The Latest Breaking News from Assam

Most Indian cities financially dependent on State governments, lack control over staff: ASICS 2023 report. Only Assam empowers cities to collect taxes, most need State approval to borrow. Mayors/councils lack power in staff appointments/promotions. Poor transparency in publishing civic info, financial statements. High vacancy in local governments, worse than global…

The Congress and the BJP have engaged in a war of words over Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s ‘Akbar’ remark made during a public speech in poll-bound Chhattisgarh’s Kawardha. T

Union Defense Minister Rajnath Singh is set to embark on a two-day visit to Assam and Arunachal Pradesh today.

In yet another case of sexual assault on children in the Ernakulam Rural police district, a worker from Assam was arrested on Saturday on charge of assaulting the four-year-old daughter of his colleague at a plywood factory at Iringol near Perumbavoor.

BJP and TMC spar over "dry days" during Durga Puja in West Bengal. BJP claims it's not the culture of Bengal, TMC counters by citing Assam CM's remarks

Efforts to keep wild elephants off human settlements in Assam are riding on a flash of hope - light-emitting diode (LED) bulbs blinking to a rhythmic pattern.

13-yr-old Rahmatullah from Assam electrocuted in illegal power trap set by farmer Unnikrishnan Arayil. Police arrested Unnikrishnan & charged him with murder. Farmers increasingly using illegal & dangerous traps to kill wild boars & other animals. Cases of human & elephant deaths reported from Palakkad. Police, Forest & KSEB stepped…

Union Railways Minister flags off two new trains, extends two more to remote parts of North East. Vistadome coach in Budgam-Banihal train in J&K also flagged off

Saurashtra, Andhra, Haryana, Mumbai, Odisha, Assam, Kerala, Himachal, Gujarat, Punjab, Jharkhand, Bengal, Vidarbha, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu & Delhi win T20 matches in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. Harvik Desai (104*), Shai Rasheed (100*), Ekant Sen (70*), Krunal Pandya (62) & Prabhsimran Singh (82) shine with the bat.