GUWAHATI A study spanning 21 years has yielded a new species of frog named after an Assam college that helped a locality shed its identity as a hub of country liquor production. Guwahati’s Aryanagar used to be called Sharabbhati, meaning a place for brewing liquor. The locality was renamed in 2022 to give it the […]
Agartala: The sudden appearance of a statue of Lord Ram at a site where a statue of veteran Left leader Baidyanath Majumder once stood has ignited a political controversy in Tripura. The incident occurred in Srirampur, a village under the Kailashahar’s Chandipur assembly constituency, currently represented by heavyweight BJP leader and Minister Tinku Roy. Chandipur, […]
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 […]
Protesters threw stones while the police used batons at a rally held against the Waqf (Amendment) Act on Sunday (April 13, 2025) when agitators and police clashed in Cachar district of Assam, a senior official said. The official told PTI that several hundred people hit the streets in Berenga area of Silchar town without permission […]
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma met Adani Group director Jeet Adani on Sunday and discussed the investments of ₹50,000 crore proposed by the conglomerate during the state’s business summit in February. Mr. Sarma said the State Government was expecting that the proposals given by the Adani Group for investment in various sectors would become […]
An umbrella organisation of workers’ unions has sought action against all those involved in the corrupt liquidation of two paper mills in Assam, paving the way for one of India’s two major indigenous semiconductor plants. Demanding an independent probe under judicial monitoring to uncover further instances of corruption linked to the liquidation, the organisation also […]
GUWAHATI The minority-based All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) said Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma should not be under the illusion that the State’s Muslims would not combat the amended Waqf Act. The AIUDF reacted to the Chief Minister’s claim on social media that Assam had remained peaceful “despite having nearly 40% Muslim population”, […]
YouTuber and stand-up comedian Jaspreet Singh on Saturday (April 12, 2025) appeared before the Assam Police in connection with a case filed against him and four others for allegedly promoting obscenity on a publicly accessible online show, an officer said. Mr. Singh appeared before the investigating officer (IO) of the Guwahati Police’s Crime Branch in […]
The Yimkhiung Tribal Council (YTC), apex tribal body of the Yimkhiung Naga community in Nagaland, on Saturday carried out a protest rally at its sub-headquarters in Pungro Town, voicing strong opposition to the proposed fencing along the Indo-Myanmar border and the recent scrapping of the Free Movement Regime (FMR). According to a local source, the […]
Guwahati: In a thrilling leap for conservation science, six new species of scarab beetles have been discovered in India’s ecological treasure troves—Northeast India and the Western Ghats. Published in the journal Zootaxa, this discovery adds vibrant new threads to the rich tapestry of India’s insect diversity and underscores how much of the natural world is […]
