NE scores big on Centre’s water mission

Union Jal Shakti minister, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, flayed the dismal show of West Bengal and Chhattisgarh in implementing the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and raised concern in providing pure drinking water to households.

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Unidentified body found in Dighalipukhuri

The mutilated body of an unidentified man was recovered by police from Dighalipukhuri at Ambari area here on Monday.“Nothing has been found on the deceased to identify him. Investigation has been started to identify him. The man seems to be in his 50s,” a police officer said.

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NE oil output to rise by 67% in 4 yrs: Puri

Union petroleum minister Hardeep Singh Puri said the petroleum sector will play a crucial role in the region’s industrial growth. He said oil production from the northeast is expected to increase by 67% from 4.11 MMT in 2020-21 to 6.85 MMT in the next four years.

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4 headmen held in illegal appointments case

The chief minister’s special vigilance cell arrested four village headmen on Monday in connection with a case over alleged irregularities in their appointment in South Salmara-Mankachar district in 2018.

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Ukraine crisis: Assam residents move to border countries to board flights

Government sources said two more flights with Indian citizens are scheduled to arrive in New Delhi from Budapest (capital of Hungary) and Bucharest (capital of Romania) on Tuesday morning.

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Polio drive kicks off, to cover over 48 lakh kids in Assam

The pulse polio immunization drive kicked off in Assam on Sunday with a goal to cover about 48.4 lakh children below five years of age this year, which is around 10% of Assam’s total population.

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Sankardeva laid foundation of a united Assamese society: Sarma

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma paid rich tributes to the 15th century saint-reformer Mahapurush Srimanta Sankardeva while speaking at the 91st open annual session of Srimanta Sankardeva Sangha at Naharkatia in Dibrugarh district on Sunday.

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President Ram Nath Kovind apprised about elevated corridor in Kaziranga, enjoys elephant safari

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Pulse polio immunization drive to cover 48.4 lakh children in Assam

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Ukraine crisis: 10 Assam students reach India

Six students, who have been evacuated by the Union external affairs ministry, arrived at Mumbai and New Delhi by noon in separate flights. “We know about 124 people from Assam who were from Ukraine. All are students. Of them, six arrived by around 11 am on Sunday. But again, 124 is an estimate, the actual numbers may vary,” Assam chief secretary Jishnu Barua told TOI on Sunday afternoon.

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Sonowal attends 91st Sankardeva Sangha meet

The Union minister of ports, shipping & waterways and AYUSH, Sarbananda Sonowal, attended the 91st annual convention of Shrimanta Sankardeva Sangha at Naharkatia in Dibrugarh district on Saturday.

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Miscreants from Mizoram building houses on disputed land near Assam border: CRPF

Miscreants, who are suspected to be from Mizoram, have once again stirred the pot by building at least 15 houses on the disputed land in Vairengte near the Assam-Mizoram border.

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Tezpur varsity can play big role in promoting organic products: Prez

President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday said organic farming practices in the northeast need to be promoted with proper branding and marketing. He was speaking at the 19th convocation of Tezpur University, a central university.

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BJP accuses AJP of tying up with AIUDF in Majuli

The state BJP has alleged that the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) has entered into an understanding with Badruddin Ajmal’s AIUDF.

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Tezpur varsity can play big role in promoting organic products: President Ram Nath Kovind

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CJM allows Sarma time till March 21 to appear in MCC flout case

The chief judicial magistrate, Kamrup (Metro), on Friday allowed chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s prayer seeking time to appear before the court in an alleged case of violation of model code of conduct during the Lok Sabha election in 2019.

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Prez kicks off Lachit’s 400th birth anniv celebrations

President Ram Nath Kovind, who is on a three-day visit to Assam from Friday, inaugurated the year-long celebrations of great Ahom general Lachit Barphukan’s 400th birth anniversary at an event here in Guwahati.

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‘Fake’ encounters: HC seeks affidavits from DGP, rights panel in 4 weeks

Gauhati High Court, while hearing a PIL alleging orchestrated police encounters in the state since May last year, on Friday directed the director general of police, National Human Rights Commission and the State Human Rights Commission to file affidavits within four weeks.

