Rupamoni was also the first among the 11 team members to set foot on Everest Guwahati: When the Indo-Tibetan Border Police’s (ITBP) first-ever all-women team made history by summiting Mount Everest on May 21, it was a proud moment for Assam, too, as Rupamoni Gorh became the state’s first woman to conquer the world’s highest…
Guwahati: Eidgah management committees in several Assam districts have announced there will be no cow sacrifice this Eid-ul-Zuha on May 28, a move CM Himanta Biswa Sarma praised as a “voluntary decision” respecting majority community sentiments.Sarma on Saturday posted on social media, “Eidgah and Kabristan management committees in places like Hojai, Dhubri, Bongaigaon, Udharbond, and…
Dhubri: Former two-time MLA from Bilasipara (West) in Assam, Ali Akbar Mian, was arrested on Saturday over an alleged social media post on ‘qurbani’ (cow slaughter) and CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.Sources said Mian allegedly wrote that if police came or interfered during ‘qurbani’, they would be slaughtered. Sources said he allegedly used indecent words against…
Guwahati: Assam police on Friday night busted an alleged cybercrime network in the Kalgachia area in Assam’s Barpeta district and seized a massive cache of identity documents, smart cards and electronic devices during the special operation. One person was also arrested during the operation.The arrested individual has been identified as Rabbul- Al Amin, son of…
Vigilance and anti-corruption team recovers cash as it arrests Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer Lachit Kumar Das for allegedly accepting a bribe, in Guwahati on Friday Guwahati: The total amount seized from Assam Civil Service officer Lachit Kumar Das, who was earlier arrested on graft charges, has gone up to Rs 1.66 crore in cash…
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday met the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi and held extensive discussions on the state’s future growth trajectory, infrastructure expansion, and long-term economic development roadmap Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday met Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi to chart out the…
Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi addresses a press conference regarding price hike of essential commodities, in Guwahati on Saturday Guwahati: Raijor Dal (RD) chief and Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi on Saturday demanded the immediate resignation of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Gaurav Gogoi following the party’s defeat in the assembly polls.RD contested as part…
Guwahati: The Indian Air Force (IAF) on Saturday evacuated 132 stranded NCC cadets of Assam from Imphal after sudden road blockades disrupted their return journey following the conclusion of the NER NCC Flying Camp on Wednesday.The National Cadet Corps stated on X, “In view of the prevailing situation in Manipur, cadets from Jorhat and Guwahati…
Manipur CM Khemchand Yumnam in a meeting with a delegation of the United Naga Council at the secretariat in Imphal on Saturday Guwahati: Manipur CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Saturday announced that the case relating to six Naga villagers abducted by armed militants will be handed over to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).The announcement was…
PWD minister Vanlalhlana opened two bridges, one over the Langkaih river (in pic) and the other on the Bairabi-Zamuang road on Friday Aizawl: Mizoram PWD minister Vanlalhlana has inaugurated two key bridges — one over the Langkaih river at the Mizoram-Tripura interstate border and the other, Teirei bridge, on the Bairabi-Zamuang road, connecting Kolasib and…
