In view of the improving flood situation in Assam, the Golaghat police has lifted restrictions on the movement of commercial trucks during daylight hours in the Kaziranga National Park area. According to an official notification, commercial trucks can now travel…
Early Sunday morning, a severe fire broke out at the Superintendent of Taxes office in Dhekiajuli, Assam, destroying documents and equipment. The blaze started around 4 AM on the office’s second floor in a four-storey building. Local residents suspect arson,…
Golaghat district has reported 55 cases of Japanese encephalitis, dengue, and malaria. Since January, nine cases of Japanese encephalitis and 25 cases of dengue have been identified, with all dengue patients now recovered. These diseases have particularly affected Sarupathar, Morangi,…
The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) is revamping its door-to-door garbage collection. Instead of using ward committees and NGOs, GMC will now divide the city into 18 divisions, each managed by a private company. A tender has been issued to invite…
The 700-year-old 'Moidams' of Assam's Ahom dynasty will be considered for the World Heritage List at the 46th session of the World Heritage Committee (WHC) in New Delhi from July 21 to 31. If selected, the 'Moidams' will be the…
In Nagaon district's Kathitali Market Chowk, Chirantan Bordoloi, a village headman of Nambar Lalung gaon, was stabbed to death by his friend, retired Army personnel Palash Amsong. The incident occurred while Bordoloi was shopping, with Amsong attacking him on the…
During a press conference, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi accused the BJP of resorting to communal politics due to their inability to accept the moral loss in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. He criticized the BJP for politicizing communities in Assam…
A group of students from Dhubri, Assam, escaped violence-hit areas in Bangladesh with the help of Bangladeshi police. The students, mostly medical students from Assam and West Bengal, traveled through the Darsana-Joynagar Border Road, reaching India safely on Friday evening…
A major gas discovery has been made in an untested layer of the Dirok-1 Well in Margherita. The well is operated by a joint venture of Hindustan Oil Exploration Company (HOEC), OIL, and IOCL. The Sand-9 layer flowed over 6…
On Saturday morning, Basistha police apprehended habitual drug peddler Mandeep Boro near Khanapara ASTC bus stop. Acting on a tip-off, police conducted a search and recovered 18 plastic vials of suspected heroin weighing 18.75 grams and Rs. 2500 in cash…