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Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has urged deputy commissioners of the 35 districts in Assam to focus on last mile delivery to achieve targets under various Central and State Government schemes...

Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that his Government is focused on developing the State’s rural economy, giving land rights to indigenous people, working for the well-being of tea garden...

The Assam flood, while being a saga of untold miseries, has also brought in its fold multiple Central Government agencies giving their all, especially in Cachar district, which bore the brunt of...

A marriage in India sans gold ornament is ‘incomplete’ for most brides and even their parents. Such is the importance of the metal in the country since time immemorial. The Assam Government,...

The annual Ambubachi Mela concluded in Guwahati on June 26 with nearly eight lakh people visiting the Kamakhya Temple, a famous Shakti shrine. This despite the mela being a low-key affair because...

Nature pummelled Assam again. The destruction caused by incessant rainfall leading to landslides and flood has come back to haunt us one more time. To begin with, the districts of Bajali, Darrang...

AB BUREAU, GUWAHATI The year 1992. A quiet boy had done his parents and those around proud. His name had figured among the handful of aspirants who had passed the Joint Admission...

When nature proposes, we cannot dispose. This is the recurring lesson for humanity which I am reading once again as I see nature’s fury all around me from Silchar to Siphajhar, Kampur...

AB BUREAU, GUWAHATI The Assam growth story has started to find a few takers. Conglomerates in the private and public sectors are working on ways and means to invest nearly ₹ 92,000...