Guwahati: In a push for agricultural education and research in the northeast, the newly set up laboratories of agricultural sciences was inaugurated at the Assam Royal Global University (RGU).SK Bhalla, secretary, North Eastern Council (NEC), ministry of development of north eastern region (DoNER), recently inaugurated the facility at an event that took place in the…
Guwahati: Infiltration attempts from Bangladesh have increased across the northeast, with Assam Police and BSF stopping 21 infiltrators from entering India on Saturday night. Separately, tension has continued in Assam’s South Salmara-Mankachar district along the Bangladesh border since Sunday morning, with nine people still stranded on no-man’s land.In recent weeks, multiple infiltration attempts by Bangladeshi…
Guwahati/Dibrugarh: Education department has launched a crackdown to lighten heavy school bags following a state govt directive aimed at easing the burden on students.Soon after assuming office for a second consecutive term, education minister Ranoj Pegu announced that the govt had decided to reduce the weight of school bags for children. Over the past few…
The trophy was made using around 70 freshly cut bamboos collected from the fringes of their village Guwahati: Celebration has found a new face in Nagaland’s Ungma village, where football fever has turned into a striking display of local craftsmanship. As the ongoing FIFA World Cup continues to captivate fans across the globe, a group…
Families of the victims pray together at a relief camp in Makhan village Imphal: Imphal: Wikhonliu Thiumai never imagined that a routine trip for her son’s school admission would become her husband’s final journey.A month after her husband, Phenrongwi Thiumai (43), was abducted along with other Naga civilians and later found dead, Wikhonliu remains haunted…
Imphal: A joint security team seized 15 kg of suspected opium from a vehicle masquerading as an Army officer’s car and arrested its driver during a frisking operation in Senapati district on Sunday.Police sources said the operation was conducted at T Khullen check post around 9am by a joint team comprising Senapati police, CRPF, and…
Silchar: A Border Security Force (BSF) head constable died allegedly by suicide using his service rifle while on duty at an observatory along the international border in Assam‘s Sribhumi district on Saturday evening.The deceased was identified as Prem Kumar (44), a resident of Punjab and a member of the 171 Battalion of the BSF under…
Agartala: Tripura Police has issued a directive prohibiting its personnel from creating or sharing social media content while in uniform.The order, issued by Namit Pathak, superintendent of police (West district), highlights concerns about how such activities might affect the dignity and reputation of the police force.The directive follows observations that some personnel have been posting…
Aizawl: A Mizoram court has convicted two BSF personnel of gang-raping a woman and pouring acid on her face in a bid to blind her and erase evidence linking them to the crime near a border outpost in Mamit district back in 2017.Additional district and sessions judge Sylvie Z Ralte convicted Nilanjan Das and Dinesh…
Agriculture minister Pijush Hazarika holds a review meeting Guwahati: Agriculture minister Pijush Hazarika on Sunday warned seed and fertiliser suppliers of criminal action and license cancellation over delay in supply.The minister, during a review meeting of the agriculture department on Sunday in Guwahati, emphasised that seed and fertiliser distribution must be transparent, ordering that high-quality…
