Shillong: The high court of Meghalaya has directed authorities to strictly monitor the transportation of minerals and boulders to Bangladesh, ensuring that no vehicle carrying such materials is allowed to pass through the Land Customs Station and forest department check gates without a valid transport challan or other requisite documents.A division bench of Chief Justice…
Guwahati: After the devastating urban flood in Guwahati, the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has come under fire for allegedly deploying workers to manually clean clogged drains.Congress candidate from Dispur, Mira Borthakur Goswami, highlighted an incident in a Facebook Live video on Wednesday, showing a worker cleaning a drain full of sludge in the worst-affected Rukminigaon…
Dibrugarh: With monsoon season barely six weeks away and the spectre of waterlogging looming large over the city, the Dibrugarh Municipal Corporation (DMC), in collaboration with a local non-governmental organisation, launched a citywide awareness drive on Wednesday against single-use plastic. Held on the occasion of World Earth Day, the initiative — themed “No to Single-Use…
Dibrugarh: After three years behind bars in Dibrugarh Central Jail, Khadoor Sahib MP and Waris Punjab De chief Amritpal Singh is set to face formal arrest on Thursday, as his detention under the National Security Act (NSA) expires.A team of Punjab Police from Amritsar (rural), led by a deputy superintendent of police, has been camping…
Silchar: Once among Assam’s prominent urban centres, Silchar is now facing a deepening infrastructure crisis, with potholed, waterlogged roads turning daily commutes into an ordeal. Mounting public anger has led the Greater Silchar Citizens’ Forum to lash out at both the ruling establishment and the opposition for failing to address the issue.Forum general secretary Sadhan…
Dibrugarh: In a concerted effort to tackle the chronic problem of waterlogging that plagues Jorhat town each monsoon season, the Jorhat District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) and the Jorhat Municipal Board (JMB) on Wednesday jointly launched a special cleaning drive targeting the long-neglected Tocklai river. The initiative aims to restore the river’s natural flow by…
Guwahati: A tragic incident has come to light from Udalguri district, where an elderly couple was found dead inside their residence after allegedly dying by suicide, police officials said.According to the police, the deceased have been identified as Narendra Saikia and his wife, Damayanti Saikia. They were found hanging inside their home in Udalguri’s Kalaigaon…
Guwahati: The bail petition moved by Shyamkanu Mahanta, one of the accused in the singer Zubeen Garg death case, was part-heard on Wednesday by the fast-track court, with the hearing scheduled to resume on Thursday.Judge Sharmila Bhuyan, in her order, stated, “Argument on the bail petition for accused Shyamkanu Mahanta is part heard as time…
Guwahati: Soil from Tamulbari in Dibrugarh district, where Jyoti Prasad Agarwala was born, and earth from Poki, his ancestral home in Tezpur where he spent his final days, have been brought together in a symbolic gesture at the Assam State Museum’s special exhibition that revisits the life and legacy of the cultural icon through a…
Guwahati: Assam’s 2026 assembly polls witnessed the emergence of an AI-fuelled campaign, where deep fakes did not merely smear reputation but stood as a threat to manipulate the electoral outcome, the truth to be known only on May 4 when votes are counted.The polls may be over, but there is an undercurrent of fear surrounding…
