A massive fire broke out in a market area in Rampur of Assam’s Nalbari district. According to the police, around seven to eight shops were gutted in Monday night's blaze. As per latest information, the fire was brought under control…
Officials of the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) are likely to meet Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma soon to press for the revival of the Tetelia-Byrnihat railway project that has been in cold storage since 2016-17. An official said that the…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on April 9 announced that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a day-long visit to the state on April 14, will inaugurate and lay the foundation stone of several projects with an estimated cost of…
PM Narandra Modi will give a major impetus to industrialisation in the state by inaugurating Assam Petro-Chemicals Limited’s 500 TPD methanol plant, which is a joint venture by the Assam government and Oil India Limited (OIL) at Namrup. CM Himanta…
At least three persons, including a two-year old child, have died after consuming "poisonous" mushroom in Golaghat district of Assam, officials said on Sunday. The incident took place in Merapani locality of the district, where members of five families consumed…
Indian Army in a joint operation with Assam Police apprehended one cadre and a link-man of the ULFA(I) outfit on April 2. The operation was carried out by Spear Corps Warriors on a specific input about the movement of a…
The Government Railway Police (GRP) on Saturday seized 16 kg of ganja from a train and apprehended two persons in Assam’s Karimganj district. Based on secret information, the GRP personnel launched a search operation at Badarpur railway station in Karimganj…
Three leaders of the proscribed Popular Front of India (PFI) and its student wing, Campus Front of India (CFI), were arrested by Assam Police from Barpeta Road railway station, police said on Saturday. SP (Barpeta) Amitava Sinha said Abu Sama,…
Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Thursday said Assam has the potential to become a major yoga tourism destination in the country. Assam successfully hosted two major yoga Mahotsav in successive years (Sivsagar in 2022 and Dibrugarh in 2023) and this…
According to a statement issued by the army, in the past one year, security forces have intensified their efforts towards restoring normalcy in Assam, especially in Upper Assam, wherein certain pockets of ULFA (I) are still active. As many as…