How the Bogibeel Bridge will help the army

In the event of a Chinese attack on Arunachal, troops and equipment from mainland India will travel on the existing south bank railway till Bogibeel, cross the Brahmaputra on the new bridge and......

Locals' lament in Dibrugarh: Infra push but no jobs

‘It feels like Assam is good just as a tourist spot and not a place to earn and live.’ IMAGE: Workers at a tea garden in Dibrugarh. Photograph: ANI Photo Popular as “tea......

Citizenship Bill row: Protests greet Modi in Assam

IMAGE: AASU activists show black flag to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in criticism of the Citizenship Amendment Bill, in Guwahati, on Friday. Photograph: PTI Photo All Assam Students Union......

Stop posing for cameras, help trapped miners: Rahul urges Modi

In a sharp attack against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said 15 people trapped in a flooded coal mine in Meghalaya since December 13 are struggling for......

India's longest rail-cum-road bridge

Bogibeel bridge in Assam’s Dibrugarh district will become the longest bridge of its kind in India. The 4.94 kilometre long bridge is expected to be completed by 2017. Click NEXT to read...

India's longest rail-cum-road bridge to be ready by 2017

Bogibeel Rail bridge, the country's longest rail-cum-road bridge, originally scheduled to be inaugurated in 2009, would be completed by January 2017, a senior railway official said. North East......

Rail bridge projects hit roadblock

The ambitious project of building four railway mega-bridges at a cost of Rs 3,500 crore (Rs 35 billion) has hit a block because of lack of interest from the World Bank.Of the four bridges, only the......

Arunachal, Meghalaya to be on railways map soon

After facing a scarcity of funds and a challenging law and order situation for about two decades, Indian Railways’ expansion in the Northeast is finally gaining momentum. Three of the five......