Golaghat: Residents of Bakiyal near Numaligarh were alarmed after a wild elephant entered the inhabited area with an old tyre reportedly stuck around its neck. The elephant is believed to have come out of the nearby forest, with the unusual…
Nagaon: The Nagaon Additional District and Sessions Court has sentenced Abdul Hamid of Kachua to life imprisonment for the murder of his wife, Momtaz Begum. The court also imposed a ₹10,000 fine. The case involved allegations of dowry-related harassment and…
Guwahati: Education Minister Dr Ranoj Pegu saw off Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan at the airport as he left Assam for Manipur during his four-day Northeast tour. During his Assam visit, the Vice-President attended the Golden Jubilee of Geetanagar College, the…
Guwahati: Police arrested five persons in two separate theft cases and recovered stolen property, including an LPG cylinder and electronic devices. In the second case, police seized 20 stolen mobile phones, laptops and an iPad valued at around ₹9 lakh…
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Assam government and education authorities to stop appointments or absorption of teachers under the provincialisation scheme until further orders. The direction came while hearing a PIL challenging the constitutional validity of the…
Guwahati: An external assessment under the National Quality Assurance Standards (NQAS) was conducted at Kamarkuchi Ayushman Arogya Mandir under Sonapur BPHC to assess and improve healthcare quality. Dimoria MLA Dr Tapan Das attended the inaugural programme. Kamrup Metro has secured…
Guwahati: Assam today marked the 100th birth anniversary of legendary singer, composer and filmmaker Dr Bhupen Hazarika, with people gathering at Bhupen Hazarika Samannay Tirtha to pay tribute to the cultural icon. Governor Laxman Prasad Acharya, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa…
Sagalee: The All Sagalee Students’ Union (ASSU) has called a 24-hour bandh in Sagalee, Papum Pare district, demanding action on concerns related to health, education, administration, infrastructure, land protection, banking services and environmental conservation. The Additional Deputy Commissioner and local…
Guwahati: An unidentified man died after allegedly coming into contact with an overhead electric wire at Kamakhya Railway Station in Maligaon on Tuesday. The man reportedly climbed onto the engine of a moving train before coming in contact with the…
Guwahati: The Assam Cabinet has approved a Green Cess on polluting activities, including stone crushers, brick kilns, imported timber units, identified polluting industries and commercial groundwater extraction. The revenue will be used for environmental and infrastructure projects such as embankment…