Assam CM Dr Hmanta Biswa Sarma greets people on New Year

GUWAHATI, Jan 1: Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma greeted the people of Assam on the occasion of New Year 2025. Dr Sarma, in a...

‘May this new year bring new opportunities, success and endless joy…’ PM greets nation on New Year

GUWAHATI, Jan 1: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday extended his New Year wishes to the nation, and expressed hope that the new year...

New low! Heated war of words, assault claim mar Asom Sahitya Sabha vote counting at Dadara

GUWAHATI, Dec 29: A heated war of words followed by a scuffle and then claims of assault on a Sabha official by Ajit Prasad Sarma, one of t...

Melbourne Test: Australian tail wags to frustrate India; hosts end Day 4 at 228/9, extend lead to 333

GUWAHATI, Dec 29: A 55-run unbeaten partnership for the 10th wicket between Nathan Lyon and Scott Boland helped Australia reach 228/9 at St...

179 feared dead in horrific plane crash in South Korea

GUWAHATI, Dec 29: 179 people out of the total 181 passengers and crew members were killed in a horrific plane crash at South Korea’s Muan ...

Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan was downed by Russia’s air defence systems: Reports

GUWAHATI, Dec 25: Preliminary investigation into the Azerbaijan Airlines plane crash in Kazakhstan suggests that the plane was shot down b...

Guwahati: Bodies of school girl and a van driver, missing since Tuesday night, found floating in Brahmaputra

GUWAHATI, Dec 27: Sensation prevails in Garigaon locality of Guwahati after the bodies of a 13-year-old school girl and a school van drive...

PM Modi pays last respects to former PM Manmohan Singh as tributes keep pouring in

GUWAHATI, Dec 27: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today paid his last respects to late former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh besides offerin...

Young woman, stabbed by jilted lover at busy Guwahati street, dies at GMCH

GUWAHATI, Dec 26: In an incident that has sent shockwaves across the capital city and across the State, a young woman waiting for a bike ta...

Barpeta MP Phani Bhushan Choudhury, suffering from fever and cough, admitted to Health City Hospital; now stable

GUWAHATI, Dec 26: Barpeta Lok Sabha MP Phani Bhushan Choudhury was on Wednesday night rushed to the Health City Hospital where his health i...

Leopard attacks construction worker at Guwahati-North Guwahati bridge, eyewitness narrates chilling details

GUWAHATI, Dec 25: A worker employed in construction work of the Guwahati-North Guwahati bridge was seriously injured after he was attacked ...

Afghanistan: At least 15 killed in Pakistani airstrikes; will hit back, vows Taliban

GUWAHATI, Dec 25: At least 15 people, including women and children, were killed after a series of Pakistani airstrikes hit Barmal district ...

Prized catch: Assam Police seize 1.50 lakh YABA tablets worth Rs 45 crore in Sribhumi

GUWAHATI, Dec 25: Assam Police , in a massive breakthrough, recovered banned YABA tablets worth Rs 45 crore from Hathikhira area of Sribhum...

US gay couple sentenced to 100 years in prison for sexually abusing adopted sons

GUWAHATI, Dec 24: A gay couple from Georgia in the United States have been sentenced to 100 years in prison and will spend the rest of the...

President Murmu, PM Modi condole passing away of veteran filmmaker Shyam Benegal

GUWAHATI, Dec 24: President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the nation in paying condolences on the passing away of ve...

Guatemala migrant sets woman on fire on New York subway train, watches her burn to death; later arrested by cops

GUWAHATI, Dec 23: A Guatemala migrant has been arrested for allegedly setting a woman on fire and later watching her getting burned to deat...

NF Railways to run special trains during Maha Kumbh to help clear extra rush of pilgrims

GUWAHATI, Dec 23: To cope up with the anticipated heavy rush of pilgrims during the Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, NF Railway has decided to run tw...

At least two dead in Mohali building collapse, many still feared trapped

GUWAHATI, Dec 22: At least two persons died after a four-storey building collapsed in Punjab’s Mohali district on Saturday evening. A 20-y...

In Assam, child marriage crackdown 3.0 begins; 416 arrested, 335 cases registered in a single night

GUWAHATI, Dec 22: The Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma-led State Government in Assam and the Assam Police has launched the third phase of crackdown o...

Under Rozgar Mela, PM to distribute over 71,000 appointment letters to newly appointed recruits on Monday

GUWAHATI, Dec 22: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will distribute more than 71,000 appointment letters to newly appointed recruits tomorrow (...

Guwahati film-maker Pradeep Chandra Sharma wins IFFC National Award for short film ‘Adi Shakti Maa Kamakhya Devi’

GUWAHATI, Dec 20: Guwahati film-maker Pradeep Chandra Sharma has won the IFFC National Award for the film ‘ADI SHAKTI MAA KAMAKHYA DEVI’ in ...

15-year-old Wisconsin shooter had turbulent childhood, showed interest in mass shootings: Investigators

GUWAHATI, Dec 18: Investigators looking into the life of 15-year-old Wisconsin shooter Natalie ‘Samantha’ Rupnow believe that she had a tro...

Check Gold & Silver rates in Guwahati today (Dec 18)

GUWAHATI, Dec 18: Here are the prices of gold and silver in Guwahati today (Dec 18) Gold Rate in Guwahati Today (Dec 18) 10 gm of 24 ca...

Assam: STF arrests five persons from Kokrajhar & Dhubri for links with Pak terror outfit JeM

GUWAHATI, Dec 18: Five person have been held in multiple raids conducted by the Special Task Force of Assam Police in Kokrajhar and Dhubri ...

