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Assam is all set to celebrate Magh Bihu, the winter harvest festival, with grand feasts and traditional rituals. This year marks the first Bihu without popular singer Zubeen Garg. Homes are bustling with preparations for Uruka tonight, cooking local delicacies like pitha, laru, and curd. The festival is a vibrant celebration of Assam’s agricultural traditions…
Heavy security was deployed across Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Tuesday following a violent protest that erupted a day earlier. The situation escalated after demonstrators, who were staging sit-in protests demanding the eviction of illegal encroachers from Village Grazing Reserve (VGR) and Professional Grazing Reserve (PGR) lands, allegedly set fire to the residence of the…
Last Updated:December 20, 2025, 6:25 PM IST PM Modi accused the Congress of repeatedly compromising Assam’s identity, both before and after Independence. PM Narendra Modi | File Image Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said Assam narrowly escaped being separated from India during the pre-Independence period and credited the state’s first Chief Minister, Gopinath Bordoloi,…
The emergency medical response ambulance service of the Assam government has come to a standstill with nearly 800 ambulances remaining off the road due to an indefinite strike by the drivers. Thousands of 108 Mrityunjoy ambulance employees have launched an indefinite statewide protest, demanding job regularisation, fair wages, equal pay for equal work, and clearance…
New Delhi: The Department of Public Enterprises under the Finance Ministry has announced that Numaligarh Refinery in Assam has been granted the Navratna status. Department of Public Enterprises in a post on X wrote, “Hon’ble Finance Minister has approved the upgradation of Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) to Navratna CPSE. NRL will be the 27th Navratna…
Last Updated:November 11, 2025, 04:57 IST The petitioners argue that the government’s failure to execute the final steps violates the fundamental rights of millions of residents The Supreme Court’s intervention comes amid significant controversy and political disquiet regarding the 2019 list. (File image/AFP) The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre and the…
Last Updated:November 09, 2025, 10:51 PM IST Assam CM Himanta Sarma announced a bill to prohibit polygamy, new funds for victims, judicial township at Rangmahal, Assam Startup Policy, and SU-KA-PHA University in Sivasagar. Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday announced a series of key decisions taken during the…
This special report focuses on the posthumous release of ‘Roi Roi Binale’, the final film of beloved singer, composer, and actor Zubeen Garg, which premiered to an overwhelming emotional response in Assam and 46 cities across India. According to filmmaker Rajesh Bhuyan, ‘We were working on this movie for the last three years. The story…
Last Updated:October 21, 2025, 09:03 IST Several districts of Assam will observe a local holiday today, October 21. Find out if your district is on the list Diwali, the Festival of Lights, was celebrated across the country on October 20 and will continue to be celebrated on October 21 in many parts of India. Several…
Last Updated:October 17, 2025, 08:02 IST A truck believed to have been used by the attackers was later found abandoned in the Tengapani area of neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh. Grenades were hurled targeting the Indian Army’s 19 Grenadiers unit camp at Kakopathar. (Image: News18) Sounds of intense gunfire and multiple grenade explosions rocked Kakopathar in Assam’s…