Aditya Golay Tamang, son of Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang, won the Soreng Chakung Assembly constituency unopposed, highlighting the family politics ruling the bypolls in three northeastern States. He was one of the two Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) candidates to win without an election. The other was Satish Chandra Rai, who won the Namchi-Singithang […]
A day after citizens’ groups took to the streets demanding the preservation of trees around a historic tank in the central part of Guwahati, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government would explore an alternative alignment for a five km flyover. The Chief Minister laid the foundation stone of a 5,053.20-metre four-lane elevated […]
Assam’s ‘diamond’ Sainik School, one of the oldest in India, has paved the way for a golden phase for its girl cadets. In 2018, Sainik School Chhingchhip in Mizoram became the country’s first Sainik School to enrol girls. Sainik School Goalpara (SSG), the first of its kind in the northeast, opened its doors for girls three […]
Cancer is a global threat to mankind. Over the years, significant understanding of the causes, behaviour, and drugs required to treat various cancers has accumulated. However, therapeutic procedures for cancer remain a major concern for scientists. Depending on the type or location, cancers can be treated through medicines or surgical resection/amputation. However, the recurrence rate […]
Two persons from Manipur were arrested after Yaba tablets, a narcotics substance, valued at ₹10 crore, were recovered from their possession in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district, police said on Thursday (October 31, 2024). The arrests and recovery were made during a routine checking exercise in Dillai Tiniali area on Wednesday (October 30, 2024) evening. Also […]
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday (November 1, 2024) lashed out at Jharkhand Chief Minister Hement Soren for being engaged in selective hospitality. He challenged Mr. Soren to push back Ghulam Ahmad Mir, Jharkhand Congress in-charge from the State then he would also leave. His statement has come amid the political debate over […]
Five Assam police personnel, including Inspector General of Police Partha Sarathi Mahanta, received awards from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) for addressing some of the State’s most pressing criminal issues within a year from March 21, 2023. Three police personnel awarded are members of Assam’s Special Task Force (STF), which Mr Mahanta heads. Apart […]
Veteran Assamese actor and director Kulada Kumar Bhattacharya died at a private hospital here after a brief illness, his family said. He was 91. “The award-winning screen and stage personality had been unwell for the last few days and had been admitted to the hospital, where he breathed his last at 8.20 pm on Friday […]
GUWAHATI A forum against the Citizenship (Amendment) Act of 2019 has asked the Registrar General of India to publish the “final draft” of the updated National Register of Citizens in Assam. In a letter to the RGI more than a week ago, the Coordination Committee Against CAA said there was no reason to “keep the […]
GUWAHATI Villagers of Assam and Meghalaya along a stretch known more for inter-State boundary disputes have come together against illegal sand mining. Members of several organisations on either side of the boundary gathered at Nokmakundi in Meghalaya’s North Garo Hills on Saturday (November 2, 2024) for a rally to express resentment over the unabated illegal […]
