Sepoy Sunil coordinated with the train staff and the railway police for the infant’s evacuation and medical management at the Rangiya station en route to Dibrugarh. Photo: Indian Army via ANI GUWAHATI A soldier posted at a forward hospital on the Arunachal Pradesh-Assam border saved an eight-month-old infant aboard the Rajdhani Express on October 13. … Read more
A woman cries outside a police station after her husband was arrested by police amid Assam government’s statewide crackdown on child marriages | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR In 2023, cases of crimes against children recorded the sharpest rise in three States — Assam, Rajasthan and Kerala, according to the latest data from the National … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, during his visit to Assam, recalled Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika’s legacy, expressing pain over Congress remarks that belittled the honour. He said the wounds of the Northeast from the 1962 war under Nehru remain unhealed. Calling his first visit after “Operation Sindoor” a divine experience blessed by Maa Kamakhya, Modi linked … Read more
Mr. Sharma has been booked under various sections of BNS, including 152 and 196 (promoting enmity between groups). The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Thursday (August 28, 2025) a plea filed by journalist Abhisar Sharma seeking quashing of an FIR registered against him by Assam Police over a video post allegedly criticising the … Read more
Deputy Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi speaks to media at Parliament premises during the Monsoon Session, in New Delhi, on Friday. | Photo Credit: ANI With Assam administration indicating that the State will soon be holding Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, State Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi said that the party … Read more
Sobjer Ali is a man of routine. Every day, for nearly 50 years, he has travelled by boat between Kuntirchar Part 2, the village where he lives in Dhubri district of Assam, and Patharghat, where he ran a shop selling cattle feed. The routine, disturbed in the past sometimes by festivals, floods, and communal conflicts, … Read more
The NIA found that the IEDs were planted with the intent to cause death or injury, destroy property and threaten the unity, integrity, and sovereignty of India and to spread terror among the people. File | Photo Credit: PTI “The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has charge sheeted three persons including Myanmar-based banned outfit ULFA (I) chief … Read more
Bimal Borah handing over a cheque of ₹5 lakh to Pallavi R., whose husband, Manjunath Rao, died in the terrorist attack at Pahalgam, here in Shivamogga on Sunday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Bimal Borah, Minister for Industries and Commerce of Assam, on Sunday, visited the family members of Manjunath Rao, a resident of Shivamogga, … Read more
GUWAHATI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday (April 13, 2025) inaugurated the first robotic surgery facility of the northeast at the State Cancer Institute of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital. He said the robotic surgery unit, equipped with state-of-the-art equipment for better cancer care in the region, struck the right note for the … Read more
Congress legislators stage a protest at the premises of the Assam Legislative Assembly complex in Guwahati. File photo | Photo Credit: ANI The Assam Assembly on Monday (March 24, 2025) witnessed an uproarious situation with the ruling party alleging that Deputy Speaker Numal Momin was attacked by Congress MLA Nurul Huda just outside the House, … Read more