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IPL gamblers had made WhatsApp calls, sent msgs

The five gamblers, three of whom were arrested by the crime branch of the Assam Police in October last year and two were granted interim pre-arrest bails by a court in connection with betting in IPL cricket matches, had used mobile phones and other electronic devices as also social media

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Ibobi tops list of candidates with most criminal cases

Three-time former Manipur chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh of Congress has the maximum number of criminal cases registered against him among all the 92 candidates for the second phase of polls to be held on March 5.

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Court summons Sarma for ‘flouting’ model code

A chief judicial magistrate here has summoned Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma to appear before his court on February 25 in an alleged case of violation of model code of conduct during the Lok Sabha election in 2019.

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BJP promises infra devpt, solution to civic issues

The ruling BJP on Thursday released its “Sankalp Patra” (manifesto) for the municipal elections, which is scheduled to be held on March 6, with promises of infrastructure development and solutions to different civic issues, including waste management and round-the-clock tap water for

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Programme on science held in Arunachal Pradesh

As a part of a week-long programme honouring the science, “Vigyan Sarvatra Pujyate”, in coordination with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), the Arunachal Pradesh State Council for Science and Technology organised events and talks on ‘Milestones of Modern Science and

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Army nod for 20 weather stations near LAC in Arunachal

Head of the Regional Meteorological Centre of IMD here, KN Mohan, told TOI on Thursday that an initiative has been taken to give live weather updates to the defence forces posted in the difficult mountainous terrain close to China border.

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In Ukraine, Assam students rush for essentials, await evacuation

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Bank of India organises branch adalat, provides relief to borrowers

Bank of India organised branch adalat, a pan India campaign from January 31 to February 5, 2022 to provide relief to borrowers affected by the pandemic, especially small borrowers whose loans are below Rs 25 lakh.

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CPM protest over leasing out of 58-bigha rly land to pvt players

The state committee of Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday protested in front of the Northeast Frontier (NF) Railway headquarters in Maligaon over the leasing out of around 58 bighas of railway land to private organisations in Guwahati and demanded the railways to return the

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Return home: Assam parents tell wards studying in Ukraine

Even as Assam students are claiming life to be normal inside Ukrainian cities, they have started leaving the country in batches at the call of parents and following advisories that are being repeatedly issued by the Indian embassy.

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Sports becomes a talking point for parties in militancy-hit Manipur this poll season

All the Mary Koms, Mirabais, Nilakantas and their likes from Manipur have caught the attention of the netas this election. Besides making promises of peace and development, politicians are also talking of powering this sports powerhouse of the country to the next level.

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Assam: Panic-stricken parents call back students from Ukraine

Even as Assam students are claiming life to be normal inside Ukrainian cities, they have started leaving the country in batches at the call of parents and following advisories that are being repeatedly issued by the Indian embassy.

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Sharp rise in flights, passenger footfall in Guwahati airport

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Experts upset with Charaideo dossier for Unesco tag

The Assam archaeology department has expedited the process of finalising the dossier for the Charaideo site, the first capital of the Ahom Royals, to be sent to the Unesco for a world heritage tag.

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Eight Assam trafficking victims rescued from Gujarat

In a joint operation, the 24th battalion of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) and police on Sunday rescued eight victims who were trafficked from Assam to Gujarat and were handed over to their families on Tuesday.

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Bizman murder case: Three detained in Darrang district

Three persons were detained from Assam’s Darrang district on Tuesday in connection with the murder of a businessman in Guwahati on Monday night. The detainees have been identified as Abbas Ali, Ismail Ali and Akkas Ali, all residents of Kharupetia in Darrang district.

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Sarma to health dept: Set up green corridor for emergency

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, during a review meeting on Tuesday, directed the health department to set up a “green corridor” for emergency cases and adequate parking space at medical colleges.

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Assam: Experts unhappy with Charaideo dossier for UNESCO tag

The Assam Archaeology Department has expedited the process of finalizing the dossier for the Charaideo site, the first capital of the Ahom Royals, to be sent to the Unesco for a world heritage tag.

