Assam

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma chaired a high-level conference with district magistrates and Superintendents of Police (SPs) on Wednesday. The day-long conference aimed to bring governance closer to the public with enhanced welfare initiatives and strengthen the cooperation between the administration and the police department. “Had a 14-hour-long marathon […]

Acting on a tip-off, Karimganj Police launched an operation and intercepted a vehicle in the Ashimganj area under Patharkandi police station on Monday night. “The driver of the vehicle fled from the area during the operation. During the search, we found 52 soap cases containing 676 grams of heroin from […]

The forest officials rescued a leopard from the Changsari area in Assam’s Kamrup district on Sunday night. The rescued leopard was later safely released in its habitat under Sila Range. The rescue operation was conducted successfully without any harm or injury to human life by the team of Sila Range, […]

Police in Assam’s Nagaon district seized two dozen cattle from smugglers. “On the basis of source information today, SI Simanta Ray, O/C, Jakhalabandha PS, along with PS staff, detained one truck bearing Reg. No. AS 25EC 9833 which was illegally transporting 24 cattle heads from Jorhat side towards Meghalaya,” Nagaon […]

Giving a boost to regional connectivity, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, along with Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, on Sunday attended a virtual programme to flag off the operations of Alliance Air in the states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram. As a part of the new operations, Alliance Air will travel […]

Assam Police on Saturday seized a consignment of contraband drugs worth Rs 15 crore and arrested two drug peddlers in Karbi Anglong district for it. The drugs were recovered from a vehicle coming from Manipur. Police had information about the transit of drugs consignment. Accordingly, a Naka checking was set up at Dilai Tiniali under Bokajan […]

At least four people died and two were injured while cleaning a household well in Assam’s Hailakandi district on Saturday. The deceased persons were identified as Rashid Ahmed, Nazim Uddin, Abu Suhail and Hasib Uddin. “We sent the bodies to the hospital for post-mortem and injured persons have been admitted at the hospital,” […]

 As part of the commitment of the State government to provide jobs to educated youths transparently, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday presented appointment letters to the selected candidates of Common Competitive Examination (2020) and junior engineers of Irrigation Department at a function held at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in Guwahati. It may be noted that 655 […]

Police in Assam’s Nagaon district seized over four dozen cattle from the clutches of smugglers. In three separate operations at three locations, Nagaon Police recovered 50 cattle — 4, 23, and 23 — respectively. On Thursday morning at about 4.45 am, police raided cattle smugglers at Borpeta NLG Brickfield, intercepted […]

Assam Police has arrested three persons in connection with a private Miya Museum dedicated to the Miya Muslim community in Goalpara district on allegations of wrongful use of the premises and their suspected links with the Bangladeshi terrorist organization Ansarullah Bangla Team and Al-Qaeda, the officials said. The arrested persons have […]

Correlating with the upcoming 400th Birth Anniversary of Ahom army general Lachit Barphukan on November 24, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday launched a mobile application/portal titled lachitbarphukan.assam.gov.in at an official ceremony held at Janata Bhawan in Guwahati. The mobile application/portal has been designed so as to provide a platform to the […]

Assam Police on Monday detained two persons in connection with a private Miya Museum dedicated to the Miya Muslim community on allegations of wrongful use of the premises, the officials said. The detained persons have been identified as Mohar Ali, a resident of Goalpara and Abdul Baten of Dhubri. The […]