Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday announced a six-month moratorium on loan repayments for flood-affected borrowers in the four worst-hit Upper Assam districts, besides financial relief for small traders and assistance to rebuild namghars damaged in the recent deluge.The announcement followed a special meeting of the State Level Bankers’ Committee (SLBC), chaired…
DPR handing over function Guwahati: A long-delayed project promising power, irrigation and flood relief moved closer to implementation on Thursday.The Brahmaputra board, under the Union Jal Shakti ministry, handed over the detailed project report (DPR) and records of the proposed Kulsi multipurpose project to Assam Power Generation Corporation Limited (APGCL).Planned across the Kulsi river along…
Aizawl: Mizoram governor Gen Vijay Kumar Singh and chief minister Lalduhoma on Thursday congratulated All India Radio (AIR) Aizawl on the station’s 60th anniversary, to be celebrated on Friday.In a message, the governor said AIR has served the people for six decades with unwavering dedication, never missing a step in its commitment. It has long…
Aizawl: Mizoram governor Gen Vijay Kumar Singh has summoned the seventh session of the ninth legislative assembly from Aug 25, according to a notification issued by the assembly secretary Zothansanga Ralte on Thursday.Officials of the Assembly Secretariat told TOI that the Assembly Business Advisory Committee (BAC), chaired by Speaker Lalbiakzama and represented by all the…
Dimapur: Nagaland chief secretary Sentiyanger Imchen on Thursday directed all departments to formulate practical and implementable action plans to enforce the plastic-free initiative, beginning with the Nagaland Civil Secretariat.Chairing a meeting of the administrative heads of departments and heads of departments at the secretariat conference hall in Kohima, Imchen asked departments to lead by example…
Aizawl: Mizoram Police seized over 9 kg of methamphetamine and arrested five people from two locations in Aizawl and Champhai districts, a senior police officer said on Thursday.In the first operation early on Thursday, personnel from the Aizawl district special branch and the 34th Battalion of Assam Rifles intercepted a vehicle on the Muallungthu-Khumtung Road…
Guwahati: Two more bodies were recovered in Assam on Friday, taking the death toll in the state to 80, even as the number of affected people declined to 2.12 lakh with waters receding across the state.According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA), both bodies were recovered in Sivasagar, one of the districts worst…
Guwahati: Actor Adil Hussain, known for his critically acclaimed performances in theatre and cinema, on Thursday made an emotional appeal on social media, questioning why Assam still lacked a lasting solution to recurring floods despite the country’s technological achievements, including successful space missions to the Moon and Mars.Referring to the devastating floods in upper Assam,…
Guwahati: Assam govt on Thursday sought a dedicated central support package for the four worst flood-hit districts and has urged the Centre to recognise this year’s deluge as an “atypical, high-intensity, rapid-onset event”.The demands were placed before the inter-ministerial central team (IMCT), which concluded a four-day assessment of the devastation in Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat and…
Guwahati: Even as flood-battered Assam battles to restore normalcy, fresh heavy rain threatens to deepen its woes.IMD officials said moisture from the Bay of Bengal and an upper-air cyclonic circulation over central Assam, extending 1.5 km above mean sea level, could trigger significant rainfall across the northeast over the next week.An IMD release issued on…
