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The vultures had reportedly had eaten a goat carcass and the forest officials have suspected that the vultures died after eating poisonous food.
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New Delhi: The severe heat wave in some parts and the heat wave in many other pockets of the country continued for the fifth day on Thursday with the India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicting it to continue for the next 48 hours before receding thereafter. The highest temperature across India was reported at Nalgonda in […]
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AIUDF supremo and Lok Sabha member from Dhubri, Badruddin Ajmal, said that the movie would create communal discontent.
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Guwahati: A prime accused in the gang-rape of a minor girl was gunned down by police here while allegedly trying to escape from custody, an official said on Wednesday. He was being taken to the crime scene for further investigation when the accused reportedly attacked police personnel accompanying him and attempted to flee on Tuesday […]
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Guwahati: Five persons have been arrested, including a Bangladeshi national, for alleged links with a jehadi group based in the neighbouring country which is believed affiliated to the Al-Qaeda in Indian Sub continent (AQIS) from Assam’s Barpeta district, Director General of police Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta said on Saturday. Based on an intelligence report shared by […]
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Telangana Instead of waiting for the government’s help, some remote villages of Kumram Bheem Asifabad district are literally converting waste into gold by making profits by adopting efficient waste management practices and are able to achieve financial empowerment. The villages are segregating dry waste as part of the novel initiative Palle Pragati programme implemented by the […]
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Chirang: An FIR has been registered against two police constables for allegedly assaulting a journalist after the latter questioned them for not wearing helmets while they were riding bikes in Basugaon in Assam on Monday. Speaking to ANI, the journalist namely Jayant Debnath said, “Two policemen on a bike were not wearing helmets, my only […]
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By now, the BJP’s political template has become tiresomely familiar; play the communal card to seek electoral dividends. Whether in States where it is already in power or in States where it is in the opposition, the saffron party has made divisive politics its core principle. Stoking public fears over an imaginary enemy and invoking […]
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Guwahati: In wake of the rising COVID-19 cases, the Assam government on Friday revised the timings of the night curfew, which will be imposed from 10 pm to 6 am with effect from January 8. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced this revision while addressing a press conference here in Guwahati. Currently, the night curfew […]
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Bishnoi, a second year B.Tech student at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT), was suspended by the college management hours after the news of his arrest broke out.
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Telangana: The Telangana government decided to pass all students who failed in the intermediate first year (11th class) examinations. Education Minister P SabithaIndra Reddy announced that keeping in view the students’ future, the government decided to pass all the failed students with minimum passing marks. The decision will benefit over 2.35 lakh students who had […]
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Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Task Force jointly with the Golconda police arrested eight persons for forgery of birth certificates for Aadhaar enrolment or updations. The suspects used unauthorized Aadhaar kits with Assam identity proofs and updated Aadhaar card details of customers. The arrested persons are T.Nitesh Singh (30) from Borabanda, Syed Mustafa (28) from Tolichowki, Rabbani […]
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Guwahati: The Centre’s decision to repeal three controversial farm laws following an over-a-year-long agitation by agriculturists has given a fresh impetus to several outfits in Assam to revive the anti-CAA stir. From All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) to Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS), outfits that were at the forefront of the movement in 2019, to […]
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Hyderabad: A 22-year-old man was found murdered at Khanamet in Madhapur on Monday. Abdul Mukhtadir Majumdar (22), a native of Assam, stayed with his friends at a room in Madhapur. He went missing since Sunday afternoon and a complaint was lodged at the Madhapur police station on Monday. On Monday afternoon, his body was found […]
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Hyderabad: ‘Hazaar rupai ki chai?!’ Yes. Hyderabadis, who survive on tea, are now going gaga over the latest, premium Maijan Golden Tips tea served at Niloufer Café. The aroma and the unique taste of the exotic tea priced at Rs.1,000, is made of hand-plucked second flush exclusively from a village called Maijan in the tea […]
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Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based 3F Oil Palm is expanding its operations in the North-East part of the country under the National Mission on Edible Oils – Oil Palm (NPEO-OP) envisaged recently by the Government of India to enhance the production of Oil Palm to multifold growth. The company will invest Rs 1,750 crore in oil palm cultivation […]
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Mangaldai/Guwahati: Staccato sounds of gunfire broke the fragile peace of Sipajhar in Assam’s Darrang district on Thursday as police tried to evict “encroachers”, leaving two people dead in police firing, around 20 injured, in clashes, and a shocking video where an apparently dead man with a bullet wound on his chest lay motionless but was […]
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Addressing a press conference here to launch eight new original productions, Reeldrama Director Kuheli Dasgupta said the OTT (Over-The-Top) company has identified several offenders and it is taking action against them.
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Guwahati: At least 30 people, including women, were missing after a big boat capsized, following a collision with another boat on the Brahmaputra on Wednesday at Neamatighat in Assam’s Jorhat, officials said. Police said that the boat was travelling from Neamatighat to Kamalabari ferry point in Majuli “island” while the other was Neamatighat-bound. Jorhat district […]
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A senior Police official in Guwahati said that the DNLA extremists fired several rounds at the truck drivers and other people before setting six of the trucks on fire.
