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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…

A nine-member delegation of the All-India Services Pensioners Cell, Assam-Meghalaya Cadre, Assam unit, met MP, Darrang-Udalguri parliamentary constituency and Assam BJP president, Dilip Saikia, and submitted a memorandum on pressing issues concerning the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) in Guwahati.The delegation was led by Paramesh Dutta, president, All India Services Pensioners Cell, Assam-Meghalaya Cadre, Assam Unit, Guwahati and Devajyoti Hazarika, secretary.The memorandum highlighted demands for upgrade of Guwahati from Tier-II to Tier-I under CGHS as a special case, strengthening of Wellness Centre infrastructure, creation of specialist posts, immediate filling of vacancies, and coverage of AIIMS, Guwahati under CGHS.MP Saikia assured…

In a first for India, the country’s first satellite-tagged Ganges softshell turtle was released in the Kaziranga NationalPark.The release coincided with Endangered Species Day.Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma called it a major step for wildlife conservation."Marking #EndangeredSpeciesDay, the country’s 1st satellite-tagged Ganges softshell turtle was released in @kaziranga_, a major step for wildlife conservation. A proud moment for Assam as we continue to protect every species that calls our forests home," Sarma posted on X.The Ganges softshell turtle is a freshwater reptile whose distribution is largely restricted to the Ganga, Indus and Mahanadi river systems in northern and eastern…

Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav today shared a video on X of a hoolock gibbon using canopy bridge to cross a railway track in Assam, and described it as a watershed moment in gibbon conservation in the country.He captioned the post as "Innovation-led conservation!", and wrote, "Good to see that mitigation measure such as this canopy bridge made over a railway passing through Assam has started being used by hoolock gibbon.This shows science-led small-scale efforts can also be of great help in biodiversity conservation."The railway line shown in the video traverses the Hollongapar Gibbon Sanctuary…

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…