New Delhi / Imphal – Rebels attacked an army convoy of 46 Assam Rifles in Manipur on Saturday morning. The commanding officer, his wife, son and four soldiers were martyred in the attack. Three soldiers were also injured in the attack. This is the biggest attack by insurgents in Manipur since 2015. The People’s Revolutionary […]
New Delhi – The Border Security Force (BSF) responsible for guarding the India-Pakistan and India-Bangladesh borders has now extended jurisdiction in Punjab, West Bengal and Assam. An area of 50 Kilometres from the border will be under the jurisdiction of BSF, where the BSF can carry out investigations, seizures, and arrests like the police without […]
Majuli: – Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, ‘The Brahmaputra is not only a river but an origin of diversity, culture and peaceful co-existence. The amount of work that should have been carried out on the Brahmaputra regarding connectivity has not been done. The connectivity with northern and eastern Assam has not been established properly in […]
Dispur: The fire in the oil well, of Oil India Limited, in the Bagjan village in the Tinsukia district, of Assam, which started five and a half months ago, has been finally doused. Three firefighters lost their lives in trying to control the fire. Three thousand residents from the village had to be moved to […]
New Delhi: Oil India Limited (OIL) has found large Natural Gas deposits in the Tinsukia district of Assam. The gas deposits were discovered while excavation work was being carried out in the Dinjan-1 well. OIL announced that as per preliminary reports, 1,25,000 cubic metres of Natural Gas will be available per day from the well. […]
Guwahati: – A ship loaded with cement bags reached Karimganj in Assam, from Bangladesh, by the river route. The Indian embassy in Bangladesh informed that this ship reached Assam, on the 9th of November, under the Protocol for Inland Water trade and Transit (PIWTT). The river route trials had been conducted in the month of […]
Chandel: Three soldiers from the Assam Rifles were martyred in an attack by the rebel organisation People’s Liberation Army (PLA), which receives funding and weapons from China, in Manipur. Six soldiers were also injured in the attack. This attack is being viewed against the background of the India-China tension. There are reports that China is […]
Guwahati / Patna / Pithoragarh: Over the last few days, the situation in Assam and Bihar has severed due to heavy rains. On Sunday, six people died due to floods in Assam, and the total number of dead has reached over 85. Besides, 70 lakh citizens in Assam have been displaced due to the floods. […]
Dispur: The situation in Assam has severed as the Brahmaputra river has flooded due to the downpour, killing 44 people. Moreover, 26 others have died due to landslide. So far, 13 lakh people have been displaced due to the floods. Besides, the NDRF and SDRF have initiated rescue operations. On Sunday, the Chief Minister of […]
Dispur: – The Brahmaputra river has crossed danger levels, due to incessant rain aggravating the flood situation in Assam. The toll in these floods has reached 34 and the floods have hit more than 1.6 million people from 22 districts. A whopping 72,717 hectares of crops has been wiped out. At the same time, 31 […]