Aizawl: Two BJP MLAs and the lone Congress legislator in the state will abstain from voting in the Mizoram Rajya Sabha election on Thursday.The main opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) appealed to both the parties to support its candidate.Mizoram has only one Rajya Sabha seat. The state assembly has 40 members.A state BJP leader said…
Imphal: Three injured Kuki youths, whose admission to the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS) in Imphal had triggered protests, were shifted out of the hospital shortly after midnight on Wednesday under tight security.Sources said they have been transferred to the surgical ward of Churachandpur district hospital.While other Kuki patients have undergone or are undergoing…
Dhubri: A dilapidated RCC bridge over the Biskhowa rivulet in Biskhowa village under the Golokganj sector of the Indo-Bangladesh border in Dhubri district has become a major source of inconvenience for residents of several border villages.Border villagers alleged that the bridge was constructed in 2001 when late Dinesh Chandra Sarker represented the Golokganj legislative constituency….
Guwahati: A team of Assam Police from Baksa district arrested a couple in Nashik, Maharashtra, and rescued seven women, including two minors, in an alleged human trafficking operation.The accused were identified as Nabajit Das and his wife Runita Baumatary, residents of Mushalpur town in Baksa district. Police said the couple had been staying in Nashik,…
Dibrugarh: A three-hour downpour Wednesday morning caused waterlogging in half of the city, exposing Dibrugarh’s drainage infrastructure just days after the southwest monsoon made its seasonal arrival in the state.Heavy rainfall beginning at 7am inundated 11 of the city’s 22 wards, turning major roads into rivers and forcing residents to wade through knee-deep water in…
Image used for representational purposes (PTI image) AIZAWL: A court here sentenced two BSF personnel on Tuesday to a total 42 years’ rigorous imprisonment (20 years, 10 years and 12 years each under different charges) and fined them Rs 60,000 each for gang-raping a woman and throwing acid on her face in 2017. The sentences…
Guwahati: The Kamrup (Metro) district administration has launched an eviction drive along the approach road to Guwahati airport, demolishing roadside structures where commercial activity was allegedly being conducted in violation of govt norms, amid buzz over a possible visit by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi next month.There is speculation that Takaichi and Prime Minister Narendra…
Dibrugarh: Workers of Mohanbari Tea Estate in Dibrugarh held a one-hour demonstration on Tuesday, pressing the garden management on a range of demands, including cash payment of wages, provision of firewood and repair of workers’ quarters.The agitation was organised by the Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS). Workers raised slogans during the demonstration and listed several…
Guwahati: Assam’s Unesco Heritage Site, Manas National Park and Tiger Reserve, once ravaged by poaching and insurgency-linked wildlife losses, has recorded zero cases of rhino and tiger poaching for three consecutive years, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Tuesday.Calling it a significant conservation achievement, Sarma said the feat reflected the state’s sustained efforts to…
Guwahati: Locals in Nalbari foiled an attempted abduction of a schoolgirl on Tuesday morning, and captured two suspects who were later handed over to police after being beaten by an angry crowd.The incident occurred near Sariahtali, close to Nalbari town, when a schoolteacher was taking his 7-year-old daughter to her school on a bicycle. Two…
