Dhubri: Authorities have served eviction notices on nearly 1,000 families allegedly occupying govt land in Gauripur Revenue Circle.Residents of Alamganj Part-7 and Part-9 have been directed to vacate the land if they lack authorisation, or submit valid ownership documents to the Dhubri district commissioner’s office by July 28.The proposed eviction covers nearly 1,500 bighas of…
Dhubri: A fire broke out at the Chagolia market in Dhubri district late on Friday night, reducing six commercial establishments to ashes.The damage caused by the blaze is estimated to be in several lakhs.Police sources from the Chagolia police outpost said the fire rapidly engulfed a row of shops, leaving owners no time to save…
Dhubri: Two persons were killed on the spot in high-intensity lightning strikes at two different locations in the Gossaigaon sub-division of Kokrajhar district on Saturday.In the first incident, lightning struck one Rafendra Narzary (40) of Jaraguri village while he was ploughing the field. He died on the spot and was found by other villagers, who…
Dhubri: A dilapidated RCC bridge over the Biskhowa rivulet in Biskhowa village under the Golokganj sector of the Indo-Bangladesh border in Dhubri district has become a major source of inconvenience for residents of several border villages.Border villagers alleged that the bridge was constructed in 2001 when late Dinesh Chandra Sarker represented the Golokganj legislative constituency….
Dhubri: Police on Tuesday arrested four persons — a teacher accused of sexually harassing a Class VI student and three others who allegedly helped him evade arrest. Among those arrested was the principal of the govt school where the girl studied.The main accused, a Hindi teacher at the school, allegedly attempted to molest the student…
The trench allegedly dug up by villagers from West Bengal Dhubri: Quarry operations on the Gangadhar river in Assam’s Jangbadha inter-state border area in Dhubri district were halted on Saturday after villagers from West Bengal allegedly dug a deep drain across the road leading to the site.Villagers in Jangbadha alleged that people from Coochbehar district…
Dhubri: Guardian minister of Dhubri district Ashok Singhal said re-eviction drives would soon be launched across nearly 50,000 bighas of land in the district.The minister said preparations are already underway as part of CM Himanta Biswa Sarma’s plan to free around five lakh bighas of encroached government land across various districts of Assam from new…
Dhubri: The staff quarter of a pharmacist at Tamarhat Health Centre in Dhubri district was allegedly vandalised after a Class III student, Khadija Parbin, was reportedly denied treatment after being bitten by a snake.After allegedly being refused treatment at Tamarhat Health Centre, Parbin’s family rushed her to Dhubri Medical College and Hospital, where she was…
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Dhubri: A large quantity of ganja was seized at Bongaigaon Railway Junction from the Rani Kamalapati Express coming from Agartala on Monday.The contraband was intercepted by the railway crime branch during a search operation and was recovered from the water tank of train’s S6 coach, a railway police official said.When asked by TOI about the…
