Two pedestrians were killed and another critically injured after a speeding car hit them on National Highway 36 near Panikhaity Swahid High School on Tuesday afternoon. The incident occurred around 3 pm when a Hyundai Venue allegedly lost control and…
As part of the nationwide Child Marriage Free India Campaign, a street play was held at the District Commissioner’s Office in Sivasagar to raise awareness against child marriage and promote girls’ education. Organised by the District Social Welfare Department with…
The Assam government will freeze administrative boundaries from January 1 to facilitate upcoming census operations. All boundary changes must be completed by today. Preparations for the census are underway, accounting for changes since the last count, including villages upgraded to…
The draft electoral roll for Assam was published on December 27 after a Special Revision, with Chief Electoral Officer Anurag Goel urging voters to file claims and objections by January 22 ahead of the 2026 Assembly polls. For the first…
A day after Union Home Minister Amit Shah visited Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ready for the 2026 Assembly elections and will announce candidates in the first or second week of February…
The Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) will begin eviction of all encroachers from PGR and VGR lands in Karbi Anglong within 15 days, CEM Tuliram Ronghang announced. Eviction notices will be issued from Tuesday, except to 339 families who have…
Severe erosion along the southern bank of the Brahmaputra between Desangmukh and Dikhowmukh has alarmed riverine villages and threatens the historic Ramkha Pith and Ajan Peer Durgah. Residents say repeated assurances by local MLA Akhil Gogoi and officials have yet…
The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) staged a massive protest in Nagaon district on December 29, demanding protection of land and political rights of indigenous communities, especially in Karbi Anglong. Thousands of protesters from several districts marched through Nagaon…
The Assam Book Fair at Khanapara Veterinary College playground in Guwahati saw heavy footfall on Sunday, with readers and visitors thronging the venue on the fifth day. Organised by the Publication Board Assam and the All Assam Book Publishers and…
Assam University played a key role in saving a nine-year-old girl from Rosekandi Tea Estate in Cachar who was suffering from severe anaemia and a congenital heart defect. The child successfully underwent open-heart surgery at Safdarjung Hospital on December 27…