Guwahati: A case has been registered at Pan Bazar Police Station after a fatal road accident involving an Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC)-operated electric bus killed two youths on MG Road on Saturday.The deceased were identified as Akash Boro (19) and Jyotirmoy Das (20), both residents of Guwahati. Poice officers said they were travelling on…
Guwahati: Dispur police shot an accused for his alleged participation in circulation of Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) early Saturday. The incident took place in Kangkan Nagar of the city, police said.The accused, Ajay Biswakarma of Dhemaji district, was arrested on Thursday after a counterfeit currency racket was busted in city’s Sixmile area, where fake…
Guwahati: The Kamrup (Metro) district administration has directed authorities to carry out periodic inspections of Guwahati’s newly built flyovers, including the Maharaja Prithu Flyover, during the monsoon to ensure commuter safety and prevent accidents.The directive was issued by Kamrup (Metro) deputy commissioner Swapnil Paul while chairing a meeting of the District Road Safety Committee on…
Guwahati: The northeastern states are now facing a severe rainfall deficit after enduring devastating floods and landslides.Data released by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Saturday showed that overall all seven northeastern states have received either “deficient” or “large deficient” rainfall since the onset of the monsoon on June 1 till July 3.Meghalaya and Manipur…
A pistol, three rifles & ammunition were seized during the raid Guwahati: An investigation into an armed extortion complaint ended with Guwahati Police uncovering a private arsenal at a city residence. Officers recovered a pistol, three rifles and more than 360 live rounds of ammunition from the home of a businessman with multiple criminal cases…
Silchar: Hailakandi police on Saturday arrested four active members of an organised cybercrime syndicate while they were attempting to withdraw swindled funds from a bank.The accused were identified as Gourab Roy Chowdhury of Borjarpur, Jahanul Hasan Laskar of Ujankupar, Abu Jahid Laskar of Narayanpur and Mohammadur Hasan Chowdhury of Bhatisangurai in Algapur — all in…
Silchar: Assam Police seized 400 sacks of subsidised urea from a truck near the Assam-Mizoram border in Cachar district on Friday evening, foiling an alleged attempt to smuggle the fertiliser into Mizoram and arresting the driver.Acting on specific intelligence, a team from the Lailapur police patrol outpost intercepted the truck during a special operation supervised…
Dimapur: An endangered slow loris was rescued by a resident of Sukhalu village in Zunheboto district on Saturday. After its rescue, Nihoto K Yepthomi handed over the animal to the Zunheboto District Tourism Association for appropriate care and conservation.Following consultation with the authorities, the association released the rescued Slow Loris into its natural habitat at…
Aizawl: Mizoram has 8,28,906 electors — 3,99,025 male and 4,29,881 female — as per the draft electoral roll published on Saturday for the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, while the state has 4,185 service voters (4,091 male and 94 female), Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Garima Gupta said.The draft electoral rolls were simultaneously…
Aizawl: District administration officials in Mizoram have completed biometric enrolment of 1,679 refugees from the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and have finished 98.88% of the biometric enrolment of refugees from Myanmar, state home department officials said on Saturday.The officials said the process for Bangladesh refugees was completed with enrolment of 1,361 people sheltering in…
