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…
Dibrugarh: An important chapter in Jorhat’s administrative history is set to close as the city’s iconic 112-year-old Ronga Bhavan prepares to cease functioning as the district commissioner’s office after more than a century.The Victorian-style red-brick building, constructed in 1914 during the British period, is set to fall silent as the Jorhat district administration shifts to…
Agartala: The upcoming village committee elections under the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council are set for a competitive but uneven contest, with TIPRA Motha emerging as the dominant force after the completion of the nomination process.According to State Election Commission data, TIPRA Motha candidates have filed nominations for 4,390 of the 4,597 seats across…
Guwahati: More than 150 farmers, grassroots practitioners, NGO representatives and development professionals gathered at Gauhati University on Tuesday for a two-day national conference on using indigenous knowledge, clean energy and grassroots innovations to address biodiversity loss, climate change and land degradation.The conference, titled “Indigenous Traditional Knowledge, Clean Energy & Grassroots Innovation to Policy Solutions for…
Guwahati: The last rites of renowned Manipuri musician Chongtham Vikram Singh were performed in Imphal on Wednesday after his mortal remains were flown in from Delhi around noon.Family members and friends described his death as a major loss for Manipur and the music fraternity. His younger brother, Chongtham Vivek Singh, urged govt to ensure that…
Silchar: Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with the Customs department and Cachar police, seized around 1.5 lakh Yaba tablets valued at Rs 45 crore from a truck near Lalpani in Cachar district on Tuesday evening, officials said.Acting on specific inputs about suspected inter-state narcotics trafficking, the joint team intercepted the truck bearing a Manipur…
Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh civil aviation department, in coordination with Indian Air Force (IAF), airlifted two critically injured patients from Mechuka in Shi-Yomi district to Mohanbari in Assam’s Dibrugarh on Tuesday.The emergency airlift was initiated after Mechuka circle officer Ritu Tawe made an urgent request for evacuation, citing the life-threatening condition of two locals, Yajap…
Aizawl: The Centre has cleared the appointment of Mizoram Judicial Service officer Helen Dawngliani as an additional judge of Gauhati High Court, officials said on Wednesday.The appointment notification was issued on Tuesday, following the Supreme Court Collegium’s recommendation on Aug 18 of Dawngliani and Nagaland-based advocate Nchumbemo Mozhui for elevation to the high court.Dawngliani will…
Aizawl: Gauhati High Court has acquitted a Mizoram man convicted in a case involving the alleged seizure of 894.18 grams of heroin, holding that the prosecution failed to establish his conscious possession of the contraband.A single bench of Justice Kaushik Goswami on Sept 1 set aside the conviction and 10-year prison sentence imposed on Lalrosanga…
