Dibrugarh: Heavy and continuous rainfall triggered major landslides at three separate locations along NH-315 (A) on Tuesday, raising fears that road connectivity between Assam’s Dibrugarh district and Arunachal Pradesh’s Tirap district could be completely severed at any moment.The highway which connects Jeypore in Dibrugarh district with Deomali and Khonsa in Tirap district has seen large…
Agartala: The Tripura govt has suspended eight policemen, including the officers-in charge (OCs) of East Agartala Police Station and East Agartala Women Police Station, following observation by the high court in a custodial torture and bribery case involving Agartala Municipal Corporation (AMC).The decision comes amid heightened judicial scrutiny concerning claims that a Banamalipur resident and…
Dibrugarh: After more than seven decades of near-total isolation, the remote village of Sangwal Khamlang in Arunachal Pradesh’s Changlang district found its long-awaited link to the outside world on Tuesday, when deputy CM Chowna Mein inaugurated a motorable Steel Girder Bailey Bridge over the Rima River at Khamlang under Jairampur.For generations, residents had lived with…
Agartala: The Tripura govt has prohibited doctors at Agartala Government Medical College (AGMC) & Govind Ballabh Pant (GBP) Hospital from engaging in private medical practice, aiming to strengthen public healthcare services in the state.Cabinet spokesperson Sushanta Chowdhury said doctors at the leading govt facilities will no longer be allowed to run private clinics or provide…
Guwahati: Assam and the United Kingdom on Wednesday discussed a roadmap to deepen cooperation in investment, trade, clean energy, infrastructure and emerging technologies ahead of the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which is set to come into force on July 15.During the meeting with British Deputy High Commissioner for East and Northeast India, Dr Andrew…
Guwahati: Veteran tea planter and former Tea Board of India vice-chairman Bidyananda Barkakoty was conferred the ASSOCHAM Legacy & Heritage Excellence Award 2026 on Wednesday in recognition of his contribution to preserving and advancing one of Assam’s oldest tea-planting legacies.The award was presented by West Bengal finance minister Swapan Dasgupta at the first edition of…
Agartala: A sub-inspector of Amtali Police Station was relieved of her duties on Tuesday after being accused of involvement in an attack on the home of a health department employee in Badharghat of the city last week.A group of youths reportedly attacked the residence of Kaberi Sinha while the implicated SI, Susmita Debnath, was present…
Aizawl: Former minister and National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) member Nipuram Chakma on Tuesday staked claim to form the next executive committee in the Chakma Autonomous District Council (CADC), clearing the way for a BJP-led dispensation through an alliance with Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM).BJP and ZPM formed the Chakma Democratic Alliance Legislature Party (CDALP)…
Dibrugarh: Three National Socialist Council of Nagaland (NSCN) cadres voluntarily surrendered before the Changlang district police in Arunachal Pradesh on Monday.The surrendered individuals include two members from the National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Reformation (NSCN-R) and one from the National Socialist Council of Nagalim (NSCN-IM). They have been identified as self-styled second lieutenant of NSCN-Reformation Jongham…
DSP Kusum Basumatary (right) and Havildar Paban Kalita tender a public apology at the Billeswar Devalaya in Nalbari district on Tuesday Guwahati: Two Assam Police personnel, including a deputy superintendent of police (DSP), on Tuesday offered a public apology at the historic Billeswar Devalaya in Nalbari district over the controversy surrounding the removal of a…
