During our village school days, while we used to graze our cattle on the vast rice field, we often witnessed a glowing series of hills on the northern horizon illuminated by the evening sunlight; it was the Land of the Thunder Dragon, officially known as the Bhutan Kingdom at the eastern Himalayan foothills.
Assam's cultural legacy achieved a historic milestone as the Charaideo Maidams, the mound burial system of the Ahom dynasty, was officially inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Former Assam Ranji player and the current Advocate General of thestate, Devajit Lon Saikia, was on Sunday officially appointed the BCCIsecretary, replacing Jay Shah, who took over as ICC chairman lastmonth.
After the first reported case of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in Dibrugarh, doctors and health officials have reassured the public that the virus poses no significant threat.
As rescue operations intensify at the waterlogged coal mine in Umrangso, Assam, personnel recovered a fourth body on January 11, leaving five miners still unaccounted for.
PM Narendra Modi announced a relief of two lakh rupees to each of the families who lost their loved ones in the tragic accident.
The peace accord signed between the Rajkhowa faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the Centre emerges as both a ray of hope and a subject of scepticism.
Sarma emphasised that government-run madrassas had already been shuttered and converted into secular educational facilities.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said that he will visit Assam's Tezpur district on Sunday.
The post implied that it was the "natural duty" of Shudras to serve Brahmins, Kshatriyas, and Vaishyas.
