The NSS Cell of Gauhati University organised an awareness campaign under the Bal Vivah Mukt Bharat Abhiyan on its campus on Saturday to sensitise students against child marriage. Speakers highlighted child marriage as a social evil that harms education, health…
Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora on Sunday inaugurated the 4th International Winter Trade Fair 2025–26 at the Maniram Dewan Trade Centre in Guwahati. The fair, organised by the Assam Trade Promotion Organisation, features over 150 exhibitors from India and abroad,…
The Kaziranga Wildlife Society has expressed shock over the death of eight elephants hit by a Rajdhani Express near Kampur and called for a judicial inquiry into the incident. The NGO alleged violation of a 2014 Supreme Court of India…
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Sunday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not mentioning late Assamese cultural icon Zubeen Garg during his recent two-day visit to Assam. Speaking in Majuli, Gogoi said the Prime Minister attended several events but neither…
Congress workers staged a protest in Nalbari on Sunday, burning an effigy of PHE minister Jayanta Mallabaruah over alleged corruption in the implementation of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM). The demonstration briefly disrupted traffic at Nalbari Thana Chowk. Protesters later…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday laid the foundation stone of a ₹10,601-crore ammonia-urea plant at Namrup in Assam’s Dibrugarh district and accused the Congress of indulging in vote-bank politics and protecting illegal infiltrators. Modi said Congress governments neglected Assam…
Union Minister Bhupender Yadav said the Centre has sought a detailed report on the death of eight elephants after a train accident in Assam’s Hojai district. He said all states have been asked to closely monitor elephant movement along railway…
Two women declared foreigners by a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Assam’s Biswanath district have been ordered to leave the state within 24 hours. The expulsion order was issued by the district administration under the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950. Both…
Amid the evolving situation in Bangladesh, the BSF has stepped up security along the India–Bangladesh border under the Cachar and Mizoram Frontier. Special vigilance has been imposed in riverine areas of Sribhumi and Cachar districts, with thermal cameras, night-vision devices…
The Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) has expressed concern over recent developments in Bangladesh, citing persecution of Hindu minorities and the potential risk of infiltration into Assam. AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi and general secretary Jagadish Bhuyan said rising religious fanaticism could…