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Assam: Kamrup crackdown on government officials with ‘illegal’ ration cards

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Another staff of defunct paper mill dies, death toll reaches 100

An employee of the state-run Cachar Paper Mill, which has been closed for nearly seven years, died at a private hospital in Silchar on Sunday.

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Protest over eviction drive in Kaziranga animal corridors

Hundreds of people protested in Assam’s Nagaon district on Monday against the eviction drive carried out by the district administration in compliance with the Supreme Court’s 2019 order to allegedly free occupied land in the animal corridors of Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.

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Habitat loss likely reason why Mandarin duck flew away

A solo Mandarin duck, spotted close to the Baghjan oil blowout site in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district on Sunday, unfortunately could not be seen on Monday.

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Rhino poacher flees police custody, jumps into B’putra

Wanted rhino poacher Asmat Ali alias Nalco, who was arrested by Assam police from Kerala on February 16 and brought to Assam’s Biswanath the next day, allegedly escaped from police custody by jumping into the Brahmaputra river at Biswanath ghat while the police had taken him to a sandbar

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Gandhian Shakuntala Chowdhary dies at 102

Centenarian Gandhian of Assam Shakuntala Chowdhary, who was honoured with the Padma Shri this year, died of old-age ailments here on Sunday night. The 102-year-old was undergoing treatment for the last 10 years and died of old age-related ailments.

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Assam Police freeze drug kingpin’s properties

Assam Police has been able to freeze the illegally acquired properties of a suspected drug kingpin, probably for the first time in the country, a top official said on Monday.The suspect was arrested last month from Karbi Anglong district.

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Assam: Congress alleges BJP threatening municipal election candidates

​​Assam Pradesh Congress Committee general secretary (administration) Apurba Kumar Bhattacharjee in a letter addressed to Kumar said Congress candidates almost in all the Municipal Board areas of the state, are facing threats from the rival political party.

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Assam: Habitat loss likely reason why Mandarin duck flew away

After more than a100 years, the migratory bird was spotted in the Maguri-Motapung beel last year. Bird enthusiasts, researchers and local villagers had emerged on the western bank wetland to catch a glimpse of the winged guest. Many camped on the banks of the freshwater lake till dusk. It was a single bird but a big attraction this winter when migratory birds flock to the water body.

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How little-known Ruga, now extinct, lost out to a dominant language in Meghalaya’s Garo hills

In the only village that used to speak Ruga, located in the South Garo Hills district of Meghalaya, the language has gone extinct.

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Footballers protest against lack of grounds in city

Hundreds of footballers hit the city streets on Sunday demanding space to play and practice alleging that all the grounds, including the Nehru Stadium, are being used for cricket.

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Man, shot at by cousin’s boyfriend from Bengal, critical

A man from West Bengal travelled all the way from Burdwan to Guwahati and shot at his purported “girlfriend’s” cousin brother leaving him critically injured in Basistha on Sunday morning.Police arrested the accused Samar Roy after trying to convince him to drop the 7.

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81 candidates set to contest in Dibrugarh civic body election

Altogether 81 candidates remained in the fray in the 22-ward Dibrugarh Municipal (DMB) election after six candidates withdrew their nominations on Sunday.

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International Mother Language Day: How little-known Ruga lost out to a dominant language in Meghalaya’s Garo hills

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President to inaugurate Lachit’s 400th birth anniversary on Feb 25

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PM Narendra Modi invokes 'Arunachal Hamara' during speech on Statehood Day

He said considering the role of Arunachal Pradesh in terms of national security, modern infrastructure is also being developed

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Couple found hanging in Cachar tea garden

A man and a woman were found hanging from a tree in Moniyarkhal tea garden in Cachar district on Friday night.The deceased man was identified as Sumit Das (24), a resident of French Nagar in Dholai block of the district. The woman’s name was not available.

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Cong treated Manipur as family ATM: Patra

BJP national spokesman and in-charge of Manipur Sambit Patra on Saturday tore into Congress at an election rally by accusing the Gandhis of treating Manipur as a “family ATM” and keeping the state “out of the mainstream discourses” when it was in power in the state for 15 years.

