Imphal: Protests erupted in Imphal on Monday, increasing pressure on the Centre and the Manipur govt to implement the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state before before undertaking the census exercise.Under the banner of the Campaign for Just and Fair Delimitation (JFD), students of TG Higher Secondary School held a protest demonstration in…
Shillong: The Composite Regional Centre for Skill Development, Rehabilitation and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (CRCSRE), Shillong, in collaboration with the Voice of Specially Abled People (VOSAP), distributed smart glasses to persons with visual impairment at Lok Bhavan here on Monday.Fifteen smart glasses were distributed to beneficiaries associated with CRCSRE Shillong to empower persons with…
Imphal: Manipur chief minister Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Monday chaired a Combined Headquarters (Unified Command) security meeting at the CM Secretariat in Imphal to review the law-and-order situation across the state.The security situation along the state’s national highways was also discussed at the meeting, which was attended by chief secretary Puneet Kumar Goel, security adviser…
Guwahati: A Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) eviction drive in the Bhangagarh area turned violent when street vendors allegedly attacked civic workers, prompting a police complaint.The incident occurred around 2 am recently near Gauhati Medical College and Hospital, where workers arrived with a backhoe loader to remove unauthorised roadside food stalls and clear public spaces. Videos…
Silchar: A 34-year-old temporary power worker died on Monday after falling from an electricity pole while carrying out repair work at Badarpurghat in Sribhumi district.The deceased was identified as Ajay Kumar Pandit, also known as Sachin, a resident of Hill Colony in Badarpur. He was employed as a temporary lineman under APDCL’s Badarpur sub-divisional office.According…
Cleaning work at a flood-hit school in Sivasagar Guwahati/Dibrugarh: Classes resumed on Monday in four flood-hit Upper Assam districts, but muddy campuses and health risks persisted at several schools.Sivasagar, Charaideo, Golaghat and Jorhat reopened schools 10 days after classes resumed elsewhere. Floodwaters left campuses covered in mud and potentially toxic silt, while many students remained…
The team also seized a car and a mobile phone Silchar: Assam Rifles and police seized 8.224 kg of morphine worth ₹13 crore and arrested a suspected peddler in Sribhumi on Monday.The seizure was made in Badarpur during a joint operation with Cachar and Sribhumi police as part of an ongoing crackdown on drug trafficking,…
Image Used For Representational Purpose Only GUWAHATI: At least 18 Assamese villagers were injured, four of them critically, after unidentified men from the Arunachal Pradesh side opened fire during a confrontation along the disputed Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border, triggering fresh tension between the two neighbouring states.The incident, which reportedly stemmed from a dispute over alleged encroachment…
Assam grapples with a dire flood emergency as fatalities reach one hundred, affecting approximately 1.4 lakh individuals across seven districts GUWAHATI: Assam’s flood situation remained critical on Monday, with the death toll rising to 100 after two more fatalities were reported in the past 24 hours, while nearly 1.4 lakh people across seven districts continued…
Guwahati: Assam Royal Global University marked National Handloom Day on Friday with an industry-academia programme on sustainable fashion and entrepreneurship.The Royal School of Fashion Design and Technology organised the event with the Institution’s Innovation Council and Entrepreneurship Cell and was supported by the Foundation for MSME Clusters.Speakers included fashion entrepreneur Robert Naorem, former Handloom and…
