Writer of Assamese book on Maoists held, released after questioning
Barely one week after the Parliament approved an amendment to the anti-terror law, police on Wednesday night nabbed a writer...
PROFILE| Mrigen Kalita: An accidental artist
He never deliberated to paint his dreams on canvas. But as they say life is what happens to you when...
Tension in Hailakandi after one killed in police firing following clash
Tension ran high in southern Assam’s Hailakandi district on Saturday, after a youth died in police firing on Friday evening...
Guwahati LS seat: Catfight between Queen Ojah and Bobbeeta Sharma
The battle lines for the Lok Sabha elections in high profile Guwahati constituency have been drawn with the Congress fielding...
44.8% feel illegal migration should be key poll issue in Northeast
Like previous elections, 2019 Lok Sabha polls is shaping up to be another election dominated by illegal migration issue in...
Constituency Watch: Who will have the last laugh in Cong’s old bastion?
Barpeta Lok Sabha seat, which was once known as the bastion of the Congress party, was snatched by the AIUDF...
BJP to field Rajen Borthakur against Bhanu in Tezpur
Ending all speculations, the BJP has finally decided to field Rajen Borthakur from Tezpur seat and Rupak Sharma from Nagaon...
Prime Minister Modi stirs up hornet’s nest in Assam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remark that the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill would be passed in the parliament soon has stirred up...
Hypertension: A killer disease in Assam’s tea gardens
Sipping a cup of tea with some puffed rice, 50-year-old Rajesh Munda’s sunken eyes were patiently waiting for the hospital...
Nikshay Poshan Yojana fails to find enough takers in Assam
The Nikshay Poshan Yojana, the Central Govermnnt’s scheme to give Rs. 500 a month for nutritional support to tuberculosis patients...
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