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Assam Rifles personnel recover foreign origin cigarettes worth Rs 6.05 lakh in Mizoram's Champhai

Mar 04, 2022, at 09:34 pm

Guwahati: Troops of Assam Rifles recovered a huge quantity of foreign origin cigarettes worth more than Rs 6 lakh in Mizoram's Champhai district along the Indo-Myanmar border.

As many as 145 people from Assam still stranded in Ukraine

Mar 01, 2022, at 11:19 pm

Guwahati: As many as 145 more people from Assam are still stranded in war-torn Ukraine.

Indian Army organizes volleyball tournament in Assam’s Baksa

Feb 28, 2022, at 10:38 pm

Guwahati: To reaffirm its commitment towards fostering peace and to provide an mimpetus to the sporting talents in the region of lower Assam, Indian Army organised Invictus Inter Club Volleyball Tournament at Baganpara in Assam's Baksa district.

Assam Rifles foils smuggling of COVID-19 vaccines and test kits to Myanmar

Feb 28, 2022, at 05:47 am

Imphal/IBNS: Tengnoupal Battalion under the aegis of IGAR (South) foiled an attempt to smuggle COVID vaccines and RAT kits from India to Myanmar on Saturday.

Assam Rifles apprehend three armed cadres with arms-ammunition in Manipur

Feb 26, 2022, at 11:15 pm

Guwahati: Ahead of the assembly polls in the state, security forces apprehended three active cadres of Kuki Revolutionary Army (KRA) and recovered arms-ammunition in Manipur's Kangpokpi district.

Assam youth killed his father over a ‘Bidi’ scuffle

Feb 23, 2022, at 10:13 pm

Guwahati: A youth killed his father over a ‘Bidi’ (a thin cigarette filled with tobacco) dispute in Assam’s Barpeta district, police said on Wednesday.

Assam tea brand introduces Braille friendly packets

Feb 22, 2022, at 06:24 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: If a blind person is moving his fingers from left to right across the dot lines of a tea packet and the person comes to know about the brand of the tea packet, then his or her experience will become more joyful and it has now become reality.

Assam Revenue Minister flags off exposure trip for Recoders Certificate Class Course trainees

Feb 21, 2022, at 07:58 pm

Guwahati: Assam Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Jogen Mohan flagged off an exposure trip of Recorders Certificate Class Course ( RCCC ) trainees to North Eastern Space Applications Centre (NESAC), Meghalaya from Assam Survey & Settlement Training Centre on Monday.

Assam cabinet approves to amend the Assam Forest Regulation, 1891 to assign select forest areas to forest-dwelling communities

Feb 21, 2022, at 05:33 pm

Guwahati : The Assam government on Sunday approved to amend the Assam Forest Regulation, 1891 to assign select forest areas to forest-dwelling communities for conservation and livelihood opportunities.

V&AC arrest two tax officials in Assam’s Morigaon for taking bribe

Feb 21, 2022, at 02:13 am

Guwahati: The sleuths of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption cell of Assam police arrested a Superintendent of Taxes and his close aide from Assam’s Morigaon district on corruption charges.

Assam: Forest department rescues pangolin

Feb 20, 2022, at 05:56 am

Guwahati/IBNS: An Indian pangolin was rescued by North Kamrup Forest Division, Rangia with the help of WCCB, Guwahati on Saturday.

Huge quantity of drugs, ganja seized in Assam's Karbi Anglong

Feb 19, 2022, at 06:07 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Karbi Anglong district police of Assam seized a huge quantity of contraband drugs and ganja in two separate operations and arrested five persons.

Goods train derails in Assam's Sonitpur

Feb 18, 2022, at 09:39 pm

Guwahati: A cement carrying goods train was derailed on Friday between Rangapara North and Bindukuri station in the branch line leading to Dekargaon station under Rangiya division of N.F. Railway at about 08-26 am.

Assam: Wanted poacher arrested from Kerela

Feb 18, 2022, at 01:15 am

Guwahati/UNI: A poacher from Assam who was accused of being involved in the killing of a one-horned man was arrested in Kerala on Thursday.

Assam government to constitute 10th addition to Kaziranga National Park

Feb 17, 2022, at 10:30 pm

Guwahati/IBNS:  As per provision of section 35 of Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, the Assam government has declared its intention to constitute a definite area of land as National Park in the name of 10th Addition to Kaziranga National Park.

