Amid rising prices of essential items, Assam's government is expected to increase fees at state-run hospitals by 20% starting August 1, 2024. Gauhati Medical College and Hospital has received a notice from Dispur but has not finalized the new rates…
A Special Task Force (STF) team, led by Inspector Kapil Pathak, successfully conducted an operation in Jawahar Nagar, under Basistha Police Station. The operation resulted in the arrest of a drug peddler and the seizure of 32 vials of heroin,…
On Monday, the 2nd Division of Guwahati Municipal Corporation completed a special cleanliness campaign from Assam Engineering College Road to Milanpur Sursanga Road. The campaign, part of “Cleanliness Protection” and “Cleanliness for Yourself and Remove Diseases,” included road and sewer…
In a tragic man-animal conflict, 45-year-old Kamal Kalita was killed by a wild elephant at Deepor Beel, near Guwahati, on Monday night. Kalita, a laborer, was trampled to death in the Miki Para area. Forest officials sent his body to…
A gas cylinder explosion in Kankan Nagar, Dibrugarh, on Monday afternoon seriously injured Mihir and Bela Sarkar while they were cleaning their gas burner. The blast gutted their rented house, leaving them homeless. Both suffered severe burn injuries and were…
A Bol Bom devotee, 25-year-old Saurav Bhagawati, drowned while collecting water at the Kalidiya River in Assam's Bajali district. The incident occurred near Kalibari Temple during the second Monday of Shravan. Saurav, recently employed by the Merchant Navy in America,…
Rahul Hussain, accused of murdering a teenage girl, was shot by police while attempting to escape custody on Monday. He was taken to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital with a bullet wound. The Kamrup police had arrested him for the…
In Assam’s Nagaon district, a woman was attacked with a knife by her neighbor, Apu Bora, on Sunday night in Kasalukhua locality. Bora brutally stabbed the woman in the stomach, leaving her severely injured. The accused is currently absconding. The…
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma received praise at the BJP chief ministers' conclave in Delhi for fulfilling his commitment to provide nearly one lakh jobs to unemployed youths. Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted the initiative's success and asked other states…
In Assam’s Darrang district, Abdur Rafik was accused of illegally slaughtering two cows during the Islamic ceremony ‘Akika’. Public organizations and locals filed complaints at Kharupetia Police Station, noting Rafik’s residence is near Hindu families and religious institutions. Police arrested…