Silchar: A Border Security Force (BSF) head constable died allegedly by suicide using his service rifle while on duty at an observatory along the international border in Assam‘s Sribhumi district on Saturday evening.The deceased was identified as Prem Kumar (44), a resident of Punjab and a member of the 171 Battalion of the BSF under…
Agartala: Tripura Police has issued a directive prohibiting its personnel from creating or sharing social media content while in uniform.The order, issued by Namit Pathak, superintendent of police (West district), highlights concerns about how such activities might affect the dignity and reputation of the police force.The directive follows observations that some personnel have been posting…
Aizawl: A Mizoram court has convicted two BSF personnel of gang-raping a woman and pouring acid on her face in a bid to blind her and erase evidence linking them to the crime near a border outpost in Mamit district back in 2017.Additional district and sessions judge Sylvie Z Ralte convicted Nilanjan Das and Dinesh…
Agriculture minister Pijush Hazarika holds a review meeting Guwahati: Agriculture minister Pijush Hazarika on Sunday warned seed and fertiliser suppliers of criminal action and license cancellation over delay in supply.The minister, during a review meeting of the agriculture department on Sunday in Guwahati, emphasised that seed and fertiliser distribution must be transparent, ordering that high-quality…
Shillong: IIM Shillong and the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Warangal, Telangana, jointly hosted the sixth phase of the ‘Yuva Sangam’ under the Centre’s ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ (EBSB) initiative in Shillong.Held between June 8 to 12, the five-day event brought together 46 students and five faculty coordinators from Telangana, providing them with an experience…
Silchar: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday arrested a senior section engineer of the NFR’s Carriage and Wagon (C&W) department in Silchar for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 from a contractor.According to a CBI statement, the agency registered a case against the railway engineer, Kuntal Chakraborty, on Saturday following a complaint…
Guwahati: All Assam Motor Transport Association (AAMTA) has written to the commissioner of transport, urging a minimum 70% hike in public transport fares, citing the recent petrol and diesel price hikes.The fare was revised in 2019, with state govt approving a 25% fare increase. The association said diesel prices have increased by over 45% since…
Guwahati: Tezpur University and Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi Regional Institute of Mental Health (LGBRIMH), Tezpur, recently signed an MoU to support academic excellence, research cooperation, and capacity building in mental health, education, and related disciplines.The MoU was signed at the LGBRIMH premises. From Tezpur University, registrar (i/c) Prof. Chandan Goswami and from LGBRIMH deputy director Dr….
Guwahati: Housing and urban affairs minister Kaushik Rai inspected drainage systems at several artificial flood-prone localities across the city, and inspected the ongoing Silsako restoration and flood management works and other drainage projects on Sunday.He said one of Guwahati’s most significant anti-waterlogging initiatives, the revival of Silsako Beel, is nearing completion and is expected to…
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