Guwahati

Guwahati: Thousands of BJP workers and supporters on Thursday took to the streets of Guwahati and other parts of Assam, slamming Congress-led INDI alliance for opposing the ‘Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam’.Addressing the protest rally, ‘Mahila Akrosh’, in Guwahati, BJP state president Dilip Saikia said Congress’s opposition to the bill was an injustice and an insult…

Dibrugarh: In a move to strengthen the fight against substance abuse and illegal trafficking, a high-level meeting of the district level committee under the Narco Coordination Centre (NCORD) mechanism was held at the district commissioner’s office in Tinsukia on Thursday.The meeting, presided over by Tinsukia district commissioner Sumit Sattawan, saw the participation of key officials…

Churachandpur: District magistrate Dharun Kumar S has issued fresh orders regulating the sale and distribution of petrol and diesel in Churachandpur district, citing reports of black-marketing and uneven supply.The order, issued on Wednesday under Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955, came into force with immediate effect and will remain in place until further…

Dibrugarh: Waris Punjab De chief and Khadoor Sahib MP Amritpal Singh was formally re-arrested by a team of Punjab Police on Thursday, hours after his three-year detention under the National Security Act (NSA) expired at midnight. He has been taken into two-day police custody and will be interrogated at the Dibrugarh police station in connection…

Guwahati: The hearing on the bail application of Shyamkanu Mahanta, one of the seven accused in the Zubeen Garg death case, concluded on Thursday, with the fast-track court reserving its order till April 30.Judge Sharmila Bhuyan stated, “Hearing on the bail petition for accused Shyamkanu Mahanta is completed. Order reserved.”The hearing began on Wednesday, with…

In a major initiative to establish Arunachal Pradesh as a leading tourism destination, the state government has announced plans to transform the Subansiri Lower Pondage into a world-class mountain-and-river immersive tourism hub. Itanagar: The Arunachal Pradesh govt has announced plans to develop the Subansiri Lower Pondage into a world-class mountain and river immersive tourism hub,…

Agartala: Prashanta Banik’s day begins in a govt-run school in Champamura village in Tripura’s Sepahijala district. But beyond the classroom, he has built a second identity — a successful young entrepreneur into lemon cultivation — drawning attention from the state’s agriculture minister Ratan Lal Nath.For Nath, Banik’s rise is more than a personal milestone. The…

Silchar: Assam’s Sribhumi district has yielded a new dragonfly species, the ‘Long-tailed Boghawker’ (Sarasaeschna dosdewaensis), discovered in the remote forest village of Dosdewa, after which it is named. The species was formally described in a research paper published on April 21, 2026, in the peer-reviewed international journal Zootaxa.The discovery is part of a wider study…

NEUFC players train in the rain at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium in Guwahati Their only win of the season so far came in a home game against Jamshedpur FC more than a month ago. But NorthEast United FC will look to change the script when they take on FC Goa at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium…

Guwahati: A Guwahati-based hospital performed a pioneering “office telerobotic surgery” on Wednesday by conducting a gall bladder stone removal procedure remotely.Doctors said the patient was recovering well and is likely to be discharged within the next 48 hours.The Guwahati-based Swagat Endolaparoscopic Surgical Research Institute and Swagat Superspeciality Surgical Hospital said the procedure was conducted between…