Aizawl, Feb 3 (IANS) Assam Rifles along with different law enforcing agencies have seized drugs valued at around Rs 12 crore and recovered a huge cache of explosives materials in separate incidents in Mizoram, officials said on Monday. The security forces also arrested 6 persons including a Myanmar national in connection with the recovery of … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Monday that Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman along with Union Ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia and Hardeep Singh Puri are set to chair several sessions in the upcoming investment summit in ‘Guwahati—Advantage Assam’ in last week of February. The Chief Minister on Monday met FM … Read more
New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Parliament House in the national capital and held a discussion on the upcoming investment and a few other initiatives of the state government. During the meeting, Chief Minister Sarma expressed his heartfelt gratitude on behalf … Read more
Guwahati, Feb 2 (IANS) A total of 1,12,062 migratory water and wetland-dependent birds of 124 species, the highest number for freshwater lakes in northeast India, counted in Assam’s Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve (KNPTR), officials said on Sunday. KNPTR Director Sonali Ghosh said that the sixth Kaziranga waterbird count exercise found 1,12,062 migratory water … Read more
Guwahati/Imphal, Feb 2 (IANS) After Manipur Police, Assam Police also destroyed 170 Bighas (over 56 acres) of poppy cultivation in the Char areas of Goalpara district, officials said on Sunday. According to an Assam government official, illegal poppy cultivation worth Rs 27.20 crore was destroyed in the Char areas (the riverine areas (island) of the … Read more
Guwahati, Feb1 (Ians) Assam Chief Minister Biswa Sarma on Saturday Termed the union Budget Presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sithraman as historic. Taking to X, CM Sarma wrote, “What a historic day for Assam ! #UnionBudget2025 has announced a 12.7 lakh MT urea plant in Namrup, a long-standing demand of the people of Assam. After … Read more
Guwahati, Feb 1 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday expressed gratitude to the Centre for announcing the establishment of a urea plant in Namrup, Dibrugarh district, as part of the Union Budget 2025. During her Union Budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman revealed plans for a new urea plant in Namrup with … Read more
Guwahati, Feb 1 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is set to partially inaugurate a medical college in Guwahati which will be the 14th such institute in the state. Taking to X handle, CM Sarma wrote, “In a short while from now, I will be dedicating limited OPD services in the Pragjyotishpur Medical College, … Read more
Guwahati, Feb 1 (IANS) A 14-year-old girl, belonging to the Scheduled Tribe (ST) community, was allegedly molested by an employee of Assam University in Silchar, after which a First Information Report (FIR) was lodged, police said on Saturday. The varsity’s officials called this incident “very unfortunate” and the internal complaints committee (ICC) was asked to … Read more
