Guwahati: Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang said on Wednesday that the state govt had conducted a detailed assessment of glacial lakes and the risks they pose following the devastating Oct 2023 flood.Speaking to the media after inaugurating the newly constructed Sikkim Guest House in Guwahati, Tamang said the state was working with the Centre on…
Guwahati: Byrnihat, a small industrial town on the Assam-Meghalaya border, ranked last among cities with populations below three lakh in the latest Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan, the Centre’s annual clean-air ranking.The ranking comes amid the town’s longstanding struggle with air pollution. Byrnihat scored 108.5, the lowest among the 40 cities in its population category.The town was…
Silchar: The first inter-departmental review meeting at the newly operational Barak Valley Secretariat was held here on Wednesday under the chairmanship of Cachar guardian minister Krishnendu Paul, with roads and major infrastructure projects across Cachar, Hailakandi and Sribhumi dominating the discussions.The five-to-six-hour meeting, convened following chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s direction to make the secretariat…
Guwahati: Vice-President C P Radhakrishnan on Wednesday described Arunachal Pradesh as strategically vital to India, saying the people of the border state played a crucial role in safeguarding the country’s territorial integrity.Addressing a special session of Arunachal Pradesh assembly in Itanagar, Radhakrishnan said the security of the rest of the country was closely linked to…
Guwahati: Police on Wednesday seized the refrigerator in which Ramanuj Goswami had kept his wife’s severed head after killing her with a machete on Sept 3. The seizure was carried out in the presence of a magistrate, following a recreation of the crime scene at the couple’s flat at Basisthapur in Beltola.According to police, Ramanuj…
Dhubri: Golakganj Police arrested a madrassa teacher from Halakura in Dhubri district for his alleged involvement in financial transactions linked to cybercrime cases registered across the country.The accused, Mohammad Ali of Dighaltari village, teaches at a madrassa in the Halakura area.Police said an inquiry into suspected cyber fraud transactions found that the money trail in…
Guwahati: Tensions escalated in Fancy Bazar on Wednesday as the ban on roadside vending on key stretches of the commercial hub continued, with street vendors protesting over being denied space to conduct business.Fancy Bazar’s HB Road, MS Road and SS Road were declared no vending zones by housing and urban affairs minister Kaushik Rai in…
Dibrugarh: A 62-year-old businessman, Pawan Jain alias Punia, was found dead inside the bathroom of a house near his residence in Dhakuakhana town in Lakhimpur district on Tuesday night, hours after his family reported him missing.Police have arrested three members of a family in connection with the case and launched a search for another suspected…
Guwahati: Assam has achieved 99.5% of its oil palm plantation target for the previous month and set a target of bringing 20,000 bighas of land under ‘makhana’ cultivation this year, agriculture officials said on Wednesday.At a review meeting in Dispur, agriculture minister Pijush Hazarika directed officials to further scale up oil palm plantations while speeding…
Dibrugarh: Officials of the education department visited schools across Tinsukia district on Wednesday and physically checked the weight of students’ school bags as part of an enforcement drive to ensure compliance with prescribed limits.The inspection followed instructions issued by the Tinsukia inspector of schools and district primary education officer, directing govt and private schools in…
