Assam: Man jumps into Brahmaputra from Kaliabhomora bridge

In a shocking incident, a young man jumped off from the #Kaliabhomorabridge in #Assam’s Tezpur on Saturday evening. The youth has been identified as Nihal Kakati, a resident of #Narayanpur. According to sources, he was travelling through the bridge when he stopped to offer prayers to the mighty #Brahmaputrariver, however, without anyone’s notice he immediately […]

Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal speaks exclusively to Northeast Live

In an exclusive interview with Northeast Live, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal spoke on various issues - from the AYUSH ministry to the various development projects carried out in the Northeast under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's tenure.

Centre proposes 15.6 km twin road tunnel under Brahmaputra river

In a major fillip to road infrastructure, the Central government has proposed for the construction of a 15.6 km twin-tunnel under the Brahmaputra river in Assam. The tunnel will be of strategic importance as it will provide round the year connectivity between Assam and Arunchal Pradesh and will also cut the travel time between both […]

PM Modi launches ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ initiative, other key development projects in Assam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the ‘Mahabahu-Brahmaputra’ initiative and multiple development projects and via video conferencing on Thursday. He also laid the foundation stone of the nation’s longest river bridge between Dhubri-Phulbari in Assam and performed Bhoomi Poojan for construction of Majuli bridge. Addressing the gathering virtually, the Prime minister said that it is a […]

Assam: Four including 2 minors drown as boat capsizes in Brahmaputra river

In a tragic incident, four people, including two minors drowned after a country boat carrying 13 people capsized in the Brahmaputra river in Assam’s Jorhat district. The incident took place on Tuesday when few members of a picnic party went for a river cruise on a country boat. Locals rescued some people, of whom two […]

Kiren Rijiju flags off Brahmaputra river rafting expedition

Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Kiren Rijiju on Wednesday flagged off the ‘Brahmaputra Aamantran Abhiyaan’, a river rafting expedition and public outreach programme, from Gelling in Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang district. Taking to Twitter Rijiju said, “The biggest river of our country, the mighty Brahmaputra is known as Siang in Arunachal Pradesh. It […]

India’s longest river ropeway over Brahmaputra inaugurated in Guwahati

India’s longest passenger ropeway over the Brahmaputra river was formally inaugurated in Guwahati on Monday. In a major boost to tourism, the 1.8 km long ropeway was inaugurated across the mighty Brahmaputra today by Assam Finanace Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma along with Guwahati Development Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya. The ropeway connects Guwahati and North Guwahati and […]

Assam to get 4 new Ro-Pax vessels

Assam will soon get four sophisticated Ro-Pax vessels that will replace the earlier Ro-Ro vessels to boost water transport facility. Among the four state-of-the-art vessels, two will be placed in Majuli, the river island in Brahmaputra. “We are concerned about the non functioning of Ro-Ro vessels placed in  Majuli operated by IWAI, GOI. We are […]

Over 4 lakh people affected as second wave of flood hits Assam

The second wave of floods in Assam has hit 4 lakh people across the State. As the flood scenario in Assam has worsened in the past 24 hours. As many as 749 villages in 17 districts of the State has been hit by the second wave of floods. The NDRF and the SDRF personnel have […]