Assam

Semiconductor manufacturing in Assam will put state on global map: Ratan Tata

Manufacturing of semiconductors in Assam will put the state on the global map, said industrialist and philanthropist Ratan Tata, whose…

2 months ago

PM Modi unveils statue of Lachit Borphukan in Assam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the 84-foot-high magnificent statue of Lachit Borphukan, the famous general of the Royal Army of…

2 months ago

Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s 3-day visit to Assam, Meghalaya, begins today

Union Home Minister Amit Shah's 3-day visit to Assam and Meghalaya will start today (January 18). After arriving in Shillong…

4 months ago

India and Bhutan think big — to build smart city, rail link along border and conncectivity with Bangladesh

India and Bhutan are taking their relationships to new heights upgrading border and immigration posts. The venture is aimed to…

6 months ago

Assam gives big boost to water transportation, launches special boats under World Bank scheme

To fulfil Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of reviving waterways in India as a new step towards economic development by…

7 months ago

Assam forest officials celebrate World Rhino Day by rescuing orphaned calf

A female orphaned one-horned rhinoceros calf aged between two and three months which was rescued by the Assam Forest Department…

8 months ago

India’s cancer surge can be arrested with awareness and research, says Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Dr. R. Ravi Kannan

Even while talking on the phone with R. Ravi Kannan, India’s leading oncologist who has been bestowed with the prestigious…

8 months ago

Meet Dr. Ravi Kannan, winner of Magsaysay Award for his work on cancer treatment

Inspired and encouraged by his mother to become a doctor, India’s well-known oncologist Dr. Ravi Kannan, who was awarded the…

8 months ago

Jahar Bhowmick Mobilises Students, Plants Thousands Of Trees In Kokrajhar

Common people can make a big difference to global issues like the degradation of the environment and the reduction of…

9 months ago

Assam’s math teacher mobilises students, plants thousands of trees in remote Kokrajhar

Common people can make a big difference to global issues like degradation of the environment and reduction of green cover.…

9 months ago

Rescuers amazed as Great Hornbill pair nurses orphaned chick as its own

Birds can exhibit their sense of gratitude while also repaying the kindness shown to them by helping others. This was…

10 months ago

Scientists claim Joha rice grown in Northeast States is good for diabetics.

There is good news for diabetes patients in India as scientists have claimed that Joha rice which is cultivated in…

11 months ago

Biggest ever cargo on river route from Kolkata reaches Assam’s Numaligarh via Bangladesh

The biggest ever cargo has arrived at the Numaligarh refinery jetty from Kolkata through the river route via Bangladesh as…

11 months ago

Gadkari rolls out highway projects worth Rs 1,450 crore in Assam

Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari rolled out four highway projects for Assam today that entail an…

11 months ago

PM flags off Assam’s first Vande Bharat Express, throws open new electric rail tracks in big boost to infra

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off Assam's first Vande Bharat Express train and inaugurated new electrified sections of railway tracks…

11 months ago

National Forensic Sciences University in Guwahati an achievement for people of Assam

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that National Forensic Sciences University in Guwahati is an achievement for…

12 months ago

7 historic temples to be linked via river tourism route in Guwahati

The Centre has drawn up a plan to develop a river-based tourism circuit on the Brahmaputra in partnership with the…

12 months ago

Watch: PM Modi joins dazzling Bihu celebrations in toast to northeast

The Mega Bihu Programme Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended in Assam’s capital Guwahati was nothing short of spectacular in terms…

1 year ago

Watch: PM Modi reboots healthcare in Assam and northeast on auspicious Bihu festival

On the auspicious occasion of Bihu today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first All India Institute of Medical Science…

1 year ago

PM to inaugurate AIIMS Guwahati, 3 medical colleges in Assam today in big boost to healthcare for North-east region

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Assam today to inaugurate AIIMS Guwahati and three other medical colleges to give a…

1 year ago

Nagaland, Assam and Manipur will have fewer areas under AFSPA as peace dawns in Northeast

Keeping in view the significant improvement in the security situation in Northeast India, the government on Saturday announced a further…

1 year ago