North East

25 Dec

Tigers kill rhino in Assam’s Orang National Park

editorNorth East

Another unnatural death of rhino took place in Assam where a streak of tigers killed a sub-adult rhinoceros in Assam’s Orang National Park on Saturday night. Divisional forest officer Pradipta Baruah told, “The rhino, aged about seven years, was attacked by a group of four tigers that included a female tiger and her three cubs last night. We have found pugmarks of three tigers.” As Rhinos are a major tourist attraction in all the National Parks of the state, their conservation has been a key priority for the government and organizations. To earlier reports, the last rhino death was reported…

24 Dec

Arbaaz Khan marries makeup artist Shura Khan in intimate nikah ceremony, Raveena Tandon congratulates couple

Business CorrespondentNorth East

Actor-producer Arbaaz Khan tied a knot with make-up artist Shura Khan on sunday in an intimate nikah ceremony at his sister Arpita Khan Sharma's house in Mumbai. The wedding festivities started in the afternoon. The guests present at the ceremony were Arbaaz's parents, Salim Khan, Sushila Charak, aka Salma Khan and actors Raveena Tandon, Riddhima Pandit, Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia Deshmukh also attended the nikah ceremony of Arbaaz and Shura. Taking to Instagram, Raveena shared a video of her dancing with Arbaaz from the sets of their upcoming movie. The video also has a photo of Raveena with Shura. "Mubarak…

23 Dec

A forest ranger of Kaziranga Park detained by Assam SP

editorNorth East

A forester of Kaziranga National Park was detained by Assam Golaghat SP for not being able to secure a elephant safari ticket for the SP’s family. The forester was allegedly abused and arrested for three hours. According to the sources Assam SP Rajen Singh detained the forester name Tarun Gogoi by Golaghat Police for some time. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took exception to the reported misbehaviour of the Golaghat Superintendent of Police with a forest department employee. He said, “We do not endorse arrogance and it is important for public servants to remain humble.” Later Gogoi explained the…

23 Dec

Lok Sabha: 83 Congress members sought party tickets

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Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has recently shared a release of aspirants seeking tickets for Lok Sabha election to be held in Assam. According to the release, a total of 83 Congress members in Assam, including all three sitting MPs in the state, have sought party tickets. As per the shared release by APCC, among the 83 candidates more than 10 of them are women. Dhubri has the highest number of aspirants with 13 filing papers, while Kokrajhar has the lowest number with two aspirants. Eleven applications for Karimganj, seven each for Barpeta, Darrang Udalguri and Sonitpur, six for Silchar…

22 Dec

Cabinet meeting hold for PMAY-G scheme discussion

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Assam Government has approved Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) guidelines to construct houses for the rural area people under the Mukhymantri Awas Yojana scheme. According to the sources, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma presided Cabinet meeting on Thursday, the decision was taken to construct 1.3 lakh houses. Addressing the media, the government said that the initiative was taken under Mission Basundhara 2.0, land settlement for indigenous households without land which will be carried out.

22 Dec

Around 500 rare fish seized, smuggling from Dibru to Kolkata

editorNorth East

At Dibrugarh Airport, Assam Forest Department seized around 500 ‘Channa Barca’ fish which is unique and endangered worth Rs. 4.5 crore which was smuggled to Kolkata. The Forest Department cited that, Channa Barca" are protected under Schedule 2 of the Wildlife Protection Act. Further, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the fish was classified as severely endangered in 2014 in Bangladesh. To reports, officials will soon release the fish in the river again.

22 Dec

Assam Health Minister asks people to remain vigilant for Covid-19

editorNorth East

The surge of Covid-19 cases is to hit the state again; the Assam Government is all set to face the situation with major precautions. Recently, a meeting was hold by state health minister Keshab Mahanta chaired by Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya. State Health Minister through ‘X’ asked the people, “Attended the crucial meeting from Guwahati in which the Hon’ble Union Minister advised the states to take precautionary measures and monitor the situation and be prepared in all respects by ensuring availability of ICU, isolation beds, Oxygen etc. in hospitals based on previous Covid experience. No case of the new…

21 Dec

Assam Government has restricted teachers for further studies

editorNorth East

Teachers and non-teaching staffs can no longer continue their studies while working in provincialised secondary schools without prior permission of the competent authorities. In a letter to the Inspector of Schools across the state, Secondary Education Director Mamata Hojai cited, “Departmental proceedings should be immediately initiated against those teaching and non-teaching staff of the provincialised secondary schools who have acquired any academic or professional qualification during the service period without obtaining permission from the appointing authority.” Prima facie if it is found that the incumbent has violated the rule, Further, if the government servants are found violating the rule then…

20 Dec

Assam Police detained three ULFA-I militants in Guwahati, Assam

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Recently, there was a blast in three places of Assam, Sivasagar, Tinsukia and Jorhat and ULFA-I have claimed the blasts. In connection to the blast, Assam Police has arrested three men from Guwahati on Tuesday. Earlier, the ULFA-I had claimed responsibility for the blasts stating it was carried out in response to the arrogance of state Director General of Police G P Singh. The DGP in response stated that, ''always refer to me and if they have a cause with me, they can always target me. I live in Kahilipara and my office (DGP headquarters) is in Ulubari, (both in…

20 Dec

Liquor selling granted at UP, opposition accuses BJP for the decision

editorNorth East

During a Cabinet meeting, presided by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has cleared the allowance for 2024-25 liquor sales at airports, metro and railway stations, and cruise ships. On Wednesday, Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav has accused the BJP government for allowing the sale of liquor, saying there is a "deep relation" between alcohol consumption and crime. The leader said that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should start selling liquor from its offices.