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…
The inaugural Global Assamese Conference will take place from January 16–18, 2026, at IIT Guwahati, uniting the global Assamese diaspora to discuss Assam’s development and heritage. Organized under the Global Assamese Engagement Initiative, the event will focus on history, sustainable…
Brief: Neeraj Sarma was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Udalguri Sessions Court for killing his two minor stepbrothers in December 2024. The victims' bodies were found with slit necks in a forest near Tangla. The court also imposed fines…
The Centre has urged the Assam government to take action against former PCCF M.K. Yadava for illegally diverting forest land in Hailakandi for a police battalion without due approval. The Environment Ministry found his response to a show-cause notice untenable…
Survey teams from Assam and Meghalaya have started installing border pillars in Hahim, Kamrup district, to mark resolved areas of their long-standing boundary dispute. The work follows the 2022 agreement that settled six of 12 disputed areas, including Hahim and…
Brief: Assam SGST officials uncovered 352 fake GST registrations linked to ₹1,400 crore in bogus input tax credit claims, with ₹1,200 crore routed to other states. The crackdown included 43 searches, revealing ₹33.34 crore in evasion; ₹5.34 crore has been…