Agartala: The Tripura assembly, in a special session, passed a resolution addressed to Parliament in support of the proposed 131st Constitutional Amendment Bill related to the women’s reservation bill.Introducing the motion, govt chief whip Kalayani Roy said the proposed legislation seeks to safeguard women’s constitutional rights and advance their development, empowerment and equitable participation in…
Allegations of Rajasthan Royals captain Riyan Parag vaping inside a dressing room during an IPL match have once again brought the spotlight back on the illegal but growing use of e-cigarettes and hookah in urban pockets. GUWAHATI: Behind the sleek image of vaping lies a growing health threat for Guwahati’s youth, city doctors warned, as…
Guwahati: The fatal accident that claimed three lives on Sunday after the driver and the three occupants consumed liquor at a bar that remained open till 3 am, well beyond the permitted closing time of 12.30 am, has exposed widespread violations of excise rules by late-night establishments.“Although bars with late-night licences are allowed to operate…
Dibrugarh: Lakhimpur district commissioner Aditya Vikram Yadav on Thursday visited the erosion-affected areas along the Subansiri river, inspecting the villages of Achera Kata, Gowalbari, Baligaon and Balibheta to assess the current situation and take stock of the damage caused by ongoing erosion along the left bank.DC Yadav conducted a part of the inspection by boat,…
Guwahati: Prakriti Pankaj Singh, a member of the Assam state table tennis team for several years, chose not to give up sports for academics and scored a 98.2% in the ICSE examination.A student of the city’s Sanskriti The Gurukul School, Prakriti has shown that sports and studies can go together. When the ICSE results were…
Guwahati: Assam, Manipur and Nagaland recorded a 100% pass rate in the ISC (Class XII examinations) conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations.Nagaland also secured a 100% pass rate in the ICSE (Class X exams), results of which were declared on Thursday. Assam and Meghalaya posted nearly 99.5% success in ICSE. In…
Dhubri: Dhubri police arrested one Sagar Ghose on Wednesday night for allegedly trying to take admission at a school at the higher-secondary level with a fake marksheet.On Wednesday, police raided the English Education Academy (EEA) and recovered laptops, torn up marksheets, a printer and other materials, busting an alleged fake marksheet racket. Sagar was detained…
Dibrugarh: In light of previous incidents of poisoning caused by consumption of various wild mushrooms found in forests and bushes during the monsoon season, the Dibrugarh district health department has urged the public to refrain from eating wild mushrooms.Mushrooms found along roadsides and in jungles during the rainy season contain various harmful toxic substances, the…
Aizawl: At least 16 convicts serving sentences at the district jail in Lunglei, Mizoram, were fraudulently released over four months using forged court documents, police confirmed on Thursday.The alleged fraud began in January and remained undetected until last week, when officials at the Lunglei district and sessions court could not find judicial records authorising the…
Guwahati: A fast-track court hearing the Zubeen Garg death case on Thursday rejected the bail petition of Shyamkanu Mahanta, one of seven accused, citing a “risk of fleeing”.After hearing both sides, fast-track court judge Sharmila Bhuyan denied bail to Mahanta, organiser of the fourth edition of the North East India Festival in Singapore.Zubeen died in…
