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02 Oct 2018
ONGCAssam: ONGC to invest Rs. 1.68cr for school drinking water
Oil major ONGC today said it is carrying out a drinking water project in 52 schools across Assam in this financial year, entailing an investment of Rs. 1.68cr.
02 Oct 2018
IndiaAssam: Man convicted of rape, murder of teenage tribal girl
A man has been held guilty by a district court in Assam for the rape and murder of a 13-year-old tribal girl.
24 Sep 2018
Narendra ModiAssam: Book's content on Godhra 'misleading about PM', FIR registered
An FIR has been registered against a well-known publishing house in Assam and three authors for content in the reference book for Class 12 students of Political Science.
22 Sep 2018
RajasthanBangladeshi-migrants are 'termites', will be removed from voters' list: Shah
BJP President Amit Shah said Bangladeshi migrants are like termites and each one of them will be struck off the electoral roll.
16 Sep 2018
Narendra ModiArunachal MP suggests dredging of Siang river to prevent floods
Lok Sabha MP from Arunachal Pradesh, Ninong Ering, has suggested to the Center for dredging of the Siang river to solve the recurrent flood and erosion problems in the downstream areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Assam.
12 Sep 2018
West BengalQuake measuring 5.5 rocks parts of Assam, Meghalaya, Bihar, WB
An earthquake measuring 5.5 on the Richter scale hit parts of Assam, Meghalaya, Bihar, and West Bengal today, an India Meteorological Department official said.
07 Sep 2018
POCSOMan convicted of gangrape, murder of minor gets death penalty
A court in Assam today awarded death penalty to Zakir Hussain, the prime accused in the gangrape and murder of an 11-year-old girl in the state's Nagaon district in March.
05 Sep 2018
Boat CapsizesAssam: Boat capsizes in Brahmaputra river; one drowned, 23 missing
One person drowned and 23 others are missing after a motorized country boat, carrying about 36 passengers, capsized in the Brahmaputra river near Guwahati on Wednesday, an official said.
02 Sep 2018
Sarbananda SonowalAssam lynching: Chargesheet against 48 accused filed
On Saturday, Assam police filed a chargesheet against 48 accused in the lynching of businessman Abhijit Nath and musician Nilotpal Das.
31 Aug 2018
Arunachal PradeshArunachal Pradesh, Assam on toes as China's Tsangpo river swells
After water level in China's Tsangpo river rose, New Delhi has been alerted about a possibility of floods, Arunachal Pradesh MP Ninong Ering said.
28 Aug 2018
GuwahatiAssam: Rainwater pours through ceiling of Guwahati airport's passenger lounge
Rainwater gushed through the ceiling inside the passenger lounge area of Guwahati airport in Assam following heavy showers yesterday but no flight operations were affected, an airport official said today.
27 Aug 2018
IndiaNearly half of all adults in Assam consume tobacco: Survey
Nearly 50% of all adults in Assam are tobacco users, according to a survey.
24 Aug 2018
GuwahatiThis Arunachal tea variety fetched Rs. 40,000/kg in auction
A tea variety from Arunachal Pradesh has fetched a world-record price of Rs. 40,000/kg at Guwahati Tea Auction Center in Assam breaking the record of an Assam tea variety auctioned last month.
17 Aug 2018
West BengalRains, floods claim 868 lives in 7 states: Home Ministry
As many as 868 people have died, 247 of them in Kerala, due to rains, floods and landslides in seven states during the monsoon season so far, the Home Ministry said today.
15 Aug 2018
EntertainmentRima Das's next Assamese feature to make world-premier at TIFF
National Award-winning filmmaker, Rima Das's next Assamese feature, 'Bulbul Can Sing' is set to have its world premiere at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2018.
13 Aug 2018
Delhi PoliceWomen in blue: Delhi Police's SWAT team oozes confidence, style
Delhi Police got its first all-women Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team on Friday, a proud moment for all indeed.
12 Aug 2018
India#TravelBytes: Top 5 national parks to visit in India
Traveling is about exploring new places, getting some fresh air, seeing the unseen, and doing the undone.
12 Aug 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaUpdating NRC, my 'baby'; BJP failed to 'nurse' it: Gogoi
Former Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has claimed that the initiative to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) was his "baby" and the BJP has failed to "nurse" it properly due to which a defective draft was published with names of over 40 lakh people missing.
11 Aug 2018
Pawan KheraAssam: Case against BJP-minister for alleged rape, he cries conspiracy
A case was registered against Minister of State for Railways Rajen Gohain for allegedly raping and threatening a 24-year-old married woman in Assam's Nagaon district.
