Assam

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...

Guwahati (Assam), June 5: The BJP-led NDA Government in Assam expanded the cabinet inducting 12 more BJP legislators on Friday.   Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya administered them the oath of office and secrecy a month after NDA's decisive...

Jowai(Meghalaya), June 2: A high-level meeting at the Assam Police Camp today resolved the long-standing cultivation dispute in the Lapangap area of difference, with both sides agreeing to permit farming while deferring boundary demarcation to the state-level committee....

New Delhi, June 1: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday lobbied Union Health Minister J.P. Nadda for support to expand medical infrastructure and sought the Vice President’s guidance on the state’s growth push.   In his...

Guwahati (Assam), June 1: Roz Ali, named the prime accused in the Nalbari scooter attack that killed student leader Madhurjya Barman, died Monday from bullet injuries sustained in a police encounter at Mukalmua while trying to escape.  ...