The first phase of the panchayat elections is being held in 14 districts of the state: Sonitpur, Biswanath, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat, Majuli, Golaghat, Cachar, Hailakandi, and Sribhumi.
A brace from Mousumi Murmu (33', 45+2') set up a comprehensive victory for Sribhumi, which lifted them to third on the table, with 15 points from 11 matches. Sandra Atinga (42') and Bala Devi (52') scored one each for them, while Manisha Naik (34') and Juli Kishan (58') scored for Nita FA. T
According to officials, a police team in the Sribhumi district launched an operation on Wednesday night based on intelligence input and recovered 17,000 Yaba tablets from an individual.
East Bengal took their second straight win of the season in the IWL 2024-25, beating citymates Sribhumi FC 1-0 at the East Bengal ground on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, as per the official website of I-League.
In a post on X, CM Sarma wrote, "Drugs worth Rs. 45 crore recovered in a source-backed anti-narcotics operation carried out by Sribhumi Police in Hathikhira area, a truck coming from a neighbouring state was intercepted leading to the recovery of 1.5 lakhs YABA tablets weighing over 16kgs
Amid unrest in Bangladesh and continued reports of atrocities against Hindus in the country, the Exporters & Importers Association of Assam's Sribhumi district has decided to suspend all trade with Bangladesh through the Sutarkandi land port.
A police team executed a raid in the Patel Nagar area on Sribhumi and apprehended two vehicles carrying 76,000 Yaba tablets and apprehended three people.
Assam Government on Thursday issued an official notification renaming Karimganj district and Karimganj town as Sribhumi district and Sribhumi town, respectively.
Replying to a query on renaming Karimganj district as Sribhumi, Assam CM told reporters, "I think they can criticise me, but why are they criticising Rabindranath Tagore? In Assam, why a district should be named after an unknown person? It should have been changed long back."
AIUDF MLA and Party General Secretary Rafiqul Islam on Wednesday hit out at Chief Minister Himant Biswa Sarma over the state cabinet decision of renaming Karimganj as Sribhumi District, saying that they only see 'Muslim' in Karim.