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The expanded earthquake catalog reveals previously undetected foreshocks that precede major earthquakes as well as the evolution of swarms of earthquakes. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

5.6-magnitude earthquake jolts Arunachal Pradesh, other NE states

No casualties have been reported so far, officials said, adding that more details are awaited.

19 July 2019 4:13 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the Indian diaspora. (Photo: ANI)

PM speaks to Assam CM, takes stock of flood situation

On Saturday, the chief minister had briefed Home Minister Amit Shah about the flood situation in Assam.

15 July 2019 3:54 PM IST

The mishap took place around 1:30 pm when the boat developed a technical snag and subsequently collided with a pillar of an ongoing water supply project in the Brahmaputra. (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Assam: Rise in water level of Brahmaputra, may cross danger mark

More than two lakh people have been affected in 11 districts which have been hit by the floods.

11 July 2019 9:58 PM IST

The police had to open fire for getting the situation under control. The head of the family Jadab Sahariya and his son Pulkesh Sahariya got injured in the fire. The latter succumbed to his injuries in the Guwahati Medical College. (Photo: ANI)

Child rescued from being sacrificed by own family in Assam

A highly educated family on the advice of a fake seer tried to sacrifice a child after performing naked prayers in their...

7 July 2019 8:46 PM IST

In 2014 poachers killed 27 rhinos inside the park followed by 16 in 2015, but a sharp increase in the number of rangers there are now 700 helped reduce this to seven in 2017 and six in 2018. (Photo: AFP)

Vulnerable to extinction: Kaziranga rangers save Indian rhinos

Hell in high water: Braving the monsoon to save India's rhinos.

5 July 2019 10:11 AM IST

The two were taken to the district hospital, where doctors declared them brought dead, police said. (photo: Representational)

45 Japanese Encephalitis deaths reported in Assam

Most of upper Assam districts, including Jorhat, Golaghat, Dibrugarh, and lower Assam district have been affected by...

4 July 2019 6:56 PM IST

Plants with a strong aroma are something mosquitoes dont like. So, grow rosemary, marigold, mint or lemongrass to keep mosquitoes away. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

Assam reports 28 encaphalitis deaths

'The government is keeping a check over the state of AES in Assam and is taking all the necessary measures required to...

2 July 2019 5:21 PM IST

Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, addressing a press conference, launched an all-out attack on the government and the prime minister over the Pulwama terror strike. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Hope Modi govt rises from deep slumber: Cong on Encephalitis deaths in...

Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) has reached Assam as 10 people have lost their lives, Congress chief spokesperson...

1 July 2019 1:34 PM IST

The excluded people will have to present their certified documents to be submitted for an appeal before the Foreigners Tribunal. The Centre has set up 1000 foreign Tribunal in addition of which 200 more will be given access. (Photo: AP)

'Nowhere man': What lies ahead for those left out of final NRC list

Now that the final NRC list is out, the dropouts who have been excluded are in for an elaborate process.

31 Aug 2019 6:55 PM IST

Subedar Mohammed Sanaullah

Retired army officer 'not surprised' being excluded from NRC list

Sanaullah, who was posted at the sensitive posts of Kashmir and Manipur, was arrested on the verdict of a Foreigners...

31 Aug 2019 5:34 PM IST

Manoj Tiwari , BJP Delhi president and Lok Sabha member (Photo: G.N. Jha)

Delhi's situation dangerous, NRC is needed: Manoj Tiwari

Tiwari said that the situation of illegal migrants has crossed the danger mark and there is a need to look into the...

31 Aug 2019 2:28 PM IST

The first draft of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) which was published on July 30, 2018, updated for the first time since 1951, left out over 40 lakh people in Assam. (Photo: File)

From 1947 to 2019: NRC timeline shows milestones in Assam's history

This timeline post Independence shows a history of population exchange, a state trying to regulate flow of people.

31 Aug 2019 1:10 PM IST