The District Commissioner of Kokrajhar, Masanda M Pertin, has announced that campaigning for the 2025 BTC elections will end at 4 PM on September 20, 48 hours before polling closes on September 22. This applies to constituencies 7-Fakiragram, 8-Dotma, 9-Banaragaon,…
Red Ribbon Club and NSS unit of Sadiya College organized an HIV/AIDS, STI, and drug abuse awareness programme. Over 300 students joined a rally from the college to Thana Chariali, followed by a poster competition and awareness meeting. Dr. Jai…
Cachar police arrested two fake doctors in Kabuganj Bazar and Kaptanpur areas of Sonai constituency. The accused, Uma Shankar Sinha and Zahirul Barabhuiyan, were caught in separate raids. At least 10 imposters have been arrested in the district over the…
Primary school teachers nationwide, under the Akhil Bharatiya Prathamik Shikshak Sangha, protested the Supreme Court’s directive mandating pre-2012 recruits to clear TET. In Biswanath, teachers submitted a memorandum to the DC, urging exemption and warning of massive job losses. The…
Three teenage girls missing from Jyotinagar since September 17 were rescued near Ulubari’s KFC after a swift police operation. They had stayed overnight at a homestay and were later found roaming. Police confirmed it was not a kidnapping but a…
Nearly 50,000 people have been hit by fresh floods in Assam, affecting Golaghat, Sonitpur, Cachar, Nagaon, and Bishwanath. Golaghat is the worst-hit with over 32,000 affected. Several rivers are flowing above danger levels. Authorities set up 29 relief camps sheltering…
The Moran community’s economic blockade, demanding ST status and Sixth Schedule inclusion, entered its fourth day, crippling Upper Assam. Thousands of vehicles, including over 1,000 fuel tankers, remain stranded, leaving 90% of Tinsukia fuel depots dry. Oil, coal, tea, and…
After a brutal lathi-charge on Koch-Rajbongshi protesters in Golakganj left over 100 injured, the Assam government transferred Dhubri SSP Leena Doley. The crackdown on AKRSU’s rally demanding ST status and a separate state sparked outrage and a 12-hour bandh. Several…
At its 66th AGM, Oil India Ltd reported record oil and gas production in FY25 and strong profits of ₹7,040 crore (consolidated). Chairman Dr Ranjit Rath highlighted PM Modi’s inauguration of the world’s first bamboo-based 2G bio-ethanol plant and the…
The Supreme Court’s Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has recommended a ₹150 crore fine on the University of Science and Technology Meghalaya (USTM) for illegal use of forest land. It urged restoration of the encroached area to forest within a year…