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After public outcry, Assam scraps name of new road

The Assam government on Saturday withdrew an earlier public notice proposing to name a newly developed road, leading to Kamakhya temple through Pandu Ghat, as “Swami Muktananda Saraswati Path”, after strong public outcry that questioned the connection of the person to the state, whose name

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Drug abuse: Students stage street play to raise awareness

The students of Centre for Studies in Journalism & Mass Communication, Dibrugarh University, kick-started an awareness initiative, “Drug Abuse amongst Youth”, on Saturday.

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Students to return to IIT-G in March in staggered way

Even as the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT-G) has opened its doors for students in a staggered manner, most of the students will join the offline classes next month after their mid-term examinations conclude.

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Kaziranga corridors still not free of illegal structures

A number of structures like marriage halls, restaurants and a government guest house continue to occupy prime space on the animal corridors of the Kaziranga National Park, a Unesco world heritage site, despite the Supreme Court order three years ago that all illegal constructions should be

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After 2 years of Covid, GMCH records zero patient admission

For the first time on Saturday in the two years of the pandemic, zero patients were admitted at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) here.

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GMCH records zero admission after 2 years of Covid

Though the number of admissions started declining towards the end of last year at the premier hospital in the region, it was never completely free of Covid patients. Principal of the hospital, Dr Achyut Baishya, said in the now defunct Kalapahar Covid care facility, which was under the administrative control of the GMCH, a few cases were there last year as the second wave lingered on and the third wave hit the state.

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OIL celebrates 63rd foundation day

The 63rd foundation day of Oil India Limited was held at its field headquarters in Duliajan on Friday along with its offices across the country.

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Goods train derails in Assam

A freight train derailed between Rangapara North and Bindukuri stations, under Rangia division of Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR), in Assam’s Sonitpur district on Friday.No one was killed or injured in the incident, according to a release issued by NFR.

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Assam cops sensitised on wildlife crimes

With the police playing an important role in the prevention and mitigation of crimes against wildlife and illegal trade in wildlife parts, the law enforcers of Assam’s Charaideo district were on Friday sensitised on such illegal activities.

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IAF officer dies in Kaziranga road mishap

An Indian Air Force (IAF) flying officer died on the spot in a road accident in the Kohora area of Kaziranga National Park in Assam’s Golaghat district in the early hours of Friday.The deceased officer has been identified as Jeorg Kuriakose who was deployed at Tezpur Air Force station.

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Dry, hot spell leads to rise in pollution level in Guwahati

After two weeks of biting cold in February, the temperature has started rising in the city. The maximum temperature touched 28 degree Celsius on Friday, a rise by two degree Celsius from the normal. The temperature is expected to go up further in the next four-five days.

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More than 50% of candidates in fray for Phase-1 Manipur polls are crorepatis

More than half of the 173 candidates in fray in 38 constituencies of Manipur that will go to the polls in the first phase on February 28 have declared themselves as crorepatis in their affidavits, while 16% have declared serious criminal cases against them — two of them with cases related

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Flight services from Rupsi airport extended to six days a week

In a boost to regional connectivity, Rupsi airport in Assam’s Kokrajhar district from Friday extended regular flight services to Kolkata and Guwahati to six days a week.

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Physical hearing in Assam courts to resume on Mon

Physical hearing of cases will resume in the Gauhati high Court and all lower courts from Monday after more than a month. The functioning of courts went on virtual mode on January 6 following a fresh spike in Covid-19 cases in the state.

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Cachar inks MoU with Power Grid for advanced healthcare

The Cachar district administration has signed an MoU worth Rs 1.7 crore with the Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd for providing advanced life-support ambulance, ICU equipment and vehicles for blood bank for Silchar under its corporate social responsibility.

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Govt to acquire new landmass to extend Kaziranga Nat’l Park

A big landmass, encompassing over 452 hectares in the northern bank of the Brahmaputra, will be added to the Kaziranga National Park (KNP), a Unesco world heritage site, making it a safe habitat for wildlife crossing the river during the monsoon.

