Assam

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma alleged on Friday that illegal settlers have hatched a plan to grab power in the state by 2050, gradually becoming a majority and dominant community in different Assembly constituencies…

Guwahati:  The BJP led Assam government on Thursday eliminated criteria to adhere to a two-child norm for the people belonging to scheduled caste, tribals and other traditional forest dweller communities in order to get a government job.…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday spoke to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and took stock of the flood situation in many parts of the state. He assured him of all possible support from the Centre to help…

Guwahati: With two more suspected dacoits killed on Saturday night in an "encounter" with police, 23 "criminals" have died in shoot-outs with police in different parts of Assam during around 100 days. Amidst controversy as various…

Guwahati: Assam's Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) administration has decided to rehabilitate thousands of Santhals, Bodos and Bengali-speaking Muslims, displaced from their villages in ethnic riots and terrorism since 1996, BTC chief…

Guwahati: To promote tourism and cultural heritage in the northeastern region and north Bengal, the Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) on Saturday launched two Vistadome tourist special train services in the area. The Vistadome tourist…

Guwahati: Five truck drivers of a cement company were killed and three others injured when Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) militants fired upon them in Assam's Dima Hasao district. The attack happened late on Thursday night,…

Guwahati: To capture the automatic attendance and management, the state-owned RailTel Corporation of India has completed the work of deploying Artificial Intelligence (AI) based Identification System for 48,000 government schools across…

Guwahati: A 'moderate' earthquake, measuring 4 on the Richter Scale, was reported in Assam's Kokrajhar and adjoining West Bengal and Bhutan on Monday, officials said. The National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said that the tremors were…

Guwahati: Two adult female elephants were electrocuted in western Assam's Baksa district, adjoining Bhutan, on Friday and the man responsible has surrendered to police, officials said. Assam wildlife officials said that the incident…