Dibrugarh

Prime Minister Modi flags off MV Ganga Vilas: What to expect from the world's longest river cruise

Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the MV Ganga Vilas. The luxury liner will embark on a journey from Varanasi in UP and reach Dibrugarh in Assam via Bangladesh in 51 days. The voyage will cover a distance of 3,200 km and passengers will be able to visit over 50 tourist sites

Seamless causeways in North East: The Indo-Japanese way

Japan is closely involved in the infrastructural development of the North East. But to make it a grand success, India has to defeat inhospitable terrain, overcome odds and oust apprehensions of sinister Chinese territorial design for the region

Assam floods: Two more people die in Hailakandi district, toll rises to 192

Cachar is the worst-hit district with 3,55,960 people still affected, followed by Morigaon where 1,42,662 people are reeling under the deluge

Assam: Govt declares holiday on 28 April in Dibrugarh, Karbi Anglong districts on account of PM Modi's visit

A notification issued by Avinash Joshi, Principal Secretary of the General Administration Department of the Assam government said that all state government offices, educational institutions etc within Dibrugarh and Karbi Anglong districts will remain closed on 28 April

Assam: 13 dead after consuming poisonous mushrooms

All the victims were admitted to Assam Medical College and Hospital in the Dibrugarh district and died while undergoing treatment

First Made-in-India Dornier aircraft takes off on maiden commercial flight from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh

Regular flight operations of made-in-India Dornier aircraft are slated to start from 18 April, 2022 on the Dibrugarh-Pasighat-Lilabari-Dibrugarh route

The weather report: When 12 all-time pan-India records for March were broken in a week

Last Week was abnormally hot across the country, with extreme temperature anomalies up to 15°C above normal in the Himalayan states, and up to 10°C above normal in the plains of North India

Assam Assembly election 2021, Dibrugarh profile: BJP MLA Prasanta Phukan seeks third straight term

The voter turnout in the 2016 Assembly election was 81.18 percent. Meanwhile, in the 2011 election, the voter turnout was 67.53 percent

Assam doctor, college principal wife arrested for pouring hot water on minor domestic help

The incident came to light after the district child welfare committee received a video from an anonymous source

Toll due to Assam floods, landslides rises to 123; Brahmaputra's water level expected to recede by Monday

While 97 people died in flood-related incidents in Assam, 26 were killed in landslides. Goalpara continued to be the most affected district with 4.7 lakh people hit by the deluge