NE NOW NEWS: Assam Floods seem to be turning worse day by day as, by Thursday evening, a total of 7,17,046 people were left affected. As per ASDMA, 1,929 villages in 29 districts are affecte... Read more

Farhana Ahmed, North Lakhimpur: The flood situation in Lakhimpur district of Assam has turned grim following incessant rain and release of dam water to Ranganadi and Dikrong by NEEPCO from i... Read more

NE NOW NEWS: Indian Army’s Eastern Command chief Lt Gen RP Kalita on Monday said that hardliner ULFA (I) chief Paresh Barua is unlikely to come forward for a peace talk with the Centre. “My... Read more

Two flood-related deaths were reported in Cachar district, while three fatalities due to landslides were earlier recorded in Dima Hasao Assam News Desk: Around 2 lakh people in 20 districts... Read more

Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) signs MoUs with Antara Luxury River Cruises and JM Baxi River Cruises NE NOW NEWS: In a bid to boost river cruise tourism in the country, the Centr... Read more

NE NOW NEWS: In a big development, United Democratic Party (UDP) – ally of the ruling NPP in Meghalaya – has said that the border pact signed between the state governments of Meghalaya and A... Read more

NE NOW NEWS: After being threatened to be banned in two Upper Assam districts, Minister Sanjoy Kishan on Sunday apologised to the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) and its... Read more

Assam News Desk: Road transport and train services were disrupted on Thursday in Assam’s Dima Hasao district due to landslides triggered by torrential rains. Due to the incessant rainfall in... Read more

NE NOW NEWS: Union home minister Amit Shah, on Tuesday, heaped praises on the BJP-led Assam government for ‘tackling’ illegal migration. “Assam is fighting the issue of illegal migration wit... Read more

NE NOW NEWS: General Secretary of the Pro-talks faction on the United Liberation Front of ULFA (ULFA) Anup Chetia on Saturday said that youth are joining militant organisations because of th... Read more

Issuing a statement, the outfit alleged that the two cadres were spying against the outfit at the behest of the state police, a claim denied by Assam police. Rishu Kalantri, Tinsukia: The Un... Read more

Avik Chakraborty: Citizens Forum for Development of Assam, a leading NGO has sought the intervention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for shifting the Dibrugarh – Tinsukia railway line which... Read more

NE NOW NEWS: Activist and MLA from Sivasagar constituency in Assam – Akhil Gogoi has demanded implementation of an Aricle 370-like provision for Assam. Akhil Gogoi made this demand on Wednes... Read more

NE NOW NEWS: BJP’s Mrigen Sarania and Smita Roy were unanimously elected Mayor and Deputy Mayor, respectively, of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) on Tuesday. Sarania was elected as... Read more

Avik Chakraborty, Dibrugarh: In a crackdown against illegal timber smuggling, the forest officials on Monday nabbed four timber smugglers from inside the Dihing Patkai National Park in upper... Read more

NE NOW NEWS: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has stated that the indigenous Assamese Muslim population in the state do not wish to get ‘mixed’ with the migrant Muslim population. “T... Read more

NE NOW NEWS: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) had recently carried out raids at two locations in Assam’s Kamrup district in connection with the Maoist terror case, the agency said on... Read more

NE NOW NEWS: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has batted for implementation of the uniform civil code (UCC), saying that the every Muslim woman wants it. “No Muslim woman wants her h... Read more

NE NOW NEWS: Meghalaya chief minister Conrad Sangma has once again backed the border pact signed with Assam recently following the first phase of discussions between the two states. The firs... Read more