Hitesh Dev Choudhury, the Jailor of Golaghat district jail, was detained by Golaghat police on accusations of sexually assaulting a female doctor within the district jail campus. Choudhury was held to appear in court on Wednesday to face the allegations
An overnight police operation in Kabariband village, Karimganj district, led to the arrest of eight individuals, including the groom and his father, for attempting to marry a minor girl. Despite stringent government directives against child marriage, the ceremony had progressed…
In an alarming incident, Suneshwari Kalita fell victim to a daylight robbery on May 22 while traveling on a city bus in Guwahati. Kalita, who was en route from Adabari to Panbazar, had her bag containing Rs. 26,000 stolen by…
Filmmaker Soumyajit Majumdar is set to direct 'Joyguru', a Hindi musical biopic on the life of Parvathy Baul, a renowned Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee and performer. The film will explore Parvathy Baul's journey in the Baul tradition, recognized by UNESCO…
At least 34 passengers were injured when their bus met with an accident in Assam’s Hailakandi district on Wednesday. The bus, with registration number AS24 C 5399, was traveling from Ramkrishna Nagar in Karimganj to Hailakandi when it lost control…
In Assam's Jorhat district, a government employee allegedly forced a married woman to consume excessive alcohol and then dumped her unconscious in a secluded area near Delhi Public School, Malowpathar, on Tuesday night. The accused, Saranga Goswami, was apprehended by…
In a major crackdown, the Food Safety Department seized one quintal of mangoes containing carbide during a drive in Fancy Bazar. The operation, focused on ensuring food safety, involved raiding fruit shops in the busy marketplace. Officials confiscated the chemically…
In a shocking incident, a specially abled man was attacked by an individual and two women on the streets of Jorhat. The incident occurred on Tuesday evening when the man, who collects taxes for the municipality, was assaulted with a…
Following complaints from nature lovers and environmentalists, the forest department has arrested two individuals for illegally cutting trees on government land in the Bichan Kuchi area near the Kaldiya River in Assam's Bajali district. The accused, identified as Achyut Roy…
In a remarkable achievement, Krishangi Kashyap from Barpeta has emerged as a top performer at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore. She secured the IIT Topper award with an impressive score of 9.45 in her postgraduate examination in Astronomy,…