Aizawl: Incessant rain over the past two days triggered landslides, rockfalls and retaining wall collapses across Mizoram, disrupting road connectivity in several areas, especially in the southern part of the state, disaster management and rehabilitation department officials said on Wednesday.No loss of life or serious injury was reported so far, officials said.In Lunglei district, four…
Guwahati: A brief spell of rain on Wednesday once again exposed Guwahati’s chronic waterlogging problem, with several areas going under water after the city recorded 7.4mm rainfall.Anil Nagar, Boragaon, Maligaon and Jorabat were among the areas where water accumulated soon after the showers, slowing traffic and leaving commuters stranded. Vehicles moved cautiously through inundated stretches,…
Guwahati: Gauhati University (GU) has faced criticism for allegedly planning to spend nearly Rs 2 crore on renovating its “VIP guest house” and dining hall despite facing a financial crisis. The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) objected to the proposed expenditure.AASU president Utpal Sarma questioned the university’s priorities amid “mounting financial distress”. The university, however,…
Guwahati: Around 228 km of the 276 km border, which Assam shares with Bangladesh, has been fenced and over 38 km remained unfenced, govt informed the state Assembly on Wednesday.Implementation of the Assam Accord, border protection & development departments minister Atul Bora, replying to queries by AGP MLA Prakash Ch Das, said, “Three districts —…
Guwahati: Assam has over 31 lakh registered farmers, and the agriculture department is working in expeditious manner to increase the farmers’ registration so that all farmers can enrol and avail the benefits under the govt schemes, the govt told the state assembly on Wednesday.Replying to a query raised by BJP MLA Mrinal Saikia in the…
Guwahati: Nearly 83,000 hectares of Assam land are currently being occupied by Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Meghalaya and Mizoram, the state Assembly was informed on Wednesday.Border protection and development minister Atul Bora, replying to a query by Congress MLA Rekibuddin Ahmed, said 82,751.86 hectares across 18 Assam districts are presently under the control of the four…
Guwahati: The Assam govt on Wednesday told the assembly that suspected members of the NSCN (Nikki) allegedly attempted to collect ‘house tax’ and ‘census tax’ from villagers in Golaghat district along the inter-state border with Nagaland, but said no money was ultimately collected.Replying to a discussion, parliamentary affairs minister Pijush Hazarika said two persons from…
Guwahati: The Kamrup (Metropolitan) Regional Transport Authority has decided to take action against Assam State Transport Corporation’s green buses for repeated flouting of rules by the bus drivers.Deputy commissioner of police (traffic) Jayanta Sarathi Borah said disciplinary action was taken according to the Regional Transport Authority (RTA) Board’s directives against the drivers, including cancellation of…
Dibrugarh: Majuli, the world’s largest river island, will soon get a London-style double-decker bus to boost tourism. The announcement was made by Auniati Satra satradhikar Pitambar Dev Goswami shortly after he returned from a visit to London.Speaking to the media at Majuli on Tuesday, Goswami said the bus, currently under construction at Jalandhar in Punjab,…
Shillong: Meghalaya has achieved a milestone in school education by moving out of the lowest grade in the Performance Grading Index (PGI) 2.0 for the first time since the framework was introduced by the Union ministry of education.According to the PGI 2.0 report (2025-26), the state improved its overall score from 448 in 2024-25 to…
