Assam to Levy ₹3,000 Green Cess on Transfer of Vehicles Over 3 Years Old

  GUWAHATI: The Assam Cabinet on Sunday, October 4, approved the levying of a Green Cess on the transfer of ownership of vehicles to support afforestation and environment conservation activities. ALSO READ: Guwahati Riverfront Project Set for Expansion from Kamakhya Bazar to Nilachal Hills A cess of ₹3,000 will be applicable when the ownership of a…

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Assam Directs Release of Teachers Approved for Mutual Transfer After Census

  GUWAHATI: The Assam School Education Department has directed the release of teachers whose mutual transfers have been approved, following the completion of the first phase of the Census 2026-27, allowing them to join their new places of posting. ALSO READ: Patient Monitor Explodes Inside GMCH MICU, Patients Shifted As Precaution Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu…

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Gauhati High Court Keeps Plea Against Transfer of Five Assam Elephants to Tamil Nadu Temples Pending

  GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court has kept pending an interlocutory application seeking intervention over the proposed transfer of five privately owned elephants from Assam to temples in Tamil Nadu, while directing the Assam government to respond by the next date of hearing. A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Ashutosh Kumar and Justice Arun Dev…

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Guwahati’s Garbage Transfer Stations Turn Into Landfills, Choking Roads and Residents

  Overflowing garbage stations across Guwahati are turning roads, drains and neighbourhoods into health hazards In the Natun Bazar area of Basistha, on the road leading toward the historic Basistha Temple, a peculiar ritual has become a necessity for passersby: the sudden clutching of a handkerchief to the face or the frantic holding of one's…

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