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04 Sep

Assam Blind & Para Judo Association Opens Fourth Training Centre in Nagaon

Preeti SinghAssam, Sports

To bring visually impaired and specially-abled children into the mainstream of sports, the Assam Blind and Para Judo Association has launched its fourth judo training centre in Assam. The new centre has started at Srimanta Sankar Mission Blind School in Nagaon.Previously, the association had opened two centres in Guwahati and one in Moran. On the opening day in Nagaon, a total of 34 students — 21 boys and 13 girls — took part in the training session.The initiative is being led by international judo referee Abhijit Das. He emphasized that the purpose of the programme is not only to prepare…

02 Sep

From Constable to Landlord Killer: Dibrugarh Court Delivers Justice in 5 Murder Cases

Preeti SinghAssam

Setting a rare precedent in legal history, the court of the Additional District and Sessions Judge in Dibrugarh sentenced five accused to life imprisonment in separate cases. The prosecution stated that this is the first time in the district that five persons have been sentenced to life imprisonment on the same day. In addition, the court sentenced another accused to four years of rigorous imprisonment in a separate attempt-to-murder case. Among those convicted is police constable Vicky Chetia, who shot dead his pregnant wife with his carbine rifle inside the premises of Dibrugarh Sadar Police Station itself. Based on police…

02 Sep

Linked to Cross-Border Terror Network! STF Arrests Nalbari’s Mrigen in Changsari

Preeti SinghAssam

The Special Task Force (STF) of Assam Police achieved a significant breakthrough in its ongoing crackdown against anti-national elements operating from across the border. The security team arrested a youth for allegedly maintaining secret links with a Pakistan-based terrorist network. The youth, identified as Mrigen Haloi from Belshar in Nalbari district, was apprehended from a rented house in Gauripur, Changsari in Kamrup district. According to information, the youth had been staying in Changsari on the pretext of working at the Sagar Steel Processing and Manufacturing Unit in Amingaon. According to senior STF officials, Mrigen Haloi was in regular contact with…

01 Sep

Assam CM attends 33rd foundation day event of IIT Guwahati

Preeti SinghAssam

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today called upon IIT Guwahati to deepen its role as a knowledge and technology partner in Assam’s development journey, particularly in areas such as advanced manufacturing, healthcare, skilling, disaster resilience, urbanisation, agriculture and emerging technologies.Speaking at the 33rd foundation day programme of IIT Guwahati, on the institute premises at North Guwahati, the Chief Minister said that the institute’s significance extends beyond academic excellence, as it represents the aspirations of the people of Assam and the Northeast. He recalled that the demand for an IIT in Assam was an important part of the aspirations articulated…

01 Sep

Football to Table Tennis: CRPF Organizes Sports Competition Marking Major Dhyan Chand Jayanti

Preeti SinghAssam

In line with the birth anniversary of legendary hockey player Major Dhyan Chand, as per the direction of the Deputy Inspector General of the Guwahati Sector of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a three-day-long sports competition which began on August 28 at the headquarters of the 175 CRPF Battalion at Rani on the western outskirts of Guwahati, concluded today. The three-day sports competition, organized under the guidance of Commandant of the 175th Battalion, Nanda Kishore Kumar Prasad, featured various team and individual games including football, volleyball, table tennis and others. Along with many officers and jawans of the battalion,…

31 Aug

SEC Seeks Political Parties’ Cooperation for Smooth Conduct of Silchar Municipal Election

Preeti SinghAssam, Guwahati

A meeting with representatives of various political parties regarding the forthcoming Silchar Municipal Corporation election was held at the conference hall of the State Election Commission office at Panjabari, Guwahati on Monday. The meeting was chaired by State Election Commissioner Ranjan Sarma. Various issues, including reservation of seats, expenditure limits for contesting candidates, digital election management, Model Code of Conduct were discussed at the meeting. State Election Commissioner Sarma sought the cooperation of all political parties for the smooth conduct of the forthcoming Silchar Municipal Corporation election. State Election Commission secretary Gitartha Baruah and representatives of various political parties were…

31 Aug

Tension Along Assam-Bangladesh Border After Fisherman Fails to Return From Fishing Trip

Preeti SinghBangladesh

Tension has gripped Gobindapur along the India-Bangladesh border in Assam’s Sribhumi district following the disappearance of 35-year-old Balai Namasudra, with his family suspecting that he may have been abducted by Bangladeshi nationals while fishing near the border. According to his family, Balai left home at around 6 am to go fishing but failed to return for several hours. Worried relatives subsequently lodged a missing-person complaint at Sribhumi Sadar Police Station. Following the complaint, police and the Border Security Force (BSF) launched a search operation to trace him. The family said Gobindapur falls within Indian territory, but movement in the area…

30 Aug

Coaches, Referee, Young Achiever Among Awardees at IG Stadium Kohima Ceremony

Preeti SinghNagaland

The Department of Youth Resources and Sports, Government of Nagaland on Saturday conducted a cash award ceremony for meritorious sportspersons 2026 in observance of National Sports Day at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima. Cash awards of Rs 23 lakh have been awarded to 89 outstanding athletes, including two coaches, a referee and young achiever, who excelled at the national and international level in the various disciplines. The award has been conferred in the discipline of Sepaktakraw, Taekwondo, Shooting, Athletics, Boxing, Archery, Badminton and Pencak Silat. Puleno Neikha, Sports Coach (Sepktaktraw) and Deep Kumar, Sports Coach (Pencak Silat) have been conferred with…

30 Aug

Nagaland Felicitates 89 Sportspersons With Rs 23 Lakh Cash Awards on National Sports Day

Preeti SinghNagaland

The Department of Youth Resources and Sports, Government of Nagaland on Saturday conducted a cash award ceremony for meritorious sportspersons 2026 in observance of National Sports Day at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Kohima. Cash awards of Rs 23 lakh have been awarded to 89 outstanding athletes, including two coaches, a referee and young achiever, who excelled at the national and international level in the various disciplines. The award has been conferred in the discipline of Sepaktakraw, Taekwondo, Shooting, Athletics, Boxing, Archery, Badminton and Pencak Silat. Puleno Neikha, Sports Coach (Sepktaktraw) and Deep Kumar, Sports Coach (Pencak Silat) have been conferred with…

30 Aug

20 Star Campaigners for Recognised Parties, 10 for Unrecognised: Assam SEC Issues Guidelines for Silchar Civic Polls

Preeti SinghLatest

In view of the forthcoming Silchar Municipal Corporation Election, the Assam State Election Commission has extended the validity of its earlier notification regarding the maximum number of ‘star campaigners’ who may participate in election campaigning. The Assam State Election Commission had, through a notification in September last year, fixed the maximum number of ‘star campaigners’ for various political parties for the Silchar Municipal Corporation Election. However, the said election was not held in 2025. In this context, through a fresh notification, dated August 29, 2026, the Assam State Election Commission has decided to extend the validity of the earlier notification…