Direct Selling: 2 Lakh+ Got Employment in Assam The Indian Direct Selling Association has organised North East Direct Selling Expo, which started in Guwahati on Thursday, and aims to bring together an array of Assam’s policy establishment, direct selling industry leaders, market experts, and direct sellers from the region. The direct selling industry of the … Read more
Ratan Tata Contributed a Lot in Cancer Care in Assam Assam government has decided to confer the ‘Asom Baibhav Award’, state’s highest civilian award, to industrialist Ratan Tata. Assam chief minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma, told media persons Ratan Tata has enormously contributed to cancer treatment in Assam. “Delighted to announce that the Government of Assam … Read more
A Hardcore ULFA (I) Cadre was nabbed in a joint operation launched by Assam Rifles & Police. The ulta has been identified as Girindra Chetia alias Pabitra Axom (38). He is a resident of Jengeni village under Bardubi PS in Tinsukia. He was arrested from Tinkupani Reserve forest area situated at Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in … Read more
Assamese people have always been resilient against aggressors: CM Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday urged the youths of the state to dedicate themselves in agricultural fields, claiming that Assam’s fertile lands were occupied by illegal infiltrators who saw opportunities due to the local peoples’ disinterestedness for hard work. He also called … Read more
Fake Currency, Fake Gold Seized The Nagaon Police has cautioned people against an organised cheating gang peddling fake currency notes. According to police, the modus operandi of the gang is to approach gullible people, especially traders, and offer them fake currencies by showing them videos and photos of currencies. Once the person agrees to buy … Read more
Two elephants were killed after being hit by a train in Khetri of Assam’s Kamrup Metro district, a Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) spokesperson said. The elephants collided sideways with the engine of Dibrugarh-bound Rajdhani Express at around 10 p.m. on Tuesday, the official said. The accident occurred on the rails at Khetri’s Barahu railway station, … Read more
The Guwahati Police on Monday busted a sex racket running from Rajghar area of Guwahati city. In a raid conducted by a Central Guwahati Police District (CGPD) team from Chandmari Police Station on Monday in the Rajgarh, three people were arrested while three victims were rescued. They were arrested for their role in running an … Read more
With Opposition-ruled governments questioning the extension of the BSF jurisdiction to 50 km inside the international border, the Director General of the paramilitary force, Pankaj Kumar Singh, on Tuesday said the probable reason for the Centre’s decision was that “the demographic balance has been upset in border states like West Bengal and Assam over a … Read more
Guwahati Police acting tough against cattle smugglers Intercepting six trucks carrying cattle near Khetri area of Kamrup district, Assam Police arrested 7 persons in connection with cattle smuggling on Tuesday and seized six trucks along with 109 cattle. Taking to Twitter, Guwahati Police wrote, “A EGPD team from Khetri PS intercepted 6 trucks and detected … Read more
The Assamese-only hoarding promoting free vaccination of Government of India installed at a petrol pump in Meherpur in Silchar has now been replaced by another bilingual hoarding in Assamese and Bengali. The Assamese only hoarding had sparked a controversy with Barak Democratic Front’s chief Pradip Dutta Roy protesting the violation of Assam Official Language Amendment … Read more