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Athena Behavioral Health has announced the launch of Northeast India’s largest integrated private psychiatric hospital in Guwahati, marking the organization’s expansion to five hospitals across the country. The launch comes at a critical time, with nearly eight percent of Assam’s population, roughly one in 12 people, experiencing mental health morbidity, according to the National Mental Health Survey (NMHS). Regional studies have also highlighted rising levels of depression, anxiety, substance use disorders and suicide-related distress, alongside a severe shortage of structured psychiatric and de-addiction infrastructure across the Northeast. Founded in 2021 with a single hospital in Gurgaon, Athena Behavioral Health has…

Assam DGP Harmeet Singh on Saturday chaired a virtual crime review for March and April 2026, joined by all officers-in charge (OCs), superintendents of police (SPs) and range officers. During the review, a significant decline in crime indicators was noted across the state as the police force continued its sustained crackdown on crime, while strengthening investigative efficiency across the State. According to official figures shared after the meeting, the crime rate per lakh population has declined to 100.2 from 121.5 in 2025 and 349.5 in 2021. Case pendency has reduced to 10,902 from 11,140 in 2025 and 1,33,982 in 2021…

Assam Chief Secretary Ravi Kota on Saturday chaired a meeting of the Steering Committee on AI Adoption and Implementation, constituted to deliberate on the strategic roadmap for adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) across government departments for improved governance, public service delivery and administrative efficiency. During the meeting, the Chief Secretary reviewed the progress made till date, including the AI inventory exercise which has identified 343 project ideas across 50-plus departments, organized into 11 thematic clusters. He emphasized the need to move from inventory to implementation through a prioritized approach, adopting a “build once, use by all” model with common AI…

The prime accused in the Nagaon robbery and murder case, Rajibur Rahman, was severely injured after the police van carrying him met with a road accident late last night. Both his legs appeared to be badly injured. He is currently undergoing treatment in hospital. Rajibur and four others robbed the house of Dr Ranjit Saikia and Ruprekha Bhuyan. They brutally assaulted the couple, which resulted in Ruprekha death in hospital after remaining in coma for 16 days. “She left behind her young son, who cries in her memory every day,” her husband said, expressing satisfaction over the incident and his…

Former minister and senior BJP leader Chandramohan Patowary was on Friday sworn in as the Pro-tem Speaker of the 16th Assam Legislative Assembly. Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya administered the oath during a ceremony held at Lok Bhavan in Guwahati in the presence of ministers, legislators and senior government officials. Notably, Patowary’s oath-taking as Pro-tem Speaker comes days ahead of the commencement of proceedings of the newly constituted Assam Legislative Assembly. As Pro-tem Speaker, Patowary will oversee the initial proceedings of the Assembly, including administering oath to newly elected MLAs and supervising the election process for the Speaker of the…

More than 60 per cent of the investment proposals announced during Advantage Assam 2.0 had reached advanced stages of implementation, with several projects already becoming operational, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma informed on Thursday. Sarma took stock of the progress of key development projects across sectors stating that the state government was closely monitoring the execution of proposals worth over Rs 5 lakh crore that were committed during the Advantage Assam 2.0 summit held in February last year. “Today, I examined the status of these projects and I’m happy to report that over 60% of investment commitments are in…