Guwahati: Assam’s 2026-27 Budget has put culture and heritage at the centre of its outreach.Finance minister Jayanta Malla Baruah announced several initiatives to showcase the state’s cultural legacy nationally and globally, including a grand closing ceremony of Bharat Ratna Bhupen Hazarika’s birth centenary celebrations in New Delhi later this year.The event is being planned as…
Dibrugarh: Two alleged members of a fake Indian currency notes (FICN) racket were shot in their legs in a police encounter in Lakhimpur district early on Friday while assisting in a recovery operation.The injured, identified as Matibur Rahman and Muksabul Alom, were admitted to Lakhimpur Medical College and Hospital and are undergoing treatment under tight…
Silchar: More than 50 rare coins linked to the historic Dimasa Kingdom have been recovered in Assam‘s Dima Hasao district, in a find officials say is around 400 years old and could shed new light on the region’s medieval past.Announcing the recovery, Debolal Gorlosa, chief executive member of the Dima Hasao Autonomous Council, said the…
Dibrugarh: Sanitation workers found a human skull at a municipal garbage dump in Jorhat district on Friday, prompting a police inquiry.Workers spotted the skull while unloading a municipal collection vehicle and alerted police and district officials. A circle officer later visited the site to assess the situation.A municipal staff member said, “We were unloading the…
Guwahati: The Assam Budget 2026-27 has proposed creating around 33,240 posts across health institutions and announced a plan to deploy at least one doctor at every sub-centre during the tenure of the present govt.Finance minister Jayanta Mallabaruah, while presenting the state budget in the House on Friday, said as part of the expansion, the budget…
Guwahati: The Assam budget for 2026-27 has unveiled its most ambitious power sector expansion plan yet, lining up investments worth over Rs 77,000 crore across hydroelectric, thermal, solar, battery storage and transmission infrastructure to become power-surplus for the first time in its history and the green energy hub of northeast .The investment pipeline covers generation…
Guwahati: The budget for 2026-27 announced that Mission Basundhara 4.0 will be launched on Dec 25, with a renewed focus on securing land rights for indigenous communities and tightening eligibility for future land allotments by linking them to long-term residency in the state.Finance minister Jayanta Mallahbaruah said in his budget speech the fourth phase of…
GUWAHATI: A joint team of the Manipur Police, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Friday apprehended two persons for alleged connection with the killing of six Naga civilians from Leilon Vaiphei village in Manipur’s Kangpokpi district, a case that has deepened tensions between the Naga and Kuki-Zo communities….
Silchar: A Sribhumi court on Thursday sent a 19-year-old accused of rape and murder of an 8-year-old to judicial custody.Police from Sribhumi Sadar police station produced the accused in court and sought four days’ custody for further interrogation. The court rejected the plea and remanded him in judicial custody.The case invokes BNS Sections 140(1) —…
Guwahati: Nearly 8,000 govt schools in Assam do not meet the 30:1 pupil-teacher ratio, state education minister Ranoj Pegu told the assembly on Thursday.Pegu said 7,948 of Assam’s 44,103 state-run schools, from lower primary to higher secondary levels, do not meet the prescribed pupil-teacher ratio.Replying to Congress MLA Asif Mohammad Nazar, Pegu said the norm…
