Guwahti, July 16: More than 500 people are feared dead after two overcrowded boats carrying mostly Rohingya refugees reportedly capsized in the Bay of Bengal in recent weeks, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said on Thursday. According to the UN agencies,
GUWAHATI, July 15: The Kamrup unit of the All Rabha Students’ Union (ARSU) and the South Kamrup unit of the All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU) have strongly opposed the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority’s (GMDA) proposal to acquire land in areas under the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council (RHAC) for the Guwahati
GUWAHATI, July 15: Power demand in Assam has touched nearly 2,800 MW this season, the highest ever. But despite having enough electricity from power plants and the Central Grid, many areas are still facing outages and low voltage. The reason, officials are pointing to, is the state’s old transmission
GUWAHATI, July 14: Tension gripped Rangirkhari’s Das Colony in Cachar district on Tuesday after a 35-year-old woman was found dead inside her house. Police have taken her husband into custody as they investigate the circumstances surrounding her death. The woman was identified as Champa Das. Her family said they became
The Opening of the Golden Triangle, the Resurgence of Civilian Rearmament, and the Mysterious Influx of Foreign Agents in North East India By Maharnav Bhuyan — Strategic Communication Management, Monash University, Australia. Principal author of Midnight’s Oeuvre & Fabricated Communicative Immortality; former journalist and columnist from Assam. There is