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Civil society activists on Sunday (June 8, 2025) slammed the Assam Government for slashing numerous trees, some more than a century old, in Guwahati to make space for a flyover.
Guwahati: The state tourism department on Tuesday signed an MoU with Big Tree Entertainment Private Limited for organizing international concerts in the state. Last month, the state approved a ...
Assam lost 3,400 sq km of tree cover during the said period due to deforestation and large-scale urbanisation mainly, which is the highest tree cover loss in the country followed by Mizoram (3,340 ...
A four-year old boy lost his life after a tree branch fell on him in the Fenairbond tea garden area of Ramkrishnanagar under Sribhumi district, Assam. Centre clears plan to more than double iron ...
Assam Well Blowout: A gas blowout at ONGC's Bhatiapar well in Assam's Sivasagar district poses manageable risks, unlike the catastrophic 2020 Baghjan incident. ONGC said it is mobilising experts ...
GUWAHATI: Assam will follow a lesser-known 1950 law – Immigrants Expulsion Order – to push back illegal immigrants, a move that is likely to open up Pandora’s box, for this is against the ...
The flood situation in Assam continued to be critical with over 5.6 lakh people reeling under the deluge in 16 districts, an official bulletin said on Friday (June 6, 2025).
An Assam Police team has reached Kolkata with an arrest warrant for Wajahat Khan, on whose complaint social media influencer Sharmishta Panoli was arrested. The accused is on the run, the police said.
Sarma alleged there was a concerted effort by some elements, both within the state and outside, to create communal tensions in Assam, especially through social media platforms. He said about 5,000 ...
Guwahati: The Assam government has issued ‘shoot-at-sight’ orders at night in Dhubri town amid ongoing communal tension over the alleged throwing of meat near a Hindu temple. Following the ...
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday issued shoot-at-sight orders in the state's Dhubri district after a “group became active with the intention of damaging our temples.” ...
Presently, Assam has 5,769 doctors, 7,419 staff nurses, 9,989 Auxiliary Nurse Midwives (ANMs), 3,212 community health officers, and 7,903 paramedical staff serving across urban and rural regions.