07 Aug 2018
Piyush GoyalArun Jaitley might resume office in 3rd week of August
Union Minister Arun Jaitley, who had undergone a kidney transplant surgery on May-14, is likely to resume the office of Finance Minister in the third week of August, sources said.
06 Aug 2018
MeghalayaMeghalaya to carry out strict checking of people at checkpoints
Meghalaya is all set to carry out rigorous checking of people entering the state following the publication of the NRC complete draft in Assam.
05 Aug 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaModi govt attempted to stall NRC, says Congress spokesperson
Congress spokesperson Pawan Khera on Sunday alleged that the Narendra Modi government had itself tried to stall the Assam's National Register of Citizens (NRC) process by appealing to the Supreme Court in 2017 that such a move could lead to law and order issues.
03 Aug 2018
Rajnath SinghAssam NRC: Name of lone woman ex-CM missing from draft
In a shocking development, the name of Assam's only woman Chief Minister was excluded from the NRC draft, which released earlier this week.
03 Aug 2018
Mamata BanerjeeWill expose Didi's 'U-turn' on NRC: Poonam Mahajan
The BJP-TMC war over Assam's NRC went up another notch as the former's youth wing chief Poonam Mahajan slammed WB CM Mamata Banerjee's "U-turn" in the issue.
03 Aug 2018
West BengalAssam TMC-chief, two MLAs resign over Mamata's opposition to NRC
Assam Trinamool Congress (TMC) president Dwipen Pathak and two other party leaders resigned yesterday in protest against party supremo Mamata Banerjee's opposition to the final draft of the National Register of Citizens.
02 Aug 2018
West BengalAssam: NRC protests tense after police detain TMC-team at airport
Protests over NRC in Assam turned tense as police refused to let a TMC delegation from West Bengal (WB) leave the Silchar airport.
31 Jul 2018
IndiaNRC aftermath: Prateek Hajela, the man who's running the show
The complete draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) that was published yesterday has sent people into a tizzy.
31 Jul 2018
West BengalA chest-thumping Amit Shah says no-one dared to implement NRC
BJP President Amit Shah spoke on the Assam NRC issue in the Rajya Sabha today and said only this government had the courage to implement it.
30 Jul 2018
West BengalAssam NRC: Banerjee says Indians being made refugees by government
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today slammed the government and accused it of playing divide and rule policy, after the Assam's National Register of Citizens left 40 lakh names.
30 Jul 2018
Supreme Court Of IndiaAssam's citizen register updated: Names of 40L not included
After months of delay, the Assam government has published the complete draft of the much-awaited National Register of Citizens (NRC) with 2.9cr names.
29 Jul 2018
Sarbananda SonowalCenter approves 264km-long 4-lane highway along Indo-Bhutan border: Assam CM
Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal yesterday said the Center agreed in principle to construct a 264km-long four-lane highway along the Indo-Bhutan border.
28 Jul 2018
Film AwardsAssamese film wins 3 top awards at US fest
Assamese film "Xhoixobote Dhemalite" ("Rainbow Fields") today bagged three top awards at the 3rd Love International Film Festival held in Los Angeles, a sprawling Southern California city, including best movie.
28 Jul 2018
West Bengal#MonsoonAlert: 465 dead in 5 states due to rains, floods
As many as 465 people have lost their lives due to floods and rains in five states during the current monsoon season so far.
28 Jul 2018
TwitterSRK lauds Assam Police for using his pose for road-safety
Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan has appreciated the use of his signature romantic pose of outstretched arms by the Assam Police to create traffic awareness in the state.
25 Jul 2018
FacebookAssam Police averts suicide by a girl, thanks to Facebook!
A girl in Assam, who had posted on Facebook that she was going to commit suicide, was saved by the Assam Police in the nick of time after the social media giant's US-based headquarters alerted them.
22 Jul 2018
IndiaAssam: Police arrest 4 poachers, recover cache of arms
Police arrested four suspected rhino poachers and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition from them in Assam's Darrang district.
15 Jul 2018
West BengalTripura government planning to set up tea auction center
In an effort to boost the century-old tea industry in the state, the Tripura Tea Development Corporation (TTDC) is contemplating setting up its own auction center at Dharmanagar.
13 Jul 2018
Bihar'Bhojpuri Queen' from Assam joins BJP
Bhojpuri singer Kalpana Patowary, who hails from Assam, has joined the BJP in the presence of its president Amit Shah and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi in Bihar's Patna.
13 Jul 2018
Narendra ModiPM congratulates Hima Das for historic Gold
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated athlete Hima Das on winning a gold in the women's 400m race in the World U20 Athletic Championships.
12 Jul 2018
MurderAssam: Two women murdered in similar manner; lunatic-on-loose?
The deaths of two women within just 36 hours, in Assam, has troubled police authorities.