One Nation, One Poll Bill tabled in Lok Sabha; Congress demands it’s immediate withdrawal

GUWAHATI, Dec 17: Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal today (Dec 17) tabled the bill for ‘One Nation, One Election’ in Lok Sabha with the ...

NIA arrests ULFA(I) operative for planting IEDs in Guwahati on I-Day

GUWAHATI, Dec 17: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Monday arrested a key operative of the outlawed ULFA(I) in connection with the...

Minor girl, abducted from home, gangraped in rubber plantation in Tripura; five arrested

GUWAHATI, Dec 16: A minor girl was kidnapped and then gangraped by five youths in South Tripura on December 14 making it the second such cr...

Youth dies, four others in critical condition after car returning from marriage plunges into Sessa river near Dibrugarh

GUWAHATI, Dec 16: Celebrations turned into tragedy after a car returning from a marriage plunged into the Sessa river near Lahowal in Assam...

Condolences pour in after Ustad Zakir Hussain, 73, passes away in San Francisco

GUWAHATI, Dec 16: Tabla maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain, also known as one of the Jewels of India, is no more. He breathed his last in a San Fr...

PM Modi pays tributes to Sardar Patel on his death anniversary

GUWAHATI, Dec 15: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his death anniversary today. He remarked that...

Drug peddler who ran over police constable at Sribhumi tries to flee snatching police rifle; shot in the leg, apprehended

GUWAHATI, Dec 15: A drug peddler arrested after he ran over his truck on a police constable in Sribhumi district of Assam was injured aft...

Bengaluru techie suicide case: Police arrest wife Nikita, her mother & brother; trio sent to 14-day judicial remand

GUWAHATI, Dec 15: Bengaluru Police have arrested Nikita Singhania, the wife of 34-year-old techie Atul Subhash who died by suicide allegin...

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BREAKING: Superstar Allu Arjun arrested for stampede at Pushpa 2 premier in Hyderabad

GUWAHATI, Dec 13: Superstar Allu Arjun has been arrested in connection with the stampede at Sandhya Theatre in Hyderabad in which a woman ...

6 Delhi schools get bomb threat mails, second alert in a week

GUWAHATI, Dec 13: Four days after 44 Delhi schools received bomb threat emails, which later turned out to be hoaxes, six more Delhi school...

Delhi records season’s coldest morning as temperature likely to plummet to 4°C

GUWAHATI, Dec 12: Delhi recorded it’s coldest morning of the season with temperatures likely to drop to 4°C today and on Friday. India Me...

Indian Railways to increase general coaches to make trains more accessible to economically weaker sections

GUWAHATI, Dec 12: Indian Railways is taking several steps to ensure comfortable journeys for general-class passengers. As part of its commi...

Woman fined Rs 5,000, ostracized in Assam’s Sipajhar for wearing salwar-kameez

GUWAHATI, Dec 11: A woman in Sipajhar town of Assam has been ostracized from society and fined Rs 5,000 for wearing salwar-kameez. The wom...

Israeli forces pound Syria with airstrikes after Assad’s ouster

GUWAHATI, Dec 11: The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) carried out nearly 500 airstrikes on Syria in the past 48 hours, targeting critical mili...

‘A statesman par excellence…’ PM Modi remembers former President Pranab Mukherjee on birth anniversary

GUWAHATI, Dec 11: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today remembered former President Shri Pranab Mukherjee on his birth anniversary, calling him...

Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya launches ‘Mission Child Health and Literacy’ campaign in Guwahati

GUWAHATI, Dec 10: Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya launched the ‘Mission Child Health and Literacy’ campaign, an initiative by the R...

SM Krishna, former Karnataka CM, dies at 92; Karnataka Govt announces 3-day State mourning

GUWAHATI, Dec 10: Veteran politician and former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna passed away at the age of 92 today. Krishna, who was C...

Mumbai: Death toll in BEST bus crash rises to 6, 49 injured

GUWAHATI, Dec 10: The death toll in the BEST bus accident in Kurla West in Mumbai rose to six while 49 others were injured. A bus had ramm...

Bomb threat mail to 40 Delhi schools demanding $30K a hoax, nothing suspicious recovered

GUWAHATI, Dec 9: A multi-agency search conducted after around 40 Delhi schools received an e-mail warning about a bomb being planted in the...

Syria: Damascus falls as President Assad flees nation; rebel forces say ‘start of new era’

GUWAHATI, Dec 8: Scenes of jubilation in the streets of Damascus after rebel forces took control of the Syrian capital forcing President Ba...

Devajit Saikia replaces Jay Shah as interim BCCI secretary

GUWAHATI, Dec 8: In what is being seen as a massive news for Assam and sports administration in the State, Devajit Saikia, will replace Jay...

PM Modi gets death threat; WhatsApp text sent to Mumbai Police claims ISI blast plot to target PM

GUWAHATI, Dec 8: After receiving death threats for Bollywood stars Shah Rukh and Salman Khan, Mumbai Police have now received another thre...

‘She donated me liver, gave me life…’ grieves husband of woman killed in Pushpa 2 premiere stampede in Hyderabad

GUWAHATI, Dec 6: Mogadampalli Bhaskar, husband of the 32-year-old woman Revathi who lost her life during the stampede-like situation at San...

National Disaster Management Authority to conduct mock exercise on flood disaster scenario in Assam

GUWAHATI, Dec 6: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) in collaboration with Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) ...

Assam: Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya visits Nagaon’s Tokolai Babejia village under ‘Gaon Mein Governor’ initiative

GUWAHATI, Dec 5: Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya visited Tokolai Babejia village in Assam’s Nagaon district on Wednesday as a part ...