Pressure on border residents of Assam to choose Meghalaya: Minister

Guwahati, Dec 21 (PTI) Assam Border Areas Development Minister Atul Bora on Tuesday said that there are reports of "pressure" on people in disputed...

Security forces apprehend one militant in Manipur

Imphal, Sep 16 (PTI) Security forces apprehended an active cadre of proscribed militant outfit Zeliangrong United Front (ZUF), J group from Manipur's Imphal West...

7 killed, 9 injured in road accidents in Assam

Rangiya/Goalpara/Guwahati (Assam), Sep 11 (PTI) At least seven people have been killed and nine others injured in separate road accidents in Assam, police said...

Heroin worth Rs 8 crore seized in Assam, two held

Diphu/Guwahati, Sep 21 (PTI) Two persons were on Tuesday arrested in Assam's Karbi Anglong district with a consignment of 1.5 kg heroin, estimated to...

Botanical garden to come up in Assam’s Guwahati

Guwahati, Aug 16 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday laid the foundation stone of a botanical garden in Guwahati to be...

Mizoram’s COVID-positivity rate still over 9%

Aizawl, Aug 26 (PTI) Mizoram on Thursday reported 794 new COVID-19 cases and one more death, a Health Department official said. Among the new patients...

Assam Chief Minister flags off 15 mobile vaccination vans

Guwahati, Sep 8 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday flagged off 15 mobile vaccination vans, the first of its kind in...

IIT Guwahati researchers developing cost-effective solar-powered hydrogen generators

Guwahati, Oct 25 (PTI) Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati researchers are developing cost-efficient materials to generate energy-rich hydrogen from water using sunlight leading to cost-effective...

Fire destroys property worth crores of rupees in Assam

Rangia (Assam), Nov 5 (PTI) Several houses and commercial establishments were gutted and property estimated to be worth crores of rupees destroyed in a...

Assam looks to overhaul infra at govt medical college and hospitals

Guwahati, Nov 22 (PTI) Assam's Health and Family Welfare Minister Keshab Mahanta on Monday said the government has decided to carry out reforms in...

Tripura govt launches BanAdhikar App & NGDRS

Agartala, Dec 4 (PTI) Tripura Government has launched the National Generic Document Registration System (NGDRS) for registration of land documents and BanAdhikar App, a...

Modi govt. “disastrous”, PM only fears losing elections: Chidambaram

GUWAHATI, 16 Dec: Calling the BJP-led central government "disastrous", senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram said on Thursday Prime Minister Narendra Modi fears only one...

Assam CM rolls out vaccination drive for 15-18 yr-olds

Guwahati, Jan 3 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday rolled out COVID-19 vaccination drive for teenagers in the age bracket of...

Meghalaya govt may be forced to impose lockdown if COVID-19 situation goes beyond a...

Shillong, Jan 10 (PTI) Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma on Monday said the state government has not yet decided to impose lockdown but if...

‘Drug peddler’ shot at while trying to escape from Assam Police custody

Guwahati, Jan 23 (PTI) A suspected drug peddler has been injured in police firing while trying to escape from custody in Assam's Dhubri district,...

Manipur assembly polls: Shiv Sena fields ex-deputy speaker; NPP names 13 more candidates

Imphal, Feb 1 (PTI) The Shiv Sena on Tuesday said it nominated former deputy speaker of Manipur assembly T Thangzalam Haokip for the upcoming...

Assam maintains declining trend in COVID-19

Guwahati, Feb 9 (PTI) Assam maintained its declining trend of new COVID-19 cases and deaths reporting 315 new positive cases on Wednesday, while six...

Protest against killing of villager by forest guards in Assam’s Morigaon

Morigaon, Feb 16 (PTI) Locals and hundreds of student activists on Wednesday protested against the killing of a villager by forest guards for allegedly...

Yaba tablets, banned cough syrup worth over Rs 20 lakh seized in Meghalaya, two...

Shillong, Mar 1 (PTI) Two men from Assam were arrested in Meghalaya's South Garo Hills district for allegedly smuggling out banned cough syrup bottles...

2 arrested for rhino horn smuggling in Assam

Diphu (Assam), Mar 26 (PTI) Two persons were arrested on Saturday following the seizure of a rhino horn in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, police...