Dibrugarh: In an era where every click and connection carries potential risk, cyber security has emerged as one of the most critical concerns of modern life — shaping how people, institutions, and nations safeguard their digital identities. Recognising this growing urgency, the department of computer science of DHSK College (Autonomous), Dibrugarh, in association with the…
Guwahati: Amid growing concerns among citizens over rapid deforestation and shrinking wetlands, the forest department has announced that a plantation drive will be carried out in and around the Deepor Beel area, where saplings amounting to ten times the number of trees felled will be planted.This comes after concerns over tree cutting for the railway’s…
Silchar: Demand for a permanent bench of the Gauhati high court in Barak Valley has gained fresh momentum after intellectuals, academicians, lawyers, and social activists at a meeting in Haflong unanimously extended support to the movement and sought inclusion of Dima Hasao district under its jurisdiction.The Intellectual Meet, organised by the Haflong District Bar Association…
Guwahati: On the eve of taking oath as the CM for a second consecutive term, chief minister-designate Himanta Biswa Sarma said Assam’s land, identity and future would remain non-negotiable for his govt, while pledging to free 5 lakh bighas of land from encroachment by stepping up eviction drives to more than three times the scale…
Guwahati: The six-party opposition alliance in Assam is facing internal strain after its poor poll performance, with Congress MP Rakibul Hussain urging Assam PCC president Gaurav Gogoi and Congress high command to reconsider the party’s alliance with Akhil Gogoi’s Raijor Dal.Congress and several Left leaders are unhappy with Akhil after he accused opposition leaders of…
Guwahati: PM Narendra Modi’s appeal to citizens to conserve foreign exchange by cutting imported fuel use through public transport and carpooling has found support in Guwahati, but residents say the city’s buses largely vanish after 7pm, making the call hard to follow.Guwahati, the biggest city in the northeast, has seen major govt push on infrastructure…
Guwahati: Rapid glacier melting in Arunachal Pradesh’s high-altitude Tawang district has triggered alarm bells among scientists, who have warned of unstable terrain and the emergence of a potentially dangerous glacial lake at Khangri.The lake poses a serious flood threat to downstream areas in the Mago Chu basin, a critical headwater of the Brahmaputra system.The findings…
Shillong: House-listing operations (HLO) under Phase-I of the first fully digital Census 2027 will begin in Meghalaya on May 16, following the conclusion of the state’s self-enumeration campaign on May 15.In preparation, the general administration (B) department organised a training conference of the State Level Census Coordinating Committee (SLCCC) on May 7. FR Kharkongor, principal…
Shillong: The Meghalaya high court has directed the state govt to submit an affidavit within three weeks on the status of drug cases lodged at four Garo Hills police stations and on police patrolling in areas known for drug peddling.A division bench comprising Chief Justice Revati Mohite Dere and Justice W Diengdoh issued the order…
Aizawl: Assam Rifles personnel recovered a cache of arms and explosive materials during an operation conducted in the Saikumphai hamlet of Mizoram’s Champhai district on Saturday, according to an official statement issued on Monday.The operation was launched following specific intelligence inputs about the presence of concealed arms and explosives in the area, which is located…
