Inter-state drug dealer held with heroin in Guwahati GUWAHATI: Assam Police’s Special Task Force (STF) arrested an inter-state drug dealer and seized heroin worth Rs 80 crore during a raid in Guwahati on Friday.The accused, who is from Punjab, had been staying in Guwahati to collect a drug consignment.In a post on X, CM Himanta…
At Khatpar Satra in Sivasagar, conservators assessed nearly 68 manuscripts, including the historic ‘Maharaj Prithu Naat’ Guwahati: Assam’s flood-soaked manuscripts and artefacts are in a race for survival as conservators fan out across Sivasagar, Nazira and Charaideo in a race against time.The Directorate of Museums, Assam, has intensified conservation efforts in the flood-hit districts and…
A tribal students’ union suspended its blockade against Arunachal Pradesh after 48 hours’ notice GUWAHATI: A tribal students’ union in Assam enforcing a blockade against neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh agreed to suspend its agitation Thursday after giving the state govt 48 hours to arrest four suspects in Monday’s firing targeting a border village of Dhemaji district.The…
Sets 48-Hr Deadline For Arrests Of 4 ‘Perpetrators’Guwahati: The Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK) has temporarily lifted its road and economic blockade against Arunachal Pradesh after a series of meetings with two Assam cabinet ministers, Ranoj Pegu and Atul Bora, and representatives of the neighbouring state on Thursday.The Mising students’ union has given the Assam…
Dimapur: The Naga Students Federation (NSF) has asked its federating units and subordinate bodies to ensure that schools and educational institutions within their respective jurisdictions do not send students to participate in the Independence Day programmes, voicing its opposition to Centre’s order for mandatory playing or singing of the revised version of the national song…
Aizawl: Mizoram Police and the state excise and narcotics department officials seized 1.280 kg of heroin and 18.520 kg of marijuana (cannabis) in four operations this week this week and arrested six people, official sources said on Thursday.H Ramthlengliana, inspector general of police (IGP) and chief public relations officer of Mizoram Police, said officals of…
Itanagar: One person died and four others were injured after a vehicle carrying up to seven people lost control and plunged into the Lohit river in Arunachal Pradesh’s Anjaw district on Thursday morning.Authorities suspect the vehicle may have been carrying more passengers than initially reported, triggering an intensive search and rescue operation along the riverbank…
Aizawl: A 41-year-old man has been arrested in Mizoram’s Kolasib district for allegedly poaching and killing a serow, the state animal, and possessing its meat and body parts, the state environment, forests and climate change department officials said on Thursday.The accused, identified as RT Thanga, a resident of Kawnpui’s Hmar Veng locality, was arrested during…
Aizawl: Representatives of major political parties and civil society groups in the Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC) have opposed the sidelining of the council’s elected representatives from the Independence Day event at Kamalanagar, the CADC headquarters.They expressed concern that the Mizoram government had not designated an elected representative from the state or the CADC to…
Itanagar: A delegation of the All Arunachal Pradesh Students’ Union (AAPSU) on Thursday set out for Taksing, a remote border village in Upper Subansiri district, amid concerns over alleged activities of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) along the international frontier.The delegation, led by AAPSU general secretary Mato Bui, was flagged off from the union’s headquarters…
