A special forest team arrested Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) officers Ujjwal Nayan Handiqui and Bedanga Kashyap for their involvement in an elephant's death on July 18. The arrests followed a case filed by Golaghat DFO Sushil Kumar Thakuria. The officers,…
In Assam's Tinsukia district, two students drowned, and two are missing after being swept away by the Kundil River in Paglam village. The incident occurred when the teenagers went for a bath during a picnic. The deceased are Bhaskar Bhattarai…
Garchuk Police arrested 10 individuals for gambling at Katahbari, including Sainu Brahma and Jagadish Baruah. During the raid, police seized Rs 2 lakh in cash, mobile phones, and five motorcycles from the suspects.
Starting July 25, Assam will open a new centre at Duck Bungalow, near the DC Office in Silchar, to assist NRC-listed individuals with Aadhaar biometric discrepancies. The centre will operate from 10 am with four receiving counters. Applicants must bring…
Debabrata Saikia, Leader of Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly, called the Union Budget 2024–25 regressive and contractionary. He criticized it for not addressing high unemployment, rising food inflation, and slow private investment. Saikia pointed out that increased revenue was…
Three people from Morigaon, Assam, have died from Japanese encephalitis. The deceased are Rajamani Medhi (22), Imrana Begum (7), and Bhabakanta Nath (66). Currently, 11 patients are being treated, and their conditions are stable. The rise in cases follows the…
The Court of Special Judge, Assam, will sentence 32 convicts, including former APSC chairman Rakesh Paul, on July 29 in the APSC cash-for-job scam. Convictions include forgery and corruption for 29 candidates who paid for jobs in 2014. Public prosecutors…
In Nagaon's Kachamari area, four motorcycle-borne miscreants looted Rs 4.12 lakhs from Biswajit Deka, manager of Krishna Filling Station, on Wednesday. They threatened him with sharp weapons while he was on his way to deposit the cash in a bank…
In Karimganj's Nilambazar, Abu Bakkar strangled his wife, Siddeka Begum, to death on Wednesday and then surrendered to the police. Married for twelve years, the incident is believed to be due to a family conflict. Police took Bakkar to the…
In Lakhipur, Goalpara district, an elephant attack on Tuesday night resulted in the death of Gajendra Barman and severe injuries to Tulsi and Sonmani Barman. The elephant caused significant property damage in the village before the injured were taken to…