Silchar: Pre-monsoon showers have thrown life out of gear in Assam’s Barak Valley town, causing waterlogging in several low-lying areas of Silchar and exposing persistent gaps in drainage and civic preparedness.Localities in the New Silchar area, especially lanes near Link Road, remained submerged on Saturday, forcing residents to wade through stagnant water. Commuting has become…
Arija Ahmed during the HSLC examination Dhubri: Arija Ahmed, a specially-abled girl from Kurshakati village in Dhubri district, has proven that determination knows no bounds.She secured first division with a letter in Assam’s High School Leaving Certificate Examination (HSLC), the result of which was announced last month.Arija, daughter of Ayub Ali and Raushanara Begum, was…
Guwahati: Reiterating concerns over the persistent occurrence of road accidents in Assam, chief secretary Ravi Kota has outlined priority measures to improve road safety, focusing on enforcement, infrastructure upgrades and emergency response systems.The directions followed a state-level road safety review meeting in which officials assessed accident rates across all 35 districts for the first quarter…
Shillong: A high-intensity constituency development workshop hosted by the Meghalaya assembly was held at the State Convention Centre in Shillong on Friday to equip legislators with “data-driven tools” to address local challenges and accelerate constituency-level development.Organised by the Meghalaya Institute of Governance in partnership with the Government Innovation Lab, the Harvard Growth Lab, the State…
Aizawl: A fresh influx of over 150 refugees from Myanmar has reached Zokhawthar village in Mizoram’s Champhai district after a devastating airstrike on Khawpuichhip village in Falam township of Chin state killed seven people, including six children, on Friday.Village leaders in Zokhawthar, speaking to TOI over phone, said the aerial bombing took place at around…
Guwahati: Senior AICC leaders overseeing the Assam elections met on Saturday to finalise Congress’s strategy for counting day, with Assam election co-incharge and Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar, saying the party is on alert to “protect its candidates” from alleged BJP “mischief”.After the closed-door meeting at a city hotel, Shivakumar told reporters that BJP, fearing…
Dimapur: Two Naga villages — one belonging to the Angami Naga tribe and the other to the Ao Naga tribe — celebrated 25 years of brotherhood at Ungma village under Mokokchung district on Saturday.To reaffirm their commitment for the future, the two villages formally adopted the ‘Ungma Declaration’, pledging to continuously strengthen and carry forward…
Agartala: Tripura CM Manik Saha signed a reform-oriented MoU with the central govt under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) 2.0, extending the mission deadline to Dec 2028 to achieve 100% rural tap water connectivity in the state.The revised timeline targets “Har Ghar Jal” within two years for Tripura. The state has already covered 86.34% of rural…
Guwahati: Blood-stained clothes that Samim Ahmed was wearing and had disposed of before fleeing the spot of the fatal road accident that claimed three lives on Apr 26 was recovered by the police on Friday from a location near the accident spot at Mathaghari in Guwahati, police said.The mobile phone of one of the deceased…
Guwahati: A major rally was organised in the Panbazar area on International Labour Day under a presidium comprising representatives from multiple trade unions. The rally drew large numbers of workers and activists, swelling into a significant gathering as it progressed.Participants raised slogans demanding stronger protection of workers’ rights and changes to labour policy. “We demand…
