Assam

Guwahati(Assam). June 28 : Assam’s first flood wave has swamped six districts after 48 hours of heavy rain in the state and Arunachal Pradesh, displacing 22,124 people and leaving Dhemaji worst-hit with 15,483 residents taking shelter on highways....

Guwahati, (Assam) June 26: Suman Kalyan Dutta, one of the most respected names in the North East rock circuit and a tireless champion of Assam’s western music scene, died today at his residence in Guwahati. He was 59...

New Delhi, June 25: The Congress on Thursday cornered the Centre over the status of passports as proof of citizenship, demanding an official clarification after an MEA official described it as primarily a travel document.   “Under the...

New Delhi/Guwahati, June 23: Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has scrapped Guwahati from her first India visit, with the high-stakes summit with Prime Minister Narendra Modi now set to play out entirely in New Delhi from July 1-3....

Shillong (Meghalaya), June 19: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman put the Northeast at the heart of India’s 2047 vision Friday, telling six Chief Ministers that Externally Aided Projects must now deliver speed, jobs, and lasting institutions, not just funding....

By Our Correspondent   New Delhi, June 10: Former TMC Rajya Sabha MP Sushmita Dev on Wednesday said she will now work for Assam after resigning from the Upper House and meeting Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.  ...

By Our Correspondent   Kolkata, June 10: Trinamool Congress lost another Rajya Sabha MP on Wednesday as Sushmita Dev quit the party and resigned her Upper House seat.   Dev, from Assam’s Barak Valley, met Chief Minister Himanta...

Guwahati (Assam), June 9: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday pitched for deeper investment frameworks and commercial linkages with European markets as he met a high-level ‘Team Europe’ delegation in the city.   The two-day visit,...

Guwahati (Assam), June 8: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma retained key portfolios including Home, Power and Public Works in a cabinet reallocation notified by Raj Bhawan on Monday.   Sarma will continue to handle Home and Political Affairs,...

Shillong (Meghalaya), June 7: A magnitude 5.3 earthquake shook parts of Northeast India on Sunday late evening, with tremors also felt across Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal and China.   The quake struck at around 11:06 pm IST, with the...