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Assam: Government abolishes licence requirement for petroleum products

Guwahati, Sept. 6 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced the abolition of licence requirements for petroleum products as part of the state government's measures to improve the ease ... Read More


Assam: Sivasagar students' body gives police 24 hours to solve two men's deaths

Guwahati, Sept. 6 -- Protests erupted in Assam's Sivasagar on Saturday after the bodies of two young men were found in the same drain, with a students' organisation giving police 24 hours to solve the... Read More


Assam: ECI registers complaint against former Nagaon DC Devasish Sharma

Guwahati, Sept. 6 -- The Election Commission of India (ECI) has registered a complaint against former Nagaon District Commissioner-cum-District Election Officer Devasish Sharma following allegations o... Read More


Assam: 180 ml and 375 ml liquor bottles to return to bars, restaurants

Guwahati, Sept. 6 -- Bars, restaurants and other on-shop liquor establishments in Assam will once again be allowed to sell liquor in 180 ml and 375 ml bottles, following a decision by the state excise... Read More


Northeast Nook: Cartoon by Nituparna Rajbongshi, September 6, 2026

Guwahati, Sept. 6 -- Treat your eyes to the insightful satire of Assam's celebrated cartoonist, Nituparna Rajbongshi, in today's visual commentary for Sunday, September 6, 2026. Northeast Now present... Read More


Arunachal: Chakma-Hajong group seeks impartial probe into Bordumsa electoral hearing violence

Guwahati, Sept. 6 -- The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Chakma and Hajong CBOs of Arunachal Pradesh has called for a prompt, impartial and transparent investigation into the incidents during the hear... Read More


Assam: Wild elephant tramples police havildar to death in Goalpara

Guwahati, Sept. 6 -- A 50-year-old havildar of the Assam Police was killed after being attacked and trampled by a wild elephant while patrolling the 17th Assam Police Battalion (APBN) camp in Goalpara... Read More


Assam: 330 suspects detained in statewide fraud, impersonation crackdown

Guwahati, Sept. 6 -- Around 330 people suspected of fraud, impersonation, extortion and acting as intermediaries in police cases have been detained by Assam Police in an operation carried out across t... Read More


Oil and gas spill into farmland as ONGC pipeline develops fresh leak in Assam's Sivasagar

Guwahati, Sept. 6 -- Oil and gas continue to leak from an Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) pipeline in an agricultural field at Bhakat Bhajani village under Silakuti Mouza in Assam's Sivasagar d... Read More


Arunachal: Namsai Police recover 38 people in suspected child trafficking case, four arrested

Guwahati, Sept. 6 -- Reported by Avik Chakraborty and Laxman Sharma Dibrugarh & Digboi: Namsai police have traced and recovered 38 people, including 34 children and four adults, from different parts ... Read More