NEW DELHI: Low-cost carrier SpiceJet will electrify the remote village of Baruahchuck in Majuli district of Assam.It will set a 'solar microgrid' on the site in about 75 days, which will help ...

Traditional ferry boats cross the river Brahmaputra between Majuli island and Jorhat in Assam. Photo: Daniel J. Rao/Shutterstock The rhythmic thump of dhols resounded around me as a group of young ...

Majuli is the largest river island in the world and is situated in the Assam state of India. The island is vibrant in culture ...

Shri Sonowal underlined Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s commitment to sports, particularly through flagship programmes such as ...

Bora's village Padumoni, in Assam's Majuli Island on River Brahmaputra, is barely a 30-minute car ride on a wobbly path from the sub-divisional headquarters, Garamur.

Majuli is a river island in the Brahmaputra River, Assam and in 2016 became the first island to be made a district in India. It had an area of 880 square kilometres (340 sq mi) at the beginning of ...

Legend has it that in a village on the island of Majuli in Assam, whenever someone needed something, they would go to a nearby beel (wetland) and pray to the water god (devata) and their wish ...

Jorhat, Oct. 14: Lachon Dhunaguri on Majuli island achieved a unique feat yesterday when it became "avoidable blindness-free" - the first such village in Upper Assam. Avoidable blindness is blindness ...

A stray Rhinoceros created panic in Jogigaon area of Majuli district of Assam on Sunday. The rhino went on a rampage breaking into houses in the area. The animal caused a lot of damage. The forest ...