Guwahati: Assam cabinet on Sunday cleared seven bills for introduction during the state assembly’s budget session, which begins on Monday. Among the key proposals are legislations to modernise the state’s emergency police response system with a Rs 100 crore boost and establish the Guwahati Satellite City Development Authority under the chairmanship of the Chief Minister…
Imphal: Manipur on Sunday published its draft electoral roll following the completion of the first (enumeration) phase of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR), an exercise carried out amid the state’s continuing ethnic conflict, large-scale displacement and connectivity problems in hill areas.The state’s chief electoral officer (CEO) Arun Kumar Sinha said enumeration forms were collected and…
Guwahati: Starting Sunday, all recreational spaces in the city managed by the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) have begun charging entry fees for visitors, ending several months of free public access, now limited to morning hours between 6 am and 10 am.Under the revised fee structure, visitors entering after 10 am must pay an entry…
Guwahati: Hindi will be introduced in the Assam legislative assembly for the first time, speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass said on Sunday. It will be added to the existing languages — Assamese, English and Bodo — and will come into effect from July 6, the first day of the budget session of the 16th assembly.“In the…
Aizawl: Former Mizoram cabinet minister F Malsawma (78), who died of liver cancer and cirrhosis on Saturday evening, was accorded a grand funeral at the Chaltlang Presbyterian Church’s Centenary Hall in Aizawl on Sunday.A three-time minister, Malsawma is survived by his wife, Zoramthangi, and his two sons, including Vanlaldina Fanai, the present secretary to the…
‘Joymala’ passed away on Saturday night after serving for 34 years in the Kaziranga National Park Guwahati: The forests of Kaziranga National Park have fallen quieter with the passing of Joymala, 66 , one of the park’s most iconic and dedicated patrol elephants. She earned international recognition in 2004 when a stray tigress leapt over…
Guwahati: After two recent incidents in which people stopped their vehicles on the carriageway of the Kumar Bhaskar Verma Bridge on the river Brahmaputra to celebrate birthdays, the Kamrup (Metro) district administration has installed warning signages on bridges to discourage vehicles from halting.The warning follows videos of birthday celebrations on the bridge that surfaced on…
Times News NetworkGuwahati: University of Science & Technology Meghalaya (USTM), in association with PA Sangma International Medical College & Hospital (PIMC) and IA Ayurvedic Medical College (IAMC), observed National Doctors’ Day 2026 on Tuesday.The programme was attended by USTM chancellor Mahbubul Hoque, vice-chancellor Prof GDSharma, Padma Shri Dr Sarbeswar Sahariah, pro vice-chancellor Prof ACKataki, director…
Times News NetworkGuwahati: The two-day Young Indians Parliament (YiP) 2026 concluded here on Saturday, with more than 160 students taking part in a simulation of parliamentary proceedings and democratic governance.The programme was organised jointly by Young Indians (Yi), Guwahati chapter, and the Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB). Assam assembly speaker Ranjeet Kumar Dass attended…
Guwahati: In a major push towards competency-based education in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, the Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB), in collaboration with PARAKH (National Assessment Centre), NCERT, organised a four-day residential workshop in Guwahati to train teachers to develop competency-based question banks using digital tools.Titled “PARAKH Taxonomy and Development of…
