All of a sudden, people across the started buyins salt on Thursday. A section of businessmen picked up the first buck and started selling the essential commodity @ 200 per kg. Some others stocked salts to claim more rate. Within a few hours salt vanished from the shops and markets in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar and Jorhat. The panic buying started acting on a rumour that Gujrat has stopped supplying salts to Assam. A television news channel aired the story of how salts are available for Rs 200 per kg. But the story was withdrawn later. The government called it a rumour and asked the people not be panic further.
Udalguri: The 32nd Annual Conference-cum-Get-Together of the Tangla Veterans Association, an umbrella organization representing over 500 former members and families of the Indian Army, Navy, and Air Force, was held at the association’s office in Tangla town, Udalguri district, on Wednesday.
The event commenced with the unfurling of the organizational flag and a solemn homage to martyrs, led by President Ex-Subedar Sidhi Ram Nath and Secretary Ex-Havildar Hareswar Boro.
Col. Pradeep Singh Tumar, Commanding Officer of the 81st Field Regiment stationed in Ghagra, Udalguri, graced the occasion as the chief guest, alongside Col. (Retd.) Prabhu Nath Giri, District Sainik Welfare Officer of...
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