Following vehement protest across Assam, the state government has now decided to move the Centre to reconsider the decision to offer Kaziranga National Park, Rang Ghar, Kareng Ghar and Siva Doul for corporate adoption under the ‘Adopt a Heritage’ scheme for five years. The government also assured the protesting organisations that it will apprise the Centre […]

The construction work of the all important Churachandpur Sugnu road stretch which has been taken up under the Public Works Department and funded Rs 47 crore by the DoNER ministry under Social and Industrial Development Funds or the SIDF was inspected by the Joint Secy, Ministry of DONER SL Meena. The road covering a span […]

19 new cancer hospitals to come up in Assam by 2019. The hospitals will be set up by the Assam Government in collaboration with the Tata Trust and the Assam Cancer Care Foundation. This was disclosed by health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The hospitals will come up in Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Goalpara, Nagaon, Darrang, Lakhimpur, Tinsukia, Sivasagar, […]

The BJP sounded its 2019 lok sabha poll bugle here in Guwahati today. Bharatiya Janata Yuva morcha’s national president Poonam Mahajan addressed hundreds of workers of the Yuva Morcha at the Shankardev Kalakshetra auditorium. During the address Mahajan mentioned that Assam has always been her second home and that she has been coming to the […]

After being accorded full state honours, the body of police officer Bhaskar Kalita was taken in procession to his home in Kamrup district with hundreds of people gathering there to give their parting respects to the martyr. The body of Bhaskar Kalita reached his residence later in the day. Bordumsa officer in-charge Bhaskar Kalita was […]

Agartala Police recovered around 12 bundles of ganja from the state Post Office Headquarter on Friday. In a special drive against anti-social elements led by SDPO Sadar, a total of twelve sacks of ganja were recovered. Reportedly, the sacks were supposed to be parceled to other states from Tripura. Meanwhile, another search operation was also […]

With India continuing to build ties with ASEAN under New Delhi’s Act East Policy, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday called for greater connectivity between the northeastern states of India and South-East Asia. At an interactive session with the Chief Ministers of the northeastern states on the Act East Policy, she said that state […]

Several Bodo organisations including the All Bodo Students union, National democratic front of Bodoland (progressive) and the People’s Joint Action Committee for Bodoland have intensified their demand for a separate Bodoland. In support of their demands the Bodo groups staged a blockade on NH 15 in Rowta at Udalguri district in Assam. The Bodo groups are […]

An International Conference on Biodiversity and Sustainable Development Goals was held at the state capital of Sikkim, Gangtok. The event, held at the city’s Chintan Bhawan, was inaugurated by Chief Minister Pawan Chamling. Present at the inauguration ceremony were environmental activist Dr Vandana Shiva and Bernward Geier from Germany. While addressing the event, Chamling stated […]

Earlier in a report, Northeast live exposed the presence of huge amounts of lead and arsenic in the drinking water of Guwahati and the inefficiency of all the water treatment plants of the city to treat the arsenic content in the water. However, lately it has been brought to light that the presence of these […]