Ahead of the 2026 Assam Assembly elections, the ECI will intensify SVEEP campaigns to tackle urban voter apathy. ECI assistant director Apurva Kumar said polling stations will increase by 3,000–3,500 as voter cap per station drops from 1,500 to 1,200…
Sanjeev Nath from Tezpur was found dead at Bhivaj Lodge in Guwahati’s Super Market area on Wednesday. He had checked in with his wife on June 16 for her medical treatment. Sources say the couple argued the night before, and…
A boat carrying over 100 passengers, including school students, broke apart mid-river at Gorakhsatari–Nadiya ghat in Nalbari on Thursday. Three people, including two students, are missing. Overcrowding is suspected as the cause. Rescue teams from SDRF, NDRF, and police are…
IIT Guwahati researchers have created a low-cost, energy-efficient water treatment system that removes fluoride and iron from groundwater. Capable of treating 20,000 litres daily at just ₹20 per 1,000 litres, it removes up to 94% iron and 89% fluoride. The…
An explosion occurred at ONGC Oil Well No. 204 in Sivasagar on Thursday due to a suspected valve failure, causing a high-pressure crude oil leak. This is the second such incident near Rig 147 within a week. The leak was…
CBI has registered a case against ex-ONGC DGM Bijoy Kumar Shaw, a former medical officer, and eight medical shop owners for a ₹45 lakh medical bill fraud in Jorhat. Between 2019 and 2022, fake medicine requisitions were issued without beneficiary…
CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a major rural development plan focusing on self-reliance in dairy, poultry, and pork production. He distributed 481 job appointment letters and promised 40,000 more by October. The government aims to boost milk processing to 10…
Five people were detained and three police personnel were closed to reserve lines after the newly repaired Bhangarpar bridge on the Silchar-Kalain highway collapsed. The bridge caved in under two overloaded trucks, disrupting links to Tripura and Mizoram. A Bailey…
Over 180 contractual workers maintaining 167 monuments in Assam, including the UNESCO-listed Charaideo Moidams, haven't received salaries for six months. Payment delays stem from the government not clearing vendor bills worth over ₹2 crore. Many staff have stopped reporting to…
AASU has urged both the Assam and Central governments to file a fresh Supreme Court appeal for a complete re-examination of the NRC. During the sixth Assam Accord sub-committee meeting in Guwahati, AASU rejected earlier partial re-verification plans. They highlighted…