11 AM. Upon receiving the information of the same, the fire tenders…