Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma laid the foundation stone for a pontoon bridge connecting Mojoli and Rani Chapori, alongside the launch of a major electrification project aimed at improving infrastructure in the region. Speaking at the event, CM Sarma explained that the construction of a conventional bridge was not feasible due to the area’s […]
“If you educate a man, you educate an individual. But if you educate a woman, you educate a generation.”
GUWAHATI The crime branch of the Assam police on Friday (March 7, 2025) grilled YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia for his controversial remarks on ‘India’s Got Latent’ show. A case was registered against him and four others — Ashish Chanchlani, Samay Raina, Jaspreet Singh, and Apoorva Makhija — by the Guwahati police in February. Joint Commissioner of […]
Guwahati, Mar 7: Opposition parties in Assam on Friday called for a special package to address the development disparities in the state’s char (riverine vegetative islands) areas, highlighting the lack of basic facilities such as education, healthcare, and infrastructure. Congress MLA Abdul Batin Khandakar introduced a resolution in the Assam Assembly, urging the government to […]
Guwahati, Mar 7: The Assam State Election Commission has announced that the elections for the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council (RHAC) will take place on April 2, 2025. The vote counting is scheduled for April 4, 2025. A total of 445,586 voters, including 216,181 male voters, 229,394 female voters, and 11 others, will cast their votes […]
GUWAHATI Ahead of a mega ex-servicemen’s rally on March 9, 2025, the Indian Army restored the family pension of the mother of a deceased soldier in Assam. Hailing from a village in the Tamulpur district, Barun Chandra Boro from 7 Guards died in the line of duty a few years ago. The family pension of […]
The Gramin Mahila Kendras of North East Network (NEN), Assam, commemorated International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025 while celebrating three decades of NEN’s commitment to gender justice and equality.
Guwahati, Mar 7: A camera trap inside Dehing Patkai National Park has recorded a rare sighting of a Clouded Leopard (Neofelis nebulosa), a species classified as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. Known for its elusive nature, the Clouded Leopard inhabits the forests of the eastern Himalayas, Northeast India, and Southeast Asia. The sighting underscores […]
GUWAHATI Four northeastern neighbours are occupying more than 82,000 hectares of Assam’s land, the State’s Border Protection and Development Minister Atul Bora told the 126-member Assam Assembly on Wednesday (March 5, 2025). The four neighbouring States named by the Minister are Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, and Nagaland. Responding to a question from Congress MLA Rekibuddin […]
The Assam Police have busted a couple of multi-level cryptocurrency scams by cybercriminals operating from villages near the Assam-Bangladesh border. Within three days, the police in western Assam’s South Salmara-Mankachar district arrested five persons for running fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes. The schemes, RSN Crypto Currency Token and Crypto TLC 2.0, offered monthly returns on investment of […]
