2 held in Kokrajhar for allegedly storing illegal firearms | Guwahati News

Guwahati: Assam Police on Saturday arrested two persons in Kokrajhar district for allegedly storing country-made weapons.Acting on specific intelligence inputs regarding the concealment of the illegal firearms, a joint team of Assam Police and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) launched a search operation in the suspected location, leading to the seizure of the weapons.The police…

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Pre-monsoon rainfall exposes drainage woes, civic apathy in Silchar | Guwahati News

Silchar: Pre-monsoon showers have thrown life out of gear in Assam’s Barak Valley town, causing waterlogging in several low-lying areas of Silchar and exposing persistent gaps in drainage and civic preparedness.Localities in the New Silchar area, especially lanes near Link Road, remained submerged on Saturday, forcing residents to wade through stagnant water. Commuting has become…

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Beacon of hope: Dhubri girl shines in HSLC by writing papers with toe | Guwahati News

Arija Ahmed during the HSLC examination Dhubri: Arija Ahmed, a specially-abled girl from Kurshakati village in Dhubri district, has proven that determination knows no bounds.She secured first division with a letter in Assam’s High School Leaving Certificate Examination (HSLC), the result of which was announced last month.Arija, daughter of Ayub Ali and Raushanara Begum, was…

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Chief secy orders crackdown, infra upgrade as road deaths stay high | Guwahati News

Guwahati: Reiterating concerns over the persistent occurrence of road accidents in Assam, chief secretary Ravi Kota has outlined priority measures to improve road safety, focusing on enforcement, infrastructure upgrades and emergency response systems.The directions followed a state-level road safety review meeting in which officials assessed accident rates across all 35 districts for the first quarter…

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Meghalaya House workshop to equip MLAs with ‘data-driven tools’ | Guwahati News

Shillong: A high-intensity constituency development workshop hosted by the Meghalaya assembly was held at the State Convention Centre in Shillong on Friday to equip legislators with “data-driven tools” to address local challenges and accelerate constituency-level development.Organised by the Meghalaya Institute of Governance in partnership with the Government Innovation Lab, the Harvard Growth Lab, the State…

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Oppn claims majority in Assam, Cong on alert to protect its candidates from BJP ‘mischief’ | Guwahati News

Guwahati: Senior AICC leaders overseeing the Assam elections met on Saturday to finalise Congress’s strategy for counting day, with Assam election co-incharge and Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar, saying the party is on alert to “protect its candidates” from alleged BJP “mischief”.After the closed-door meeting at a city hotel, Shivakumar told reporters that BJP, fearing…

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