Guwahati: The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Assam govt and a former district superintendent of police in an appeal challenging the Gauhati high court’s refusal to order a CBI probe into allegations of custodial torture of a youth in 2023, who later died by suicide allegedly due to “mental pressure”.Advocate Arif Jwadder said,…
Silchar: A fast-track court in Silchar has sentenced a 24-year-old woman to life imprisonment for murdering her two minor daughters in a case that had shocked residents of Cachar district.Additional sessions judge (fast-track court) Bankim Sharma on Thursday convicted Azmira Begum Laskar and awarded her life term along with a fine of Rs 20,000. In…
Guwahati: Lawyers of Congress leader Pawan Khera on Friday wrote to the Gauhati High Court chief justice seeking his intervention in preventing ‘serious miscarriage of justice’ in Khera’s anticipatory bail plea, which was rejected by a single-judge bench on Friday. They also requested the recall of the rejection and a rehearing of the plea afresh.Khera’s…
Silchar: Dr Atanu Nath, an assistant professor of physics at Tihu College and a native of Lala in Assam’s Hailakandi district, has been named among the recipients of the 2026 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, widely dubbed the “Oscars of Science”.Nath is part of the international Muon g-2 collaboration involving CERN, Brookhaven National Laboratory and…
Family members claim the body of a civilian Imphal: The bodies of three civilians, who were killed in firing by security forces following violent protests in the wake of the Tronglaobi bomb attack on April 7, were on Friday taken from the RIMS mortuary in Imphal for their final rites.The three persons — identified as…
Churachandpur: Several thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from non-camp settlements protested at the Wall of Remembrance here on Friday, alleging the govt has failed to provide any cash or material assistance and demanded parity with camp-based IDPs.The protest, held under the banner of Joint IDPs Churachandpur, saw hundreds of participants carrying placards reading, ‘No…
NorthEast United’s Jithin MS (black jersey) in action against FC Goa in Guwahati on Friday Continuing their resurgence, FC Goa made it a hat-trick of wins in Guwahati on Friday, and the 2-0 victory against NorthEast United FC catapulted them to the second spot of the Indian Super League (ISL) table.With 19 points from 10…
Shillong: The East Khasi Hills district administration has banned illegal mining and quarrying in the hill slopes and removal of sand from river beds without valid permits with immediate effect due to adverse effects on the environment, aquatic life and public health.In an order issued on April 23, district magistrate in-charge HML Kynta said it…
Silchar: A shocking hit-and-run incident on a busy arterial road in Sribhumi town left two pedestrians critically injured after a speeding four-wheeler allegedly lost control and rammed multiple vehicles on Thursday morning.According to local sources, the car was moving at high speed along the main road when the driver suddenly lost control. The vehicle first…
Guwahati: After days of anxiety triggered by a fake notification and rumours about incorrect result dates, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced that the Class XII state board examination results will be declared on April 28.Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB) officials said the results will be released in the morning on April 28…
