Aizawl: District administrations of all 11 districts across Mizoram are nearing completion of biometric enrolment of over 31,200 refugees from Myanmar and Bangladesh, state home department officials said on Sunday.Breaking down the numbers, the officials said 29,047 Myanmarese and 1,447 Bangladeshi refugees had been biometrically enrolled.While six districts – Aizawl, Champhai, Lunglei, Mamit, Khawzawl and…
The fire at the daily market caused damage estimated to run into lakhs of rupees Dibrugarh: A fire tore through the daily market in Tinsukia district’s Doomdooma town on Sunday morning, gutting seven shops and causing damage estimated to run into lakhs of rupees, officials said. No casualties were reported in the incident.According to residents,…
Dibrugarh: Sivasagar police, led by SSP Papori Chetia, on Sunday carried out an area domination exercise along the inter-state border with Nagaland, walking on foot across rugged terrain to assess security arrangements and reinforce police presence in the sensitive border belt.The exercise was carried out to maintain peace, security and public order along the Assam-Nagaland…
Shillong: The summer harvest of organic agricultural produce — including tomatoes, pineapples, litchis, radishes and other fruits and vegetables abundantly grown in the hillside farmyards in Meghalaya — drew large number of consumers to the sixth edition of the farmers’ market in Shillong on Saturday.The monthly market, organised by 1917 iTEAMS under the state dept…
Dibrugarh: Union minister of ports, shipping and waterways Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday said India had witnessed progress in development, governance and public welfare during the 12 years of PM Narendra Modi’s tenure, and called on citizens to contribute towards the goal of building a developed India by 2047.Referring to the northeast, Sonowal said the region…
Guwahati: Assam govt will launch a comprehensive two-month survey of Guwahati’s roadside vendors in August to analyse their trade and places of domicile. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma announced on Saturday that the initiative aims to identify the entities controlling operations for an estimated one lakh street traders in Guwahati.“One by one we will take census-type…
Guwahati: The advent of the monsoon has sparked a Japanese Encephalitis (JE) surge in Assam, with four JE deaths confirmed at the GMCH so far this month. GMCH officials on Saturday confirmed that the latest victim was a youth from Panikhaiti, near Guwahati, who died on Saturday due to JE.The 30-year-old Narbahadur Chetry from Panikhaiti…
Guwahati: Assam cabinet on Saturday banned fresh Aadhaar enrolment for people above 18 years, after several districts reported crossing saturation levels. Aadhaar cards will, however, continue to be issued to those below 18 years of age.The unusual figures have triggered serious apprehensions that illegal immigrants may be gaining access to Aadhaar cards, prompting the govt…
Kangkan KalitaGuwahati: A new scientific study by Kaziranga National Park (KNP) has confirmed that the Greater Hog Badger is thriving in its natural habitat, park officials said on Saturday. Locally known as ‘Mati Gahori’, this nocturnal burrowing mammal is a globally Vulnerable species protected under Schedule I of India’s Wildlife Protection Act.Kaziranga National Park and…
Guwahati: Residents of the Doordarshan Colony in the city’s Borbari area were left shaken after a burglar allegedly targeted two flats, looting valuables on Friday evening, police said.“During the investigation, we found that only a single person had carried out the entire burglary,” said a police officer from Dispur Police Station.Officers didn’t reveal anything on…
