On the final day of the 15th Assam Assembly, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the long-pending 150 MW Kopili Hydroelectric Project will be inaugurated within 10 days. An additional 25 MW capacity at the plant is also being…
Ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s visit to Cachar on February 19–20, the district administration has imposed a complete ban on drones and RPAS across the district. The no-fly order, issued after a security review, prohibits all private and…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday praised the state police after 675 grams of suspected heroin were seized in Cachar district. The drugs, packed in 55 soap cases, were recovered during an operation in which one person was…
The Kokrajhar district administration will conduct Additional First Level Checking (FLC) of EVMs and VVPATs from February 21 to 23 as part of election preparedness. The process will take place at the EVM/VVPAT warehouse near Gandhi Park, Kokrajhar, from 9…
Educated unemployed youths staged a protest at Dabidubi in Khumtai, Golaghat district, alleging that local residents are being ignored in employment at the Numaligarh Refinery expansion project. The protesters accused the refinery authorities of favouring outside labourers and demanded priority…
Former AASU leader from Darrang and prominent social worker Gajen Bora passed away on Tuesday evening at GMCH. He was 70 and had been under treatment since February 11. A key leader of the Assam Movement in western Darrang, Bora…
Congress screening committee chairperson and Wayanad MP Priyanka Gandhi arrived in Assam on a two-day visit to oversee the party’s election screening process. She will hold meetings with Block Congress leaders, frontal organisations and party workers. Priyanka Gandhi will offer…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah will visit Assam for two days starting Thursday, focusing on border security, rural development and internal security. He will begin his tour in Silchar, including a visit to a border village in Katigorah to review…
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday said that over 500 appeals have been filed from the 2.43 lakh names removed during Assam’s recent Special Revision of electoral rolls, indicating the exercise’s robustness. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar announced…
The Assam Assembly was informed that between December 20, 2025, and January 31, 2026, 51 declared foreigners and one illegal immigrant were expelled under the Immigrants (Expulsion from Assam) Act, 1950. Another 1,421 illegal foreigners were sent back between February…