A near intact skeleton of what could be of a dinosaurus has been found in Assam's Chirang district, a senior forest official said. The six feet high skeleton was originally found on the bank of the Kuklung river by villagers of Nakrapatiguri when they went on a pilgrimage to a temple there on February 24, Divisional Forest Officer Brahmananda Patiri said. ...
08:44 AM, Mar 25, 2013
A bullet ridden body of a Rhinoceros with its horn removed has been found at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. ...
09:33 PM, Mar 24, 2013
A bullet ridden body of a rhinoceros with its horn removed has been found at the Kaziranga National Park in Assam. Forest officials recovered shells of bullets and rifles used to kill the animal. ...
08:24 AM, Mar 24, 2013
Australia has updated a travel advisory to its citizens visiting India, asking them to continue to exercise a high degree of caution because of the risk of terrorism, civil unrest, crime and vehicle accidents. ...
01:09 PM, Mar 18, 2013
Bengal trounced Assam by 53 runs in their opening East Zone leg encounter of the Syed Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 match. ...
11:15 PM, Mar 17, 2013
Four personnel of Assam Rifles were on Friday injured when a powerful bomb exploded at Monjang area in Manipur's interior Chandel district bordering Myanmar. The blast occurred when the personnel of 9th Assam Rifles battalion were patrolling Imphal-Moreh National Highway No 39 at Hotel Point Monjang area, about 120 Kms south-east of here, at around 7.30 am, officials said. ...
11:26 AM, Mar 15, 2013
India's under-19 World Cup winning captain Unmukt Chand cracked a brilliant 116 to help Delhi clinch the Vijay Hazare Trophy after convincingly defeating Assam by 75 runs in the summit clash here on Sunday. ...
06:49 PM, Mar 03, 2013
Assam chased down 198 against Kerala to make their maiden appearance in the final. In another semi-final on Saturday, Delhi beat defending champions Bengal. ...
06:20 PM, Mar 02, 2013
Chasing a paltry 179 for win, Mumbai were bowled out for 151 in 46.5 overs in the low-scoring quarter-final. ...
08:48 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Jubilant over the ruling Left Fronts's victory in Tripura for the fifth straight term, the CPI(M) in Assam took out a victory procession through the main thoroughfares of Guwahati on Thursday. ...
06:45 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Congress candidate Mandira Roy on Thursday wrested the Algapur Assembly constituency defeating her nearest AIUDF rival Mehbubul Hassan by 991 votes in the by-poll. ...
06:23 PM, Feb 28, 2013
A powerful country-made bomb was recovered from a bag near the main gate of the Indian Oil Corporation's ( IOC) oil refinery on Tuesday. The bomb was kept in a bag in front of the gate of the refinery in Noonmati area of the city, police said. ...
03:15 PM, Feb 26, 2013
Needing a win to qualify, Bengal skittled Assam for only 95 runs in 33.4 overs and then knocked off the runs in only 17.5 overs. ...
04:13 PM, Feb 22, 2013
Gokul Sharma produced an all-round show as Asssam beat Jharkhand by six wickets. ...
07:02 PM, Feb 21, 2013
Bijoy Chinese, a top ULFA leader and a trusted lieutenant of its 'military chief' Paresh Baruah, has come overground and has expressed support for peace talks. Official sources said ULFA (anti-talk faction) 'eastern zone commander' Bijoy Chinese had got in touch with police in Tinsukia and was being brought to Guwahati on Thursday. ...
05:21 PM, Feb 21, 2013
The second day of the nationwide trade union strike evoked lukewarm response in Assam on Thursday. ...
03:14 PM, Feb 21, 2013
A 15-year-old boy died on Wednesday after being set ablaze by three friends in a remote area at Dhekiajuli in Assam's Sonitpur district, police said. ...
01:54 AM, Feb 21, 2013
Over 50 state buses were plying in Bangalore and even autorickshaws were plying. Meanwhile, life hasn't been hit in Assam as public transport was plying and schools, colleges were open. ...
10:43 AM, Feb 20, 2013
Nagaland Home Minister Imkong L Imchen has resigned from the Council of Ministers, sources said on Monday. Imchen was detained earlier after he was caught carrying carrying a cache of arms and ammunition and Rs 1.10 crore in cash in a vehicle. A case under the Arms Act has been filed against him and he has been arrested. ...
11:31 PM, Feb 18, 2013
Thirty years after the Nellie massacre in Assam, in which almost 1800 people were hacked, the survivors still wait for justice. With most cases dropped by the police, and pittance of compensation paid, the victims have also lost all hope for justice. ...
11:56 AM, Feb 18, 2013
