The prestigious Pabindra Nath Sarma and Kunjabala Devi Memorial for the year 2017 have been awarded to Diganta Sarma, staff reporter of Sadin weekly and Gagan Kumar Nath, Sipajhar correspondent of Axomiya khobor respectively. The awards instituted in memory of Late Pabindra Nath Sarma, freedom fighter and senior advocate of Gauhati High court and his […]

After his two day visit in India, Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded his two-day visit to India and departed for Russia from New Delhi on October 5. During his visit Putin met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Ram Nath Kovind, where the Russian President and Indian Prime Minister addressed India-Russia Business Summit. The most important […]

Central Crime Branch, Women and Narcotic Drug squad have nabbed a 23 year-old drug peddler identified as Wichamthonliu Abonmai who hails from Senapati district of Manipur and seized from her Rs 3 lakh worth Heroin. On receiving information, the team raided her rented house and seized 35 gram Heroin, empty plastic boxes used for packing the […]

Two days after the Central government provided relief to citizens by announcing reduction of fuel prices all over the country, petrol and diesel prices have witnessed a fresh hike today. The price for petrol hiked by 18 paise per litre today whereas the price of diesel saw a rise of 29 paise per litre. Finance […]

A six-member non-resident Indian (NRI) business delegation led by Chairman of Rai Corporation Sanjay Rai met Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday expressing keen interest to invest in the state to promote business and growth. The meeting was attended by State BJP President Tapir Gao, Chief Secretary Satya Gopal and other top state government employees. […]

Another incident of moral policing has surfaced in Assam. In a latest incident, a woman was mercilessly beaten up and her head tonsured after she stood up opposing the marriage of her minor child at Baterhat in Assam’s Dhubri district. The incident reportedly took place on the night of Oct 2. The chilling incident that […]

Gauhati University is witnessing massive protest following the death of Himangshu Neog, a B.Tech 3rd semester student on Friday. As alleged by students the university hospital has been running without any experienced doctors or proper equipment and the lack of proper medical facilities in the university had led to the death of the student. Stormy scenes […]

Violence related to student politics has hit Guwahati’s Cotton University. The university which is soon to see elections within its campus was rattled after the candidate for the post of general secretary was attacked by miscreants at Guwahati’s Japorigog area. Candidate for the post of general secretary Nabajit Dutta and another student Trinayan Baruah were […]

Students in Assam’s Dibrugarh University protested against the recent hike in public transport fare that resulted out of the spiraling prices of fuel. The protest staged under the All Asom Student Union has been going on since three days now. The agitating students, AASU leaders, teachers and locals are demanding a reduction in the fare […]

The Namrup-based Assam Petrochemicals Limited on Friday rolled out the country’s first methanol-based cooking fuel which will be cheaper than conventional LPG fuel. NITI Aayog member VK Saraswat set the ball rolling by inaugurating the Green and Clean Fuel Pilot Project on methanol cooking stove, which is the first of its kind in India. This […]