A massive fire broke out at the Biswanath Chariali Electrical Sub-Divisional Engineer's office on Saturday night due to a transformer blast. The explosion led to significant damage to the control room and destruction of important documents. Fire brigades quickly responded…
The Guwahati crime branch arrested Prasenjit Roy, manager of UCO Bank's Silpukhuri branch, on Friday night for a land scam. Roy fraudulently transferred land owned by Prabha Bhattacharya, an elderly woman, into his name. Bhattacharya had used her land documents…
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi announced that Jorhat will get a direct flight to New Delhi starting in October. Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu confirmed the news. SpiceJet will operate seven weekly flights, each carrying 189 passengers, under the UDAN…
The CBI raided the CSIR-NEIST in Jorhat over an alleged financial scam worth crores. A 20-member team searched the institute and interrogated seven individuals, including scientists and purchase officials. They recovered Rs. 7 lakh and crucial documents from a purchase…
A 17-year-old boy, Bikash Das, died from electrocution during an RSS class camp in Barangabari, Darrang district. The Class X student was electrocuted while using a hand tube well connected to an electric motor. Despite being rushed to Mangaldai Civil…
Nagaon police apprehended four members of the 'Spray Gang' in Dhing town, involved in looting and rape. The arrested members are Muksidul Islam, Azizul, Abul Kasem, and Abul Kalam. The operation at Patia Pathar locality was based on intelligence inputs…
The families of three suspected militants killed by police near the Assam-Mizoram border on July 17 have refused to accept their bodies. They claim it was an alleged custodial killing and demand an independent investigation. The Hmar community protested in…
Dergaon student Banisha Madhukailya filed an FIR against Dibrugarh University for discrepancies in her backlog exam results. Despite online results showing she cleared her exams, the physical mark sheet indicated she failed. After the university accused her of fraud and…
The Darrang district administration, in partnership with C-NES and Glenmark Foundation, inaugurated a boat clinic service on Friday at Ga-dhowa Ghat. This initiative aims to provide health services, including vaccinations, to remote riverine communities along the Brahmaputra. The launch was…
Water supply will be interrupted on July 28 and 29 in all DMAs under the Lichu Bagan reservoir for maintenance. Affected areas include Hengarabari, Japorigog, Nayanpur, Kalyanpur, Sunderpur, Swarajnagar, Downtown, Ganeshguri, Sorumotoria, Dr. Zakir Hussain Road, Bhagheswari Mandir, KK Handique…