Karbi Anglong News

5 chimpanzees were rescued in Assam's Karbi Anglong district. The accused were identified as Md Hobibur Rahman and Md Zanab Khan hailing from Manipur`s Thoubal.

The tremor was recorded at a shallow depth of 11 km on 61 kilometer North of Dimapur at 3:23 am on Friday.

Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal has ordered an inquiry into the matter.

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday pitched for all-weather roads adjoining the hilly terrains of Assam with neighbouring states.

The ASDMA said a total of 17,18,135 people were affected as on Wednesday.

Altogether 1380 hectare crop land have been submerged by the deluge with the worst hit being Lakhimpur district. 

As per the schedule, the last date of filing nomination will be on May 19, scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on May 20. 

Assam has recorded 928 new HIV cases with an estimated 12,090 people living with HIV(PLHA) last year, according to Assam State AIDS Control Society (ASACS).

At least six Karbi Peoples Liberation Tigers (KPLT) militants, including two of its top leaders, were killed and an army man was injured in an encounter with security forces in the early hours in Karbi Anglong district of Assam today.

Tension gripped Tinsukia district in eastern Assam on Saturday after five to six militants belonging to the anti-talk faction of Ulfa shot dead two people and injured seven.

An Assam Police Battalion personnel was killed and another injured in an accidental firing at Karbi Anglong district in Assam on Saturday morning, police said.

A a female one-horned rhino was injured when a personnel of the elite Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) opened fire on it in self-defence when it charged at him near the state's famous Kaziranga National Park, officials said on Friday.

President of ex-BLT Welfare Society Jana Mohan Mashahary also thanked the new coalition government in Assam for promptly announcing to implement the Centre's decision.

With just two days left for the Assam assembly polls, the Indian Army on Saturday claimed to have eliminated two senior Karbi People Liberation Tigers (KPLT) terrorists and apprehended one of their accomplices in an operation launched at Kalyani Reserve Forest in Karbi Anglong district yesterday.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi will address an election rally in poll-bound Assam on March 30.

The blast comes on the same day as Prime Minister Narendra Modi kicked off BJP’s election campaign in Assam.

Marking a milestone in efforts to secure a crucial elephant corridor in the Northeast, residents of Ram Terang village in Assam's Karbi Anglong district now have a new address - New Ram Terang village.