Guwahati: Yashraj Singh of Guwahati topped the northeast in JEE Main 2026 with a 99.98 NTA Score, narrowly missing a perfect 100, after final results were declared by the National Testing Agency (NTA) on Monday. He also emerged as Assam’s state topper.Tripura topper Adriraj Saha scored 99.86, followed by Arunachal Pradesh’s Aiman Tanish with 99.73,…
Guwahati: Parents of sound engineer Nilotpal Das and his businessman friend Abhijeet Nath, who were lynched in 2018 in Karbi Anglong by a mob suspecting them as child lifters, expressed their disappointment over the outcome of the legal battle. They said more than half of the accused have been acquitted by the trial court on…
Guwahati:Three persons, including a couple who were engaged, drowned in the Pagladia River in Assam’s Baksa district near the Bhutan border on Sunday evening while bathing, officials said. The bodies were recovered later the same evening and the deaths were confirmed.Two of the victims were identified as Pinki Das, 25, and her fiancé Dibojyoti Darjee,…
Guwahati experienced an extraordinary deluge this April, breaking a 17-year-old record by receiving 117.4 mm of rain within just 24 hours. The tumultuous thunderstorms commencing Sunday night led to severe urban flooding, paralyzing daily activities throughout the city. Multiple meteorological phenomena fueled this fierce rainfall, with forecasts indicating more adverse weather is on the horizon…
Agartala: BJP’s seat tally in the Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council (ADC) elections fell to four from nine in 2021, but the party said it has expanded its footprint in the state’s hill areas on the back of a higher vote share among tribal voters.Tinku Roy, a senior state minister and BJP’s ADC election…
In an unexpected turn of events, a relentless wave of rainfall drenched Guwahati, leading to widespread flooding in neighborhoods like Hatigaon and Rukminigaon. With roads submerged, residents found themselves cut off from their homes, while the price of rickshaw rides soared. Emergency services scrambled to use rubber boats for evacuations. Guwahati: The intense rainfall from…
Shillong: Meghalaya has increased vigil in districts along the India-Bangladesh border following an outbreak of highly infectious measles-rubella in neighbouring Bangladesh.Reports indicate that at least 118 people, mostly children, have died and thousands more have been infected in Bangladesh, where emergency vaccination has been launched.In a notification issued on Monday, the state health department called…
Shillong: A major ginger processing unit is nearing completion in Ri-Bhoi district, known for its fertile soil and favourable agricultural atmosphere, in an initiative at reviving Meghalaya’s position as a leading ginger-producing state.“The largest ginger processing unit in the state, with a project cost of about Rs 20 crore, will soon be inaugurated in Ri…
Aizawl: Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL) officials on Monday said the war in West Asia has not caused any shortage of cooking gas or Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in Mizoram, dismissing rumours and urging people not to worry.Addressing media persons in Aizawl, the officials said some technical snags have emerged while trying to ensure systematic…
Guwahati: A 30-year-old woman died after falling into a drain in the flooded Maligaon area of the city amid heavy rain that began on Sunday evening and continued till past midnight in Guwahati. Widespread flooding affected both residential and commercial areas, leaving vital arterial roads submerged till Monday noon.According to the Assam State Disaster Management…
