Assam DGP GP Singh, in a post on X, said that the Assam police have ordered an inquiry into the suicidal death of a youth of Jorhat district a day after questioning him relating to the recent grenade blast at Jorhat.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday said that the construction of the Jorhat- Majuli bridge over Brahmaputra is on the right track and is expected to be dedicated to the people by April 2026.
Properties worth several lakhs of rupees were gutted in a massive fire that broke out a furniture godown at Tibator in Assam's Jorhat in the early hours of Monday, officials said.
A total of 25,544 beneficiaries have made it to the list of Orunodoi 2.0 for Jorhat district. This is in addition to the 64,126 beneficiaries of Orunodoi 1.0, thus taking the total number of beneficiaries in Jorhat to 89,670.
On arrival, he was received by Air Commodore Bhuvan Mathur, Air Officer Commanding, Air Force Station Jorhat and Air Commodore Sunil Agrawal, Air Officer Commanding, 5 Air Force Hospital.
Speaking at the event, CM Sarma lauded AAU for producing some of the finest human resources in the field of agricultural sciences who have made the State proud through their excellence in their professional fields.
A sub-inspector of Assam Police was caught red-handed for allegedly taking a bribe of Rs 20,000 in Jorhat district on Sunday, an official statement said.
To boost efforts for mitigation of Human Elephant Conflict (HEC) and facilitate much-needed coexistence through community participation, Aaranyak, a biodiversity conservation organisation, has formed seven Rapid Response Units (RRUs) at the grassroots level in some of the HEC affected areas