Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) today successfully launched the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System-1I from Satish Dhawan Space Centre on Sriharikota Island. The satellite was launched with PSLV-C41 rocket at around 4 today morning. The system will replace the IRNSS-1A which was rendered ineffective as the on board atomic clocks had failed. This is the […]

The roots of inter-state car-lifters have been traced to Manipur with East and West Imphal districts as their operational bases. The car-lifters forged documents and got stolen vehicles registered in different parts of the state, raising apprehensions of transport department officials assisting them. The Delhi police have busted an inter-state car lifting racket with its […]

Around 29 people were injured after a Dhemaji bound night bus from Guwahati skidded off road near the Jia Bharali bridge at Jamugurihat wee hours of Thursday. The injured have been admitted to the North Jamuguri Civil Hospital and Tezpur Medical College and Hospital of which four are stated to be in a critical condition.

Assam’s Hima Das who made history by making it to the finals of the women’s 400 metres event in the 2018 Commonwealth Games has been offered a job by the Ministry of Railways. Union minister of state for Railways Rajen Gohain disclosed this. According to reports, the state government has also offered a job to […]

Acting on specific inputs custom sleuths seized 497 kg of ganja from an 18-wheeler truck in Meghalaya. According to the deputy commissioner, customs, the ganja was concealed in the truck carrying rubber. The truck which was coming from Tripura and heading towards Guwahati was intercepted by custom officials at Mawrynkeneng on the Shillong by pass. […]

The All Yachuli Students union has demanded immediate clearance of landslide zones from Yupia to Potin that has been left by the authorities in that condition for years, hampering road connectivity. 71 years after India’s Independence, people in the Lower Subansiri district of Arunachal Pradesh have been compelled to resort to a dawn to dusk […]

A huge amount of ammunition was seized in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya following an intensive search of over three days by the police in areas earlier believed to be the stronghold of the GNLA. The forces recovered over 2000 rounds of 7.62 AK ammunition, 60 rounds of 9 mm ammunition, around 1000 rounds of […]

A desperate bid by the opposition Congress to corner the BJP-led Government in Assam has boomeranged badly. State Congress president Ripun Bora thundered at a press conference in Guwahati that within two years of coming to power, the Sarbananda Sonowal Government has done an excess expenditure to the tune of Rs 10,000 crore. However, the […]

In the never-ending instances of rape incidents in Assam, a five-year-old was raped at Tiphuk tea estate at Amguri under Haluwating police station in upper Assam’s Sivasagar district on Monday. The accused is a 23-year old Rahul Bhumij who happens to be the victim’s uncle. Police has arrested the accused who was absconding after committing […]

The Tezpur District Transport Officer, Prasenjit Ghosh who was arrested by Dibrugarh Police in connection with the APSC Cash-For-Job-Scam on Monday was sent to 14-day police custody by the special court today. 6 other accused in the case who were also presented before the special court along with Prasenjit Ghosh today were subsequently sent to […]