GUWAHATI: Two individuals have been apprehended for allegedly defacing public property in Guwahati, police said on Friday.According to the police, the accused painted murals of activist Sonam Wangchuk on public walls near the Jyoti Bishnu Auditorium in the Khanapara area. Two separate FIRs have been registered at different police stations in connection with the incident.The…
Guwahati: Assam Police arrested four suspected contract killers and seized arms and ammunition from their possession in Gossaigaon town of Kokrajhar district on Thursday night.Police said the operation was launched based on intelligence inputs about unidentified outsiders moving suspiciously at Ballamguri village near Gossaigaon. The accused were identified as Dharamveer Gautam, Bikash Choudhary, Suraj Gautam…
Dhubri: Police seized 600 Yaba tablets during a raid on NS Road in Dhubri on Thursday night and arrested four persons in connection with the seizure.A joint team of the District Crime Unit and Dhubri Police made the arrests during a raid at a house in Dhubri.The accused were identified as Noor Khan of NS…
Agartala: CM Manik Saha on Friday said about 80% of Tripura’s panchayats have emerged as frontrunners on the national stage, adding that development must translate into meaningful improvements in people’s lives.Inaugurating the state-based Panchayat Awards for 2026-27, Saha said about 80% of Tripura’s panchayats have set themselves apart on numerous national metrics. He said efforts…
Guwahati: Assam Police have become country’s third and region’s first state agency to be registered as an Offline Verification Seeking Entity (OVSE) under the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI).Before Assam Police, the UIDAI OVSE list included two state-police-linked entities — Ahmedabad City Crime Branch in Gujarat and Police Computer Services and Standardisation of Telangana…
Aizawl: The RBI’s Aizawl office on Friday organised an MSME Townhall at Thakthing Multipurpose Hall, bringing together entrepreneurs, bankers, govt officials and development institutions to discuss ways to improve access to institutional finance for small businesses in Mizoram.RBI Aizawl general manager-in-charge T Lhungdim said MSMEs played a key role in job creation, entrepreneurship and balanced…
Aizawl: Lai Autonomous district council chief executive member C Lalsawmzuala on Friday said sustained cooperation among the administration, village councils, churches and NGOs was essential in dealing with illegal immigration and business by undocumented foreigners.While cross-border trade with neighbouring countries had economic benefits, business activities by undocumented immigrants needed proper regulation to protect local interests,…
Aizawl: The Mizo National Front (MNF), Mizoram’s main opposition party, on Friday reiterated its opposition to the proposed Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, and accused the Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) govt of mishandling key issues, including the Mizo Taxi App, implementation of the RTI Act and declining GST collections.Addressing a meeting at the party’s…
Guwahati: Police rescued three trafficking victims hailing from Assam, including a minor, from West Bengal’s Siliguri.Police said on Friday that the three women were allegedly lured with job offers and taken to Siliguri, where they were forced into prostitution.Sonitpur senior superintendent of police Barun Purkayastha said one of the victims is from Sonitpur, while the…
Guwahati: Assam’s Shubh Prasad topped the region with a 99.9931 percentile and an all-India rank (AIR) of 133, according to the National Testing Agency’s list of state toppers in the NEET (UG) 2026 re-examination results declared on Friday.Tripura’s Baibhab Roy, an OBC-NCL candidate, secured a 99.9914 percentile with AIR 166, while Arunachal Pradesh’s Lirik Ete…
