1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (249+ words) A six-member Assam Assembly delegation will visit Himachal Pradesh to study the state’s measures to control its monkey population, including its long-running sterilisation programme. According to an official communication issued from the Parliamentary Affairs Department of Assam, the delegation comprises…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (296+ words) Guwahati: Assam is set to host English virtual band Gorillaz next year, with the acclaimed group scheduled to perform in Guwahati on January 31, 2027, as part of its maiden tour of India, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Thursday. The…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (264+ words) Superintendent of Police Nyelam Nega Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Police have launched an investigation into the alleged use of chemicals to artificially ripen bananas in the Naharlagun area, officials said. The probe began after police came across a video circulating on…...

4+ day, 18+ hour ago   (197+ words) Officials of Mizoram’s Kolasib and Assam’s Cachar districts have stepped up coordination for an inter-state border festival scheduled to be held at Vairengte on October 30. Kolasib Deputy Commissioner H Dolianbuaia and his Cachar counterpart Rahul Kumar Gupta held discussions at…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (372+ words) Guwahati: The Assam government has introduced a set of measures to tighten safeguards for children, including mandatory screening of personnel working in child protection services and the notification of new rules under the Juvenile Justice framework. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (307+ words) A female elephant named Durga was allegedly moved out of Assam’s Manas National Park on the night of September 7, and the reported transfer has raised questions about the circumstances of the transfer and the Forest Department’s role. According to sources,…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (378+ words) The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Assam government and its education authorities not to make any fresh appointments or absorb teachers in schools and colleges through the state’s provincialisation scheme until further orders. The direction came while the apex…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (436+ words) Advisor for School Education and SCERT Dr Kekhrielhoulie Yhome Kohima: Nagaland has recorded a remarkable rise in literacy since attaining statehood, emerging as the country’s third most literate state with a literacy rate of 95.7 per cent, Advisor for School Education…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (173+ words) Itanagar: A history-sheeter has been arrested from Assam in connection with a kidnapping and sexual assault case involving a girl in Arunachal Pradesh’s Shi-Yomi district, police said on Saturday. The accused, identified as Gokar Bam, was arrested in Dhemaji, Assam,…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (389+ words) Guwahati: The historic Rangpur-Sivasagar Ensemble, which preserves the remains of the Ahom dynasty’s capital in present-day Assam, has been formally nominated by India for inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage list, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. The nomination marks…...