Silchar: As many as 148 newborns died across Barak Valley in the past three months, exposing persistent gaps in maternal and neonatal healthcare, particularly in rural areas where delayed referrals, inadequate infrastructure and a shortage of specialised facilities continue to cost lives.Official figures show Cachar recorded the highest number of neonatal deaths at 74, followed…
Silchar: Continuing its crackdown on drug trafficking, Hailakandi police seized Yaba tablets worth around Rs 2 crore and arrested an alleged drug peddler during a special operation in Assam’s Hailakandi district on Sunday evening.Acting on a tip-off, a team led by Ramnathpur police station officer-in charge Dharmendra Das intercepted a car and recovered a large…
Silchar: The death of a 48-year-old man in an alleged hit-and-run case triggered a three-hour blockade on a national highway at Harinchhara under Barkhola police station in Cachar district late on Saturday night.Police said the victim, Surajlal Bauri, was critically injured after being hit by a motorcycle. He was taken to Barkhola Primary Health Centre…
Silchar: Security agencies carried out two major anti-narcotics operations in Assam‘s Barak Valley over the weekend, seizing Yaba tablets worth an estimated Rs 6 crore and more than 10 kg of suspected cannabis in separate incidents, officials said.In the bigger haul, Assam Rifles, acting on specific intelligence from the 3 Field Intelligence Detachment (3 FID),…
Silchar: Hailakandi police on Saturday arrested four active members of an organised cybercrime syndicate while they were attempting to withdraw swindled funds from a bank.The accused were identified as Gourab Roy Chowdhury of Borjarpur, Jahanul Hasan Laskar of Ujankupar, Abu Jahid Laskar of Narayanpur and Mohammadur Hasan Chowdhury of Bhatisangurai in Algapur — all in…
Silchar: Assam Police seized 400 sacks of subsidised urea from a truck near the Assam-Mizoram border in Cachar district on Friday evening, foiling an alleged attempt to smuggle the fertiliser into Mizoram and arresting the driver.Acting on specific intelligence, a team from the Lailapur police patrol outpost intercepted the truck during a special operation supervised…
Silchar: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted simultaneous searches at two residences of Silchar-based businessman Abub Majumder as part of an investigation into an alleged Burmese arecanut smuggling and money laundering racket.ED teams from Guwahati and Kolkata, assisted by security personnel, searched Majumder’s home in the Itkhola Ghat area and another house on Ghaniwala…
Silchar: Cachar’s pineapple sellers received a boost in its bid to access wider national and export markets after farmers, exporters, agri-entrepreneurs and institutional buyers from across the country participated in a buyer-seller meet organised by the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) in collaboration with the Cachar district administration on Thursday.State minister…
Silchar: SUCI (Communist) held a demonstration in Silchar on Friday, highlighting the poor condition of roads and persistent waterlogging and demanded immediate repairs and a permanent solution to what it called the town’s recurring artificial flood crisis.The protest was held near the Khudiram Bose statue in Club Road area. Party workers carrying placards urged the…
Silchar: Protests erupted on Thursday after a private senior secondary school principal in Cachar district was arrested for allegedly molesting a Class VI student, prompting indigenous organizations to demand exemplary punishment and fast-track proceedings under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act.The accused, a resident of southern India, was produced before a local…