Assam Education Minister inaugurate free Textbooks distribution programme

Feb 17, 2022, at 10:28 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Education Minister  Dr. Ranoj Pegu on Thursday inaugurated the ceremonial dispatch of free textbooks for the academic session 2022-23 at Assam State Textbook Production and Publication Corporation (ASTPPC) Ltd textbooks godown at Bonda, Narengi in Guwahati.

Assam Governor inaugurates medical dispensary in Raj Bhavan

Feb 17, 2022, at 04:45 am

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi inaugurated a medical dispensary in presence of Health and Family Welfare Minister Keshab Mahanta in the premises of Raj Bhavan in Guwahati on Wednesday.

Assam minister asks DCs to identify and promote one product which has export potentiality through the ODOP

Feb 16, 2022, at 04:54 pm

Guwahati: Assam Industries and Commerce Minister Chandra Mohan Patowary asked the Deputy Commissioners to identify and promote one product which has export potential through the ‘One District One Product’ programme (ODOP) and provide financial support to the local entrepreneurs in their respective districts.

15-year-old boy arrested for rape and murder of 6-year-old minor girl in Assam’s Hailakandi

Feb 16, 2022, at 04:07 pm

Hailakandi: A 15-year-old boy has been arrested for allegedly raping and killing a 6-year-old minor girl in Assam’s Hailakandi district.

Situation tense in Assam’s Mariani after three members of a family die in a road accident, Nagaland issues travel advisory

Feb 15, 2022, at 09:27 pm

Guwahati: Situation turned tense after three members of a family were killed in a road accident at Mariani area in Assam’s Jorhat district on Monday, forcing the Nagaland government to issue a travel advisory and asked its citizens to avoid travelling through the route where the accident took place.

PM Modi likely to inaugurate Assam's second AIIMS campus in November: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Feb 15, 2022, at 05:44 am

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday performed bhumi puja of the second medical college in Guwahati at both Kalapahar and MMCH campuses. The project is being implemented for a total cost of Rs 998.30 crore covering an area of 62 bighas.

Indian Army organise medical camp in Arunachal Pradesh, football match in Assam

Feb 09, 2022, at 01:51 am

Guwahati/IBNS: Troops of Lekhapani and Rupai battalions of the India Army's Red Shield Division under the aegis of Spear Corps on Monday organised a medical camp in Changlang district, Arunachal Pradesh and a friendly football match for locals in Tinsukia district of Upper Assam.

Assam govt to withdraw COVID-19 related curbs from Feb 15

Feb 07, 2022, at 08:40 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said the state government will withdraw all COVID-19 related curbs from the state from Feb 15 as the COVID-19 situation has improved in the state.

Assam govt is steadfast in its commitment of providing 1 lakh jobs: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

Feb 07, 2022, at 06:24 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has said the state government is steadfast in its commitment of providing 1 lakh jobs and 50,000 jobs are already in the process of being filled up.

Assam government to preserve Jorhat Central Jail as heritage site

Feb 05, 2022, at 05:35 am

Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam government will carry out a re-development project at Jorhat Central Jail to transform the historic jail into a freedom fighters memorial with a museum, park and convention centre.

Police arrest two drugs peddlers along with 660 grams of heroin in Assam’s Karbi Anglong

Feb 04, 2022, at 03:27 am

Guwahati/IBNS: Police seized 660 grams of heroin and arrested two drugs peddlers in Assam’s Karbi Anglong district on Thursday.

Police seize 11 kg of ganja from passenger bus in Assam’s Karimganj

Feb 02, 2022, at 09:44 pm

Guwahati: Karimganj district police of Assam seized 11 kg of ganja from a passenger bus and apprehended a person along Assam-Tripura border on Tuesday night.

Police seize 29 cattle heads in Assam’s Goalpara, two held

Jan 31, 2022, at 08:13 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Despite imposing Assam Cattle Preservation Act, cattle smuggling is rampantly going on in the state.

Police recover 2,360 kg of ganja along Assam-Tripura border, two held

Jan 31, 2022, at 07:38 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: Police recovered a huge consignment of ganja approximately 2,360 kg in Assam’s Karimganj district along Assam-Tripura border on Sunday.

Assam and Meghalaya chief ministers to meet Home Minister Amit Shah again over inter-state border row

Jan 30, 2022, at 09:55 pm

Guwahati/IBNS: The chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya will meet Union Home Minister Amit Shah again to discuss the quick resolution of the decades-long inter-state boundary dispute.