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Five young Dibrugarh football players have been chosen to play for Team Assam in the Junior Boys National Football Championship for the B C Roy Trophy 2025–26, which is a noteworthy accomplishment. The esteemed competition will be held at Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh, from July 27 to August 5, 2025. The chosen athletes, who have earned this opportunity with perseverance and steady performance at the grassroots level, were formally named by the Dibrugarh District Sports Association (DDSA). Durlov Jyoti Gogoi of Namrup Town Club, Tanmoy Baruah of Namrup Town Club, Monsoon Gogoi of Namrup Town Club, Pradumna Changmai of Timoma Football…

A state-of-the-art 16-bed dialysis unit, created under the Corporate Environment Responsibility (CER) initiative of IndianOil Corporation Limited (IOCL), Bongaigaon Refinery (BGR), was formally inaugurated at the Bongaigaon Civil Hospital on Friday, providing a major boost to the region's healthcare infrastructure. According to BGR sources, Barpeta Member of Parliament Phani Bhusan Choudhury graced the opening event and formally dedicated the new facility to the public. Along with other notable representatives from the Bongaigaon Health Department, the occasion featured the distinguished attendance of Dhruba Jyoti Das, Bongaigaon's District Development Commissioner; Dr. BN Deka, Joint Director of Health Services; and Musukha Boro, General…

Rising talent with a strong desire to emulate her great-grandfather, grandfather, and paternal uncle—all of whom distinguished themselves in the Indian Army— As the first female student from Assam to get admission to the esteemed Rashtriya Indian Military College (RIMC) in Dehradun, Kripsita Pradhan of Udalguri made history. Born in Ward No. 1 of Udalguri town, Kripsita is the eldest daughter of Pranita Newar, an English teacher at Rowta College Senior Secondary School, and Bhim Pradhan, a Health Department official. She attends Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Udalguri. She gained admission to RIMC by performing exceptionally well on the East Zone entrance…

On July 17, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma presided over a meeting at Lok Sewa Bhawan with senior Agriculture Department officials and experts from the Regional Meteorological Centre to evaluate the effects of insufficient rainfall on Assam's agriculture. After reviewing data from the impacted districts, CM Sarma gave the Assam Chief Secretary instructions to increase departmental action and irrigation measures in order to assist farmers. However, the state's farmers are left in a precarious position as they are unable to plant paddy seedlings in their fields due to insufficient rainfall and inadequate irrigation facilities. Some farmers are using folklore to…