Dibrugarh: A woman teacher engaged in census enumeration work was injured after she was allegedly attacked by a pet dog, reportedly a German Shepherd, in Ward 7 of Dergaon town in Golaghat district of Assam on Tuesday afternoon.Trishna Jyoti Saikia, a teacher at Dergaon Girls’ Higher Secondary School, was conducting house enumeration alone when the…
Dibrugarh: Aryan Goswami, the prime accused in the death of 18-year-old Anwesha Saikia, on Wednesday denied killing her and claimed he had tried to save her after she allegedly consumed drugs at a party at his flat on Aug 15.Goswami (22) was arrested from Rangajan in Golaghat district on Tuesday night by a Jorhat Police…
Dibrugarh: Dibrugarh Municipal Corporation (DMC) on Wednesday carried out a fresh eviction drive inside Assam Medical College and Hospital (AMCH) campus, removing unauthorised food stalls that had resurfaced barely a month after a similar operation on July 17.The drive targeted illegal makeshift stalls that had crept back into the campus, with officials also zeroing in…
Guwahati: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma directed the housing and urban affairs department to take up the development of a wetland in the Rupnagar-Srimantapur area of Guwahati, with emphasis on preserving its role as a natural water-retention space.Speaking at the inauguration of the integrated district commissioner’s office on Wednesday, Sarma said, “I request that steps be…
Dhubri: A contractual Sanskrit teacher associated with a study centre at Bholanath College in Dhubri was arrested on Tuesday night for allegedly photographing a student at her rented accommodation, police said.The accused is from Malda in West Bengal. He was arrested by personnel of Dhubri BN College Town Outpost following a complaint lodged by the…
Guwahati: Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition filed by accused Siddharth Sharma seeking transfer of the trial outside Assam in the case related to singer Zubeen Garg’s death.In May, Gauhati high court rejected Sharma’s bail plea, citing “possibilities of influencing witnesses, hampering further progress of the case and high possibilities of fly away” if…
Dibrugarh-Delhi Rajdhani Express halted allowing passage of a herd of about 90 elephants Guwahati: Dibrugarh-Delhi Rajdhani Express was stopped early on Wednesday, about 2 km from Habaipur railway station in Hojai district, to allow a herd of around 90 elephants, most of them calves, to cross the tracks safely. The herd was returning from West…
Integrated DC office building, Kamrup Metro district Guwahati: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma inaugurated the new Integrated district commissioner’s office building for Kamrup (Metro) district at Rupnagar in Guwahati on Wednesday.The three-storey building was constructed at a cost of Rs 81.20 crore and has a built-up area of around 12,700 square metres. It has been designed…
Imphal: In a rare instance of political convergence in violence-hit Manipur, the state Congress on Wednesday supported the BJP-led govt’s demand to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) before the census, saying the exercise will be difficult without first addressing displacement and security concerns.At a briefing on the prevailing crisis and the proposed census,…
Dimapur: The Naga Students’ Federation (NSF) on Wednesday expressed concern over what it described as poor workmanship, prolonged delays and negligence in the execution and maintenance of road projects undertaken by the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd (NHIDCL) across Nagaland.The federation cited the upgraded four-lane NH-29 between Dimapur and Kohima as a “glaring…
