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- GMC elections: Guwahati witnesses low voter turnout with 49 percent
- Anomalies, rigging incidents reported during Guwahati civic poll
- Bhupen Bora takes charge as AICC secretary
- Parents-AASU activists gherao school after student allegedly ragged, assaulted
- ABSU members’ burn allegedly imported ‘Dakhana’ in Bijni
- Advani did not resign because of Modi: Rajnath
- PM, Sonia to visit flood-hit Uttarakhand, Himachal
- Coalgate scam: CBI to record statement of TKA Nair
- Ishrat Jahan case: HC ordered CBI to remove IPS officer Satish Verma
- Rain fury: Death toll mounts to 73, over 73,000 stranded
- G8 seeks unity on Syrian peace talks, tax evasion
- Hamid Karzai suspends talks with US over Taliban move
- China, North Korea hold strategic talks in Beijing
- Suicide bombers attack Baghdad, kill 31and several other wounded
- Karzai announces transfer of security from NATO to Afghan control
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| Unidentified miscreants break into city based pharmacy; decamp with cash |
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| Guwahati: Raising concerns among the citizens of Guwahati and dodging security vigil, three unidentified youths barged into a medical store and decamped with Rs 25000 on Wednesday night in the heartland of the State’s premiere city. It may be mentioned here, that the miscreants ransacked ‘Ma Kanchan Medicos’ in Zoo Road and also threatened the proprietor of dire consequences. According to eye-witn |
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| AASU hits out at SEBA chairman-secretery; demand reforms |
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| Guwahati: On Thursday the All Assam Students Union (AASU) hit out at Board of Secondary Education (SEBA) demanding reforms and setting a time frame of 15 days. The student’s body came down heavily on AASU chairman Santikam Hazarika and Secretary Dayaram Rajbongshi. The student body also demanded that the duo be sacked. Lashing out at the state education department, the student body blamed SEBA for |
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| 2 detained for opium peddling in Six mile area of Guwahati |
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| Guwahati: Acting on a tip-off, CID sleuths apprehended 2 persons from Six Mile in Guwahati on charges of peddling opium on Thursday. It is noteworthy, that the CID officials also seized a huge quantity of opium from the duo’s possession. Meanwhile, the arrested duo has been identified as Bijay Kumar Agarwala and Trailokya Kalita. It may be mentioned here, that the duo peddled the haul of opium fro |
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| Governor seeks dissolution of CMJ varsity in Meghalaya |
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Shillong: Meghalaya Governor R S Mooshahary has sought dissolution of private CMJ University for fraudulently awarding Ph.D degrees and enrolling students in violation of UGC norms. Mooshahary, who is also the Visitor of the University, put forth his decision of dissolution of the University to the state government last evening, a press statement said. \"All the established facts clearly ind |
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| Tripura bans fund collection by chit fund firms |
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Agartala: The Tripura government has asked four non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), including Rose Valley, not to collect deposits from the people, and to make due payments to depositors by July 31, officials said here Thursday.\"The four NBFCs, including Rose Valley, were violating the SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) Act, 1992, collecting huge money from people by promising abn |
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| Manipur assembly for implementation of ILP |
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Imphal: Manipur assembly on Thursday unanimously resolved to urge the Centre to extend the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation (BEFR), 1873 or inner line permit (ILP) system in the state.The resolution was moved by Congress MLA R K Anand who emphasised the need to amend the Constitution for extension of the regulation in the state in view of the increasing number of people coming from other states |
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| GNLA cadres-arms smuggler held in Guwahati;arms & ammunitions seized |
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| Guwahati: In a major breakthrough, Assam Police seized a huge cache of arms and ammunitions at Garchuk in Guwahati on Thursday. It may be mentioned here that the arms and ammunitions seized belonged to the banned Garo National Liberation Army. 1 AK-56 Rifle along with a magazine, 375 live cartridges of AK-56 rifle, 1 short barrel machine gun, 7 RPG shells and 1 RPG launcher were seized during the |
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| Veteran Cong leader Sarat Borkotoky demands for Gogoi cabinet reshuffle |
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| Guwahati: In a significant development amid ongoing turbulences with in State congress over the functioning of Tarun Gogoi led government, it has been learnt that 21 MLAs led by Veteran Congress leader Sarat Borkotoky will leave for New Delhi demanding reconstitution of the Gogoi cabinet. The veteran leader on Thursday said that he and a few other senior Congress leaders met Chief minister Tarun G |
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| Debojit Thaosen elected CEM of DHAC for second consecutive term |
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| Halflong: On Thursday, Debojit Thaosen took over as the new Chief executive member of the 11th Dima Hasao Autonomous Council. It may be mentioned here, that the new CEM began his political career in 2007. A former BJP MAC from the Langting constituency, Thaosen later joined the Congress. Within a short span of his political career, Debojit Thaosen was for the first time elected as the CEM of Dima |
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| Intense heat wave continues to reel Assam, death toll reaches 19 |
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| Guwahati: The state continues to reel under intense heat wave which seems no sign of stopping at the moment. Taking reports of the Meteorological department into account, it seems that the state may continue to reel under the prevailing heat wave. Possibilities are high that the current spell of heat wave might continue till Friday or Saturday. However, the death toll due to the heat wave surged u |
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| Mango Lassi |
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| A sprinkling of fresh celery adds more punch to this wonderful cold sa... |
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