Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Assam

Assam: Police seize drugs worth 16 crores in Cachar District

The Assam Police, on Saturday, launched an operation to catch drug peddlers and appehended two persons. It also seized a massive quantity of contraband drugs worth Rs 16 crores. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

School timings changed in Assam’s Nagaon amid rising temperature

In the wake of rising temperatures, the Nagaon district administration of Assam has issued an order and rescheduled the timing of classes at all educational institutions

The Hindu

Tribal militant outfit chief, cadres surrender weapons in Assam

Rejoining mainstream under Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government, nearly 40 cadres of tribal militant outfit Adivasi People’s Liberation Army, including its ‘commander-in-chief’, laid down their arms on June 2 in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district.

The Hindu

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Two journalists arrested for ‘blackmailing, taking bribes’ in Assam SCERT scam case

Two journalists – Bhaskar Jyoti Hazarika of News18 and Puja Moni Das of Pratibimba Live – were arrested today by the Assam chief minister’s special vigilance cell.

Newslaundry

One Assam forest personnel killed by timber smugglers

One forest department personnel was killed and three others injured after a group of timber smugglers attacked them in Assam's Goalpara district. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

PM Modi flags off Assam's first Vande Bharat Express

Vande Bharat will cover the distance between Guwahati and New Jalpaiguri in five-and-a-half hours, while the current fastest train takes about six-and-a-half hours to cover the distance.

The Hindu

Centre fiercely neutral in Manipur, says Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

According to Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the “unexpected” order of the Manipur High Court on April 20, 2023 to consider the request for Meitei community’s inclusion in the Scheduled Tribes list within four months derailed a plan for a comprehensive dialogue that the State was planning.

The Hindu

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Assam has had the best two years of harmony and progress, says CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is a key strategist of the BJP for the northeast and beyond. He was a star campaigner of the party in the Gujarat and Karnataka Assembly elections. In an exclusive interview with The Hindu, he opened up about the conflict in Manipur, Opposition unity…

The Hindu

PM Modi holds meeting with CMs of BJP-ruled States on party's good governance agenda

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Haryana’s Manohar Lal Khattar, Assam’s Himanta Biswa Sarma, Madhya Pradesh’s Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Uttarakhand’s Pushkar Singh Dhami were among those who attended the meeting

The Hindu

Where have the leeches gone?

I remember days from my childhood in rural Assam when one would smear one’s legs and hands with kerosene before venturing out into the forests or marshlands to repel the leeches. Even going into the vegetable garden in the backyard was fraught with the risk of being bitten by a…

The Hindu

Cannes 2023: Aimee Baruah dons Assamese pat silk Mekhela chador on red carpet.

Animee slayed the red and black pat silk Mekhela chador, a traditional Assamese attire on the red carpet. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Assam, Meghalaya CMs start talks to resolve border disputes in six remaining sectors

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Kongkal Sangma are scheduled to meet on May 24 to hold further discussions on resolving border disputes between the two states in six remaining areas.

The Hindu

SAI coach in Assam suspended over sexual harassment charges

KOLKATA: On a day the wrestlers took out a candlelight march in New Delhi, demanding the arrest of Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, Sports Authority of India (SAI) suspended Mrinal Basumatary, in-charge of the SAI Training Centre (STC), Solal Gaon, Assam, for sexually harassing women…

The Times of India

Six months after death, IIT-Kharagpur student’s body exhumed in Assam

A West Bengal police team exhumed the body of a student of the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur from a burial ground in eastern Assam’s Dibrugarh on Tuesday.

The Hindu

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Hindu

Panel probing Assam-Meghalaya border killings to resume examining witnesses

A judicial panel probing the killing of six people at a disputed spot on the 884.9 km Assam-Meghalaya border in November 2022 is scheduled to resume the examination of the witnesses on May 25.

The Hindu

AFSPA likely to be lifted completely from Assam by year end, says Himanta Biswa Sarma

The Chief Minister, who was speaking at the first Commandant’s Conference at the Lachit Barphukan Police Academy in Dergaon, said, “We are aiming at withdrawing AFSPA completely from Assam by the end of 2023. We will also rope in military personnel to train our police force.”

Dynamite News

Congress demands judicial probe into death of SI in road accident in Assam

Assam Congress delegation on Sunday demanded a judicial probe into the death of Sub-Inspector (SI) Junmoni Rabha in a road accident in Nagoan. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Assam: 11 held over involvement in fake gold smuggling from Sonitpur

Police arrested 11 persons for their alleged involvement in fake gold smuggling in Assam's Sonitpur district. Read further on Dynamite News:

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Hindu

Assam’s Karbi Anglong first tribal council in India to get culinary school

Only Chef, founded by two-time MasterChef winner Amitabhh Dutta, opened its second School of Culinary Arts in Diphu on May 19. The first was established four years ago in Guwahati, Assam’s principal city where he is based.

The Hindu

Section 144 imposed in Assam’s Guwahati to ensure peaceful public movement, police commissionerate functioning

Aiming to ensure peaceful movement of the public and normal functioning of offices of the jurisdiction of police commissionerate, Assam’s Guwahati, prohibitory order under Section 144 of CrPC has been imposed in the city, officials said on May 21.

Dynamite News

Assam: Section 144 imposed in Guwahati to ensure peaceful public movement, police commissionerate functioning

Aiming to ensure peaceful movement of the public and normal functioning of offices of the jurisdiction of police commissionerate, Assam's Guwahati, prohibitory order under section 144 of CrPC has been imposed in the city. Read Further on Dynamite News:

The Hindu

Indian Army, Assam Rifles ensure protection to vehicles on national highway in violence-hit Manipur

As the state of essential supplies in violence-hit Manipur began to dwindle and reach critical levels, the India Army and Assam Rifles have been working in close coordination with utmost synergy to assure protection to vehicles carrying essential goods to and from Imphal

The Hindu

Assam Police seeks CBI probe into death of woman sub-inspector

The police’s Criminal Investigation Department has been probing the death of the sub-inspector.

The Times of India

Athletes lodge sexual harassment complaint against SAI centre head in Assam

KOLKATA: At a time when some of India’s best wrestlers have been out on the streets protesting sexual harassment, a police complaint was filed against Mrinal Basumatary, in-charge of the SAI Training Centre (STC), Solalgaon in Assam and also a swimming coach there.

Dynamite News

Assam: Karbi Anglong police seize 1.7 kg heroin at Bokolia bypass, 2 held

The Karbi Anglong Police on Friday intercepted a truck at Bokolia bypass and recovered 136 soap cases containing 1.7 kg heroin and arrested two people. Read further on Dynamite News:

1 … 32 33 34 35

People

Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh

390 stories

Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Gyanendra Pratap Singh

10 stories

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

Bharatiya Janata Party

Wrestling Federation of India

The Central Bureau of Investigation

131 stories

STC

95 stories

Sports Authority of India

44 stories

News18

38 stories

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.