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The recent arrests of eight Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) officials for their alleged involvement in a Rs 20-crore civic works scam has put the brakes on the process of installation of a waste management plant at East Boragaon, on the outskirts of the city.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday once again appealed to Ulfa(I) chief Paresh Baruah to join the peace process for the sake of Assam’s development.
With the advent of autumn and cooler temperatures, Amur falcons have started arriving at New Tumbung village located near Neepco reservoir at Umrangso in the picturesque Dima Hasao district of Assam.This year, the Siberian winged guests have started to arrive from October 13.
In a major boost to air connectivity in the region, Union civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Sunday inaugurated three flights in as many new routes connecting five cities of the northeast across Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur and Mizoram.
Under the Electric Vehicle Policy of Assam, 2021, the state government has planned to convert its existing public transport and government vehicles to EVs by 2030.
At least four people were killed and one person seriously injured on Saturday while cleaning a household well in Hailakandi district of Assam, police said.
A superintending engineer of the state public works department was arrested on Thursday for reportedly forging a notification issued by the deputy commissioner of Aizawl saying that all government offices would be closed on October 25 due to the state meteorological centre's warning about Cyclone Sitrang hitting the state on that day.
A day after popular Assamese actor Nipon Goswami died due to heart-related issues, renowned painter Neel Pawan Baruah breathed his last around 3.15 pm on Friday following a prolonged illness. He was 86.
A protest rally taken out by the Federation of Khasi Jaintia and Garo People (FKJGP) and NGOs to highlight the unemployment problem in poll-bound Meghalaya’s capital city, Shillong, on Friday turned violent after some masked men among the rallyists vandalised police vehicles and attacked
Dr Bezbaruah, directed by my brother Brojens Barua, was a superhit where Nipon da showed marvellous acting skills. I call him Nipon da because he was about seven years older than I.
Noted writer from Arunachal Pradesh Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi, a Padma Shri recipient, is contesting for the coveted president's post of the apex literary body of Assam.
The Assam Police intercepted a truck at Jorabat bordering Meghalaya and seized 2,500 kg of cannabis valued at over Rs one crore in the international market on Thursday, they said.
Nipon da breathed his last at a private hospital here after he suffered a heart attack following prolonged illness. He is survived by his son and daughter-in-law.
A tribal festival was held at the amphitheatre of the directorate of art and culture in Kohima on Wednesday to celebrate 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav'.
Some Myanmar junta soldiers were either killed or maimed when at least 10 of them stumbled on a landmine planted by the local resistance force at the Myanmar-Mizoram border village of Khawmawi on Wednesday morning, according to The Tahan Post.
Nearly 350 provincialised (government-aided) colleges in Assam are staring at a crisis with the state government having failed to refund nearly 40% of the admission fees of students from poor backgrounds so far.
Police detained three Swedish nationals in Assam’s Dibrugarh district for participating in a religious congregation flouting tourist visa norms. They will be deported on Thursday.
All schools across seven districts of Mizoram remained closed on Tuesday following incessant rainfall since Monday and the Met department's warning about the possibility of Cyclone Sitrang hitting Mizoram. The order was issued by the deputy commissioners of Aizawl, Lunglei, Khawzawl, Saitual, Champhai, Kolasib and Mamit districts.
Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who took stock of the progress of the Brahmaputra riverfront beautification project at Panzabar on Tuesday, said a portion of it will be completed and opened to public by Bohag Bihu in April next year.
Union minister of ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal visited the erosion-hit areas of Dibrugarh district on Tuesday.
Two days after it was opened to public, the Assam government on Tuesday sealed a private museum set up by an organization of migrant Muslims of Bangladesh-origin known as ‘Miya’ to display agricultural tools and other items claiming that those were exclusive to the community at Dapkarbhita
Cyclone Sitrang ripped through the northeast, bringing down houses, snapping telecommunication networks and damaging standing crops late on Monday, even as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicted more rain across the region.
The museum opened on Sunday in Goalpara district's Lakhipur, a four-hour drive from the India-Bangladesh border. But the district administration shut it down and confiscated the items after Sarma's statement and also because authorities found that it was set up illegally in a house built with funding from the PM's rural housing scheme.
The Goalpara district administration sealed the "Miya Museum" at Lakhipur soon after chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma told media in Guwahati that the items put up for display are traditional tools of the natives.
