Mixed reaction to Assam bandh

The Narayanguri embankment in Assam's Baksa district has been washed away thrice since 2004 due to floods. Like the last two times, it's being rebuilt once again to protect human settlements. As villagers suffer year after year due to floods in ...

A view of a flood water near Manas National Park in Baksa district of Assam on Monday. (PTI Photo) An alert has been issued in East Champaran, West Champaran, Muzaffarpur

MUSHALPUR, Sept 1 - Balidan Divas was observed at Khairani in Baksa district recently to commemorate the martyrdom of Major Durga Malla of Azad Hind Fauz, who was hung by the British on August 25, 1944 in Delhi for his anti-British activities during the ...

MUSHALPUR, July 21 - Mushalpur district committees of women BPF, youth BPF and Bodoland Students' Union organised a free medical camp at Community Hall, Nikashi on Wednesday with the active support of District Health Society, Baksa. Seven doctors including ...

Kalyan Barooah NEW DELHI, Sept 26 - Alleging that a large number of Bengali-speaking people have been picked up and put in detention centres in Assam without proper investigation, Union Ministry of Minority Affairs (MoMA) has called upon the ...

Correspondent BARPETA, Sept 26 - In Assam, the daily wage of a tea garden labourer is Rs 115, whereas in Kerala it is Rs 294 and Rs 191 in Tamil Nadu. The same wage in neighbouring Sri Lanka and China is equivalent to 317 and 338 respectively. ...

Despite State government setting target of Rs 293 cr till August this year, collection stood at Rs 197.35 cr BY OUR STAFF REPORTER GUWAHATI, Sept 25: Old habits die hard, and the Transport department in Assam is no exception. Thanks to corrupt ...

The Karbi People's Libera­tion Tigers (KPLT) is fighti­ng for an indepe­ndent homela­nd for the Karbi tribe Security personnel patrol a deserted road during a curfew in Baksa district in Assam May 4, 2014. PHOTO: REUTERS GUWAHATI, ...

Marvell Technology Group Ltd. said it will cover as much as $15.4 million of taxes and penalties incurred by former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Sehat Sutardja when he exercised backdated options in 2006. A payment of $8.4 million was ...