GUWAHATI A team of wildlife conservationists tagged the almost-blind Ganges river dolphin for the first time. A healthy male river dolphin from Kulsi, a tributary of the Brahmaputra, was tagged and released under veterinary care. An initiative of the Ministry of Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, it was executed by the Wildlife Institute of India […]
GUWAHATI The Assam Police Special Task Force (STF) arrested eight members of a “global terror group”, the Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), in simultaneous operations across three States on the intervening night of December 17 and 18. The ABT is an affiliate of al-Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent. One of the eight, identified as Mohammed Sad […]
After years of talks with stakeholders and community representatives, the Assam government has reconstituted a Committee of Group of Ministers to look into the demand for Scheduled Tribe (ST) status of six of the State’s ethnic groups, namely the Chutiya, Koch-Rajbongshi, Matak, Moran, Tai-Ahom and ‘Tea Tribe’ communities. These communities have long been demanding ST […]
The 4th Kokrajhar Literary Festival will begin on February 1 at the Bodofa Cultural Complex in Assam’s Kokrajhar district. The three-day event will focus on promoting cultural connections and peace through literature. The festival will feature over 60 national and nine international guests, alongside more than 100 local participants. It will include panel discussions, poetry […]
GUWAHATI Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Thursday (December 19, 2024) that no demonstrations would be permitted near the Governor’s house in Guwahati. He announced this a day after a Congress leader died allegedly due to excessive tear gas shelling during the party’s ‘Raj Bhavan Chalo’ stir. “The institution of the Governor stands […]
The North Eastern Tea Association (NETA) has hailed the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)‘s recognition of tea from the plant Camellia sinensis as a healthy beverage. On December 19, the FDA issued a final rule to update the “healthy” nutrient content claim to help consumers identify foods that are particularly useful as the foundation of […]
GUWAHATI The number of avian species at a major wetland in north-eastern Assam declined by almost 72% in 27 years, a study has revealed. The study on avian diversity at the Bordoibam-Bilmukh Bird Sanctuary (BBBS) straddling the Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts was published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa recently. The authors of the study are North […]
A leader of the Assam unit of Congress said he was bitten by a police officer during a protest march in Guwahati on Friday (December 20, 2024). A scuffle with the police ensued when scores of Congress members marched to protest the death of advocate and party leader Mridul Islam on Wednesday. He succumbed to […]
Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah on Saturday (December 21, 2024) requested Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to provide a government job on compassionate grounds to the widow of a party leader who had died during a protest programme. Congress leader Mridul Islam had died during a ‘Raj Bhawan Chalo’ protest on Wednesday (December 18, […]
Four hundred and sixteen people have been arrested in the third phase of the crackdown against child marriage in Assam, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Sunday, December 22, 2024. The crackdown was launched on the night of December 21-22, he said. The police have registered 335 cases and the arrested will be produced […]
