Banasree Sarkar

The widely anticipated elephant safari in Kaziranga National Park will begin on November 1 for the benefit of both domestic and foreign visitors. The park's core range at Kohora, which is the most visited by tourists, has not yet been opened for vehicle safaris, but the Bagori, Burapahar, and Agaratoli ranges have. The Kohora range is the most popular destination for both domestic and foreign tourists each year. However, the recent floods seriously destroyed the roads, culverts, and bridges in this range. The Kohora range's reopening to tourists was delayed because of the delays in fixing these infrastructures. The Kohora…

In August 2024, the Mukhya Mantri Nijut Moina Asoni plan was first introduced to encourage approximately 10 lakh girls to pursue higher education. At 11 AM, the Arjun Bhogeswar Baruah Sports Complex in Sarusajai will host the central check distribution for the second phase of the program. Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma, the Chief Minister, will grace the occasion. This effort was organized by the Department of Higher and School Education. The event's main goal is to empower and encourage ladies to pursue their aspirations of being educated. Among the distinguished attendees will be Education Minister Dr. Ranoj Pegu, as well…

Government Boys Higher Secondary School in Haflong hosted the District-Level Launch of the Tobacco-Free Youth Campaign 3.0 (TFYC), which was a major milestone in encouraging a tobacco-free environment among students and educational institutions throughout Dima Hasao. Raising awareness of the negative effects of tobacco use and encouraging young people to lead healthier, tobacco-free lives are the goals of the month-long campaign. In order to create tobacco-free environments that support healthy bodies and minds, the program focuses especially on college and university campuses. ADC Shauriya Sharma, ACS, graced the occasion and emphasized the significance of enabling youth to make health-related decisions.…

In preparation for the four-day Chhath Puja rites starting on October 25, the Dhubri government, municipal council, town committees, and Dhubri District Chhath Puja Committee are working to clean up about 41 river fronts (ghats) throughout the district. By worshiping the sun's setting and rising, respectively, the rites would be carried out at the ghats on the evening of October 27 and in the early hours of October 28. The Dhubri district has forty-one ghats, eight of which are in each of the towns of Dhubri and Gauripur. The remaining ghats are spread over Golokganj, Agomoni, Chhoto Guma, Halakura, Sahebganj,…

A powerful improvised explosive device (IED) blast late on Wednesday night damaged a section of the railway track between Kokrajhar and Salakati stations in Assam’s Kokrajhar district, bringing train movement to a complete halt and triggering panic among passengers. According to initial reports, the explosion took place at around midnight, nearly five kilometres east of Kokrajhar railway station. The impact of the blast was so strong that it tore through the track, bending the metal rails and scattering debris across the line. The incident immediately forced railway authorities to suspend all traffic on both up and down lines as a…

The Higher Secondary (HS) Final Examination 2026 will take place in February or March of 2026, according to an official announcement made by the Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB), formerly known as AHSEC. The Board announced that the online application procedure for qualified applicants would open on October 22 and run through November 25, 2025. All junior colleges and higher secondary schools under Division-II of the Board have been instructed to make sure that no eligible student is left out of the online application process, per an official announcement released on October 13. The Board made it clear that…