Rail blockade affects Trivandrum, Rajdhani Express

Patnaik was addressing a meeting of the advisory committee of mechanized muga silk production at Raj Bhavan here. Expressing his happiness over the receipt of GI mark from the Centre, which is an intellectual property right, the governor directed ...

The army was deployed and indefinite curfew clamped on Saturday in the silk town Sualkuchi in Assam's Kamrup (rural) district following protests against use of artificial silk during which 14 persons were injured in a police firing. The district administration called in the army after imposing the prohibitory orders under section 144 Cr P C from 2:00 pm to contain a second day of protests by weavers who called a 12-hour bandh, official sources said. The mob of protestors, mostly mulberry silk ...

Train services were disrupted since 11 this morning after 2,000 people blocked the 15471 Up Alipurduar-Kamakhya Intercity Express, demanding setting up of a manned level crossing near Tuhura in Kamrup district. Residents of Tuhura, about 11km from Rangiya, ...

Jorhat should lead in environment conservation Correspondent JORHAT, June 7 Stressing on the necessity of holistic efforts for conserving the natural environment Professor Amarjyoti Choudhury expressed his confidence on the people of Jorhat for ...

Guwahati, June 4: An Assam police task force, formed to study Maoist activities in the state, has recommended converting the commando battalion of the police into "a well-knit offensive unit" to counter the growing presence of Maoists in the state.

Several major roads were under water on Friday evening after heavy rain lasting for almost an hour lashed the city. Traffic snarls due to waterlogging caused inconvenience to commuters on the busy RG Barooah Road, MRD Road, Anil Nagar, Nabin Nagar ...

Criticizing the tardy pace of investigation into the Jogdal murder case, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) on Tuesday dared chief minister Tarun Gogoi to hand over the case to the CBI. The AGP alleged that the CID, which is investigating the case, has been ...

The Kolkata Police on Sunday arrested Kaushik Kumar Nath, managing director of the Rs 500-crore KKN group that deals in agro-products and steel, on various charges including forgery and cheating. Held in front of South City Mall under Jadavpur ...

Three persons were killed and seven others seriously injured in a road accident on National highway-37 at Bondapara in Boko area of lower Assam's Kamrup district today, police sources said. The ten were travelling from Siliguri side in a sports ...