Police seized nearly 50,000 suspected Yaba tablets from a truck Silchar: Police seized nearly 50,000 suspected Yaba tablets worth around Rs 5 crore from a truck in Cachar on Tuesday.Acting on a tip-off, a Gumra police team intercepted the truck near the old MVI gate on NH-6 (Badarpur-Guwahati) at Digarkhal in Katigorah.A search revealed a…
Silchar: The bodies of a woman and her four-year-old son were fished out of Barak river on Tuesday, four days after they went missing after allegedly jumping from Annapurnaghat bridge.The bodies of Diya Akura, a resident of Chotodudhpatil in Silchar, and her son were recovered near Ganirgram in Cachar district. Akura was reportedly the president…
Guwahati: A cafe manager was assaulted and the eatery vandalised by a group in the city on Monday night.Police said five to six people were involved in the incident at the cafe. Personnel from Basistha police station reached the spot and began an investigation.“The cafe was vandalised by five to six youths. We have not…
Imphal: Transport, business and other daily activities were disrupted across Manipur on Tuesday as a 48-hour strike over the NRC-before-Census demand continued, even as NDA MLAs from Manipur announced plans to visit New Delhi to take the issue up with Centre.Campaign for Just and Fair Delimitation (JFD) called the strike to press for updating National…
Shillong: The first tribal, indigenous woman chief secretary of Meghalaya, Rebecca Vanessa Suchiang, passed on Tuesday at the age of 64. She was under treatment for a terminal illness for the last couple of years.A 1989-batch IAS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, Suchiang became the first tribal, indigenous woman chief secretary to the Meghalaya govt…
Shillong: More than 6.5 lakh electors have been identified for further verification under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) 2026, with hearings currently underway at the district level, Meghalaya chief electoral officer BDR Tiwari said.In an online review meeting, Tiwari said notices are being generated and served to voters whose records could not be linked…
Dimapur: Nagaland’s directorate of school education on Tuesday said all categories of primary and graduate teachers appointed prior to the enactment of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE Act, 2009) and having more than five years to retire on superannuation as on Sept 1, 2025, will have to mandatorily…
Dibrugarh: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC) on Tuesday commissioned gas evacuation facilities at its Khoraghat Group Gathering Station-1 (GGS-1) in Assam’s Golaghat district marking a significant step in expanding the region’s gas infrastructure. The facility will allow surplus associated natural gas from the Upper Assam Shelf to be processed and channelled into the…
Aizawl: Indian International hockey player and an Olympian, Mizoram’s Lalremsiami Hmar has been selected for the prestigious Arjuna Award 2025-26 for her achievements in hockey, according to an announcement made by the ministry of youth affairs & sports on Tuesday. Lalremsiami will be the first sportsperson from Mizoram to be conferred the Arjuna Award for…
Dibrugarh: Tinsukia has made registration mandatory for all businesses dealing in molasses to curb illicit liquor production.District magistrate Sumit Sattawan issued the order on Monday under Section 152 of the BNSS, 2023, after authorities found that molasses, commonly known as “Lalee”, imported from outside Assam was being diverted for the illegal manufacture of country liquor…
