Assam

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday claimed that Congress leader Pawan Khera has “tendered an unconditional apology” for his alleged objectional remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sarma added that Assam Police will…
Read More...

After seven days of the crackdown on child marriage against the husbands and family members, the Assam government on Thursday formed a committee to finalise policy on compensating the victims of “forced child marriage.” Chief minister…
Read More...

The Assam Cabinet decided to merge four districts with existing ones and redraw boundaries in 14 places on Saturday, a day ahead of the Election Commission’s (EC) deadline on starting the delimitation exercise for assembly and parliamentary…
Read More...

The Assam government is concerned as 15 districts in the state are among the 25 across the country identified as the most vulnerable to climate change. State Science, Technology and Climate Change Minister Keshab Mahanta said that out of…
Read More...

The Assam Police on Saturday destroyed a huge quantity of drugs worth around ₹1,920 crore recovered in multiple raids conducted across Cachar district. According to the police, about 6.214 kg of heroin worth ₹31.07 crore, 683 kg of ganja…
Read More...

At Nagaon's Bor Lalung region in Assam, a man was reportedly burned alive at a public hearing on Saturday. "We got information that in a public hearing a man was burnt alive after being found guilty of murder and later his body was buried.…
Read More...

Assam Lok Sabha MP and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, who is also the president of the Assam State Jamiat Ulama (ASJU) - the top body of leading organizations of Islamic scholars belonging to the…
Read More...

Assam and other northeastern states continued to witness torrential rainfall affecting lakhs and causing more deaths and injuries in the region. The flood situation in Assam, Meghalaya and some other states remained extremely critical…
Read More...

A low-intensity tornado was formed in Barpeta district of Assam but dissipated within minutes on Saturday morning, a district official said. The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said it did not have precise details of the tornado…
Read More...

Rongali Bihu, the Assamese New Year, started on a sad note for people in many districts with heavy storms claiming 14 lives and damaging over 12,000 houses in 2 days, according to the state disaster management authority. Severe storms…
Read More...