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Assam edu dept starts free distribution of textbooks

The state education department on Thursday started distributing over 3.22 crore textbooks in nine mediums and 19 languages for around 62 lakh students.

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‘Assam’s combined tree cover area lost in 20 yrs almost twice the size of Delhi’

Researchers have come up with the alarming find that Assam has lost around 269 thousand hectares (2,690 sqkm) of tree cover area in the last two decades (2001 to 2020), which is close to twice the size of Delhi having an area of 1,484 sqkm.

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Assam: Education department begins distribution of free textbooks

Pegu said the government is committed to ensuring free education for all students in government and provincialized schools. "By April 1 the students will get the textbooks," said the minister. Late delivery has always been an issue for a section of students.

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Assam: Government set to acquire new landmass to extend Kaziranga national park

The original area of KNP, as notified in 1974, was 430 sq km and through 10 extensions, it is now going to enjoy a sprawling 914 sq km area.

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Distribution of free textbooks begins in Assam

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Docs: Post-Cov complications significantly lower in 3rd wave

The Omicron variant-induced third wave resulted in a much faster spread of the virus but health experts have said post-Covid symptoms have almost disappeared if compared to the aftermath of the earlier two waves.

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Insurgents, hostile terrain challenge to Assam’s war on drugs

The role of insurgent groups of Manipur coupled with inhospitable terrain in the interstate borders — with Manipur and Nagaland — are Assam’s prime challenges to completely stop drug supply to the state.

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In Manipur, Rio campaigns for NPF & bats for Naga agreement

Nagaland CM Neiphiu Rio, who kicked off campaigning for his former party and now ally, Naga People’s Front (NPF), wooed Naga voters in Manipur by underlining the need for the Naga peace agreement to provide same privileges and protection for every Naga living within and outside Nagaland in

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Rare heron species spotted in Arunachal tiger reserve

The white-bellied heron, a critically endangered species with arguably a population of about 250 spread across the world, has been spotted in Kamlang Tiger Reserve in Arunachal Pradesh.

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Two youths loot 5L from Guwahati woman

Two bike-borne youths allegedly looted Rs 5 lakh from a woman in Guwahati’s Magzine area on Wednesday. This was the third case of daylight robbery in Guwahati this year. Last month, two similar incidents took place in Guwahati’s Lachit Nagar and Jayanagar.

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BJP collects 10cr during donation drive in Assam

The ruling BJP in Assam has collected over Rs 10 crore during its 45-day donation campaign — Sahyog Nidhi Abhiyan — from over 40 lakh party workers and well-wishers, sources said. The drive began on January 1 and concluded on February 15.

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Sarma opens Assam’s eighth medical college at Lakhimpur

Chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday inaugurated the Lakhimpur Medical College and Hospital (LMCH), the eighth medical college hospital in the state in upper Assam’s Lakhimpur district.

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NSCN-IM sensitises Nagas of Manipur on peace talks

The NSCN (IM) has plunged into the Manipur election arena by carrying its inconclusive peace talks with the Centre as an issue to the poll-bound state where the Nagas have the second highest population outside Nagaland.

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BJP, AJP name candidates for March 7 Majuli by-election

The stage is set for the by-election to the high-profile Majuli seat, which fell vacant after former chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal was inducted in the Narendra Modi cabinet last year.

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Capitalists, RSS control Modi govt: Brinda Karat

silchar cpm politburo member and silchar cpm politburo member and former mp brinda karat slammed performances of the prime minister narendra modi’s muchtalked about “doubleengine” government saying “one of the engines is being controlled by adani and ambani whereas the other one is being controlled by the rashtriya swayamsevak sangh rss and sangh rss and sangh parivar.

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Day 1: 75% primary pupils of govt schools skip classes in Kamrup-M

In-person classes started on Tuesday after the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic hit the state, but 75% of the students at the primary level, who were said to be the worst affected because of online classes, skipped offline studies on the first day of the reopening of government schools

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Assam returns to pre-pandemic life, bizmen & students elated

Assam’s return to pre-pandemic life without any kind of Covid-19 restrictions from Tuesday has ushered in hope among all sections of people in the state.

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