Dibrugarh: Driven out of the floodplains, Dibrugarh’s rare feral horses found an unlikely refuge on city streets.The forest department rescued a group of feral horses that was roaming Dibrugarh for several days and relocated them to Sisu Chapori, a sandbar on the Brahmaputra, officials said on Tuesday.The horses, believed to be descendants of domesticated animals…
18-year-old Bishu Limbu (right) with his mother Om Kumari Guwahati: In a village where evenings still fall without electricity and phone signals come only after a walk to the roadside, 18-year-old Bishu Limbu kept chasing a dream far bigger than his circumstances — to become a doctor.Bishu, from No. 2 Nakong Pathar village in Tinsukia…
Dibrugarh: Around 2,000 members of the village defence party (VDP) engaged by Oil India Ltd (OIL) protested on Thursday, seeking a wage hike from the current Rs 100 a day.The VDP members, mainly from Tinsukia and Dibrugarh, guard OIL’s oilfields, gas and oil pipelines, and other key installations. Protesters said they have long worked as…
Dibrugarh: Doomdooma Forest Division has launched a probe after a full-grown female Asian wild elephant was found dead in a paddy field near human habitation in Tinsukia district on Tuesday morning.The carcass was spotted at Balijan village under Dwarmara Reserve Forest after local residents alerted wildlife activists and forest officials. The elephant was found lying…
Guwahati: For centuries, Matcha has been inseparable from Japan — a vibrant green powdered tea whisked into froth during the country’s ancient tea ceremonies and today sipped in cafes from Tokyo to New York. Now, after a decade of collaboration with Japanese tea experts, that iconic beverage has found a new address: Assam.In a landmark…
Dibrugarh: The Red Shield Division under Spear Corps on Wednesday held a security conference at Laipuli in Tinsukia district to prepare for the 80th Independence Day celebrations.Held as part of the ongoing civil-military fusion initiative, the conference aimed to strengthen inter-agency coordination and review the security framework to ensure peaceful celebrations of the national event.The…
Dibrugarh: The Tinsukia district administration demolished the Urban Taste Restaurant at Makum on Tuesday afternoon following massive protests by the All Tea Tribes Students’ Association (ATTSA) and members of the tea community over the death of one Mukut Urang, who succumbed to injuries sustained in an alleged assault earlier this month.Urang, 52, a resident of…
The fire at the daily market caused damage estimated to run into lakhs of rupees Dibrugarh: A fire tore through the daily market in Tinsukia district’s Doomdooma town on Sunday morning, gutting seven shops and causing damage estimated to run into lakhs of rupees, officials said. No casualties were reported in the incident.According to residents,…
Guwahati: The Assam govt on Wednesday introduced free transport services for school students from communities residing in tea garden areas, marking one of the transformative moves in the education sector under the newly formed govt.This is a first-of-its-kind govt initiative launched for the students in districts with tea gardens.CM Himanta Biswa Sarma praised the programme…
Assam Police personnel during the area domination exercise Dibrugarh: The Assam Police carried out an area domination exercise in the inter-state border and riverine areas along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh boundary at Sadiya in Tinsukia district on Monday, with senior officers visiting local communities under the Saikhowaghat Police Station jurisdiction to strengthen ties between the police…
