Taxed Without Services: Guwahati's Growing Trust Deficit With Urban Governance

  Guwahati residents taxed without services, raising questions over GMC's accountability At a time when the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) is tightening its grip on civic discipline with a sweeping "Spot Fine Schedule for a Cleaner, Healthier & Greater Guwahati," a more fundamental question is beginning to echo across the city's flooded lanes and garbage-strewn…

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Anna Hazare Joins Students' Protest with Silent Sit-In, Urges Centre to Restore Trust

  GUWAHATI: Veteran social activist Anna Hazare on Thursday, 23 July, observed a two-hour maun andolan (silent protest) at the Mahatma Gandhi statue in Ahilyanagar, Maharashtra, extending his support to students protesting in Delhi over alleged examination irregularities. ALSO READ: Guwahati Satellite City Bill to Be Taken Up for Consideration in Assam Assembly on July 28…

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Ram Mandir Donation Theft Case: Eight Arrested, Trust Officials Resign Amid Embezzlement Probe

  GUWAHATI: A major donation theft racket has been uncovered at the Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, with eight people arrested over allegations of embezzling cash and jewellery donated by devotees. The case has also led to the reported resignation of two senior office-bearers of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, who stepped down citing…

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