A 3.1 magnitude tremor rocked the north eastern state of Manipur a couple of hours after the one of 4.4 magnitude striking no less struck panic on Friday.
Originated in Churachandpur, the tremor was felt at 4.05 in the morning forcing the people to get up from the bed fearing the rerun of the massive one in 2015. There was no report of any loss of life and property.
Couple of hours back, Manipur experienced a 4.4 magnitude tremor originated in Ukhrul. The tremor was felt across the state at 10.04 in the evening forcing many people in the high rise buildings to come down to the open space.
“As I was watching television, suddenly I came to feel the jolt as the clock struck at 10.4 in the evening. Then I switched off the light and cams out of my house to the open space,” said Rasin Devi, a local resident of Imphal.
Three people of a family died and another seriously injured in Guwahati when a wall collpased on a houses where they lived in due to the incessant rains that lashed the city on Thursday. The incident took place on Thursday midnight in Bhangagarh area where three persons were killed on the spot. The injured person was rushed to the GMCH. Incidents of landslide have been reported in Chandmari, Koinadhara and Hengrabari where several houses have been collapsed.
Normal life in Guwahati has come to a grinding halt because of massive water logging hours after heavy downpour lashed the city on Friday. Many parts of the city has come under the rainwaters disrupting normal life from the morning. A huge portion of the GS Road RG Baruah Road have been submerged making it difficult for the vehicles to ply on the roads. Rain waters have further submerged many houses in Chanmari, Lachitnagar, Nabin Nagar, Anil Nagar, Zoo Road, Rupnagar areas where the residents find it difficult to remain inside their houses. The massive waterlogging hs resulted in a huge traffic snarl in the entire city from Friday morning and if the rain continues the situation...
Incessant rains in Guwahati seems to have wreaked havoc in Dispur where rainwaters have submerged a few MLA quarters on Friday morning. A few quarters in the MLA hostel have come under the rainwaters on Thursday midnight a hour after the heavy downpour. Parts of Hengrabari, Dwarakanagar, Beltola and Basistha also have been submerged in the downpour disrupting the normal transport services.
A section of Congress legislators is happy with BPF’s decision to severe ties with the ruling party. Talking to Assam Times, sources said that the party which have absolute majorityhas really no room for the coalition partners in the council of ministers. The space vacated by the BPF minister and parliamentaries woul help Chief minister Tarun Gogoi accomodate Congress legislators at address the growing dissidence in the CLP. BPF anounced the decsion on Thursday after the executive meeting in Kokrajhar alleging that the Congress has done precious little for the BTAD areas.
Transport minister Chandan Brahma along with two parliamentary secretaries from the Bodoland Peoples’ Front are quitting on Friday a day after the ruling Congress severed its ties with the Bodo party. BPF anounced the decsion on Thursday after the executive meeting in Kokrajhar alleging that the Congress has done precious little for the BTAD areas. Congress sources told Assam Times that they are happy with the development and that the ongoing development suggests a clear cut understanding between BPF and BJP.
The combined competitive examination for selection of candidates for Assam Civil service and allied services mires in uncertainty. The mains examinations slated for June 28 to be conducted by the Assam Public Service Commission is likely to be rescheduled following allegations of question paper sale in the open market. A candidate brought this sensational allegation forcing the authorities to step in. A high level CID team rushed to the APSC office to probe the allegation.
The special train carrying the injured people from Chapra in Bihar is on the way to Dibrugarh. The train is expected to arrive in the Dibrugarh station in the afternoon. The train left Paltanbazar station at 8 in the morning two and a half hour after it reached Guwahati. Six passengers were killed and 30 others sustained injury when the Dibrugarh bound Rajdhani Express carrying them from Delhi jumped off the rails at Chapra in Bihar on Wednesday.
A rising water level of the Brahmaputra has forced the authority in Guwahati to suspend ferry services on the mighty river. Talking to Assamtimes, official sources said that the ferry service from Kachari ghat to North Guwahati would be opened only after receding of the waterlevel. The Kamrup(metro) district has deployed a few ASTC buses to North Guwahati to clear the rush.
Ambubachi has come to an end on Thursday morning. The doors of Kamakhya temple now is open for the devotees who came to the Nilachal hilltop 4 days back to attend the Ambubachi mela. Devotees in large numbers from the country and abroad are waiting in huge queue for puja offering to the goddess.
Some mesmerizing Naga music will reverberate in a castle on a rocky island off the coast of Italy and the heights of the Himalayas around the same time this month end as filmmaker-critic Utpal Borpujari’s documentary “Songs of the Blue Hills” has been invited to three more international film festivals. The film has been selected to the 12th Ischia Film Festival held under the patronage of the President of Italy in the medieval Aragonese Castle located on the Mediterranean Sea, the 7th International Documentary and Short Film Festival of Kerala (IDSFFK) and the Ladakh International Film Festival after having already earned high appreciation in six international film festivals. Produced by...
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