The Assam Cabinet on Thursday announced the state’s highest-ever single-day DBT under the Orunodoi scheme, with 39.70 lakh beneficiaries set to receive Rs 9,000 each on March 10, amounting to nearly Rs 3,600 crore. The Cabinet also approved decentralisation of…
Assam BJP president Dilip Saikia on Thursday clarified that no party candidate has been finalised for any Assembly constituency, stating that only the BJP parliamentary board will announce names. Addressing speculation over Mariani, he said candidate selection will be based…
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said infighting among Opposition parties over seat-sharing could prevent the Congress from securing the Leader of the Opposition post after the Assam Assembly elections. He claimed Congress may fall short of the required…
Two 16-year-old students lost their lives in a road accident at Chiripuria Tiniali on the Gaurisagar–Dikhowmukh road in Sivasagar district on Tuesday evening. The victims, Priyanuj Bora and Rinku Ranjan Dutta, were returning home on a scooty when a Maruti…
A 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck Assam and neighbouring states on February 25 at 10:21 pm IST, causing tremors to be felt across several parts of the region. The epicentre was located in Myanmar at a depth of about 120 km, according…
After receiving a green signal from the Supreme Court, the Assam government plans to step up eviction drives to clear encroachments from at least five lakh bighas of forest land. A joint Forest and Revenue Department committee will issue 15-day…
Arrangements are underway for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s March 14 visit to Barak Valley, with authorities finalising logistics, crowd control and traffic plans. A decentralised movement strategy will route visitors from Sribhumi and Hailakandi directly to the venue to avoid…
The 7th Kaziranga Waterbird Estimation recorded 1,05,540 birds from 107 species across the Kaziranga–Laokhowa–Burhachapori floodplain complex last winter. Migratory geese formed a major share, with over 25,000 Bar-headed and Greylag Geese counted. The survey documented high numbers of ducks and…
The Assam government has formed the 8th Pay Commission, 2026, to revise the pay structure of state government employees. The commission will be chaired by former Additional Chief Secretary Subhash Chandra Das and will have seven other members. The panel…
Assam Women’s University has moved to its permanent campus at Kaliyapani in Teok, Jorhat, over a decade after its establishment. The Rs 29-crore campus, spread across 58 bighas, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who assured continued government…