Shillong: As many as 194 traffic rule violation cases were detected in Shillong over in a single night, leading to the collection of over Rs 2 lakh in fines, police said on Sunday, reports Manosh Das.“As part of efforts to strengthen traffic enforcement, improve road discipline and ensure safer streets, East Khasi Hills police conducted…
Silchar: Cachar police arrested two persons, including a former gram panchayat president, and seized a large quantity of suspected drugs from the Sonai area of Cachar district.Acting on intelligence inputs, a team from Sonai police station conducted a raid at in New Ramnagar on Saturday. During the raid, 33-year-old Sabina Yasmin Barbhuiya, former president of…
Dibrugarh: Tarun Kapoor, advisor to the Prime Minister and former secretary of the ministry of petroleum and natural gas, recently conducted a comprehensive review of two of the most strategically significant energy projects in the northeast — the Numaligarh Refinery Expansion Project (NREP) and the Assam Bio-Ethanol Private Limited (ABEPL) plant.He visited Numaligarh Refinery Limited…
Imphal: Thousands of people seeking answers on key issues in strife-torn Manipur clashed with police in Imphal on Saturday after they were stopped from marching to the chief minister’s residence.The protest march was called by the Coordinating Committee on Manipur Integrity (Cocomi). Security was tightened across the city, with barricades erected at Keishampat Junction, Singjamei…
Associations Flag Hurdles That Staff Shortage Could Pose Guwahati: A major crisis is building at Assam’s degree colleges after the state higher education department directed principals of provincialised and govt colleges to remove contractual teachers and non-teaching staff.The move has triggered strong opposition from teachers’ and employees’ associations, which warned that colleges will face severe…
Guwahati: A 27-year-old teacher from the city, who had gone missing on Friday, was found in Meghalaya on Saturday. Cops said she left home due to mental distress owing to challenges in her personal and professional life.According to police, Bhabana Sharma was on her way to a private school to collect her pending salary on…
Guwahati: IMD has issued yellow and orange alerts for several districts of Assam for the next four days. On Saturday, the Assam State Disaster Management Authority advised people in Guwahati to remain cautious after heavy storms hit several parts of the state yet again.Earlier this week, Guwahati witnessed severe artificial flooding after record-breaking Apr rainfall.IMD…
Guwahati: A popular Bihu dancer was killed and several members of her troupe were injured in a head-on collision between their vehicle and a trailer in Assam’s Tamulpur district, police said on Saturday.The accident took place on Friday night. The deceased has been identified as Nishamoni Haloi (25).About 30 people from a Bihu troupe, ‘Bhaskarjyoti…
Itanagar: A junior engineer of the public works department died on the spot when a tree, uprooted due to heavy rainfall and strong winds, fell on the vehicle he was travelling in along the Potin-Posa stretch of the highway in Arunachal’s Keyi Panyor district around 8am on Saturday, police said.Keyi Panyor SP Angad Mehta said…
Guwahati: Assam chief secretary Ravi Kota on Saturday chaired a meeting with officials to assess steps taken to cover open manholes and drains and install barricades at identified high-risk locations to prevent accidents.A govt release said departments were asked to secure all vulnerable points. The review examined preparedness across departments for flood management, drainage and…
