Guwahati: Assam is tapping into the Fifa World Cup fever with a CM FIFA Fan Park in Guwahati and Dibrugarh, positioning the initiative as a boost to sports tourism in the state. The Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC) is setting up the outdoor fan zones.Officials said the fan parks will be hosted at Latasil Playground…
A herd of deer graze in the Burapahar Range of Kaziranga National Park Guwahati: Authorities imposed prohibitory orders and traffic curbs on NH-715 through Kaziranga to protect wildlife during floods.Motorists have been directed to maintain a maximum speed of 40 kmph and avoid unnecessary stopping, honking and other activities that may disturb animals.Forest and environment…
A view of a flood-affected area at Telam in Dhemaji district, Assam Guwahati: Record upstream rainfall in Arunachal Pradesh has flooded downstream Assam, hitting Dhemaji district the hardest.Heavy to extremely heavy rain in Arunachal districts along the Assam border has swollen rivers and inundated large parts of Assam, particularly Dhemaji. India Meteorological Department (IMD) data…
Guwahati: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday reviewed the flood situation in Assam and Arunachal Pradesh through telephonic conversations with Chief Ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma and Pema Khandu, assuring both states of full support from the Centre as the first major spell of the monsoon affected nearly 68,000 people across the two northeastern states…
Dhubri: Nearly 30 years after it was last seen in the area, the endangered lesser adjutant stork was spotted on the bank of the Gaurang river near Bilasipara in Assam’s Dhubri district on Sunday.The lesser adjutant stork is related to the greater adjutant stork, locally called Hargila. Both are rare and endangered in Assam.Aranya Suraksha…
Silchar: Cachar police have seized 10,000 yaba tablets valued at around Rs 3 crore from Kulicherra near the Assam-Mizoram border and arrested one person in connection with the case.Police said the operation was carried out late on Sunday by a team led by DSP Bhaskar Shikha Saikia. Acting on intelligence, the team raided a furniture…
Silchar: Patharkandi police in Assam’s Sribhumi district seized illegal foreign liquor worth more than Rs 5 lakh that was concealed beneath cartons of eggs and arrested the driver during a late-night naka-checking operation on Sunday.Acting on a tip-off, a police team led by Patharkandi officer-in charge Bishwajyoti Deuri intercepted a pick-up vehicle at Moina under…
Dibrugarh: After a four-hour downpour flooded parts of Jorhat last week, the Jorhat Municipal Board began cleaning the channel of the Tocklai river on Monday.Workers removed garbage, plastics and water hyacinths from multiple stretches of the river channel to restore drainage capacity ahead of the monsoon peak. The move followed waterlogging in Choladhara, Tarun Ram…
Dibrugarh: Ministers Sushanta Borgohain and Keshab Mahanta on Monday toured flood-hit Dhemaji district to assess damage.The high-level delegation, accompanied by Lakhimpur MP Pradan Baruah and MLAs Prasanta Phukan (Dibrugarh), Bhubon Pegu (Jonai) and Jiban Gogoi (Sissiborgaon), visited Ananda Nagar under Simenmukh village panchayat and reviewed erosion and flooding. The team also visited the Harinathpur Primary…
Dhubri: Assam health minister and Dhubri’s guardian minister, Ashok Singhal, on Sunday launched the statewide pulse polio vaccination programme from Dhubri, in sync with the national immunisation campaign.Singhal flagged off the drive from Dhubri Media College and Hospital, targeting 2.92 lakh children under the age of five years in Dhubri district.Across Assam, 52,000 health workers…
