Guwahati Police solved the murder of 71-year-old Bandana Das within 24 hours, arresting her caretaker Ratul Das. He confessed to slitting her throat on July 1 due to personal resentment and alcohol influence. Ratul entered the house by scaling a…
Assam Education Minister Dr. Ranoj Pegu inaugurated a national workshop on Parts of Speech (PoS) tagging for Northeast Indian languages at GUIST. Organized by the Department of IT and CRD-DELL, the event aims to integrate languages like Assamese and Bodo…
Train services in Assam’s Dima Hasao district were suspended after a landslide near Mupa station blocked tracks in the Lumding–Badarpur section. Around 30 large boulders and 100 cubic meters of earth fell on the tracks. Multiple trains, including the Silchar–Guwahati…
With BTC elections set for September, the BJP is preparing to contest all seats independently across BTR. Minister Kaushik Rai held strategy meetings in Chirang, while CM Himanta Biswa Sarma confirmed the party's intent for a solo run, citing the…
Ahead of the BTC polls, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma began a five-day tour of the Bodoland region to review welfare schemes and development work. He announced the expansion of Orunodoi 3.0 in Udalguri, support for over 1 lakh women under…
A 25-year-old engineer, Shiva Tiwari, died and three others were injured in a tragic accident at Star Cement's Samata unit in Sonapur. Tiwari fell into a coal crusher, triggering a malfunction that caused fatal injuries. The injured workers were shifted…
CPI(M) has announced a statewide protest on July 4, demanding a judicial probe into alleged irregularities in Assam's Garukhuti Gir cow project. Party leaders cited conflicting data from RTIs, Assembly records, and media reports on cow procurement, distribution, and deaths…
The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has demanded a CBI inquiry into alleged corruption in the Garukhuti Multipurpose Agriculture Project. Congress leader Ram Prasad Sarmah claimed massive misuse of ₹25 crore public funds, alleging a mismatch in statements by CM…
Palasbari: In a significant move to enhance rural healthcare access, District Commissioner of Kamrup, Deba Kumar Mishra, inaugurated three Mobile Medical Units (MMUs) today at the ITC ICML Guwahati factory premises in Kukurmara. Each MMU is staffed with a qualified…
Rajdeep Das (23) and Biswajit Dutta (19) drowned while bathing in Madhura river near Silchar. Swept away by a strong current, their bodies were recovered near Madhura Dayadisha waterfall after a rescue operation led by local residents. Such summer tragedies…