Deep in the misty river valleys of Arunachal Pradesh, clinging to a damp rock face above the Keyi River, a small flower had been living in quiet anonymity — completely unknown to science. Not anymore. Researchers have officially identified a brand new species of Begonia in the Keyi Panyor district of Arunachal Pradesh, and the … Read more
A son rushes to save his father and is allegedly attacked himself. In what is otherwise a short crime report, that is the detail that stays with you. The father is an LIC agent in Silchar. According to a report published Saturday by India Today NE, three youths allegedly assaulted him in the city’s Kalaratal … Read more
GUWAHATI: A scooter is about as ordinary as it gets on an Assam road. On Friday, September 18, at Madhyam Khand in North Guwahati, two of them collided head-on, and a young woman did not survive. It was one of two separate accidents in and around the city that day. Together they left one person … Read more
They left home chasing a livelihood. They never came back. Two young men from Assam’s Bongaigaon district have died in an accident while working on a project in Telangana, sending shockwaves through their families and the local community back home. The deceased have been identified as Kasem Ali and Muktar Sheikh — both residents of … Read more
A year ago, two soldiers came back from helping flood survivors. They never made it home. On Friday, the town of Nambol made sure the world didn’t forget. Around 1,800 residents — ordinary people, community elders, and young men and women — gathered at Nambol in Manipur’s Bishnupur district on September 19 to mark the … Read more
A little girl, just ten years old, was allegedly made to work as a domestic servant inside the very home of two police officers — people whose uniforms are supposed to stand for protection, not exploitation. Authorities rescued the child from a residence in Guwahati’s Odalbakra area on Friday, September 19, in what has quickly … Read more
There are songs that live in recordings, and then there are songs that live in people. Today, one more of Zubeen Garg’s unheard voices is about to find its way into the world. On Saturday, September 19 — exactly on Zubeen Divas, the first anniversary of the beloved singer’s passing — Angaraag “Papon” Mahanta is … Read more
Three o’clock in the morning is when bad decisions meet their consequences. In Assam’s Moran, that reckoning came in the form of a road divider — and it was brutal. A speeding vehicle carrying what police suspect was stolen cattle slammed into a road divider on the Khowang stretch early Saturday, killing two of its … Read more
It was not your typical border security announcement. On Friday, September 18, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to X to declare that Assam Police had successfully intercepted 10 alleged infiltrators attempting to enter India through the state’s border — and he delivered the news with a Bollywood punchline that only Himanta could manage … Read more
It was supposed to be just another Friday night. Instead, the corridors of Jorhat Medical College and Hospital (JMCH) in Assam turned into a scene of chaos, anger, and fear after a group of local youths allegedly stormed in and attacked a doctor along with three final-year MBBS students — leaving the entire institution on … Read more
