An antelope was killed and another injured while trying move to a highland as flood scene turns grim in the Kaziranga National Park.
The two animals were hit by a speeding vehicle last night when they were crossing NH 37 along the Park to move to the highlands in neighbouring Karbi Anglong district through the Mirimihi animal corridor. The injured antelope was sent to the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation. Vast areas the national park have also been affected. Vehicular movement has been restricted from Sunday morning on NH 37, which passes through the park and which animals use to cross into the southern side on their way from the low lying areas of the park.
SHILLONG: Conrad K. Sangma promised a slew of measures to help the people see a resurgent Meghalaya as the NPP president addressed a series of poll rally in the north eastern state on Tuesday. Sangma observed that the people have given Congress enough time and opportunity. But the people in power have been failing to deliver the good much to their utter disappointment. He said, "the political currents have changed in Meghalaya and people have a desire for a change and the change will happen. People have realised that in Congress party there is no democracy as Mukul have turned Congress to be a Mukul Party", he said. In his speech at Shallang, he slammed Mukul Sangma and his...
TUENSANG: Nagaland electioneering heat and dust gathers momentum with NPF and NDPP engaged in a bitter blame game. NDPP has called NPF a gang of betrayers while the ruling party has asked the people not to repose faith on the newly floated party. NPF leader and Chief Minister TR Zeliang slammed Neiphu Rio and NDPP alleging lack of agenda to serve the restive state. Addressing a few poll rallies in Mon, Longwa and Aboi under Mon district on Tuesday, Zeliang said, “Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) as a Party engaged in 'politics without agenda.” He said, 'the Manifesto of NDPP is TR Zeliang as Rio has been talking only about me and nothing...
GUWAHATI: The Dibrugarh police probing the APSC scam on Tuesday arrested two more officers charging the duo with resorting to unfair means to ensure selection in the civil service examination. The special operation unit housed in Guwahati arrested Bikash Kumar Pincha, tax superintendent from Dhubri and his Morigaon counterpart Manash Pratim Haloi after interrogating six hours in this connection. They are expected to be produced before the special court on Wednesday morning seeking them in their demand. Notably, Pinch is the husband of Nishamoni Deka whom police arrested and sent to the Guwahati Central Jail in the same APSC scam.
SHILLONG: Amid shock and anger hundreds of people in Shilling took to the streets on Tuesday evening to pay tribute to Jonathone N Sangma and five others who lost their lives in the rebel attack in William Nagar on Sunday night. The participating people, mostly, lit up candle praying for eternal peace of the departed NCP leader along with his two associates and two security guards who were killed in attack in Samad as they were on their way back to home after holding a poll rally. “We are very shocked. We don't have any word to tell you the amount of shock in us. Let's pray for eternal peace of the departed souls,” said Hibbu D Shira, a school teacher in the capital city of Shillong...
TURA: Congress president Rahul Gandhi said the people Meghalaya have already made up their minds to give his party yet another term in the upcoming assembly polls. Addressing a huge poll rally in the Garo hills on Tuesday, Gandhi said the country and millions of its people have, indeed, no choice but to go with Congress since the peoples’ party is teeming with the people of all walks of life. Stability is what the need of the hour for Meghalaya to allow the engine of sustainable to run, said the scion of the Nehru-Gandhi family. According to Gandhi, the voters in the poll bound north eastern state are well prepared to go with the ruling party since they have assessed and evaluated the...
NEW DELHI: The process to update NRC in Assam will be further expedited as the Supreme Court has asked the authority to publish the final draft on June 30.A division bench of the country’s top court comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice RF Narimon on Tuesday said that the second draft should be published on May 31. The final draft was asked to be published on June 30.The first NRC draft was published on December 31, 2017. The court further declined to change Pratik Hajela as state NRC coordinator and also to appoint one more person inthe same capacity.
SUVANGSU BORAGOLAGHAT: Normal life in Golaghat remained heavily disrupted on Tuesday when All Assam Students Union enforced a 12 hour district bandh demanding action against Abdul Aziz who evoked huge wrath for passing lewd comments against women.Roads across the district wore a deserted look since vehicles were not plying from early in the morning. All shops and markers, schools and colleges, banks and offices registered thin attended under the impact of the bandhcall.
ITANAGAR: Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu has ordered a thorough probe into the Tezu incident on Monday where an irrate mob lynched two rape accused from Assam after dragging out the duo from police custody. The chief minister has asked the police authority to institute an inquiry into the incident and to submit the findings by the next seven days. On the other hand, Tezu SP has been transferred while the Tezu police station OC along with an sub inspector and a constable have been suspended. Security forces are fanning in the nook and corner of the town after the authority promulgated 144 CrPC prohibiting gathering of people in the town. The rape accused duo who were caught...
JAGIROAD: Trouble awaits Rockybul Hussain after the Morigaon police booked the Samoguri legislator for allegedly amassing properties beyond his known source of income. The police have registered a case against the former minister bearing No 556/18 acting on a complaint filed by Raju Mahanta on behalf of a non governmental organization Sahai, alleging that he has procured properties worth an astronomical amount of money in the undivided Nagaon district when he was Tarun Gogoi's cabinet colleague. The complaint referred to the recent disclosure by Hussain's party man Anil Raja who alleged that during his stint as minister he made huge amount of money resorting to corruption much to the...
PRASENJIT SAHA AGARTALA: The ruling CPM in Tripura has fielded Pallab Debverma in Charilam by polls slated for mid March. The party announced the name on Monday in the place of Ramendra Debverma who died of cardiac ailment on February 12 forcing the Election Commission to countermand the polling till mid March. The north eastern state has gone to the assembly polls in 59 constituencies on Sunday recording 89% turn out. Vote counting is slated for March 3 from 8 in the morning simultaneously with Meghalaya and Nagaland.
Add new comment