Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday (November 5, 2024) alleged that the Congress is not bothered about electoral victory or defeat, and its only intention is to put hurdles in the State’s development. Likening the Opposition party to a “male cow” that cannot produce milk, he claimed that the Congress will not be […]
GUWAHATI Hyderabad-based environmentalist M. Karunakar Reddy has been chosen for the first award named after Jadav Payeng, better known as the Forest Man of India. The Jadav Payeng International Award, carrying ₹2 lakh and a citation, has been instituted by the charitable Jyoti-Protap Education Trust based at Kaliapani in eastern Assam’s Jorhat district. It will […]
GUWAHATI The tiger population in western Assam’s Manas National Park, a major wildlife preserve stretching into Bhutan, tripled from 2011 to 2019, a new study has said. The report published in the latest issue of the Journal of Biological Conservation attributed this turnaround in a park that suffered because of prolonged armed conflict to increased […]
Over 200 lanterns lit up the evening sky in Assam’s Dholai on Friday (November 8, 2024) as part of the Cachar district administration’s endeavour to encourage voter participation during the bypoll to the Assembly segment. An official statement said that the sky lanterns were flown from B.N.M.P. School Field as part of the Systematic Voters’ […]
Incidents of violence rocked Assam’s Samaguri Assembly constituency where by-elections will be held on November 13 with both the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress alleging that gunshots were fired targeting each other’s supporters over the last 24 hours, police said on Sunday (November 10, 2024). It was also alleged that three journalists who went […]
The fight against child labour and child marriage has a new breed of warriors in Assam – comics commandos. An organisation conducting an educational programme to reduce school dropout has prepared a team of 30 local youths in the Balijan block of western Assam’s Goalpara district. These young men and women have been taught to […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has taken over the probe of 41 cases in Assam concerning various unregulated deposit schemes, following a recommendation by the State Government. “Since taking charge, the CBI has accelerated its probe, conducting fresh searches across 92 locations in five States. These searches have led to the seizure of 24 […]
Photo: The Hindu Thriving species: Oriental pied hornbills have found a safe haven in Mayong village in Morigaon district of Assam. Photo: The Hindu Yield to serve: A woman with bananas harvested for the birds. Photo: The Hindu Ripe and ready: A villager puts out bananas for the birds. Photo: The Hindu Group lunch: A […]
GUWAHATI A middle-aged man in Guwahati bathed with drain water on the streets to protest the prolonged disruption in water supply across a major part of the city. The Guwahati Metropolitan Drinking Water and Sewerage Board, also known as the Guwahati Jal Board, issued a notice on November 14 that the water supply would be […]
GUWAHATI A global project partnered by the World Health Organization (WHO) to combat refractive errors will soon be implemented in Assam. SPECS 2030 or Strengthening Provision of Eye Care Services project, the WHO’s first at a large scale in South Asia and Southeast Asia, aims to address the need to combat refractive errors, the leading […]
