Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. Guwahati: Japanese Ambassador to India, Ono Keiichi on Friday announced that Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi will make her first official visit to India since assuming office on July 1 even as he reached out to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to reaffirm Tokyo’s commitment…
Guwahati: Assam Police destroyed large quantities of seized narcotics across multiple districts on Friday as part of the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.The substances destroyed were seized over the past few years during Assam Police’s anti-drug operations and were disposed of through coordinated district-level exercises.In Udalguri district, police burnt 13,028.762 kg of…
Dibrugarh: Police destroyed seized narcotics at the Assam Medical College and Hospital Biomedical Waste Treatment Facility on Friday, coinciding with the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking.The drugs, comprising 271g of heroin and 77kg of marijuana with an estimated international market value of Rs 1.4 crore, were incinerated under the supervision of IGPW…
Shillong: Meghalaya State Zoo released a rescued Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla) and an Asian palm civet (Paradoxurus hermaphroditus) into Nongkhyllem Wildlife Sanctuary in Ri-Bhoi district after rehabilitation and health assessments.“Both species play vital roles in maintaining ecological balance, with the Chinese pangolin being critically endangered as per International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural…
Silchar: A 58-year-old tea garden worker was found dead at Putni Tea Estate in Sribhumi district on Thursday. Police suspect murder and have launched an investigation.The victim, Bijoy Shuklabaidya, a resident of the estate, is survived by his wife and five children.Residents said passers-by and plantation workers found his blood-soaked body by a roadside stretch…
Guwahati: Graffiti artist Marshall Baruah and two others appeared before the chief judicial magistrate’s court on Thursday in a case over alleged slogans against CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.Sub-divisional judicial magistrate Pallab Bordoloi fixed Sept 24 for the hearing of charges against Marshall, youth leader Ankuman Bordoloi and Anandita Das. The case was registered for allegedly…
Guwahati: Rescue and relief efforts intensified in Arunachal Pradesh’s flash flood and landslide-ravaged Keyi Panyor district on Thursday, as authorities airlifted 17 stranded tourists and continued the search for four people who remain missing following the disaster.Teams of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF), assisted by the Indian Air Force (IAF), resumed search operations early…
Itanagar: The Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas has decided to lift all restrictions on the supply of non-domestic packed Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), restoring allocations to pre-crisis levels, Arunachal Pradesh civil supplies minister Gabriel D Wangsu said here on Thursday.Sharing an official communication from Union petroleum secretary Neeraj Mittal, Wangsu said restrictions on…
Silchar: Police seized 11,695 bottles of banned cough syrup worth around Rs 1.1 crore and arrested three people in a series of operations over the past 24 hours in Assam’s Sribhumi district.Acting on a tip-off from local residents, a police team intercepted a magic van at Tukerpar near Fakirabazar on Wednesday and recovered 7,200 bottles…
Aizawl: CM Lalduhoma on Thursday said protecting Mizoram from drugs and guiding youth away from addiction is not only a social responsibility but also an essential task in safeguarding the state and its people.The CM said this while addressing an event organised to mark the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Aizawl….
