At least 15 passengers were injured after a bus heading to Imphal from Churachandpur met with an accident near Moirang town of Bishnupur district. The bus skidded off and turned turtle while negotiating to give road-space for another passenger vehicle that was approaching from the opposite direction. Eyewitness suggests that in a way to create […]

Guwahati youth, Raul Kaushik dies in a swimming pool at Mumbai hotel while trying to save a friend from drowning. Raul had been undergoing film studies in Mumbai. Raul was the son of Kaushik Nath, the director of the Guwahati based Prag media group. The body of Raul Kaushik has been brought back to Guwahati. His […]

A 67 year old Australian tourist William Marinus died after he fell from the staircase of a hotel in Guwahati. The injured tourist was rushed to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The police said that 5 people including the brother of the deceased was also there during the incident. The group was […]

As many as 19 students of a blind school in Jorhat went missing at noon today. According to school authority, students of standard nine and ten including 10 boys and nine girls were on strike protesting against lack of facilities in the school including the absence of a permanent principal since last few days. The […]

Assam BJP has convened a State BJP Executive Meeting on May 18 and 19. Party’s national president Amit Shah is also likely to attend the meeting along with top State BJP leaders. Among a host of other issues, which include the Citizenship Amendment Bill, the meeting is also likely to discuss on the upcoming Panchayat […]

Sensation prevails in Cachar District of Assam after a group of miscreants shot at a taxi driver from very close range leading to his death on the spot. The deceased has been identified as Srikanta Dhar who was a taxi driver by profession. Meanwhile, police have launched an investigation into the case. Although there are […]

9 persons including 2 policemen and 1 woman have been arrested on charges of drug peddling at Roing in Lower Dibang Valley of Arunachal Pradesh on sunday. The peddlers were caught with 17.5 grams of cocaine, 2 digital weighing machines and cash worth Rs 34,500 which was immediately seized. Roing Superintendent of Police Sanjay Kumar […]

A ‘Slow Loris’, also called Lajuki Bandor in Assamese has been rescued from Pasighat today. 22 year old Vijay Panyang rescued the monkey who was then handed over to a team of officers. The team comprised of Divisional Forest officer Tasang Taga and State wild life Board member Maksam Tayeng. The monkey apparently came to […]

The Anti-Citizenship Bill movement continues in the state with the AASU staging yet another protest in Namrup in Dibrugarh. Protesting against the proposed bill members of AASU’s Namrup unit burnt effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister of state for Railways Rajen Gohain and state power minister Tapan Gogoi. Representatives […]

In a shocking incident two women were physically assaulted by tea estate labourers and other villagers at Bandarchalia tea estate of Titabar in Assam’s Jorhat district for allegedly practicing witchcraft. The incident took place on Sunday morning after three persons of the tea estate died after suffering from a “mysterious” disease on Saturday night. Agitated […]