People hail inauguration of 100-bedded Sarupathar Co-District Civil Hospital, Oxygen plant by CM Sarma
GUWAHATI, Dec 10: People of Sarupathar hailed the inauguration of the 100-bedded Sarupathar Co-District Civil Hospital and an oxygen plant by Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma at Sarupathar yesterday. Residents said the healthcare institution will greatly benefit people and thanked Chief Minister Dr Sarma for gifting the hospital to the people. Chief Minister Dr […]
Mumbai: Death toll in BEST bus crash rises to 6, 49 injured
GUWAHATI, Dec 10: The death toll in the BEST bus accident in Mumbai’s Kurla West rose to six while 49 others were injured. A bus had rammed into pedestrians and vehicles on Monday night after the driver lost control, reports said quoting police. The bus was plying under the Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport (BEST) […]
Bomb threat mail to 40 Delhi schools turns out to be hoax, nothing suspicious recovered
A multi-agency search conducted after around 40 Delhi schools received an e-mail warning about a bomb being planted in the schools turned out to be a hoax with nothing suspicious found, reports said. The threat was sent in a single e-mail marked to the some of the city’s prominent schools including DPS RK Puram; GD […]
NFR RPF apprehends 23 B’deshi infiltrators in Nov, rescues 56 minors & 4 women from human traffickers
The Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Northeast Frontier Railway apprehended 23 Bangladeshi nationals at Agartala, Jirania and Dharmanagar railway stations in different drives conducted in November. RPF also rescued 56 minors and 4 women from various stations under NF Railway during this period. In a recent incident on November 27, a team of RPF personnel […]
Mohd. Siraj fined 20% match fee, Travis Head walks away with a “sanction” for bitter on-field spat
Indian pacer Mohammed Siraj was fined 20 per cent of his match fee by the ICC while Australian batter Travis Head walked away with a lighter ‘punishment’ – a “sanction” for their bitter on-field spat during the just-concluded day-night Test in Adelaide which Australia won by 10 wickets. “Siraj has been penalised 20 per cent […]
Revenue secretary Sanjay Malhotra appointed new RBI governor
Revenue secretary Sanjay Malhotra was on Monday appointed as the new Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor, an official notification from the Centre’s cabinet committee stated. Malhotra has been appointed for a period of three years, the notification further stated. Malhotra is a 1990 batch IAS officer belonging to the Rajasthan cadre. He will replace […]
Mexican man attempts to ‘hijack’ flight from Mexico to US, arrested
A Mexican man was arrested after he tried to redirect a domestic flight to USA, reports stated quoting authorities. The Airbus A320 had taken off for the city of Tijuana from Leon, Guanajuato, but had to make an emergency landing at Guadalajara International Airport. The 31-year-old man, identified as Kel Mario N, reportedly became erratic […]
Manipur Police crack down on poppy cultivation, arrest four
Manipur Police launched a massive crackdown on poppy cultivation while also apprehending four persons besides initiating legal action against a village chairman. A joint team of Manipur Police, State Forest Dept. and an Executive Magistrate conducted a poppy destruction drive in which crops spread in one acre of area was destroyed at Mao Pungdong under […]
Guwahati Jal Board opens applications for over 95 thousand new water supply connections
The Guwahati Jal Board has opened the process of inviting applications from Guwahati households for 95,858 water connections in the South Central sector from this month. This was announced by Guwahati Development Minister Ashok Singhal, who took to ‘X’, urged “citizens of Guwahati to submit their applications at the earliest”. “Applications for approximately 95,858 new […]