GUWAHATI: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Guwahati Zonal Office, has provisionally attached movable and immovable properties worth ₹5.54 crore in connection with a money laundering investigation linked to M/s Jeevan Suraksha Group of Companies and its Directors. The attached assets include credit balances of ₹1.42 crore (approx.) lying in 48 bank accounts and 22 immovable…
GUWAHATI: The old Saraighat Bridge over the river Brahmaputra will remain completely closed to all vehicular movement for two months starting July 13, as N.F. Railway authorities undertake repair and restoration works on the bridge, Assam Police said in a press advisory. The bridge will be shut from both sides for the entire duration of…
GUWAHATI: Amid the controversy surrounding the removal of a portrait depicting singer Zubeen Garg at the Ganeshguri flyover, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday, July 10, said the issue was not about any individual but about the historical significance of the location. Addressing the matter, the Chief Minister said Ganeshguri is remembered as…
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday, July 10, said singer Zubeen Garg's portrait can be painted, but not in the style of Argentine revolutionary Che Guevara. Speaking on the controversy surrounding a recently erased mural, Sarma said Zubeen should instead be portrayed in the same style as Assamese icons Jyoti Prasad Agarwala,…
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday, July 10, clarified that the government did not order the removal of the mural that was believed to depict singer Zubeen Garg. Addressing the controversy, Sarma said the two painters who erased the artwork themselves decided to remove it after concluding that the image did not…
GUWAHATI: The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has taken strict action against the illegal stocking of construction and demolition materials on A.M. Road, Guwahati, imposing a penalty of ₹15,000 on the violator. According to a receipt issued by GMC on July 10, the penalty was levied under Ward No. 30 for stocking construction and demolition (C&D)…
GUWAHATI: The Assam government has announced plans to conduct a feasibility study for integrating a metro rail system over or alongside the Guwahati Ring Road, as part of efforts to ease congestion in the city and encourage urban expansion beyond the ring road corridor, with a particular focus on satellite towns. The proposal was outlined…
GUWAHATI: While addressing the budget session of Assam Assembly Finance Minister Jayanta Balla Baruah announced that the Assam government has approved the procurement and installation of a proton therapy machine worth 550 crore at the State Cancer Institute, Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH). Once operational, it will be the first proton therapy unit in India's…
GUWAHATI: The Assam government has announced a ₹2,500 crore project to shift Guwahati’s overhead power network to underground cables in a phased manner. In Phase I, ₹200 crore will be spent under the RDSS scheme to cover five major stretches, Finance Minister Jayanta Mallabaruah said in the Assembly on Friday, July 10, presenting the Budget….
GUWAHATI: Guwahati Police have made three additional arrests in connection with the recent Fake Indian Currency Note (FICN) circulation racket. The arrested individuals are Md Hejbur Rahman (37), Md Mizanur Rahman aka Mizu (36), and Md Ekramul Islam (26), all from North Lakhimpur, Assam. A total of ₹13.46 lakh counterfeit notes has been recovered in…
GUWAHATI: The Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) has shut down a food outlet that was operating inside a public toilet complex in front of Arya Vidyapeeth College, near Arya Nagar Flyover, citing serious concerns over public health and hygiene. Acting promptly on receiving information about the eatery functioning within the Lions Club Public Toilet premises, GMC…
GUWAHATI: The South West Guwahati and South Central Guwahati water supply projects are expected to be completed by December 2026, Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Kaushik Rai informed the Assam Legislative Assembly during the Budget Session on Thursday, July 9. The two projects cover Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) Wards 11, 12, 13, 20, 21 and…
