Silchar: Cachar police arrested two absconding spa owners on Saturday night in connection with a trafficking and prostitution case.The accused — Rohit Debnath and Rupali Das — were held after a fortnight-long search, police said.Addl SP (Cachar) Manas Saikia said a special Silchar police team traced the duo to their hideouts and took them into…
Imphal: A 45-year-old man was killed in firing by suspected Naga militants at Govajang village along the IT Road in Kangpokpi district Saturday evening.The deceased has been identified as Haokholal Singsit, a resident of Govajang village. He was working in a paddy field along with his wife when the attack took place.The Committee on Tribal…
Imphal: Newly elected Manipur Rajya Sabha MP and state BJP president A Sharda Devi on Saturday said she would work to ensure that the Centre’s welfare schemes reach internally displaced persons (IDPs), particularly women and children living in relief camps across the state.Responding to questions on steps for women and children affected by the ethnic…
Aizawl: Heavy and incessant monsoon rain continues to create havoc in Mizoram, displacing over 100 families in Tlabung sub-division of Lunglei district after the Khawthlangtuipui river along the India-Bangladesh border flooded, officials of District Disaster Management Authorities (DDMAs) said on Saturday.The officials said at least 42 families were evacuated from Tlabung town, 45 families from…
Guwahati: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday inspected the ongoing modernisation work at the Assam State Zoo-cum-Botanical Garden and asked officials to study some of the country’s leading zoological parks to incorporate the best features into the project.The move comes as zoos across India are increasingly being developed not just as recreational spaces, but also…
Silchar: An eight-year-old boy drowned after falling into a deep, rainwater-filled ditch excavated for a national highway project in Assam’s Cachar district on Saturday, triggering allegations of inadequate safety measures at the construction site.The victim, Kamil Hossain Majumdar of Tarinipur Part I under Katigorah Police Station, was found in a waterlogged excavation pit dug alongside…
Shillong: Meghalaya has been put on high alert to tackle flood situations and landslips following incessant heavy rain, with CM Conrad K Sangma on Saturday directing deputy commissioners of all 12 districts to closely monitor the evolving “monsoon situation”.“I have directed the administration to remain on high alert as rain is forecast to continue, to…
Shillong: Five persons, including two siblings, died due to suffocation from toxic gases inside a well at a private construction site in the Lapalang area of Shillong on Friday evening, police informed on Saturday.The victims included two brothers who tried to rescue workers who were trapped inside the flooded well.East Khasi Hills SP Vivek Syiem…
Guwahati: Visitors to the Dr Bhupen Hazarika Samannay Kshetra in Guwahati will soon be able to take virtual selfies with the legendary singer, practise singing alongside him and experience immersive digital interactions, as the Assam govt plans to transform the memorial into a technology-driven cultural destination.Announcing the move as part of the celebrations for Hazarika’s…
Dhubri: State cultural affairs department has initiated steps to conserve a 450-year-old bell metal chariot at Ramraikuti Satra in Dhubri district, following a memorandum submitted to CM Himanta Biswa Sarma by the Heritage Conservation Society of Assam.According to sources, the department has begun the process for scientific preservation of the historic chariot. A proposal to…
