Brahmaputra crosses danger mark in Guwahati as monsoon surge continues
River levels are expected to peak within 48 hours as relief camps open across the city.
Kaziranga opens its eastern range as rhino census numbers climb to 2,700
Kaziranga’s eastern Agoratoli range opened to visitors this season, giving tourists a new gateway into the…
Guwahati metro moves a step closer as state cabinet clears funding model
The Assam cabinet cleared the financing model for the Guwahati metro’s first 22-kilometre corridor, linking Lokpriya…
Dima Hasao’s new rail tunnels promise all-weather links to the Barak Valley
The mountain railway through Dima Hasao — a vital but fragile artery to Assam’s Barak Valley…
The Brahmaputra’s river islands: Majuli’s museums and the fight against erosion
Majuli, the vast river island in the Brahmaputra, loses metres of its banks to erosion every…
The student movements of the Northeast: from 1970s agitations to 2026’s campus politics
The student movements of the Northeast have rewritten the region’s political map — from the Assam…
Assam’s ‘mising’ river culture: floating houses and the art of living with water
The Mising people, who migrated to Assam’s river plains centuries ago, have perfected a way of…
The Charaideo maidams: Assam’s royal mounds step closer to world heritage
The maidams of Charaideo — the hilltop burial mounds of Assam’s Ahom kings — have moved…
The night bazaar of Haflong: Assam’s hill station trades after dark
Haflong, Assam’s only hill station, has discovered the night: a weekly bazaar along the lake’s edge…
The Ahom heritage of Sivasagar: tanks, temples and a history under the waterline
Sivasagar, the old Ahom capital, is defined by water: a great tank the size of a…