In the discussion between Borah and Agarwal, the former emphasised Assams growth story as one of the leading investment destinations under the combined visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister of Assam Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma.

This intensified action follows the tragic incident in Umrangso’s Tin Kilo area, where a rat-hole coal mine collapse on January 6 left several miners trapped. Rescue teams from the Army, NDRF, and SDRF have so far recovered four bodies, while efforts continue to locate five miners still trapped.

Assam Police chief Gyanendra Pratap Singh has been appointed the Director General of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), according to a Personnel Ministry order. Singh is a 1991 batch IPS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre.

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma to visit Seoul and Tokyo to promote 'Advantage Assam 2'. The visit aims to boost economic ties with South East Asia.

Gyanendra Pratap Singh will serve as the CRPF chief until further orders or until his superannuation on January 31, 2027

At least nine workers are trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation. The miners became trapped on Monday morning in the Umrangso area in Dima Hasao district,

GUWAHATI, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Three miners were feared dead inside a flooded coal mine in a remote district of India's northeastern Assam state, authorities said on Tuesday, and the men were part of ...

GUWAHATI, India — Indian army divers retrieved the body of one of at least nine miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Wednesday.

At least nine workers remained trapped inside a flooded coal mine in India’s northeastern Assam state, officials said Tuesday, as authorities summoned the army to help in the rescue operation.

Public sector undertaking Coal India has deployed a high-capacity pump with a 500 GPM (gallons per minute) capacity to dewater the mine at Assam’s Dima Hasao district where efforts are on to search the trapped labourers.

ASSAM: Dipak Bhuyan is no engineer, nor is he technician. Fixing appliances has been his passion. You would find him at his Sivasagar residence sitting in a nest of iron bars of various shapes and sizes that had piled up as he worked on his dream project 15 years ago.

G P Singh, Assam's top cop, is appointed as the new CRPF chief, a strategic move to boost internal security. His extensive experience in the Northeast positions him well for the role.