Silchar: Sribhumi police seized 5,800 suspected Yaba tablets near the India-Bangladesh border in Patharkandi on Wednesday night.Acting on intelligence, a Patharkandi police team set up a naka near the Lakshmipur gram panchayat office and intercepted an auto-rickshaw. A search led to the recovery of the tablets concealed in the vehicle, police said.Police seized the tablets,…
Dibrugarh: Six districts of Upper Assam — Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Golaghat, Charaideo and Tinsukia — reported 55 cases of Japanese encephalitis (JE) and 244 cases of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) between Jan 1 and July 15, 2026, with nine deaths attributed to JE and two to AES, according to health department data.Joint director of health…
Silchar: A power outage lasting more than 3.5 hours disrupted operations at Silchar railway station on Wednesday evening, affecting telecommunications, computerised services, the public announcement system and coach indication displays, while leaving hundreds of passengers inconvenienced.The outage began after dusk and plunged the station into darkness, forcing passengers to use mobile phone flashlights to move…
Guwahati: The Assam govt has allocated Rs 150 crore as part of the Guwahati Ring Road project to provide relief from the worsening flood problem in Jorabat, the main entry point to Guwahati from upper Assam, Barak Valley and Shillong in Meghalaya, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma told the assembly on Wednesday.“The consultant for the Ring…
Guwahati: Petroleum and LPG transporters in Manipur have given the state govt an ultimatum to eliminate extortion and illegal tax collection by various groups along the Imphal-Jiribam stretch of NH-37 by July 30, warning that they will suspend transportation of fuel and cooking gas from the following day if their demand is not met.In a…
Shillong: An unattended bag and trolley at a parking area in Khyndailad’s busy Police Bazaar triggered a bomb scare on Wednesday morning.Police rushed to the spot, cordoned off the area and stopped vehicles as a precaution.Before a bomb disposal team arrived, the owner returned and claimed the items, ending the scare. Police said he parked…
Aizawl: A 46-year-old woman from Pangbalkawn village in north Mizoram’s Kolasib district, bordering Assam, died on Tuesday after being hit by a massive landslide while returning from her farm, officials of the Kolasib District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) said on Wednesday. She is the first monsoon-related fatality reported in the state this year.Officials identified the…
Shillong: Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) Shillong Mihngi Circle on Tuesday locked an under-construction temple inside the CBI office premises at Mawdiangdiang and issued a one-week ultimatum demanding its demolition, stating that the govt land was allotted only for official use.The KSU said the CBI earlier assured the union that no religious structure would be built…
Guwahati: Housing and urban affairs minister Kaushik Rai on Tuesday directed all line departments to carry out regular drain cleaning and desilting, stressing improved coordination and faster completion of drainage works to curb waterlogging and make the city flood-free.Rai chaired a review meeting with officials of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC), Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority…
Dibrugarh: Assam governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya visited the Nagaghuli Ghat along the Brahmaputra in Dibrugarh on Wednesday as part of his ongoing tour of the district and reviewed flood control and erosion prevention measures.Acharya held detailed discussions with water resources department officials on the maintenance and long-term sustainability of the riverbank erosion control and flood…
