Guwahati: Notwithstanding widespread criticism of his comment that eight people could have a proper meal for just Rs 20 and the chief minister distancing himself from it, Assam Agriculture Minister N

 
Hyderabad: The issue of separate statehood for Telangana, currently being deliberated by the Congress Working Committee, could revive demands for creation of other smaller states.
 
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The rain-fed mighty Brahmaputra and its tributaries flowing above the danger level across Assam have hit nearly one lakh people inundating human habitations and farm land in 10 districts with Dhemaji being the worst-hit.

Guwahati: The rain-fed mighty Brahmaputra and its tributaries flowing above the danger level across Assam have hit nearly one lakh people inundating human habitations and farm land in ten districts w

 
Silchar/Guwahati: At least 18 tribal villagers in Assam's Cachar district were arrested for hacking to death a man they suspected of practising witchcraft, police said Saturday. They claimed they w

The Centre has asked Assam government to immediately arrest those involved in ethnic clashes between Bodos and immigrant Muslims and seize illegal weapons by deploying enough forces, including Army, i

Yet another rhinoceros has been found dead in Kaziranga National Park in Assam and a forest guard injured in an exchange of fire with poachers in a separate incident in the sanctuary.

The carcass of

A rhino is struggling for life after poachers shot at the animal and chopped off its horn in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, forest officials said Sunday.

Forest guards launched a hunt for the attac

The death of 39 rhinos in and around the world-famous Kaziranga National Park in less than 10 months has brought to the fore the threat faced by the endangered animal.

The threat comes from poachers

One more rhinoceros was found dead on Saturday in the flood waters at Kaziranga National Park, which has seen a sudden rise in poaching activities in past few days.

While a total of six rhinos