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One Horned Rhino killed by poachers at Kaziranga National Park in Assam

Guwahati: A one Horned Rhino was allegedly killed by the poachers at the Kaziranga National Park and its horn was taken away, authorities said.The park authorities said the carcass of Rhino was found in the Kohra range as the...

Jonbeel Mela canceled due to surge in Covid19 in Assam

Guwahati: The famous Jonbeel Mela (fair) which is known for the preservation of the centuries-old barter system has been canceled this year due to the spike in Covid19 cases in Assam.The organisers have called for the cancellation of the...

Arunachal Cabinet takes a slew of key decisions

Itanagar: Commemorating the launch of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of Arunachal Pradesh as an independent identity, the State Cabinet, headed by Chief Minister Pema Khandu, in its sitting at Ziro in Lower Subansiri district on Thursday took a slew...

One overground worker of PLA apprehended by AR

Imphal: Loktak Battalion under the aegis of IGAR (S) apprehended an active overground worker (OGW) of PLA in Moirang Lamkai, Bishnupur district on January 19. Based on specific input from reliable sources, troops of Assam Rifles along with  Manipur Police...

Manipur sees big surge of 448 new Covid cases

Imphal: The number of positive cases in Manipur continues to rise by the day. In the last 24 hours leading up to 2 pm of Thursday, 448 persons (415 general population 33 CAPF) tested positive, two persons succumbed to...

BSF seizes 27 kg Ganja, prohibited cough syrup near Indo-B’sh border

Guwahati: The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized 7,400 bottles of cough syrup and 27 kilograms of Ganja from a house near Indo-Bangladesh border in Coochbehar district of West Bengal, officials said.“On specific intelligence input, a special joint operation party…carried...

Kohima Police arrests 6, seizes drugs

Kohima: Six people were arrested and huge contraband was seized from their procession, police said on Wednesday.According to a statement. four people were arrested and 50 soap cases of Heroin weighing 650 grams was seized from them on Tuesday.The...

Turkish ATM hacker arrested in Dhaka

Agartala: Six months after escaping from Agartala Govt Medical College, Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit of Dhaka Metropolitan Police on Tuesday arrested Turkish national Hakan Zamburakan (54) along with another international ATM card cloning scam syndicate, police said here...

Arunachal registers 435 fresh Covid19 cases, tally at 57,822

Itanagar: Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday recorded a whooping 435 new Covid19 cases – the highest single-day surge in infection in the third wave of the pandemic this year, exceeding its previous highest when it logged 404 cases on Tuesday...

Assam logs Covid19 cases above 8000

Guwahati: For the third consecutive day, Assam logged Covid19 cases above 8,000, the state bulletin said on Thursday.According to the National Health Mission, on Wednesday 8,399 new cases of the infection have been detected out of the 64,699 conducted...

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Stop diarrhoea campaign 2026 launched in Kakching

Kakching: The Stop Diarrhoea Campaign - 2026 for Kakching district was launched today at the DC Conference Hall alongside...