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Hailakandi MLA Dr Milon Das, accompanied by senior district administration officials, the concerned Circle Officer and police personnel, on Saturday (September 19) led an operation to clear government land allegedly under the possession of…
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured two seats in the Silchar Municipal Corporation election without a contest after opposition candidates withdrew their nominations from Wards 9 and 20. BJP candidates Bijendra Prasad Singh from…
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Three unidentified bodies are being exhumed from a burial ground in Sribhumi district nearly 15 years after they were buried, following a court direction to establish their identities through DNA testing. The exhumation is linked to the…
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After Cachar and Sribhumi, Hailakandi district on Tuesday launched this year’s Intensified IEC Campaign (IIEC) to strengthen awareness of HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, prevention, testing, treatment and stigma reduction among students and the wider…
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A 25-year-old man was killed in a suspected hit-and-run accident at Lathimara on KS Road in Katigorah, Cachar, late at night (September 14). The deceased has been identified as Firoz Uddin, a resident of Siddheshwar village. He was…
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An independent candidate from Ward 16 of the Silchar Municipal Corporation has raised questions over the educational qualification certificate submitted by rival candidate Miya Khan, alleging discrepancies in the document. Addressing the…
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Three youths were arrested after allegedly assaulting an auto-rickshaw driver and attempting to rob him at a secluded location near the Gaiman Bridge in Panchgram, under Katigorah police station in Cachar district, on Sunday night,…
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Residents of Pollishree Lane at Chittaranjan Avenue in the National Highway in Silchar have threatened to boycott the upcoming civic body election, alleging years of neglect over roads, drainage and street lighting. Residents of the…
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A 70-year-old man died after a Bolero vehicle fell into the Barak River while being reversed near the riverbank at Berenga in Silchar on Saturday (September 12) night. The deceased has been identified as Siru Miya Choudhary, a local…
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Veteran Barak Valley politician and former Assam minister Siddeque Ahmed died on Sunday, September 13, 2026, at his residence in Baraigram in Sribhumi district. He was 63. Ahmed had been undergoing treatment for cancer and died following…
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