All posts tagged "Assam"

Floods cause unprecedented damage to Northeast, toll reaches 80

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At least 80 people have been killed across 58 districts in Arunachal Pradesh, Assam and Manipur due to severe flooding in the region. Assam is worst...

SC suspends Centre’s ban on cattle trade for slaughter

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended to the whole country the Madras High Court’s order to put a hold on Centre’s notification banning sale of cattle...

Floods ravage Northeast India, at least 20 dead

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At least 20 people have died after heavy rain since the start of India’s monsoon season triggered floods and landslides in remote north-eastern areas. The deaths...

Delhi Golf Club asks Meghalaya woman wearing traditional dress to leave for ‘looking like a maid’

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lyngdoh was visiting the club with her employer Nivedita Barthakur when the incident occurred Delhi Golf Club officials allegedly asked a governess from Meghalaya to leave...

NE will now stand for New Engine for India’s growth, says PM

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Prime Minister Narendra Modi coined a new acronym for the abbreviation NE on Friday in Assam, saying that instead of North East, NE will now stand...

PM inaugurates India’s longest bridge

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The 9.15km Dhola-Sadiya Bhupen Hazarika Bridge will reduce travel time between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh by five hours Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the Dhola-Sadiya bridge...

IAF’s Sukhoi-30 goes missing near China border

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The area was witnessing a poor weather conditions when the jet lost contact with the ground control The Indian Air Force’s Sukhoi-30 MKI with two pilots...

Gau rakshaks lynch two teenagers in Assam

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Two men have been arrested in the state’s first case of cow vigilante violence BJP-ruled Assam witnessed its first case of cow vigilantism when two teenagers...

Terrorist attack in Kokrajhar, Assam

Sonia Gandhi’s speech at Assam: Highlights Assam’s cultural integrity

During Sonia Gandhi’s speech at Assam, she highlighted the importance and relevance of Assam’s cultural integrity.