Guwahati: Assam has fortified its security arrangements for the counting of votes with 93 companies of the state armed police already deployed across districts, along with two additional CRPF companies on static duty, Assam chief electoral officer Anurag Goel said. On counting day, 85 Assault Groups will be mobilised to ensure smooth proceedings, he said.Goel…
Guwahati: Activists have opposed the felling of trees along the banks of the Deepor Beel, a Ramsar site near Guwahati, for an elevated railway corridor, even as they and the railways describe the project as necessary to prevent elephant deaths in train collisions.Environmentalists demanded that valuable trees along the four-kilometre foothill stretch be transplanted instead…
Dibrugarh: In a move to protect Dibrugarh from the relentless force of the Brahmaputra, state power minister and local MLA Prasanta Phukan on Wednesday launched a dredging operation in the Bogibeel area of Dibrugarh.The initiative aims to address the severe siltation that has recently redirected the river’s current, triggering alarming bank erosion in downstream localities…
Dibrugarh: With the cultivation season fast approaching, the district administration of Majuli has taken a step to ease the burden on farmers by relaxing fuel procurement norms, allowing them to purchase petrol and diesel in approved containers from designated petrol pumps — a relief measure that addresses a long-standing practical challenge faced by agriculturists on…
Dhubri: Dhubri police on Tuesday busted an alleged fake marksheet racket at English Education Academy in Jhagrarpar Part III village in Dhubri district.During the raid, police seized blank papers, torn mark sheets, two laptops, a computer, a printer, a paper cutting machine and other documents from the institution.A police source said the case surfaced when…
Dhubri: People of Parbatjhara sub-division of Kokrajhar district held a protest on Wednesday at Khoraghat against the prolonged delay in construction of a 4.84km road from NH-17 to Shree Shree Maa Mahamaya Snan ghat temple for over three years.Protesters alleged that the work was allotted to M/S Kusember Construction of Guwahati in 2023 with sanctioning…
Silchar: In a breakthrough in the widely reported trading scam in Assam’s Barak Valley, police have arrested alleged mastermind Jaideep Dutta from the Srikhona area under Silchar police station.Dutta, who had been evading arrest for several months, was nabbed late Tuesday night by a Tarapur police team acting on specific intelligence inputs, officials said.Cachar additional…
Guwahati: A fast track court, set up for the speedy trial of Zubeen Garg death case, on Wednesday ordered the freezing of six bank accounts either being held by accused Siddharth Sharma or operated by him.Sharma, the manager of the singer, is one of the seven accused in the case. Zubeen died while swimming in…
Aizawl: Schools across Mizoram remained closed on Tuesday as heavy rain accompanied by gusty winds battered the state, leaving a trail of destruction.Deputy commissioners in almost all districts ordered the closure of schools up to higher secondary level, citing student safety. The shutdown followed heavy rain and strong winds since Monday, with the Indian Meteorology…
Guwahati: Three women who were killed in a road accident in Guwahati on Sunday and their friend who was driving the car they were travelling in had consumed liquor worth Rs 19,000 at a bar in the city’s Bhangagarh area between 11pm on Saturday and 3am on Sunday, police said on Tuesday.Samim Ahmed, who was…
