TMC releases first list of candidates ahead of Assam Assembly electionsThe All India Trinamool Congress has revealed its initial list of 17 candidates for the Assam Assembly elections. The party aims to contest...
21 Mar, 2026, 08.58 AM IST
BJP names 88 candidates for Assam polls, drops 18 sitting MLAsThe ruling BJP has announced its candidates for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections. The party has released a list of 88 nominees, droppi...
20 Mar, 2026, 12.16 AM IST
Assam to operationalise 10 new co-districts by August 15, 2025 for better governanceThe Assam Cabinet has approved the operationalization of ten new co-districts by August 15, 2025, and sanctioned ₹250 crore for ongoing can...
13 Apr, 2025, 12.08 AM IST
Digboi refinery’s capacity to reach 1 million tonnes under PM Modi's aatmanirbhar Assam vision: Minister SonowalMinister Sarbananda Sonowal, overseeing Ports and Shipping, and MP for Dibrugarh, now ex-officio for Digboi and Makum, pointed to historica...
19 Jul, 2024, 09.31 PM IST
Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal engages in political outreach ahead of Lok Sabha electionsAt the start of the day, Sonowal paid his respects at the Panitola Bornaamghar. Sonowal also took part in a Padyatra that took place from B...
15 Apr, 2024, 11.15 PM IST
Lok Sabha battle: BJP's Sarbananda Sonowal eyes victory in Dibrugarh as Assam heads to polls in first phaseThe bustling streets of Dibrugarh, Assam, are not just alive with the vibrant Bihu festival but also with the fervor of electoral politics....
13 Apr, 2024, 09.31 AM IST
“Shakti” of good to triumph over inept, inefficient, indifferent Congress governments: Union minister Sarbananda SonowalSonowal addressed multiple meetings where he met and interacted with party cadres of BJP and AGP at Makum, Tinsukia and Dibrugarh Legislati...
20 Mar, 2024, 08.47 PM IST
Assam: Tinsukia achieves landmark as the first legacy-waste-free district in NortheastTinsukia, in Northeast India, becomes the first district to eliminate 1.53 Lakh Metric Ton of legacy waste using bio-mining. The project yi...
12 Mar, 2024, 08.18 PM IST
Modi, not Manmohan Singh, ensured Assam gets its due of oil royalty, says Dharmendra PradhanPradhan, speaking at the function where the prime minister dedicated three projects of his ministry worth Rs 3,222 crore to the nation, sai...
22 Feb, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal appeals to active members of militant outfits to join mainstreamSonowal inaugurated the newly constructed building of Makum Police Station in Tinsukia district today. On the occasion Sonowal also handed ...
04 Jan, 2021, 11.47 PM IST
Baghjan Oilwell Inferno: North East Institute of Science and Technology to study if there is any induced seismicityTwo people have died and around 7000 people are affected due to the inferno. OIL stated that there were some reports of tremors in nearby v...
12 Jun, 2020, 07.53 PM IST
50% of railway track in NFR to be electrified by March 2020NFR stated it is expected that by March next year, more than 50% of the total 6,242 kilometres of the railway tracks under NFR will be elec...
04 Jun, 2019, 05.08 PM IST
India ramping up Railways infra along borders with China, PakistanRailways has already started work on the specific requirements of the armed forces and even decided to give access of its online train moni...
11 Mar, 2018, 11.33 PM IST
Hindi speaking tea grower, daughter Killed in Ulfa attack in AssamULFA (Independent) gunned down petty tea grower Nanda Lal Shah and his daughter in Pengiri area in Tinsukia district on Tuesday.
16 Jul, 2015, 11.45 AM IST
Assamese of Chinese origin facing severe identity crisisLeong Lin Chi, who lives in Makum in Assam's Tinsukia district, was only six years old when she got separated from her parents who were dep...
17 May, 2015, 03.30 PM IST
- Blast in IOC pipeline, ULFA claims responsibility
An oil pipeline at Makum in upper Assam's Tinsukia district was today damaged in an explosion for which ULFA claimed responsibility.
29 Jan, 2013, 04.51 PM IST
- Fire in Oil India Limited's well, anti talk ulfa claims responsibility
A major fire broke out in the Oil India Limited's (OIL) well in Makum in Upper Assam. Oil authorities claim that they have managed to kill ...
01 Sep, 2012, 05.28 PM IST