GUWAHATI: The Assam Cabinet took several important decisions at its meeting on Thursday, September 24, with measures aimed at supporting women Self-Help Group (SHG) members, casual workers and farmers across the state. ALSO READ: Assam: Land Allotted For Patharkandi Agriculture College, New Industrial Estate In Kamrup The Cabinet approved a one-time exemption for women SHG…
GUWAHATI: The Assam Cabinet took several important decisions at its meeting on Thursday, September 24, including land allocations for higher education and industrial development in the state. ALSO READ: Assam: Subsidised Sugar, Masur Dal To Be Available At ₹100 At Fair Price Shops In October The Cabinet approved the allotment of 256 bighas of land…
GUWAHATI: The Assam Cabinet took several important decisions at its meeting held on Thursday, September 24, including measures related to essential commodities ahead of the festive season. ALSO READ: ‘Published Just To Create Sensation’: Assam CM Dismisses Report On ECI Rift Among them was the approval for the distribution of subsidised sugar and masur dal…
GUWAHATI: An injured wild elephant in Sonitpur’s Rangapara has been under continuous treatment and monitoring for the past month, the Assam Forest Department said following concerns raised by a viral video on social media. ALSO READ: Ahead Of Durga Puja, Assam Cabinet Announces ₹1,500 Orunodoi Aid, Additional Holiday On October 17 The video showed the…
GUWAHATI: The Assam Cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, announced a set of special measures ahead of Durga Puja on Thursday, September 24. The decisions include an enhanced Orunodoi payment, a Puja bonus for ATCL employees and tea workers, and an additional holiday for state government employees. ALSO READ: Kamakhya Temple Sees Unannounced…
GUWAHATI: Pandas in Guwahati’s Kamakhya Temple have alleged that a sudden unintimated rush of devotees accompanied by popular Koch-Rajbangshi leader and Rajya Sabha MP from West Bengal Nagendra Ray (Anant Maharaj) created inconvenience in the regular management of temple activities on Wednesday, September 23. ALSO READ: Assam Government Offices To Go Paperless From January 1,…
GUWAHATI: The Assam government has set January 1, 2027, as the deadline for all government offices across the state to transition to a paperless e-Office system, marking a wider expansion of its digital governance initiative. ALSO READ: Man Held in Assam’s Jogighopa Over ₹45 Crore GST Evasion The Chief Minister’s Office announced the deadline on…
GUWAHATI: The GST Intelligence and Enforcement Unit, Assam, arrested a man in Jogighopa, Bongaigaon, on Thursday, September 24, in connection with alleged GST evasion amounting to around ₹45 crore. ALSO READ: Guwahati: Inquiry Ordered After Late-Night Altercation Between Media Personnel, Police at Bharalumukh PS The accused, identified as Abdul Kader, was arrested with the assistance…
GUWAHATI: More than 450,000 people could die from additional heat linked to the ongoing super El Niño by February 2027, according to estimates by climate scientists. ALSO READ: Manipur’s Roshibina Devi Bags Silver, Secures Third Straight Asian Games Medal The projected deaths would be in addition to heat-related deaths already being driven by rising global…
GUWAHATI: A huge traffic jam brought parts of GS Road to a crawl on Wednesday evening as actor Ajay Devgn arrived in Guwahati for the inauguration of a Kalyan Jewellers showroom. ALSO READ: Guwahati: Free Dialysis Centre Inaugurated at Pandu FRU in Kamrup Metro The traffic build-up caused considerable inconvenience to commuters, with vehicles backed…
GUWAHATI: A man was arrested with a handmade gun during a joint operation conducted by the Range Officer of Western Range Raimona and the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) inside Ripu Reserve Forest on Tuesday, September 22. ALSO READ: Assam: Public Holiday Declared in Silchar on October 3 for Municipal Election The accused has been identified…
GUWAHATI: The facility will improve access to essential dialysis care for patients from Pandu and adjoining areas, enabling them to receive free dialysis treatment closer to their place of residence. ALSO READ: Guwahati: ED Attaches 37 Kg Gold Worth ₹54 Cr Seized In Money Laundering Case A Free Dialysis Centre under the Pradhan Mantri National…
GUWAHATI: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Guwahati, has provisionally attached gold weighing 37.064 kg, comprising 29 (twenty-nine) big-sized gold bars and 50 (fifty) small-sized gold pieces, along with ancillary silver-coloured metal flakes weighing 13 grams, having an estimated value exceeding ₹54 crore, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with…
GUWAHATI: A public holiday has been declared on October 3, the day of polling for the Silchar Municipal Corporation election. ALSO READ: India’s Shooting Medal Tally Reaches 6 with Two Skeet Team Bronzes at Asian Games 2026 The election to the Silchar Municipal Corporation will be held on October 3, Saturday. As per a notification…
GUWAHATI: Home Minister Amit Shah has said that India will collectively succeed in uprooting the drug trade by 2029. He made the remarks on Tuesday while addressing the 3rd National Conference of Anti-Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) Heads of States/UTs in the national capital. ALSO READ: Guwahati Police Bust Narcotics Racket in Azara, Recover Heroin and…
GUWAHATI: All Public Sector Banks and Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) will function normally on Sunday, September 27, ahead of a proposed three-day nationwide bank strike from September 28 to 30. ALSO READ: ‘Differing Views Are Normal Part of Deliberation’: ECI Responds to Report of Internal Rift The strike has been called by the United Forum…
GUWAHATI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday, September 23, said that differing views and observations are a normal part of institutional deliberations, after an investigative report claimed that Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi had formally recorded objections at least 14 times over the past 10 months. ALSO READ: Raijor Dal…
GUWAHATI: An over ground worker (OGW) of the United Liberation Front of Asom-Independent (ULFA-I) was apprehended in Nagaland’s Mon district while reportedly heading there with the intention of joining the banned outfit, police said. ALSO READ: “If That Is Not Extortion, What Is?” SC Questions ₹2,700 Cancer Drug With ₹27,000 MRP The man, identified as…
GUWAHATI: The Raijor Dal on Wednesday, September 23, staged a mass protest at Chachal in Guwahati, demanding adequate compensation and relief for people affected by the devastating floods in Upper Assam. ALSO READ: Mirabai Chanu Wins Silver, Gives India First Asian Games Weightlifting Medal in 28 Years Hundreds of flood-affected people from Sivasagar, Charaideo and…
GUWAHATI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday questioned the wide disparity between the price at which manufacturers sell medicines to retailers and the maximum retail price (MRP), citing an example of a cancer medicine sold to a retailer for ₹2,700 while carrying an MRP of ₹27,000. ALSO READ: Centre Warns Against Indiscriminate Use of Painkillers, Antibiotics…
