GUWAHATI: The Assam government has initiated the rollout of Farmer IDs for small tea growers by including tea and plantation-class land holdings in the farmers' registry portal, a move aimed at improving their access to government schemes and agricultural support. ALSO READ: Six arrested with 198 bottles of codeine syrup in Sonapur Chief Minister Himanta Biswa…
GUWAHATI: Sonapur Police seized 198 bottles of codeine syrup concealed inside a travelling bag during an operation at Digaru based on specific intelligence inputs. Six persons from Nagaon district were apprehended in connection with the seizure, police said. ALSO READ: Two Held in Guwahati's Nalapara House Break-in Case; Stolen Property Seized The arrested have been identified…
GUWAHATI: The Basistha Police have arrested two individuals in connection with a house break-in reported from Nalapara. ALSO READ: Six Arrested in Guwahati's Adabari for Allegedly Robbing Passengers on Trains The police first arrested Md. Jiaur Rahman alias Kele (22) of Kochua. During interrogation, he allegedly disclosed that the stolen gold ornaments had been handed over…
GUWAHATI: Guwahati police arrested six members of an alleged inter-state gang involved in robbing train passengers during a raid at a hotel in the city's Adabari area. ALSO READ: Job Scam Busted in Guwahati: Two Arrested For Cheating Haryana Couple of ₹24,000 Acting on specific intelligence, Jalukbari Police conducted a raid at Hotel Avisarika and apprehended the…
GUWAHATI: Dispur Police have arrested two persons for allegedly duping a couple from Haryana of ₹24,000 on the pretext of providing security guard jobs in Guwahati through an OLX advertisement. ALSO READ: Fake Currency Racket Busted in Guwahati , ₹3.86 Lakh Seized, Three Arrested The arrested accused have been identified as Dhrubayan Bhattacharya (50), a resident of…
Jalukbari Police busted a fake Indian currency note (FICN) racket and seized counterfeit notes worth ₹3.86 lakh during a raid at a flat in Millennium Garden under Pragjyotish Nagar on Saturday, June 27. ALSO READ: Two Separate Raids in Guwahati Lead to Heroin Recovery, Three Arrests Made During the raid, police recovered FICN in ₹500 denomination…
GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday held discussions with cricket legend Sunil Manohar Gavaskar on strengthening Assam's cricket ecosystem, while the former India captain proposed organising an international marathon in Guwahati on the lines of the Tokyo Marathon. The CM said the state government would examine the proposal. ALSO READ: ED Attaches ₹53.28 Crore…
GUWAHATI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Guwahati Zonal Office, has provisionally attached immovable properties worth about ₹53.28 crore in a money-laundering case involving retired IPS officer Prasanta Kumar Dutta, his family members and associated companies. The attached assets include four hotels in Guwahati and two residential flats in Mumbai. The action was taken under the Prevention…
GUWAHATI: International crude oil prices have fallen to levels last seen before the West Asia conflict that began in late-February 2026, offering some relief to India’s macroeconomic outlook and policymakers. ALSO READ: Kamrup Metro Targets Nearly 2 Lakh Children in Three-Day Pulse Polio Drive from June 28 Brent crude, the international benchmark, is currently trading…
GUWAHATI: The National Immunization Day (NID) will be observed across Kamrup Metropolitan district on Sunday, June 28, with health authorities targeting 1,99,591 children below the age of five under the Pulse Polio immunisation campaign. ALSO READ: Three Arrested in Maharashtra TET Paper Leak Racket; Exam Questions Seized Before Scheduled Test The three-day drive, which will…
GUWAHATI: A day before the Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) was scheduled to be held, police foiled an alleged paper leak racket in Bhiwandi by arresting three persons and recovering question papers believed to be meant for the examination. ALSO READ: Maharashtra TET 2026 Postponed a Day Before Exam Over Suspected Question Paper Leak According…
GUWAHATI: The Maharashtra Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2026, scheduled to be held on Sunday, June 28 has been postponed after authorities detected a suspected question paper leak in Bhiwandi, Thane district, prompting a police investigation. ALSO READ: Section 163 BNSS Imposed Near Special TET Exam Centres Across Assam Ahead of June 28 Test The Maharashtra…
GUWAHATI: District administrations across Assam have imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, ahead of the Special Assam Teacher Eligibility Test (Special TET)-2026, scheduled to be held on June 28. ALSO READ: Illegal Settlement on Railway Land in Guwahati's Gandhibasti Plagued by Drug Trade and Toxic Wire Burning…
GUWAHATI: Guwahati Police have imposed prohibitory orders under Section 163 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, around the examination centre for the Special Assam Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) 2026 to ensure the smooth and fair conduct of the examination on June 28. ALSO READ: Yaba Tablets Worth ₹2.4 Crore Seized in Assam's Sribhumi,…
GUWAHATI: Assam Police seized a consignment of Yaba tablets valued at approximately ₹2.4 crore during an operation in Sribhumi district in the early hours of Saturday, June 28, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. ALSO READ: School Principal & Son Booked for Alleged Kidnapping and Sexual Assault in Assam; Accused Absconding Announcing the seizure in…
Watching Main Vaapas Aaunga often felt like revisiting the emotional landscape of Rockstar. Not because the stories are the same, but because Imtiaz Ali once again places a tender love story alongside the personal struggles of his protagonist. The result is a deeply moving film that reminds us why he remains one of Hindi…
A Ramsar wetland has shrunk to a fraction of its size. Campus species lists have quietly shortened over two decades. And a city that keeps building, filling, and paving, one waterbody at a time. This is the story of Guwahati. ALSO READ: Assam Orders New Guwahati Vendor Survey Amid Longstanding Legal and Policy Gaps A…
The Assam government's latest announcement of a fresh two-month survey of Guwahati's street vendors should have been a routine administrative exercise under a law enacted more than a decade ago. Instead, it has exposed a far more uncomfortable reality: twelve years after Parliament passed the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street…
GUWAHATI: A total of 62 fake doctors, commonly referred to as quacks, have been arrested across Assam since 2025 as part of a statewide crackdown on unqualified medical practitioners, with 59 cases registered so far. ALSO READ: APSC Integrates with DigiLocker for Paperless, Fraud-Free Recruitment The ongoing drive is aimed at identifying individuals allegedly practising…
GUWAHATI: Assam Public Service Commission adopts digital verification to modernize and secure its hiring process ALSO READ: GMDA Revises Entry Fees for Guwahati Parks, Introduces Free Morning Access The Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) has taken a significant step toward transparent and technology-driven recruitment by integrating with DigiLocker, the Government of India's cloud-based document storage…
