Guwahati: Residents have urged urged authorities to focus on long-pending civic problems while welcoming Guwahati Municipal Corporation’s call for citizens to help transform the city through a purple-themed beautification drive.Under the initiative, neighbourhoods across Guwahati are being encouraged to paint shop fronts, residential buildings and public walls in shades of purple. The colour is meant…
Guwahati: As nesting trees vanish, food grows scarce, and human disturbance presses ever closer, one of the most important habitats of the lesser adjutant stork (Leptoptilos javanicus) along the Kalong river in Nagaon district has steadily diminished. Listed as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List, this striking bird has long depended on the Kalong’s…
Titabor MLA Dhiraj Gowala inspects the railway crossing site Titabor MLA Dhiraj Gowala inspects the railway crossing site Titabor MLA Dhiraj Gowala inspects the railway crossing site Titabor MLA Dhiraj Gowala inspects the railway crossing site Titabor MLA Dhiraj Gowala inspects the railway crossing site Titabor MLA Dhiraj Gowala inspects the railway crossing site Titabor…
Shillong: Excise revenue is a major component of Meghalaya’s own tax resources and “directly supports development expenditure and public welfare programmes” in the state, the department of excise, registration, taxation & stamps, Government of Meghalaya, said, asserting that “revenue protection cannot be ignored”.In a statement issued on Tuesday (June 2), the department said excise governance…
Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal reviews progress of the sports complex at Khanikar Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal reviews progress of the sports complex at Khanikar Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal reviews progress of the sports complex at Khanikar Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal reviews progress of the sports complex at Khanikar Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal reviews progress of…
A cultural presentation in Lok Bhavan, Shillong, celebrating Sikkim, Goa and Telangana statehood days Shillong: A special programme was organized at Lok Bhavan, Shillong, on Tuesday to commemorate the foundation day and statehood day of Sikkim, Goa and Telangana. The event, held at the Durbar Hall, was marked with the participation of govt officials, college…
Silchar: A mobile Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC) van was launched in Cachar district on Tuesday to take HIV testing and counselling services directly to vulnerable and hard-to-reach populations.Cachar district commissioner Ayush Garg flagged off the mobile ICTC van at a formal programme attended by joint director of health services Dr Sumana Naiding, senior…
Mizoram governor Gen. Vijay Kumar Singh speaks during the launch of the ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan’ at Lok Bhavan in Aizawl Aizawl: Mizoram governor Gen Vijay Kumar Singh, PVSM, AVSM, YSM (Retd), on Monday launched the ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan’ at Lok Bhavan in Aizawl, aimed at tackling soil degradation through balanced, soil test-based fertiliser use and…
Dhubri: A Bangladeshi national identified as Muqtar Hussain (32), a resident of Dinajpur in Bangladesh, has been apprehended by the 89 Battalion of the Border Security Force (BSF) in Assam’s Dhubri district.A source said Hussain was detained by the BSF near the Bishkhowas Border Out Post in the Golokganj sector during routine border patrolling on…
The accused and the seized drugs Silchar: Cachar police have seized heroin valued at over Rs 1.5 crore in the international market and arrested two suspected peddlers.Acting on a tip-off, a team set up a checkpoint on NH-6 (Badarpur-Shillong) in the Kalaincherra area, intercepted a vehicle and searched it.Cachar ASP (crime) Rajat Kumar Pal said…
