Ahead of the counting of votes for Meghalaya assembly polls, Meghalaya Chief Minister and NPP chief Conrad Sangma met Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma in Guwahati on Tuesday night.
The arrested government employees were identified as Deepjit Sarkar, Health Assistant, Office of the Inspector of Drugs in Goalpara district and Ansar Ali, Grade IV of the same office.
Assam police on Tuesday seized 11 soap cases and recovered 538.74 grams of heroin from them during a search and along with the arrest of two persons in Barpeta district, officials said on Wednesday.
In a joint operation conducted on February 24, one Royal Bengal tiger skin, four
pieces of tiger canine, one skull with teeth and 46 pieces of bones were seized, the statement said.
According to the official statement, the top three international destinations were Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru from Guwahati. Similarly, the two international destinations are Singapore and Paro.
The first Bodoland International Knowledge Festival, organised by the Bodoland University with support from the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) government, began in Assam's Kokrajhar district on Monday.
Ministry of Ayush's first "Chintan Shivir" was inaugurated by Union Minister of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal on Monday at Kaziranga National Park in Assam.
The Supreme Court on Monday extended the interim bail granted to Congress leader Pawan Khera till Friday and adjourned the plea filed by Pawan Khera seeking clubbing of FIRs against him after the Assam Police and Uttar Pradesh Police sought time to file a reply to his plea.
The operation was carried out by a combined team of Assam Rifles and Customs Preventive Force, Champhai based on specific information under the aegis of Inspector General Assam Rifles (East).
Assam Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday attended the 62nd Annual Conference of the Bodo Sahitya Sabha held at Patgaon in Kokrajhar district.