Nikhamoni Bora becomes Assam’s first certified female sailor
Hailing from Golaghat, which Borgohain also calls home, Bora’s entry into water sports marks a significant stride in a field still emerging in India.
Hailing from Golaghat, which Borgohain also calls home, Bora’s entry into water sports marks a significant stride in a field still emerging in India.
The controversial actress Sumi Borah and her husband Tarkik Borah were sent to judicial custody in the previous week as the CBI did not seek the custody of the accused couple.
The North East is gearing up for byelections on Wednesday, with eight seats in focus across Assam, Meghalaya, and Sikkim.
In an ongoing operation targeting suspected links to the terrorist group Al-Qaeda, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) has executed a coordinated series of raids across Tripura and Assam.
A trip to the Assam-Nagaland border to visit a distillery producing an indigenous corn whiskey among other interesting libations, proves to be an eye-opening one.
Assam Minister Sanjay Kishan on Saturday alleged that Congress party leaders were irked after BJP fielded a son of a tea labourer coming from a humble background in the Behali Assembly seat for the upcoming by-elections.
The National Green Tribunal has raised an alarm over the establishment of brick kilns and resorts within the proposed eco-sensitive zone of Assam’s Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, home to a high density of endangered one-horned rhinos.
The Registrar (Judicial) has been instructed to ensure timely communication of the order to the Chief Secretaries.
Unnoticed in the rest of the country, the structures and processes of civil administration have been undergoing such drastic changes in Assam, which now has 35 districts and 184 revenue circles, and to a lesser extent in other states of the north-east that it is necessary to examine these developments from a larger perspective.
Accompanied by Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi and other senior military officials, Singh commended the courage and resilience of soldiers who safeguard India’s borders under challenging conditions.
