Dibrugarh: Tinsukia Municipal Board has given commercial building owners 10 days to clear setback violations.The public notice, issued by TMB commissioner Nayan Jyoti Nath on Tuesday, warned of strict action against owners and occupiers of commercial buildings within the municipal area if they fail to comply.The notice said every commercial building must maintain minimum setbacks…
Guwahati: In an effort to improve pedestrian safety and traffic flow, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation will soon begin redeveloping the streets of Paltan Bazar .GMC, with the Assam Urban Knowledge Hub under the Directorate of Town & Country Planning, is preparing to execute the Paltan Bazaar Street Redevelopment Project after a tactical urbanism pilot in…
Guwahati: Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) on Monday urged residents to stay alert as IMD forecast more rain for Guwahati.The India Meteorological Department predicted moderate to heavy rain, accompanied by thunderstorms and lightning, in Guwahati and adjoining areas over the next two to three days. The forecast follows a heavy rain warning issued last…
Dimapur: The Inner Line Regulation Commission (ILRC) of the Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) on Monday expressed concern over reports of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar attempting to enter and transit through various parts of the northeastern region.“Such developments, if left unchecked, pose serious demographic, socio-economic, cultural and security challenges to the indigenous people,” the…
Guwahati: Severe waterlogging and a landslide paralysed traffic at Jorabat on Monday, stranding hundreds of passengers for hours.The Jorabat stretch of NH-27, Guwahati’s main link to upper Assam and Meghalaya, witnessed one of its worst traffic snarls in recent months after incessant rain inundated the road, leaving parts of it covered in sludge.The regional office…
Dibrugarh: Police busted an illegal condensate theft racket in Tinsukia district in a pre-dawn raid on Monday.A joint team from the Gelaphukuri outpost and the Barekuri police station raided the site after receiving inputs about the unauthorised tapping of an Oil India Limited pipeline. Police said one accused was caught at the spot, while several…
Guwahati: Health minister Ashok Singhal on Monday said Assam was taking neonatal deaths in Barak Valley seriously.Singhal was responding during Zero Hour in the assembly to BJP’s Hailakandi MLA Milon Das, who cited a July 7 Times of India report on 148 neonatal deaths in three months in the Barak Valley. The valley comprises Hailakandi,…
Guwahati: Assam repatriated 1,679 illegal Bangladeshi immigrants in the last two years, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said Monday.Replying to AIUDF MLA Badruddin Ajmal in the assembly, Sarma said, “A total of 1,679 illegal immigrants have been repatriated (deported/sent back/expelled) from Assam to Bangladesh in the last two years.”He said the repatriations took place between July…
Imphal: The Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (Cocomi) on Monday announced full support for the United Naga Council’s (UNC) ongoing inter-district economic blockade, citing continued violence in Manipur and a fresh arson attack in Imphal West.COCOMI’s announcement came two days after at least five houses were set ablaze at Kanto Sabal in Imphal West. In…
Dimapur: An Assam Rifles (AR) jawan was killed and four others were seriously injured in a suspected IED blast near Sukhovi village of Chumoukedima district in Nagaland on Monday.A civilian sustained a minor leg injury in the explosion, which took place at around 2 pm.Eyewitnesses said the blast appeared to have originated from an autorickshaw…
