Guwahati, June 27 (PTI): The engine of the Ledo-Guwahati Express special train derailed between Ledo and Margherita stations in Assam on Sunday, officials said.
The incident happened around 3.33 pm, they sai
Dibrugarh (Assam), June 27 (PTI): About 12,000 people of the Mising community residing at Laika and Dadhia villages inside Dibru-Saikhowa National Park of Assam, after they were rendered homeless some 70 years
AGARTALA, JUNE 27 (IANS): Amid all major political parties' opposition and skeptical stand, tribal party 'TIPRA Motha', which in the April 6 elections had captured the politically important Tripura
New Delhi, June 26 (PTI): Plans are afoot to ensure that 10,000 Bodo youths in Assam get job in army, paramilitary forces and police in the next four years, Chief Executive Member (CEM) of the Bodoland Territor
New Delhi, June 26 (PTI): The BJP on Saturday named Bhabesh Kalita and Sharda Devi as presidents of its Assam and Manipur units respectively.
The appointments were made by BJP national president JP Nadda and
Guwahati, June 26 (PTI): An employee of the defunct Nagaon Paper Mill of the Hindustan Paper Corporation Limited (HPCL) in Assam died on Saturday, taking the total fatalities since the closure of the PSU'
Diphu, June 26 (PTI) A prisoner, undergoing treatment for COVID-19 at the Diphu Medical College and Hospital in Assam's Karbi Anglong district, escaped, police said on Saturday. The prisoner was admitted to
Itanagar, June 26 (PTI): A red panda, rescued recently from a river in Shi-Yomi district of Arunachal Pradesh bordering China, was released back to its natural habitat by forest officials on Saturday. The rare
Guwahati, June 26 (IANS) Assam's Environment and Forest Department on Saturday filed FIR against an Executive Member of a Municipal Board for his action leading to the killing of scores of egrets on the unp
Gangtok, June 26 (PTI): Sikkim on Saturday reported 130 new COVID-19 cases, which took the tally in the state to 19,941, a health department bulletin said.
The death toll rose to 301 as two more patients suc
Guwahati, June 26 (IANSlife) Vedanta Baruah has become the first Assamese to receive the 10-year Golden Visa in Investors category, granted by the Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
A Golden
Itanagar, June 26 (PTI) Arunachal Pradesh reported 266 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, taking the tally to 34,480, a senior health official said.
Three more people died in the state, following which the toll
Aizawl, June 26 (PTI) Mizoram's COVID-19 tally crossed the 19,000-mark on Saturday as 232 more people, including 49 children, tested positive for the infection, a health bulletin said.
The fresh infectio
New Delhi, June 26 (PTI) The BJP on Saturday named Bhabesh Kalita and Sharda Devi as presidents of its Assam and Manipur units respectively.
The appointments were made by BJP national president JP Nadda and
Agartala, June 26 (PTI) The Tripura government has extended the COVID curfew from 2 pm to 5 am in Agartala and 10 other urban local bodies (ULBs) till July 2, a notification said.
The restrictions, first imp
Guwahati, June 25 (PTI): One COVID-19 positive patient has died of Delta variant in Assam while the Delta strain was found in 77 per cent of the samples tested during the month of April and May this year, Healt
Guwahati, June 25 (PTI): Two committees set up by the Assam government to propose procedures to evaluate students of Class 10 and 12 in view of cancellation of this year's state board examinations due to th
Agartala, June 25 (PTI): Nearly 80 per cent of the total eligible population in Tripura has received at least the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, a senior official said here on Friday.
The state has receiv
Guwahati, June 25 (PTI): Citing an RTI response, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Friday claimed that there has been a "discernible inequity" in the allocation of ventilators to north-eastern states though
Aizawl, June 25 (PTI): At least 224 more people, including two security personnel and over 55 children, have tested positive for novel coronavirus in Mizoram, pushing the COVID-19 caseload to 18,859, a health o