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Silchar: With the monsoon round the corner, water resources department (WRD) has stepped up preparedness across the Barak Valley, focusing on embankment safety and rapid response systems to minimise flood risks.At a high-level review meeting held in Silchar on Friday, additional chief engineer Atul Patowary asked officials to maintain “proactive alertness” and ensure that all…

Dibrugarh: Assam Rifles troops on Friday apprehended three cadres of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (Independent) from Shangnyu village in Mon district of Nagaland. Four live grenades were also recovered from the cadres’ possession.The three apprehended cadres have been identified as self-styled lieutenant Gajendra Asom (35), a resident of Tezpur in Assam, self-styled…

Guwahati: Gauhati high court on Friday rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Congress leader Pawan Khera in connection with a forgery and criminal case lodged against him by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife, Riniki Bhuyan Sharma.A single-judge bench of Justice Parthivjyoti Saikia observed that the case could not be termed as defamation simpliciter…

GUWAHATI: Three persons — one Tangkhul Naga and two Kuki-Zo — were shot dead, and at least five other Kuki-Zo, including women, were injured in two separate gunfights between rival Naga and Kuki armed groups in Manipur’s Ukhrul district on Friday morning.Simultaneously, a faction of the NSCN, the NSCN (Aleng Group), claimed to have killed…

GUWAHATI: A Nagaon court on Friday sentenced 20 convicts to life imprisonment in the 2018 lynching of two youths from Guwahati in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district.Nagaon district sessions judge DJ Mahanta had on Monday convicted 20 of the 45 accused under various provisions of the IPC, including murder by members of an unlawful assembly, rioting,…

Aizawl: Altogether 240 members of the Bnei Menashe community from Mizoram reached Ben-Gurion airport at around 12am on Friday (Israel time), the first group to arrive at Israel since the govt decided in Nov to fund the immigration of around 6,000 members of the community.Chawimawii, who arrived in Tel Aviv early this morning, told TOI…

Dibrugarh: The Dibrugarh Municipal Corporation (DMC) has launched a cleaning drive of the Dibrugarh Town Protection (DTP) drain ahead of the monsoon, which is expected to arrive in the first week of June.Mayor Saikat Patra on Friday said the cleaning of the drain is being carried out on a priority basis given the city’s recurring…

Guwahati: A 2.5-yea-old child was killed in a road accident in Guwahati’s Paltanbazar area on Friday, triggering chaos and public outrage at the scene.The deceased toddler has been identified as Rahela Khatun. Police said the incident occurred when a speeding vehicle hit the child.“She was rushed for medical treatment but succumbed to her injuries. The…

Dibrugarh: Waris Punjab De chief and Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh, currently lodged at the Dibrugarh Police Station under Punjab Police custody, underwent trial proceedings on Friday through video-conferencing in connection with the recovery of unauthorised electronic devices from the NSA cell of Dibrugarh Central Jail on Feb 17, 2024.The hearing was conducted before judicial…

Silchar: Assam Rifles, in coordination with Cachar police and a field intelligence team, dismantled a narco-arms module in the Banskandi area of the district, officials said on Friday.Acting on specific intelligence inputs, the joint team launched a swift raid, recovering a factory-made pistol with four rounds of ammunition. Narcotics concealed in soap cases, weighing around…