The Assam government has launched an online RTI portal (https://rtionline.assam.gov.in) with technical support from NIC, Assam. The portal includes details of SPIOs and appellate authorities from various state departments, with provisions for updates. This initiative follows RTI activist Rohit Choudhury's…
A joint team of the Railway Protection Force (RPF) and the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) apprehended a woman drug peddler at Guwahati Railway Station on January 23, 2025. The woman, traveling from Dimapur to Guwahati on the Jan Shatabdi Express,…
Gauhati University (GU) and the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIELIT) have signed an MoU to offer modern technology courses to GU students. The agreement was signed in the presence of Minister Pijush Hazarika, GU Vice-Chancellor Nanigopal Mahanta,…
The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has renamed and named five paths across the city. The Sahid Anil Mujamil Path in Ward No. 55 is now Uttar Gopal Nagar School Path, while BK Kakati Road in Ward No. 29 is now…
Cotton University, in partnership with the North East Centre for Technology Application and Reach (NECTAR), has launched a ten-day training programme on Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and Remote Sensing. The programme, held at the Physics Department's Conference Room, brings together…
The Supreme Court has directed the Assam government to pay Rs 70 crore in two installments of Rs 35 crore each to the financially struggling Assam Tea Corporation Ltd. (ATCL) to settle overdue payments to its workers. The first installment…
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Friday that Assam Police, in collaboration with the Border Security Force (BSF), apprehended six Bangladeshi nationals attempting to cross the border. The operation, based on intelligence about suspicious activity, took place on…
The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) launched its year-long "Sambhidhan Rakshak Abhijan" campaign at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati. The event, organized by the Scheduled Castes Division of the APCC, was attended by senior Congress leaders, including Bhupen Bora, Gaurav…
The Assam government is investing over ₹1,800 crore to renovate and construct new buildings for 252 state-run educational institutions. These schools, selected from each of the 126 assembly constituencies, will benefit from infrastructure upgrades under the Rural Infrastructure Development Fund…
The Gauhati High Court has issued directives in response to several writ petitions regarding land disputes in the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), focusing on encroachments on the Professional Grazing Reserve (PGR) in Kherani, West Karbi Anglong. The KAAC's counsel…