Guwahati: Assam, home to the endangered Gangetic river dolphin, locally known as ‘shihu’, has emerged as one of India’s key ...

At a time when global warming and climate change are causing rising temperatures, biodiversity-rich forests, hills, rivers, ...

Alleged large-scale illegal sand mining in the Kulsi River under the Boko-Chaygaon Assembly constituency in Assam's Kamrup district has raised concerns over environmental degradation and the survival ...

New Delhi: Six rivers in Assam and Manipur, including Brahmaputra, and Barak, are experiencing severe flooding, putting numerous districts in the region at risk, the Central Water Commission has said.

New Delhi, Aug 26: The Buridehing river in Dibrugarh district of Assam is flowing in High-Flood Situation, the Ministry of Water Resources said today. According to the ministry, at 1800hrs, the river ...

Majuli in Assam is the biggest river island in the world, located right on the Brahmaputra River. It is about 20km away from the city of Jorhat, and can be visited between November to March for the ...

GUWAHATI, India — Rojo Neog left his house in India's Assam state on the evening of July 19 to buy candles after heavy rain knocked out electricity. As he rode back on his bicycle, the Dikhow River ...

Assam, India – Makon Kumar’s wrinkled fingers are covered in dried-up clay. She squats on the damp dirt outside her one-room, bamboo-stilted home and spins a pottery wheel – a palm-sized grey bowl – ...

"You have to recognize the waters. Here, GPS and maps don't work, as the islands appear and disappear and the depths keep changing," says Bimal Mondol, the shipmaster who expertly steers our vessel, ...