Official conduct a safety inspection drive Official conduct a safety inspection drive Official conduct a safety inspection drive Official conduct a safety inspection drive Official conduct a safety inspection drive Dibrugarh: Tinsukia district commissioner Sumit Sattawan, accompanied by SSP Mayank Kumar and officials from several departments concerned, on Saturday conducted a thorough inspection of multiple…
Sivasagar traffic police use a road roller to crush illegal bike exhaust pipes Dibrugarh: Sivasagar traffic police on Saturday seized motorcycles fitted with illegal modified exhaust pipes and crushed more than 20 such silencers with a road roller at the Sivasagar Police Station premises, drawing widespread appreciation from residents.The drive targeted motorcycle owners who had…
The train struck the vehicle with enormous force, dragging it for nearly 400 metres along the track Dibrugarh: A woman from Arunachal Pradesh lost her life, and another person sustained critical injuries on Friday afternoon, when a passenger train collided with a four-wheeler at an unmanned railway crossing at Dekapam, Jonai in Dhemaji district.The incident…
Guwahati: As World Environment Day spotlights the planet’s fragile balance, a new generation of entrepreneurs in Assam is proving that sustainability can be both practical and profitable. Across districts, they are looking closely at what is abundant — areca-nut sheaths, banana stems, bamboo, even invasive water hyacinth — and building enterprises that cut waste, lower…
Silchar: Cachar district administration on Friday carried out a massive eviction drive in the Arkatipur and Dayapur areas of Udharbond, demolishing hundreds of structures allegedly erected illegally along the proposed alignment of the Bharatmala Project road.The operation, which began early in the morning, involved more than 20 bulldozers and was backed by a heavy security…
CM Conrad Sangma joins schoolchildren in planting Rhododendron saplings on Environment Day in Shillong Shillong: A plantation drive of evergreen Rhododendron saplings by schoolchildren, led by CM Conrad . Sangma at the famous Rhododendron Trek in Upper Shillong, marked the state’s observance of World Environment Day on Thursday. Organized by the dept of forests &…
GUWAHATI: A “smart border” pilot project integrating technology, local administrative resources and security forces will be launched simultaneously at seven to eight locations across the country’s frontiers soon, Union home minister Amit Shah announced Friday, signalling the Centre’s intent to do whatever it takes to prevent demographic change through India’s borders.“Whether it is Tripura, Bengal…
Guwahati: Union home minister Amit Shah on Friday visited the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura and delivered a blunt message that the Centre will not allow demographic change through India’s borders and will rely on fencing and technology-led surveillance to tighten frontier management.Shah went to Tripura after touring the western frontier in Rajasthan and Gujarat.“Whether it…
Guwahati: On World Environment Day, Kaziranga National Park highlighted the rehabilitation and release of two orphaned Asiatic black bear cubs, rescued from Dissoi Reserved Forest in Jorhat on Feb 26 last year and later released into Dehing Patkai National Park.Park field director Sonali Ghosh said the cubs, estimated to be four to six weeks old…
Guwahati: Centre is set to launch its biggest security push in Manipur, spearheaded by two units of the CRPF’s elite Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA) — commandos credited with making Bastar a naxal free area — likely before the onset of the monsoon.State home minister Govindas Konthoujam on Friday told the media that “there will…
