Silchar: A man was arrested in Cachar for allegedly raping and impregnating his minor daughter.Police said the 17-year-old has learning disabilities. The accused was caught by residents on Friday night and handed over to the police and produced in court on Saturday.The case came to light after the accused’s brother filed an FIR, alleging that…
Dibrugarh: A woman was injured in crossfire between Assam Rifles and suspected insurgents in Arunachal Pradesh’s Namsai district on Friday night.Security officials said the gunfight broke out around 9.15 pm near the Tengapani Reserve Forest-Lal Pahar Road stretch in the district, along the Assam border. Assam Rifles said troops launched a search operation after receiving…
Aizawl: Aizawl: Mizoram BJP has criticised the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC) over its planned statewide ‘black day’ protest on Monday against the proposed amendment to the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA).BJP state general secretary Delson Notlia, while addressing the party workers at Atal Bhavan, state BJP office in Aizawl, on Friday, said MPCC’s proposed…
Guwahati: Aasu will hold statewide candlelight vigils on Sunday in solidarity with Sonam Wangchuk.The vigils will be organised by the students’ body’s district units at their respective headquarters across Assam on July 19.In a joint statement, Aasu president Utpal Sharma and general secretary Samiran Phukan said that, regardless of differences in opinion, ideology or political…
18-year-old Bishu Limbu (right) with his mother Om Kumari Guwahati: In a village where evenings still fall without electricity and phone signals come only after a walk to the roadside, 18-year-old Bishu Limbu kept chasing a dream far bigger than his circumstances — to become a doctor.Bishu, from No. 2 Nakong Pathar village in Tinsukia…
Aizawl: Mizoram chief minister Lalduhoma on Saturday said govt recruitments are now being conducted transparently under the principle of “equality for all”, which has restored youths’ faith in the system.The CM was speaking at the passing out parade of the 70th batch of police constables at the Police Training School (PTS) in Thenzawl.Lalduhoma said the…
Aizawl: Mizoram tourism minister Lalnghinglova Hmar and his Assam counterpart Ajanta Neog, who met in Guwahati on Saturday, agreed that the two neighbouring states should work together in boosting the tourism sector, an official statement said.Hmar told Neog that tourist footfall in the state has increased after Mizoram capital Aizawl got rail connectivity in Sept…
Forest minister Jayanta Mallabaruah addressing stakeholders Guwahati: The Assam govt has begun preparing a comprehensive roadmap to reshape tourism and conservation at Kaziranga National Park, seeking stakeholder inputs to boost visitor infrastructure, increase tourism revenue and strengthen wildlife protection ahead of the next tourist season.Forest minister Jayanta Mallabaruah, who chaired a consultation with tourism operators,…
Imphal: A joint team of the National Investigation Agency (NIA), Manipur Police and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Saturday arrested two more accused in connection with the abduction and killing of six Nagas, police said.The arrested persons were identified as Lungoulal Vaiphei, son of Paothenkam Vaiphei, a resident of Leilon Vaiphei village in…
Guwahati: Manipur CM Yumnam Khemchand Singh on Saturday said his priority since assuming office has been to reunite the people of the strife-torn state, asserting that groups with ‘vested interests’ were attempting to sabotage the govt’s peace initiatives.Addressing a BJP mandal-level political workers’ conference at Lilong, the state’s lone Muslim-majority assembly constituency in Thoubal district,…