In a quaint Assam village, Pranita is busy peeling and chopping vegetables while another woman cleans a boat at the nearby pond and two others sit by the entrance, chatting among themselves.
The Covid-19 endemic situation in Mizoram has improved further with the shrinking daily caseloads and better recovery rates. In fact, it continues to have the highest recovery rate among the eight northeastern states.
Despite the onslaught of cheap electric lights, the traditional earthen lamps have managed to make it to every household during Diwali. There may be a variety of options to illuminate houses on the occasion but the traditional ‘diya’ continues to burn, at least the entrance of every house. TOI’s Kangkan Kalita looks at the age-old practice amid changing preferences of people.
The chief minister's special vigilance cell arrested one more Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) official in connection with the ongoing probe in the Rs 20 crore scam.
A red alert was sounded across Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura on Monday in view of the impending Cyclone Sitrang. It is likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm, the IMD said.
The impact of Cyclone Sitrang was felt in Assam on Monday morning as rains lashed different parts of the state. Assam's Karimganj, Cachar, Hailakandi, and Dima Hasao districts witnessed rain since Monday morning.
A man was killed at a railway crossing in Assam's Kamrup district on Sunday, after being hit by a train, while trying to illegally cross the tracks.
The Assam government on Sunday announced an additional dearness allowance (DA) of four per cent for its employees and all India service officers as a festival gift. The hike will be effective from July 1, and the additional amount will be paid with October's salary, chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said in a tweet.
The proposal of AIUDF to support the new regional parties — Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) and Raijor Dal — to fight BJP in 2024 Lok Sabha election, has angered both the parties. They said “communal” AIUDF’s imagination to stitch an alliance with them is a “moral crime”.
The Army on Saturday said China knows well the reply of Indian soldiers from the maximum damage it had suffered at the Battle of Namka Chu fought 60 years ago in Tawang district of Arunachal Pradesh and added that “Galwan was a refresher” for them.
The Army aviation advanced light helicopter had sent a Mayday distress call to air traffic control (ATC), suggesting technical snag, before crashing in the Migging area of Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang on Friday morning, resulting in the death of all five personnel on board, which
The Indian Army aviation wing’s advanced light helicopter had sent a “Mayday” distress call to air traffic control, suggesting a technical snag, before crashing in the Migging area of Arunachal Pradesh’s Upper Siang on Friday morning. All five army personnel on board were killed when the helicopter went down, including two Majors.
The sleuths had on Thursday arrested a junior assistant at the DTO's office, Ditimoni Gogoi, and recovered Rs 9,30,500 from her residence.
Around 5,300kg of areca nuts, suspected to have been smuggled from Myanmar, was seized from a truck in Assam’s Chirang district on Wednesday.The truck bearing a Haryana registration number was on its way to Bongaigaon from Barpeta when it was intercepted in Chirang’s Bijni locality.
On the progress achieved in Assam and the NE region, he said, "If you consider policy and development, we are now at the heart of this country. So, that is the kind of difference Prime Minister Modi has brought."
The accused have been identified as Atikur Rahman, Ali Ulla and Mustafizur Rahman. The court of chief judicial magistrate, Kamrup (Metro), has sent them to a two-day custody of the investigating agency.
The woman, who has been identified as Bhanu Begum, was later arrested under various charges, including criminal conspiracy and cheating of the IPC.
At the same time, he also told media persons in New Delhi that Sonia, Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi will continue to play an important role in the party affairs.
Kamrup (Metro) inspector of schools Prasanna Bora said some internal health issue might have caused the death.
Senior lawyer Imad Uddin Bulbul said the child in question, who was born to a Bangladeshi mother in Karimganj, can't claim India citizenship.
Assam Congress headquarters Rajiv Bhavan here erupted in joy on Wednesday over the election of Mallikarjun Kharge as the new AICC president with workers distributing sweets on the occasion.
Minister-level talks between Mizoram and neighbouring Assam to find an amicable and long-lasting solution to the vexed 50-year interstate boundary dispute is scheduled to be held from November 2 to 5 in Guwahati, a senior Mizoram home department official said on Tuesday.
The VC of Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), Itanagar, Saket Kushwaha, was injured when students vandalised his office on Monday. The VC's PSOs also sustained injuries in the incident.
Voting ended for the Congress presidential elections in Assam with 97 per cent of the registered delegates casting their ballots at Rajiv Bhawan here on Monday.
