Twenty-three Assam forest officials and three accompanying villagers, who had gone missing for nearly two days while on a patrol operation along the Assam-Nagaland border, were traced safe on Sunday following a search operation conducted by the department, officials said. The 26-member team had left for a routine patrolling and combing operation on July 23….
Dibrugarh: For nearly 55 km, she was at the mercy of a swollen river that carried her from the hills of Nagaland, through turbulent floodwaters and rocky terrain, and hurled her downstream in the floodplains of Assam.Every kilometre underlined the violence of the floods — churning water, powerful currents and rough terrain that stood between…
Guwahati: Two powerful stories of resilience, sacrifice and womanhood brought the northeast its only honours at the 72nd National Film Awards 2024, with Assam’s ‘Juiphool’ and Manipur’s ‘Sunita’ winning the Best Assamese and Best Manipuri Feature Film awards, respectively.While ‘Juiphool’ explores the unlikely friendship between two women across the conflict-ridden Assam-Nagaland border, ‘Sunita’ is a…
Dibrugarh: A district-level border coordination meeting between Assam’s Jorhat district and Nagaland’s Mokokchung district was held at Mangkolemba in Mokokchung to strengthen peace and cooperation along the inter-state border.The meeting was jointly chaired by Jorhat district commissioner Jay Shivani and Mokokchung deputy commissioner Ajit Kumar Verma on Friday. Senior police and civil officials from both…
Guwahati: The Assam govt on Wednesday told the assembly that suspected members of the NSCN (Nikki) allegedly attempted to collect ‘house tax’ and ‘census tax’ from villagers in Golaghat district along the inter-state border with Nagaland, but said no money was ultimately collected.Replying to a discussion, parliamentary affairs minister Pijush Hazarika said two persons from…
Guwahati: In a landmark move to unlock the northeast’s untapped energy reserves, the Centre, Assam and Nagaland govts on Thursday inked a tripartite agreement to facilitate exploration and production of hydrocarbons and other mineral deposits across an area of more than 1,000 sq km of land, along the Assam–Nagaland border.The agreement, aimed at enhancing the…
Sivasagar police conduct patrolling operations along the Assam-Nagaland border Sivasagar police conduct patrolling operations along the Assam-Nagaland border Sivasagar police conduct patrolling operations along the Assam-Nagaland border Sivasagar police conduct patrolling operations along the Assam-Nagaland border Sivasagar police conduct patrolling operations along the Assam-Nagaland border Dibrugarh: Sivasagar police on Saturday launched intensified patrolling operations along…
Dibrugarh: Two days after a gunbattle at Maduri Molagaon near Nazira in Sivasagar district, the Assam Police on Wednesday revealed that the gang which targeted businessman Lachit Gogoi had planned to collect extortion money and abduct him. The Inspector General of Police (IGP) for the Eastern Range, Satya Raj Hazarika, disclosed the details at a…
