Silchar: A man from Assam’s Cachar district and his wife were arrested from separate locations in Manipur’s Jiribam district in connection with the disappearance of a woman whose dismembered remains were allegedly found in a trolley bag on Chennai-New Delhi Tamil Nadu Express at Agra Cantonment railway station on Aug 5.The couple have been identified…
Aizawl: Officials of the Mizoram excise and narcotics department seized over 352 grams of heroin from a 27-year-old Myanmar woman and arrested her in Champhai town on Friday night, department spokesperson Peter Zohmingthanga said on Saturday.Lalpekmawi (27), a resident of Khawmawi village in Myanmar’s Chin state, was booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs…
Itanagar: A rare Spoon-tailed Duskhawker dragonfly (Gynacantha basiguttata) has been photographed for the first time in Arunachal Pradesh.The rare dragonfly was spotted at Namdapha National Park and Tiger Reserve in Changlang district.Deputy CM Chowna Mein shared the development in a social media post, describing the discovery as another remarkable chapter in the region’s expanding biodiversity…
Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) president Bosiram Siram has called upon the Centre to send a joint all-party parliamentary delegation to assess ground realities along the India-China border in the Taksing sector of Upper Subansiri district.Siram made the demand after a four-day visit to the remote frontier area, where he reviewed security and livelihood…
A drone view of houses in mud and the broken bridge after flash floods and a mudslide, at Devighat in Nepal Guwahati: Four more Assam residents who went missing after the Nepal disaster were traced on Saturday, but 10 others remained unaccounted for.The number of people from Assam reported to be in Nepal rose from…
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma received the Assam Regiment’s highest traditional honour Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma received the Assam Regiment’s highest traditional honour during a Shillong visit on Saturday.At the Assam Regimental Centre, Sarma was conferred the honour of ‘Gaon Bura’. He also paid homage to soldiers who made the supreme sacrifice by…
The jail houses 445 prisoners against a sanctioned capacity of 187 — nearly 238% occupancy Silchar: As many as 11 inmates, including a woman, have tested HIV-positive at the overcrowded Sribhumi District Jail, officials said.The jail houses 445 prisoners against a sanctioned capacity of 187 — nearly 238% occupancy. Of those who tested positive, one…
Shillong: CM Conrad K Sangma on Saturday announced restoration of the bust of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, after it was vandalised during a Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) black-flag bike rally on Aug 19. Conrad inspected the damaged bust of Netaji, along with community members, and assured it would be restored by govt. He on the…
Dhubri: Koch Rajbongshi National Students’ Union’s (KRANSU) hunger strike at Borpara Public Playground in Bongaigaon crossed 100 hours on Friday.KRANSU began the agitation on Aug 25 as a 72-hour hunger strike. It was extended indefinitely after the deadline ended on Aug 28 without a written govt response.The organisation is demanding scheduled tribe status for the…
Dibrugarh: A birthday celebration turned tragic in Jorhat on Saturday afternoon after three students from Springdale Senior Secondary School drowned in a lake at Hatigarh tea estate in Cinnamora.The deceased have been identified as Sushant Patel, Rehan Ahmed and Akshat Rai. While Patel and Ahmed studied in Class 10, Rai was a student of Class…
