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Section 144 was imposed in Silchar as protesters went on the rampage after a speeding truck ran over two women, who were part of a Kali Puja immersion procession in Meherpur
The third edition of the Guwahati International Film Festival (GIFF) started off on Thursday with a platter of 100 movies from 65 countries that is likely to attract over 5,000 domestic and foreign delegates during the next one week.
The North East Students' Organisation (Neso), a conglomeration of different student organizations of the region, on Thursday said it will resort to agitation to prevent the passage of the proposed Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) which it described as "communal." 
Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday released funds worth over Rs 29 crore, as the first instalment for construction of 2,643 houses under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna (Urban).
The Gauhati high court asked the Kamrup (Metro) deputy commissioner to file his reply within four weeks on establishing a data centre and an active public website for land and deeds related records and information.
Continuing its sharp exchange of words with AIUDF over the state government's proposed two-child norm for government jobs, BJP on Wednesday said AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal's defiance of the policy would not be allowed to come in the way of its implementation.
The chemistry olympiad will be held at TU from November 10-13.Teachers employed in schools that are recognized by state or central government education boards are eligible to apply.
Fifty-six of the 170 cases of fake news reported across the country in 2017 were in Assam alone, the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) report has found.
The talks between the Centre and the NSCN (I-M) failed to break the deadlock over demands for a separate flag and constitution for the third consecutive day on Tuesday.
Even as All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) chief and Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal asked Muslims to defy the Assam government's two-child norm for being eligible for government jobs from 2021, the All Assam Minority Students' Union (Aamsu) came out in support of the policy on Tuesday.
A number of discrepancies have been found during the process of depositing of fees by Assam colleges to the state exchequer. During inquiries by the state director of financial inspection, it was found that many colleges were not depositing 70 per cent of the tuition fee collected from students in time. Calling it an 'irregularity', the directorate of higher education has fixed October 30 as the last date for depositing the pending amount.
A Pollution Control Board, Assam (PCBA) official said the AQI reading in Guwahati was around 50 during the rainy season this year.
Nagaland's People's Democratic Alliance (PDA) government on Monday said the resolution of Naga political problem should be "inclusive, honourable and acceptable" to the people.
The smoke on Sunday evening, largely resulting from the bursting of crackers on Diwali, got converted into a thick smog overnight, as city residents woke up to toxic air on Monday morning. Sources said rules restricting the use of fireworks on the occasion of Diwali had been ignored.
As Manipur remained on the edge over the Centre-NSCN (I-M) talks for a final agreement on the resolution of decades-old Naga political problem, a delegation of the state's ruling BJP has rushed to New Delhi to seek an appointment with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ensure that "territorial integrity" of the state is kept intact.
Flash floods, triggered by continuous downpour for the past three days, threw life out of gear in southern Assam, as several trucks were washed away, a bridge collapsed and a highway was submerged, bringing traffic in the region to a grinding halt.
Yaks have registered an increase in population in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim even as their numbers in other hill states in the country declined, the 2019 livestock census has found.
To find a way out of the quandary created by frequent switchovers of its student leaders to political parties, the All Assam Students' Union (Aasu) has imposed a three-month cooling off period for its members who quit the organisation and want to join a political outfit.
The demand for a green Diwali has spelt trouble for traditional firecracker manufacturers in Barpeta. The 133-year-old crecker hub is crumbling due to lack of government support and dwindling resources.
The latest livestock census shows that there has been a 30% growth in the population of the Indian 'mithun' (Bos frontalis), a semi-domesticated bovine found only in four states of the region, and integral to tribal culture.
Two Ulfa (Independent) rebels were forced to surrender after they were surrounded by security forces at Lekhapani in Tinsukia district on Thursday. The two Myanmar-trained militants were identified as Bijitkanti Bora alias Luit Asom and Pranjal Kotoky alias Rana Asom.
This Diwali, bursting of firecrackers near a mosque, hospital or public roads may land one in jail in the city. The city police have issued an order to that effect, strictly advising everyone to abstain from any kind of violation of the order or to face legal action, including arrest.
Nagaland and Manipur have been put on high alert ahead of the final round of talks between the Centre and the NSCN (I-M), the outcome of which officials fear could displease some groups while placating others.
