Suspected peddler arrested near Club Colony Itanagar: Security forces arrested a suspected drug peddler and seized 12.2 grams of heroin worth about Rs 1 lakh during a joint operation in Arunachal Pradesh’s Tirap district, officials said on Tuesday.A joint team of the Assam Rifles, Arunachal Pradesh Police and the CRPF detained the suspect while he…
Guwahati: Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) Airport has commissioned a 570-metre Precision Approach Lighting System (PALS) to improve aircraft approach and landing operations during low-visibility conditions.“Guwahati experiences seasonal weather challenges, including heavy monsoon rainfall and periods of reduced visibility that can impact flight operations. The newly commissioned PALS extends the airport’s approach lighting from the…
Guwahati: Kuki Inpi Manipur (KIM), the apex body representing the Kuki-Zo community, has directed all Kuki-Zo MLAs not to travel to Imphal to attend the Manipur legislative assembly session scheduled to begin on Sept 2, pending a political settlement on the Kuki-Zo demand for a separate administration.The Kuki-Zo community currently has nine representatives in the…
Kolkata: As Assam begins to rebuild from the devastating floods, help has been received from unexpected corners — among them, Kolkata, where students, NGOs, and citizens have turned empathy into action.The floods left behind wreckage and despair, triggering a humanitarian crisis that tested the state’s capacity to respond. While official relief tried to keep pace,…
Guwahati: Supreme Court has issued notices to 25 convicts in the 2019 lynching of doctor Deben Dutta in Assam’s Jorhat district.The notices were issued while hearing an Assam govt petition challenging a Gauhati high court judgment that altered their convictions from murder to “culpable homicide not amounting to murder” and reduced their sentences to 10…
Shillong: Deputy commissioner of East Khasi Hills has issued directives under the One Health plan aimed at eliminating human deaths from dog-mediated rabies by 2030, as part of National Action Plan for Rabies Elimination (NAPRE).Data released by the district joint steering committee for rabies elimination shows a sharp rise in recorded dog-bite cases in the…
Schoolgirls walk under an umbrella as they walk in the rain in Guwahati Guwahati: Assam and Arunachal Pradesh recorded deficient monsoon rainfall despite widespread flooding across the northeast.The contradiction was also evident in upper Assam, where Sivasagar, Golaghat and Jorhat — three of the four districts worst hit by floods over the past two months…
Aizawl: A 20-year-old man arrested in connection with the death of a 15-year-old girl in Mizoram’s Lunglei district escaped from police custody around midnight on Monday, police said Tuesday.The suspect, Denghmingthanga of Mualthuam North village, was being held in the case linked to the death of H Lalramdinpuii. A search was launched after the escape…
Guwahati: Govt promised compensation after three family members died in a Mathgharia landslide.MLA Tapan Das visited the site and assured support.“There is a 19-year-old child there, and we will provide whatever assistance is required from the govt’s side. We are making arrangements to move the family to a safe place. We have also identified others…
Shillong: Hearings for claims and objections under the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) in 14 East Khasi Hills assembly constituencies resumed on August 31 after earlier disruption due to law and order issues in Shillong. The revision has been extended by 14 days to allow electors to participate. EROs and AEROs have restarted notices and hearings….
