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    Stop installation of prepaid smart electricity meters: Silchar residents
    Assam

    Stop installation of prepaid smart electricity meters: Silchar residents

    Silchar, May 16: Demanding a stoppage in the process of installation of the prepaid smart electricity metres and sustaining with the post paid pattern of billing, people of Silchar staged a protest demonstration on Monday. Responding to the call given by the Assam Electricity Consumers Association...
    Silchar: Jailor and two other officials of Central Jail suspended
    Assam

    Silchar: Jailor and two other officials of Central Jail suspended

    Silchar, May 14: In a major development, following the incident of escaping of the two murder convicts from the Central Jail Silchar, three jail officials including the jailor has been placed under suspension, the Inspector General of Prisons, in an order issued on May 12, has stated that"Whereas it...
    Two life-term convicts escape from Central Jail Silchar
    Assam

    Two life-term convicts escape from Central Jail Silchar

    Silchar, May 11: In a sensational incident, two murder convicts serving life terms at the Silchar Central Jail escaped on Wednesday night and the incident came to light in the wee hours on Thursday. Reportedly, the two prisoners fled by digging tunnel inside the toilets. On receiving the news,...
    School teacher arrested for assaulting minor in Cachar
    Assam

    School teacher arrested for assaulting minor in Cachar

    Silchar, May 10: A minor, studying in class II was reportedly assaulted by the teacher of a school in Rongpur area of Silchar. Following the incident police has arrested the accused. Cachar SP Numal Mahatta informed the media on Tuesday that based on an FIR alleging that the minor was caned...
    Boundary pillars along Assam-Arunachal border uprooted in Lakhimpur
    Assam

    Boundary pillars along Assam-Arunachal border uprooted in Lakhimpur

    North Lakhimpur, May 7: At a time when the State governments of Assam and Arunachal Pradesh are stepping up efforts to resolve border issues, people from Arunachal Pradesh were accused of allegedly uprooting demarcation pillars installed by the Assam Forest department at Methun Chapori in Ranga...
    400 more people from Manipur takes shelter in Cachar 
    Assam

    400 more people from Manipur takes shelter in Cachar 

    Cachar, May 7: In an interesting development, at least 400 more people from violence torn Manipur have come over to Cachar district to seek shelter. Md. Achab Uddin, the legislator from Manipur's Jiribam district visited the shelter camps in Cachar district wherein people from violence hit...
    Arunachal CM reiterates call for resolving boundary issues only through dialogue
    North East

    Arunachal CM reiterates call for resolving boundary issues 'only' through...

    Itanagar, May 6: Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Friday urged the people of Assam and Arunachal residing along the inter-state boundary to resolve all issues only through dialogue by taking into confidence all stakeholders.Speaking at the Golden Jubilee Rongali Bihu celebrations at...
    Over 500 people from violence hit Manipur seek shelter in Cachar
    Assam

    Over 500 people from violence hit Manipur seek shelter in Cachar

    Silchar, May 5: After clashes broke out in Manipur, several families affected by the recent incidents have sought refuge in Assam, following which Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed the Cachar district administration to extend all possible assistance to the people in crisis. I...
    Assam: Pijush Hazarika to be on a two-day Barak visit
    Assam

    Assam: Pijush Hazarika to be on a two-day Barak visit

    Silchar, May 3: Minister of Water Resources, Information and Public Relations Pijush Hazarika will be on a two-day visit to Barak Valley from May 3. As per a release issued from the office of the DIPR Barak Valley, the Minister will reach Silchar on Wednesday and set forth towards Hailakandi and...
    Cachar: Gaon Panchayat Secretary arrested for corruption
    Assam

    Cachar: Gaon Panchayat Secretary arrested for corruption

    Cachar, April 30: Based on an FIR filed by the office of the Cachar Zilla Parishad, a Gaon Panchayat (GP) secretary was arrested allegedly for corruption and anomalies in various development work related funds.CEO of Cachar Zilla Parishad Ranjit Kumar Laskar informed that there were complaints of...
    Hailakandi police seize 420 grams of suspected heroin; 3 arrested
    Assam

    Hailakandi police seize 420 grams of suspected heroin; 3 arrested

    HAILAKANDI, April 28 : Three persons have been arrested in Hailakandi alongwith a car and around 420 grams of suspected heroin on Friday. Hailakandi superintendent of police Nabaneet Mahanta informed that the drugs have been found in 8 soap cases containing 40 grams in each box and 100 grams more...
    Mock drill on flood response held in Assam’s Cachar
    Assam

    Mock drill on flood response held in Assam’s Cachar

    Silchar, Apr 28: In a bid to assess the measures to prevent flood in Cachar district, the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) in collaboration with Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) and National Disaster Management Authority,(NDMA) organised a state-level mock drill...
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