In a major crackdown, police in Assam's Cachar district seized narcotics worth Rs 1 crore and arrested one person in connection with the case, officials said.
The seventh edition of Mongeet Festival, an annual cultural event aimed at inspiring the younger generation of artists, is being celebrated in Majuli Island in Assam. Organized by Kaushik Nath, the owner of Dekachang, the festival honours the memory of his late son and serves as a platform t
The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police on Tuesday recovered 1.128 kg of heroin worth Rs 9 crore at Amingaon area in Assam's Kamrup district, an officer said.
The search and rescue operations to locate five other workers who were trapped inside the inundated rat-hole coal mine at 3 Kilo Umrangso area in Assam's Dima Hasao district entered into 8th day on Monday.
With a two-month-old baby to care for, Junu is uncertain about their future, feeling "totally helpless." "He (Lijen Magar) was the only earning source of our family. I have a 2-month-old child and I don't know what will be our future. I am now totally helpless," Junu Pradhan told ANI.
The joint search and rescue operations are underway at the rat-hole coal mine at 3 Kilo Umrangso area in Assam's Dima Hasao to locate 5 other trapped workers.
Congress Lok Sabha MP Gaurav Gogoi wrote a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday, for the formation of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe the mine collapse in Assam's Dima Hasao district.
The event was attended by notable dignitaries, including Prasant Phukan, Power Minister of Assam; KK Diwedi, Principal Secretary (Energy), Assam; Syedain Abbasi, Chairman of APDCL; Rakesh Kumar, Managing Director of APDCL; and Bibhu Bhuinya, Managing Director of APGCL.
Sushila Rai Sonuaru, wife of the Nepali mine worker killed in the coal mine mishap in Dima Hasao, has arrived at the mine site to receive her husband, Ganga Bahadur Shreth's body.
Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Thursday facilitated women under 'Lakhpati Didi Yojana' in Guwahati and approved 3,88,000 houses in Assam under PM Awas Yojana.
"The Indian Navy team, Indian army and NDRF have jointly started the search & rescue operation with the help of sonar equipment for the third day at the coal mine site."