Justice (Retd.) Abhay Manohar Sapre, Chairman of the Supreme Court Committee on Road Safety, reviewed Assam’s road safety situation at a high-level meeting in Guwahati on January 11. The meeting assessed accident data from the last three years, focusing on…
APCC president Gaurav Gogoi has constituted a high-level legal committee to monitor the investigation and court proceedings in the Zubeen Garg death case. The panel includes senior advocates Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury and Ram Prasad Sarmah, along with advocates Dilip…
The Guwahati Jal Board has started a special water quality testing drive across all District Metered Areas to ensure the safety of drinking water supplied to consumers. The drive, which began on January 9, will continue till January 12, 2026…
Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) is set to launch LACHIT-1, the Northeast’s first satellite, aboard ISRO’s PSLV-C62 on January 12 as part of Dhruva Space’s Polar Access-1 mission. Named after Ahom general Lachit Borphukan, the satellite marks the region’s entry…
Tension prevailed in Kokrajhar after police shot and injured the prime accused in the rape of a mentally challenged woman during an alleged escape attempt while being taken to court on Sunday. Police said the accused, Rafikul Islam, tried to…
Framing of charges in the Zubeen Garg death case is unlikely at the January 17 hearing, Special Public Prosecutor Ziaul Kamar said, citing the recent formation of the prosecution team and the need to examine voluminous records. Kamar said the…
With the 2026 Assam Assembly elections approaching, political exchanges between the Congress and the BJP have intensified. APCC president Gaurav Gogoi targeted Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma at a Guwahati event, echoing a line once used by his father, former…
The Chief Justice of India will lay the foundation stone of the new Gauhati High Court complex at Rangmahal in North Guwahati on Sunday, despite protests by a section of the legal fraternity. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the…
The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee on Saturday launched the ‘Raijor Padulit Raijor Congress’ campaign in Guwahati, under the initiative of the Pradesh Congress Election Manifesto Committee. The two-day programme began with consultations with various organisations to gather inputs for the…
Tezpur Medical College and Hospital conducted a three-day regional workshop on clinical trials from January 5 to 7 to strengthen research capacity. Organised by the Multidisciplinary Research Unit in collaboration with NIMHANS Bengaluru, the programme trained participants from several medical…