Two women were arrested after heroin worth Rs 1.53 crore was seized from their possession from Vengthlang area here. The seized heroin was concealed in 22 soap cases, it said. The seized contraband and the two accused were handed over…
Union Home Minister Amit Shah who is on a mission to restore peace in strife-torn Manipur, will hold a series of meetings with political and civil society leaders from both the Meitei and Kuki communities and visit Churachandpur, the site…
Assam State Zoo and Botanical Garden here got two zebras on Monday, thanks to Mysore Zoo in Karnataka. The two zebras were named as Joy and Joya on Monday when they were officially released in the zoo. The Assam State…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday virtually inaugurated the first Vande Bharat Express in the Northeast from Assam’s Guwahati to West Bengal’s New Jalpaiguri. Addressing the gathering through video conferencing, PM Modi said that his government has been working towards increasing…
A widespread fire that broke out at the Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) in Assam's Golaghat district on Monday evening has been brought under control, the refinery said. The fire and safety department personnel of the NRL and fire tenders had…
Biren Singh on May 28 said that about 40 extremists had been killed in encounters with security forces following attacks on unarmed civilians on the periphery of Imphal valley, the State’s power centre. The encounters and attacks on villagers by…
An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 hit Assam's Sonitpur on Monday early morning, said the National Center for Seismology (NCS). The NCS stated that the earthquake occurred at 8:03 am on Monday. The quake occurred at a depth of 15 km.…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off Assam's first semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express on today at 12 noon via video conferencing. According to the Railways, the state-of-the-art Vande Bharat Express will provide people of the region the means to…
At least seven people were killed while several others were injured in a road accident in Guwahati's Jalukbari area on Sunday night, police officials said. According to police, the deceased are said to be students.
The Tripura government has decided to upgrade 11 police outposts to full-fledged police stations to maintain law and order effectively, a senior official said on Saturday. The new eleven outposts which are being upgraded as full-fledged police stations include Bagma,…