Seven people died in two separate road accidents across Assam on Saturday (Representative image) GUWAHATI: Seven people were killed in two separate road accidents in Assam’s Sonitpur and Biswanath districts on Saturday, police said.Five people were killed after the car they were travelling in collided with a truck near a petrol pump in Balipara area…
Guwahati: Assam raises the age limit for ex-servicemen seeking Grade III and Grade IV govt jobs to 45.The cabinet on Monday approved increasing the upper age limit for availing of the 2% reservation in Grade III and Grade IV posts from 42 to 45 years.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said the decision would address the problem…
Shillong: Shillong: Meghalaya’s “small population” (2,966,889 as per 2011 census) should not determine its future, CM Conrad K Sangma said on Wednesday, stressing that the state’s productivity would be determined by quality rather than quantity.“My commitment is that govt will continue to sustain SPARK (School Programmes in Articulation, Resilience and Kindness) as a long-term handholding…
A drone view of houses in mud and the broken bridge after flash floods and a mudslide, at Devighat in Nepal Guwahati: Four more Assam residents who went missing after the Nepal disaster were traced on Saturday, but 10 others remained unaccounted for.The number of people from Assam reported to be in Nepal rose from…
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Guwahati: A memorandum was submitted to chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday by the Bhumi Adhikar Joutha Sangram Samiti (BAJSS) demanding the unconditional release of land rights activist Pranab Doley, withdrawal of all cases against him and his associates in connection with the Ingle Pathar incident, and cancellation of the proposed hotel project on…
Silchar: Cachar police seized 15,900 bottles of codeine-based cough syrup and 2,600 painkiller tablets worth around Rs 2 crore in the illicit market, officials said Friday.Acting on intelligence, a police team raided a godown near the accused’s shop at Gossaipur under Udharband police station on Thursday evening and recovered the contraband. Police arrested Sohud Ahmed…
Security personnel verify passengers before their departure as the Imphal–Dimapur–Guwahati bus service resumes after more than three years Imphal: Interstate passenger services between Imphal and Guwahati via Dimapur resumed on Friday after a gap of more than three years, marking a tentative restoration of road connectivity along a route disrupted by the ethnic conflict in…
