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

Half a million Indians flee floods in northeast brought by rain

More than 500,000 people have fled their homes in India's northeastern state of Assam to escape heavy floods triggered by pre-monsoon rains that drowned seven, authorities said on Wednesday, as they warned the situation could worsen.

Reuters

More rain for North East states reeling under floods, landslides

GUWAHATI/SILCHAR: A “Red Alert” has been sounded for the northeastern states of Assam and Meghalaya by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) over heavy to extremely heavy rain in the next four days.

The Times of India

Floods, landslips leave 12 dead in Assam, Arunachal

Road and rail communication disrupted in many parts of the northeast

The Hindu

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

Floods, landslides kill 3 in Assam; over 56,000 people hit in 8 districts

Indian Air Force personnel evacuate 200 stranded train passengers from Ditokcherra on Lumding-Badarpur hill section

The Hindu

Assam’s NRC not final, Foreigners’ Tribunals told

A member had asked the State Coordinator not to interfere in the functioning of the tribunals tasked with deciding on a person’s citizenship.

The Hindu

Explained | Will the Northeast benefit from Bangladesh offer of services at Chittagong Port?

What does the Bangladesh PM’s offer mean? Is there any action on the ground?

The Hindu

Clean recruitment process has political cost: Assam CM

Himanta Biswa Sarma distributed appointment letters to 22,958 youths in 11 departments

The Hindu

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

Rhino alive, horn gone: Poaching takes new form in Assam

Forest Department probing how the animal was made unconscious enough to let poachers saw its horn off

The Hindu

A one-man rescue mission for wild orchids in Assam

After years of rescuing wild orchids from fires, deforestation and construction, Mithu Gogoi has a garden where 9,000 burst into bloom every spring

The Hindu

TMC will win assembly elections in Meghalaya & Tripura: Abhishek Banerjee

GUWAHATI: Trinamool national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that his party will win the assembly elections in Meghalaya and Tripura next year and target 10 Lok Sabha seats in Assam in the 2024 election.

The Times of India

In Assam schools, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma mulls hybrid teaching

GUWAHATI: Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday said Assam is contemplating a hybrid method of education in government-run schools where mathematics will be taught in English and the other subjects in vernacular languages.

The Times of India

Assam: Congress poser to Himanta govt on 200 youths joining Ulfa-I

GUWAHATI: Congress on Wednesday fired a salvo at the BJP-led state government on one-year of completion of Himanta Biswa Sarma’s tenure as chief minister.

The Times of India

Kolkata: Customs seizes monkeys of foreign origin worth over Rs 1 crore from north Bengal

KOLKATA: Acting on a tip-off, the officers of the Jalpaiguri preventive unit of the commissioner of customs in West Bengal recovered four monkeys of foreign origin, supposed to have been transported from Assam to Siliguri on May 8 in a Siliguri-bound bus (No. AS19C-937).

The Times of India

Will oust corrupt BJP from Assam: Abhishek Banerjee

Abhishek Banerjee was addressing TMC workers for the first time in Assam at a programme in Guwahati

The Hindu

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Times of India

About 1,000 political workers, leaders set to join Assam TMC in presence of Abhishek Banerjee

GUWAHATI: About a thousand workers and leaders from regional and national parties are expected to join the Assam TMC on Wednesday in the presence of party national general secretary, Abhishek Banerjee.

The Hindu

Assam tackling illegal migration, West Bengal is not, says Amit Shah

Amit Shah said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is committed to end the problem of infiltration

Newslaundry

Crossword puzzles, CM's musings, 'engagement' with citizens: It's Assam govt's new monthly newsletter

To coincide with the one-year anniversary of Himant Biswa Sarma's BJP government in Assam, home minister Amit Shah will today unveil the first issue of Asom Barta – a monthly newsletter on the "developmental journey of the state".

The Hindu

Confident AFSPA will soon be revoked from entire Assam: Amit Shah

Earlier Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who is on a two-day visit to Assam, awarded the Assam Police with the President's Colour in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Hindu

Union Home Minister Amit Shah presents President's Colour to Assam Police for exemplary service

The flag is engraved with Assam's map, 36 stars representing the districts of the State, a one-horned rhino and the insignia of Assam Police with its motto

The Hindu

Rongali Bihu, a vibrant window into Assam

A visit to Assam is a dive into its diverse cultural experiences and Rongali, Guwahati’s cultural festival, is a good place to start

The Hindu

Amit Shah to launch newsletter on Assam Government’s performance

First issue of ‘Asom Barta’ coincides with the first anniversary of the Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government

The Hindu

Amit Shah reviews Indo-Bangla border situation in Assam, interacts with locals

Union Home Minister lays foundation of country’s second arms store for paramilitary forces in Bodoland

The Hindu

Assam Science Society creates first micro-forest in college

The man-made forest in Goalpara district’s Lakhipur College is based on Japanese ecologist Akira Miyawaki’s model

The Hindu

Ahead of Amit Shah’s visit, northeast organisations warn of anti-CAA stir

Home Minister’s visit to Assam from May 9 coincides with the completion of one year of the Himanta Biswa Sarma government

The Hindu

ULFA (I) executes two of its members for ‘spying’

Outfit says Assam police had planted Dhanjit Das and Sanjib Sarma to monitor its leaders and members

1 … 59 60 61 62

People

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

Organisations

Bharatiya Janata Party

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.