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AA Edit | High Voter Turnout Denotes Hope

AA Edit | High Voter Turnout Denotes Hope

Puducherry witnessed a historic turnout of 89.87 per cent — the highest in its electoral history. The rise in voter...

10 April 2026 11:46 PM IST

Shikha Mukerjee | Diversity Works Just Fine In All 4 Poll-going States

Shikha Mukerjee | Diversity Works Just Fine In All 4 Poll-going States

In two states, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the BJP is not the principal challenger; the Congress is the lead party of the...

7 April 2026 11:20 PM IST

AA Edit | 2 States, UT Likely To Face Highly Charged Poll Battles

AA Edit | 2 States, UT Likely To Face Highly Charged Poll Battles

The CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front in Kerala is fighting anti-incumbency as well as the Congress-led United Democratic...

7 April 2026 10:45 PM IST

The EC was responding to a story carried out by this paper in which former IAS officer Kannan Gopinathan had raised serious concerns with regard to sanctity of EVMs due to use of VVPAT machines, saying VVPATs have made EVMs amenable to hacking.

EC To Announce Pan-India SIR Voters' List on Oct. 27

The ECI is expected to club these states and UT with a few more in the first batch. States having local body polls will...

26 Oct 2025 10:39 PM IST

The air-conditioned train was to originally run on the WR, but ex-general manager of CR Sunil Kumar Sood who was then handling the additional charge of WR as well. (Representational Image)

IED Blast Halts Trains in Kokrajhar

Midnight explosion on railway tracks in western Assam disrupts services; no casualties reported

23 Oct 2025 7:43 PM IST

AA Edit | Centre must act on drug menace

AA Edit | Centre must act on drug menace

Union Home Minister warns of a massive drug crisis, urging the government to take concrete actions to address the...

17 March 2025 9:43 PM IST

Not without my hubby

As much as she would have loved to be cast in the song, the glamour queen insists that there is no discomfort between...

7 Dec 2012 5:58 PM IST

Ordinance set to go

New Delhi: With Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi describing the Manmohan Singh-led Central government’s...

29 Sept 2013 7:50 AM IST

ONGC on Thursday reported a 8.2 per cent drop in its June quarter net profit after sharp reduction in natural gas rates.

ONGC gets green nod for Rs 456 crore drilling project in Assam

Proposed project will help establish hydrocarbons in the block, help cut the country's oil import bill.

2 Oct 2017 10:12 AM IST

The idea behind the bamboo idol is not only to create an eco-friendly structure but also to promote bamboo craft. (Photo: AFP)

Assam: 100-ft bamboo Durga idol previously destroyed by storm stakes...

The idea behind the bamboo idol is not only to create an eco-friendly structure but also to promote bamboo craft.

28 Sept 2017 1:03 PM IST

The idol is being made by the artisans of the Guwahati-based Durga Puja Committee, Bishnupur Durga Puja Committee. (Photo: ANI)

World's tallest bamboo Durga idol being made in Assam

Art director Nuruddin Ahmed is designing structure and is being assisted by 40 artisans.

23 Sept 2017 9:38 AM IST

Justice Ranjan Gogoi

Assam govt suspends top police officer for chief justice's security...

Bhanwar Lal Meena has been suspended with immediate effect, as per order issued in name of Governor by Assam Home...

21 Oct 2018 12:31 PM IST