Imphal, April 29
Two Assam Rifles personnel were injured when three Improvised Explosive Devices (IED), planted at a roadside by militants, exploded at interior Yairipok area in Imphal East district of Manipur.
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Guwahati, Apr 21
An earthquake of mild intensity measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale shook Assam today, the third within a week to rock the state.
The quake struck at 3.52 pm at a depth of 34 km on latitud...
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Guwahati, April 16
A child was killed in a mudslide during a mild earthquake in Assam today which was also felt in other northeastern states and Odisha. The tremor struck at 6:53 a.m. in Assam at a latitude 26.3 deg...
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New Delhi, April 9
CBI today registered three cases in connection with poaching of rhinoceros in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam, kickstarting a probe amid a surge in killings of these animals.
C...
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Guwahati, April 4
The Assam government has moved the Centre for setting up Brahmaputra River Valley Authority in the wake of opposition from Arunachal Pradesh to the idea of North East Water Resources Authority, Ch...
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Sualkuchi (Assam), March 30
Indefinite curfew was clamped after silk weavers, observing a 12-hour bandh today, defied the prohibitory orders in Kamrup (rural) district protesting the use of artificial silk, official sources...
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Guwahati, Mar 21
Assam government has earmarked Rs 531 crore under plan and Rs 118 crore under Non-Plan for the state power sector during the financial year 2013-14.
The state was faced with a deficit of...
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Guwahati, Mar 11
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi today presented in the state assembly Rs 1,352.57-crore deficit Budget for 2013-14, which makes tobacco products, pre-owned commercial vehicles, marbles and granit...
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Goalpara (Assam), April 29
Two persons were killed and more than 15 injured, including senior police officials, in police firing and mob violence, following which indefinite curfew was clamped in two areas of Assam’s Goalpa...
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April 25, 2013
Assam’s indigenous weavers erupt in anger as they lose business to cheaper imitations.
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Guwahati, Apr 21
An earthquake of mild intensity measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale shook Assam today, the third within a week to rock the state. The quake struck at 3.52 pm at a depth of 34 km on latitude...
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Guwahati, April 10
As many as 22 out of the 41 public sector undertakings (PSUs) in Assam incurred losses amounting to Rs 654.25 crore during 2011-12 on account of various deficiencies in functioning, the Comptrolle...
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Guwahati, April 5
Assam has maintained revenue surplus fiscal position for most of the period between 2007 and 2012, but the state should also take steps to phase out subsidies to curb non-plan revenue expenditure,...
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Guwahati, April 4
With a view to maintaining standard in teaching, Assam government has decided to go for quality parameters under which, off-campus PhD degrees will not be recognised during recruitment and promoti...
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New Delhi, Mar 22
Aiming at unified development of waterways for shipping, navigation and transportation of cargo to the north-eastern region, a Bill was introduced in Rajya Sabha today to declare a 121-km stretch...
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Guwahati, Mar 11
The Assam budget for 2013-14 proposed Metro rail project for Guwahati, besides widening and upgrading of state highways, improvement of infrastructure and other civic amenities.Presentin...
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Kolkata, March 10
Poor rainfall in Assam has cast a shadow on the prospects of first flush tea crop due in March. This may push up prices, according to industry sources. The first flush tea require...
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