The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has paused the deployment of 60 electric vehicles for garbage collection due to discrepancies in vehicle specifications provided by Isha Fab Engineerings Private Limited. The vehicles had galvanized iron sheets with a thickness of 1.5…
The Indian government has neglected the 45-km Samthaibari-Gelegphu road in Assam's Chirang district, leading Bhutan to repair a 20-km stretch of the road. This road is vital for Bhutan's southern town, Gelegphu, a key trade and tourist center. Despite the…
The Assam Town and Country Planning Advisory Committee, chaired by Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Ashok Singhal, approved master plans for 11 towns, including Doboka, Lanka, and Karimganj. The plans emphasize open spaces, parks, and no-construction zones. A district-level committee,…
Sivasagar legislator Akhil Gogoi has supported a law to prevent non-Assamese individuals from buying land from indigenous people in five Upper Assam districts. This comes amid protests by 30 organizations following the assault of a national player by non-Assamese individuals…
The Assam Police will transfer the investigation of recent bomb threats by ULFA-I in Guwahati and Lakhimpur to the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Four suspects have been arrested, including one involved in planting a bomb-like object. The Director General of…
Assam Police arrested a ULFA-I cadre, Pawan Darji, and a linkman in Guwahati’s Jalukbari area amid a week of heightened bomb threats. The arrest followed a bomb scare at City Centre Mall, which led to an evacuation and temporary closure…
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police seized counterfeit currency worth Rs 8.3 lakh in Guwahati’s Khanapara area on Monday evening. The operation, based on intelligence inputs, also led to the recovery of Rs 1.28 lakh in legitimate cash…
A boat carrying around 30 students from Miri Jiyori College and Ghunasuti Girls’ School capsized in the Era Subansiri River in Lakhimpur district on Monday. The incident occurred near Mahara Ghat, resulting in the students and the boatman drowning. Fortunately,…
The Eastern regional meeting of the Electricity Employees Federation of India (EEFI), organized by the Assam State Electricity Supply Workers’ Union (ASESWU), was held in Guwahati to discuss the government's plan to install pre-paid smart meters. Over 100 delegates from…
The Jorhat District Committee of Raijor Dal and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), along with local residents, held a sit-in protest outside the Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) office. The demonstration was against allegedly high electricity bills due to…