Silchar: As many as 148 newborns died across Barak Valley in the past three months, exposing persistent gaps in maternal and neonatal healthcare, particularly in rural areas where delayed referrals, inadequate infrastructure and a shortage of specialised facilities continue to cost lives.Official figures show Cachar recorded the highest number of neonatal deaths at 74, followed…
Dibrugarh: Members of the All Adivasi Students’ Association of Assam (AASAA) took out a procession in Dibrugarh on Monday to the district commissioner’s office to press for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for the Adivasi community, a wage hike for tea garden workers and land rights for those living in gardens and rural areas.The procession moved…
Dibrugarh: The Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) on Monday held a three-hour sit-in demonstration at every district headquarters across Assam, demanding that the Centre declare the state’s recurring flood and erosion crisis a national disaster.In Dibrugarh and Tinsukia, two of the districts worst affected by riverbank erosion along the Brahmaputra, the protest drew large…
Imphal: Two Assam Rifles personnel were killed in a suspected militant ambush in Manipur’s Ukhrul district, predominantly inhabited by Tangkhul Naga, on Monday afternoon.Manipur Police said “suspected militants ambushed a vehicle on NH-202 near Noungshong Kong village, under Ukhrul police station”.Security forces rushed to the site of attack and there was exchange of fire. Further…
Guwahati: The first day of the budget session of the 16th Assam legislative assembly began on Monday with the govt tabling a bill that proposed to debar MLAs appointed as political advisers and secretaries to the chief minister from disqualification for holding an additional office of profit.Parliamentary affairs minister Pijush Hazarika introduced “The Assam State…
Silchar: Continuing its crackdown on drug trafficking, Hailakandi police seized Yaba tablets worth around Rs 2 crore and arrested an alleged drug peddler during a special operation in Assam’s Hailakandi district on Sunday evening.Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Ramnathpur police station officer-in charge Dharmendra Das intercepted a car and recovered a large…
Shillong: Meghalaya CM Conrad K Sangma met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi yesterday to raise concerns over provisions of the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), including proposed amendments, and their impact on religious, educational, charitable and social welfare institutions in the state.Sangma, accompanied by a delegation of church leaders from Meghalaya, told…
Guwahati: The Assam medical education and research department on Monday reshuffled the principals of two leading govt medical colleges, transferring the in charge heads of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) and Nalbari Medical College and Hospital (NMCH) with immediate effect.Under the order, Prof (Dr) Achyut Chandra Baishya, principal-cum-chief superintendent (in charge) of GMCH and…
Guwahati: The Japanese Encephalitis (JE) death toll in Assam has nearly tripled over the past two weeks, reaching 20, while deaths due to Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) have crossed 50.Alarmed by the sharp rise, state health minister Ashok Singhal on Monday convened an urgent review meeting, directing the health department, district administrations and agencies concerned…
Dimapur: Nagaland governor Nand Kishore Yadav on Monday directed the Women Resource Development Department to strengthen convergence with other departments and stakeholders, ensure effective implementation of its programmes and continue working towards creating sustainable economic opportunities for women in the state.Yadav reviewed key schemes at Lok Bhavan in Kohima, including the Transformative Livelihood Intervention (TLI)…
