Guwahati (Gauhati)

It is significant that Arunachal Pradesh assembly has passed several resolutions for creating Mon Autonomous District Council for Tawang and West Kameng districts in past. (Representational Image)

Centre may agree to create 3 autonomous district councils to resolve Naga issues

Two autonomous councils in Arunachal Pradesh--- one for Nagas living in Tirap and Changlang and one for Buddhist in Tawang will be created.

29 Sep 2018 6:23 PM

'The incident took place on September 10 in a very remote tribal area under Nagra outpost along the Assam-Mizoram border. We came to know of it only after the video was circulated and registered a case today,' Karimganj superintendent of police said. (Representional Image)

Woman attacked, stripped for selling illegal liquor in Assam

The incident came to light after a video of the attack went viral in the social media and police registered a case against it during day.

22 Sep 2018 8:26 AM

Informing that Zaman visited Assam to recruit youths in August, security sources said that Zaman was on mission to rope in arms suppliers of the region. (Photo: AP)

Assam police to set up SIT to probe Hizbul activities

Security sources said that Hizbul Mujahideen is suspected to have been roping in operatives from the state to recruit radicalized youths.

18 Sep 2018 6:40 AM

The special NIA pronounced death sentence for NDFB (S) cadre Ajoy Basumutary alias B Buhumbua and Bishnu Narzary alias N Berema while co-accused Nitul Daimary alias D Naihab and Sanju Bordoloi alias Sibigiri were given life sentence. (Photo: Representational | File)

Dhekiajuli massacre: Two NDFB rebels get death

The NIA court had convicted convicted four persons accused in connection with Dhekiajuli massacre in 2014.

16 Sep 2018 1:43 AM

Storm over new, pruned NRC list on proof papers

Assam BJP president Ranjeet Kumar Dass said that Mr Hajela’s submission negates the decisions taken under the Assam Accord, 1985.

15 Sep 2018 4:55 AM

'This restriction made me frustrated and compelled me to be no longer comfortable to be in the party,' Meghalaya CM D D Lapang said in his resignation letter. (Photo: File | PTI)

Congress leader and 4-time Meghalaya CM Lapang resigns, blames Rahul Gandhi

In letter to Cong chief, Lapang said, 'In my opinion it means service and contribution of senior and elderly is no longer useful to party.'

14 Sep 2018 6:15 PM

With LPG cylinder carriers on an indefinite strike in Assam, Indian Oil Corporation on Thursday said it is considering supplying 5 kg cylinders to distributors for sale at the gates of its bottling plants. (Photo: PTI)

IOC plans giving 5-kg cylinders to distributors to counter strike in Assam

It is considering supplying 5 kg cylinders to distributors for sale at the gates of its bottling plants.

13 Sep 2018 5:06 PM

The students called hostel authorities and security guards, who spotted her from the outside the window, hanging from the ceiling fan. (Representational Image)

IIT-Guwahati student from Karnataka hangs self in hostel room

Police said that 18-year-old Nagashree S C left behind a note stating that she wanted to be a teacher and not an engineer.

12 Sep 2018 9:07 PM

The mishap took place around 1:30 pm when the boat developed a technical snag and subsequently collided with a pillar of an ongoing water supply project in the Brahmaputra. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Assam: 20 feared dead after boat carrying 40 passengers capsizes

At least 12 people have been rescued by NDRF and SDRF teams.

05 Sep 2018 7:22 PM

Tripura government headed by chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb has issued a diktat to officials not to wear casual attire and avoid reading or sending messages on their mobile phones during high-level meetings.

No end to storm over Tripura govt’s dress code diktat

Casual attire like jeans, cargo pants should be avoided, says advisory.

01 Sep 2018 1:29 AM

The rescue mission started at 4:30 am and was over in an hour. A total of 19 people stranded on the island were airlifted by the IAF helicopters. (Photo: Twitter | @PemaKhanduBJP)

IAF rescues 19 people stranded on island in Arunachal’s swelling Siang

The stranded persons, engaged in dairy farming, had got trapped on the small island located in Sille-Oyan circle.

31 Aug 2018 7:08 PM

The IOC is pumping in Rs 143.46 crore to set up the plant at Agartala that will have an installed bottling capacity of 60,000 metric tonne per annum (MTPA). (Photo: PTI)

IOC to invest Rs 286 cr to expand LPG bottling output in north-east India

Company currently has 10 bottling plants across north east and these are functioning at over 100 pc utilisation rate.

29 Aug 2018 2:37 PM

A tea variety from Arunachal Pradesh has fetched a world record price of Rs 40,000 per kg at Guwahati Tea Auction Centre here breaking the record of an Assam tea variety auctioned last month.

Arunachal tea variety fetches record Rs 40,000 per kg

The liquor of this special tea is bright golden in colour, sweet to taste and has a rich aroma.

24 Aug 2018 2:11 PM

The apex students’ body, which launched the drive on August 17, also had a discussion with the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) and apprised them about their drive. (Photo: ANI)

2,200 ‘illegals’ detected in Arunachal, asked to leave

It said without ILP, the National Register of Citizens (NRC) can only partially safeguard the indigenous people.

21 Aug 2018 4:35 AM

Pointing out that hundreds of Hindi-speaking people are facing harassment in the ongoing process of updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC), officials of All Assam Bhojpuri Students Union Ajay Singh and Awadhesh Rastogi said there are dozens of cases where people, who have migrated to Assam from Bihar and UP have been declared non-citizens.

Assam: Woman, 70, dies of grief after son jailed over NRC

Assam BJP MLA Ashok Singhal said that harassment of genuine citizens must be stopped

20 Aug 2018 12:07 AM

'Since then mother Chhotki Devi was running from pillar to post to get her son released. No body could help her and subsequently she fell sick and died on Friday,' said the residents of the area. (Representational Image)

70-yr-old woman dies after son declared doubtful citizen in Assam

Woman migrated to Assam from UP in 1945 died in pain of their children, born and brought up in Assam, being declared as doubtful citizen.

19 Aug 2018 5:07 PM

According to police, the incident occurred early Thursday when a mob intercepted a small pick-up van and brutally beat up its occupants. (Representational Image)

11 arrested for lynching man, injuring 3 in Assam over suspicion of cow theft

Those arrested belong to the Adivasi community who work in the Diplunga Tea estate, around 250 km from Guwahati.

18 Aug 2018 12:07 PM

Islam, who was a teacher in the Khandapukhuri Lower primary school in the district, was engaged by the Morigaon district administration in Kolmoubari NRC Seva Kendra. (Representational Image)

Govt teacher involved in NRC work detained after being declared illegal B'deshi migrant

Khairul Islam was one among over 40,000 government employees drawn from different departments for NRC work across the state.

16 Aug 2018 4:39 PM

Tajen Sikdar, the head teacher of the primary school in Dhubri district, who had stood in the flood water with Haider Ali Khan and two others, said on Thursday that Haider's name was not in the draft NRC. (Photo: Facebook/@Mizanur Rahman)

Assam boy, who saluted tricolour in flood water last year, excluded from NRC list

NRC is being updated with March 24, 1971, as the cut-off date to include the names of genuine Indian citizens.

16 Aug 2018 1:25 PM

'We firmly believe that the NRC is going to make Assam free of illegal foreigners,' said Sonowal. (Photo: File)

NRC going to make Assam free from illegal foreigners: Assam CM

Sonowal assured that his government was keeping close watch to ensure that name of no genuine Indian citizen is left out.

15 Aug 2018 4:08 PM