Three healthcare projects worth around ₹120 crore are planned on non-productive land of the Jalannagar South Tea Estate in Dibrugarh as part of a diversification initiative to revive the financially stressed plantation. The proposed projects include Manavata Multispecialty Hospital, Renu…
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday laid the foundation stones for four river lighthouses along the Brahmaputra River, marking the first lighthouse infrastructure on an inland waterway in India. The ceremony was held at Lachit Ghat in Guwahati and organised…
Ahead of the upcoming Assam Assembly elections, the state government has carried out a major reshuffle of 15 senior IAS and state service officers across several districts. According to an order issued by Personnel Department Secretary Monita Borgohain, Partha Pratim…
With the Assam Assembly elections approaching, the Asom Gana Parishad held a bike rally in Biswanath on Thursday through its youth wing, Asom Yuva Parishad, showcasing its organisational strength. The rally, attended by several party leaders including former minister and…
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Thursday announced that the state government has signed an MoU with Guwahati Neurological Research Centre to establish a superspecialty hospital at Hapania in West Tripura. The hospital will be built on vacant land belonging…
A Holi celebration ended in tragedy after three youths drowned in the Puthimari River near Nayanpur in Assam’s Kamrup district on Wednesday night. The deceased have been identified as Jay Prakash Kalita (28) of Nayanpur, Vishal Das (23) of Pakhamela,…
Police from the Birubari Outpost under Paltanbazar Police Station arrested a couple in the Pukhuripar area of Guwahati after recovering suspected heroin. The accused, Abbash Ali (28) and his wife Hasina Begum from Hafiz Nagar, were found with 12 vials…
The Asom Jatiya Parishad has criticised the Assam government after a court ordered the unfreezing of the bank account of Shyamkanu Mahanta, the main accused in the murder case of singer Zubeen Garg. AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi and general secretary…
The Guwahati Municipal Corporation carried out a cleanliness drive on Tuesday across several busy areas of Guwahati, including GS Road in Christian Basti, Panjabari, Ananda Nagar and Prophasar Road. Sanitation workers conducted sweeping, drain cleaning and garbage removal in these…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state government invested ₹26,409 crore in infrastructure development during the 2024–25 financial year. In a post on X, Sarma said the investment aims to build long-term infrastructure that will support the state’s…