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| After 10 years, Guwahati Municipal Corporation elections to take place on June 19 |
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| Guwahati: The state election commission has announced the dates for elections into 31 wards of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation. As such elections for the civic body will be held on June 19. May 27 has been fixed as the last date for filing nominations. Adding to this, counting of votes will take place on June 24. Adding to this, elections for 90 seats of area sabha members will also be held on |
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| Cong nominates Santiuj Kujur for second RS seat |
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| Guwahati: Putting all speculations at rest and ending the suspense as rnto who will contest for the Second Rajya Sabha, the Congress rnHigh Command has named tea community leader Santiuj Kujur as the rnparty’s second nominee for the coveted Rajya Sabha seat. Kujur enjoys arn strong support base in Lower Assam and was a very influential leader rnof the Adivasi Students Union. Later,he joined the BP |
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| MD of dubious Jeevan Dhara group held in Guwahati |
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| rn rn rn rn rnrnGuwahati: In a major breakthrough, Charju Acharjee, ManagingrnDirector of the deceptive Jeevan Dhara chit fund institution landed in cop netrnon Friday night. It is noteworthy, that Charju Acharjee is the brother ofrnJeevan Suraksha managing director Arju Acharjee. Police acting on a tip-off byrnChairman of Jeevan Suraksha group Chandan Das, nabbed fraudster Charju Acharjeernfrom |
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| AIUDF announces candidate for RS seat in Assam |
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| Guwahati: Opposition AIUDF on Saturday announced that party general secretary Aminul Islam would be its candidate for the second seat in the forthcoming Rajya Sabha polls in Assam on May 30. AIUDF president Badaruddin Ajmal told reporters that as partners of the UPA coalition at the Centre, they respect Prime Minister Manmohan Singh who is contesting the first seat and want him to win unopposed. A |
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| Tarun Saikia becomes 1st Assamese to conquer Mt Everest |
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| Guwahati: In yet another stupendous feat, a team of North-East mountaineers successfully scaled the Mt Everest on Friday morning. Meanwhile, Assam’s Tarun Saikia became the first Assamese to scale the highest peak in the world. It may be mentioned here that Tarun Saikia is a resident of Narengi in Guwahati. On the other hand, Manish Kumar Deka a resident of Hatigaon in Guwahati is also a member of |
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| A doctor missing from College Of Veterinary of Guwahati |
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| Guwahati: A doctor went missing from College of Veterinary Science-Khanapara of here from Tuesday. His name was Khogen Saikia from Dhiot of Nagaon pursing PG here. Till now college authority had not received any information related to his missing. Khogen had left out his mobile in his hostel room. It was not clear whether he was kidnapped or for some other reasons he went missing. The police too w |
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| HSLC and AHM results declared in the State |
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| Guwahati: The HSLC and AHM results were declared in the State today. This year pass percentage has been recorded at 70.71 percent. Out 3, 66,476 candidates of 2, 59,149 have cleared the HSLC examinations. Out of them 28,337 have scoured 1st division, 61,993 have bagged 2nd division and 1, 68,119 candidates managed to secure 3rd ranks. Here is the list of candidates securing top 10 positions- 1st: |
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| Mahasen heading towards north-east |
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| Guwahati: After the Tropical Cyclone Mahasen lashes the coast of Bangladesh with heavy rain on Thursday; it is heading towards north-eastern states of India. While entering into Assam its speed is expected to be about 25 km per hour as mention by the weather station of Borjhar of here, which will not harm the region just like it did in Bangladesh. As the Mahasen will enter the Barak valley of Assa |
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| IED bomb recover in Guwahati |
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| Guwahati: An IED bomb recovered from Lalmati of here by the police on Wednesday. The bomb was kept under a Hyundai I-10 car (car number: AS 01-N-9297) parked near Maharishi Vidya Mandir School of Lalmati of here. While returning from office at 9:25 p.m, Vishal Choudhary the owner of the car notices a plastic bag with paint tine on it under his car. Suspecting that it might be a bomb he inform the |
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| Cyclone Mahasen: Schools to remain closed in Mizoram on Friday |
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Aizawl: With Cyclone Mahasen likely to hit the northeast state on Thursday night, the Mizoram government has decided to close all schools on Friday and declared a 12-hour holiday on Thursday.State Education Secretary K Lalnghinglova told on Wednesday that a circular to this effect has already been issued and circulated to the head of the institutions of government schools as a precautionary measur |
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