The crucial round of discussion between the NSCN(IM) and the Centre held on Thursday in New Delhi to break the deadlock over the former's demands for a separate flag and constitution remained inconclusive, but both agreed to meet for a second time in the coming days.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), after winning three of the four seats that went to the polls on October 21, said the result was proof that the people of Assam still believed in the saffron party.
Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has decided to run weekly trains between Tinsukia and Bihar's Gaya.
A 23-year-old man was arrested on Thursday for allegedly posting "hate messages" against chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on his Facebook wall. Baksa Police nabbed him from Goreshwar in the district, about 60 km from the city.
After passing 12 days in captivity, Gauranga Sudar Deb, a staffer of Sankar Tea Estate in Talap area of Tinsukia district, was set free by Ulfa (Independent) on Wednesday afternoon.
The thunderstorm accompanied with lightning and gusty winds (speed reaching 30-40 kmph) are very likely at isolated places over Assam and Meghalaya.
With Asam Sahitya Sabha elections all set to witness a tough fight between the likes of DGP Kuladhar Saikia and former Rajya Sabha MP Jayashree Goswami Mahanta for the president's post, the apex literary body has cautioned all candidates against violation of any poll norms. The voting process is scheduled to start from November 1.
Even as movement of goods through protocol river routes between India and Bangladesh is being projected as an effective mode for cutting down cost and distance of transportation to and from the Northeast, both countries are facing the herculean task of making the routes siltation-free for a smooth navigation.
Following the huge outcry over the brazen attack, Dibrugarh and Dhemaji police had launched a joint operation to arrest the culprits.
The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of the state police on Tuesday arrested an assistant professor of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) while he was allegedly accepting a bribe. The accused, Manoj Kumar Baishya (37), who is posted in the department of forensic medicine at GMCH, was allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 8,000 from the complainant, Haren Kumar, who wanted a post-mortem report of his brother.
Among the seven agreements signed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina on October 5 was the SOP on the use of the ports in Chittagong and Mongla.
Assam government on Tuesday decided that people with more than two children will not be eligible for government jobs after January 1, 2021.
The Gauhati high court on Monday directed the state government to form a high-level committee and a mines and mineral task force battalion for Assam within a period of three months.
Assam police's CID on Monday arrested former Congress legislator Enamul Haque Laskar in connection with the 2012 suicide of an irrigation department official Mathura Chandra Nath.
Amid slowdown in the domestic aviation sector, Guwahati airport has witnessed over 27% growth in air traffic movement.
Ratabari has four candidates.Besides BJP's Bijay Malakar and Keshav Rajak of the Congress, SUCI (C) has fielded Birendra Rabidas while Parikshit Roy is contesting as an Independent.
One person died and several others were injured after a group of over 100 miscreants - all suspected members of the 0Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK) -armed with spears, sticks and machetes attacked a settlement of milkmen and cattle-rearers at Charkholia Chapori, a remote sandbar situated in the middle of the Brahmaputra, here on Saturday evening. The miscreants also torched ten houses in the area.
The bodies of a woman and her minor daughter were found in Bairagitila village of Cachar district on Sarurday morning, triggering panic in the area.
Seven days have passed since 65-year-old Dulal Paul died in the Tezpur detention centre for declared foreigners, but his family has stood steadfast in its refusal to accept his body. Hoping to end what is turning out to be embarrassing impasse for the state government, chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday appealed to Paul's family to take his body back home and accord it a funeral. He also offered to attend Paul's shraddha.
Five people, including four of a family, were killed after their house caught fire in Thermal Niz Kadamoni area of Dibrugarh town on Saturday.
The fate of 19 lakh people, who are waiting anxiously to appeals before Foreigners' Tribunals following their exclusion from the National Register of Citizens (NRC) recently, looks uncertain until a new NRC coordinator is appointed in place of Prateek Hajela.
Five members of a family including two children were charred to death when a cooking gas cylinder burst triggering fire at their house in Dibrugarh district of upper Assam, police said on Saturday.
Government Railway Police (GRP) recovered two pistols and 22 rounds of ammunition from Delhi-bound Avadh Assam Express at the Guwahati railway station on Wednesday night.
