Guwahati: After the crushing defeat in the Assembly election, Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi said the party has accepted the verdict but will firmly defend the Constitution.Speaking to the media, he said democracy in Assam would die if Congress MLAs failed to act strongly as the opposition, and no one would be able to check…
Guwahati: BJP stepped up efforts to form the next govt in Assam on Tuesday by appointing Union minister JP Nadda as central observer for the election of the legislative party leader. Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini was named central co-observer.Sarma is likely to resign as caretaker chief minister soon as the process for forming the…
Guwahati: Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said Congress’s attempt to politicise Zubeen Garg’s death led the singer’s fans to stay away from supporting the party, adding that Pawan Khera dragging his wife Riniki Bhuyan Sharma in controversy led to Gaurav Gogoi’s “crushing” defeat.“No political party should bring music maestro Bhupen Hazarika or Zubeen Garg into…
Guwahati: Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNP&TR) has recorded an unprecedented surge in tourist footfall, with visitor numbers quadrupling during the recently concluded financial year at the Unesco heritage site.Park director Sonali Ghosh said records from 2016-17 to 2025-26 indicate sustained growth in tourism. “The total visitors have increased more than three times in…
Guwahati: AJP candidate Kunki Chowdhury, youngest in the fray, though faced a defeat at the hands of her rival candidate Vijay Kumar Gupta (70), a senior BJP worker, expressed gratitude to the people of her constituency for the support extended to her even though she was “new to politics” and “got less than a month”…
Kokrajhar: Kokrajhar woke up on Tuesday to a town still in motion — loud, still crowded and dressed in saffron and green — as celebrations for the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) rolled into second day. After Monday’s official results confirmed BPF’s return to the crucial 15-seat BTC bloc, the heart of the Bodoland Territorial Region…
Silchar: The demand for a permanent bench of the Gauhati high court in the Barak Valley gathered fresh momentum on Tuesday after the Vishva Hindu Parishad’s Vidhi Prakoshtha (legal cell) submitted a memorandum to the chief justice, flagging “acute hardship” faced by litigants from the region.The memorandum underlined that residents of Cachar, Sribhumi, Hailakandi and…
Guwahati: The fast-track court set up to try the Zubeen Garg death case has rejected bail for Siddharth Sharma, one of seven accused, citing risk of influencing witnesses, hampering further progress of the case and flying out, if released.Siddharth, the singer’s manager, was on the yacht when Zubeen died while swimming in the sea on…
Shillong: The High Court of Meghalaya on May 5 issued notice to parties concerned on a petition filed by the state govt a day earlier, challenging the bail granted to Sonam Raghuvanshi in the case related to the murder of her husband Raja at Sohra (Cherrapunji) a year ago.The matter is expected to be heard…
Aizawl: A fresh influx of refugees from Myanmar’s Chin state has been reported in southern Champhai district, with 42 people taking shelter in Saikhumphai hamlet along the India-Myanmar border, a local Young Mizo Association (YMA) leader in Saikhumphai said Tuesday.Saikhumphai hamlet, under Vaphai village council, lies on the banks of the Tiau river and is…
