Aizawl: The number of voters in Mizoram has come down to 8,28,877 from 8,75,068 in the 2025 electoral rolls after finalisation of enumeration forms during the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR), state election officials said on Sunday.Sunday was the deadline set by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for distribution, collection and digitisation of enumeration…
Train services between Murkongselek and Silapathar under the Tinsukia division will remain suspended until further notice. GUWAHATI: A railway bridge over the Simen River in Assam’s Dhemaji district partially collapsed following heavy rainfall and severe riverbank erosion, a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) official said on Sunday.According to an official statement issued by the Northeast Frontier…
The office and court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate in Guwahati Guwahati: Twenty-nine youths, mostly living at makeshifts near railway tracks in Guwahati’s Lakhtokia area, have been arrested for allegedly consuming and peddling drugs and being involved in theft, police said on Sunday.The accused were produced before the court of the chief judicial magistrate, Kamrup…
PM Modi said greater adjutant storks plays a vital role in keeping nature clean Guwahati: Assam biologist Purnima Devi Barman’s fight to save the ‘Hargila’ gained the spotlight in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Mann Ki Baat on Sunday.In his 135th Mann Ki Baat, Modi highlighted Barman’s conservation work on the greater adjutant stork, once pushed…
Kolkata: “While the group-stage matches I will watch alone on my laptop, from the round-of-32 onwards, I plan to watch them with my friends at one of the watch parties that are usually organised in different localities,” 28-year-old Mangami had said when TOI had contacted him ahead of the FIFA World Cup 2026.It was this…
Guwahati: Assam Police’s Crime Investigation Department (CID) busted a job scam targeting water resources department aspirants and arrested seven people over a span of one month.The arrested persons have been identified as Ranjan Pegu, Jakaria Ahmed, Abu Hanif Choudhury, Shunti Das, Sankar Kumar Bhowmick, Rina Brahma and Gunamoni Baishya.In a statement, the CID said the…
Guwahati: Kamrup Metropolitan on Sunday launched the National Immunisation Drive at Satgaon Urban State Ayushman Arogya Mandir.“The district aims to administer the oral polio vaccine to 1,99,591 children aged 0-5 years through 860 polio booths. The programme, which began on Sunday, will continue till Tuesday,” said Pompi Kalita, National Health Mission’s district media expert for…
Silchar: A 30-year-old Sribhumi resident, an avid pet lover, was found dead under mysterious circumstances on Sunday morning.The deceased, Dwaipayan Sen, was reportedly under depression after his two pet dogs, Marley and Caesar, passed away recently.While police investigation is underway to ascertain the exact circumstances leading to his death, with his body being sent for…
Shillong: PM Modi on Sunday praised the people of Meghalaya, in his 135th episode of Mann Ki Baat, for preserving the living root bridges, calling them a symbol of harmony between humans and nature.“India is proud of the people of Meghalaya for the manner in which they have preserved the root bridges. #MannKiBaat,” the PM…
Dibrugarh: A leopard that terrorised residents and preyed on livestock for nearly three weeks was captured at Bokpara Tea Estate on Sunday.The forest department set an iron cage inside the estate four days ago after repeated livestock kills. Officials said the animal was targeting cattle and other livestock owned by tea workers and farmers from…
