A fire broke out Tuesday morning at GMCH’s Orthopaedics Department due to an overheated wire panel beneath a staircase. Quick action by hospital staff and firefighters prevented major damage. No injuries were reported. An investigation is underway, and authorities are…
The Assam BJP criticized Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi for visiting the Dhubri eviction site, accusing him of supporting “suspicious individuals” over indigenous rights. Nearly 3,000 bighas of land were cleared for industrial use, triggering political tension. Gogoi called the eviction…
A pregnant woman, Bharati Tanti, died en route to hospital after failing to get timely ambulance support at Deamoolie Tea Estate near Doomdooma. Her stillborn baby and death triggered late-night protests by tea garden workers, who blamed the estate's lack…
An eviction drive in Assam's Dhubri district turned violent as locals clashed with police during land clearing for an Adani Group thermal power project. The drive targeted 3,000 bighas across three villages. Protesters damaged machinery and objected to the demolition…
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee condemned a Foreigners’ Tribunal notice served to a Cooch Behar farmer, calling it an attack on democracy. She accused the BJP of trying to implement NRC in Bengal without jurisdiction. The farmer, a Rajbanshi resident…
Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) unloaded 1,099 freight rakes in June 2025, a 17% rise from last year. Assam saw 627 rakes, with 315 carrying essentials. Other northeastern states and parts of Bihar and West Bengal also saw steady freight activity…
AAP announced it will contest all 126 seats in the 2026 Assam Assembly elections without aligning with BJP or Congress. Calling both parties “two sides of the same coin,” AAP said it aims to bring alternative, honest, and development-driven politics…
A political row has erupted between Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi over an under-construction mansion in Diphu, allegedly linked to KAAC CEM Tuliram Ronghang. Gogoi hinted at corruption, comparing the property to Delhi’s "sheesh mahal"…
Tensions have reignited in Lapangap village on the Assam-Meghalaya border. Villagers from Meghalaya allege that miscreants from Assam set fire to several thatched huts, damaging property and crops. The West Jaintia Hills SP confirmed the burning of huts in disputed…
Galeza Bibi was brutally murdered by her brother-in-law, Sabahmuddin Mondal, in Bamunimaidam on Sunday night after she refused his marriage proposal. Mondal, reportedly intoxicated, slit her throat in front of her daughter and fled. Police have launched a manhunt.