Assam CM, Sunil Gavaskar launch Guwahati International Marathon
About 12,000 people, including top athletes around the world, are expected to participate in the running event on February 7, 2027
About 12,000 people, including top athletes around the world, are expected to participate in the running event on February 7, 2027
The Gauhati High Court has asked the Assam government to explain its plan for rehabilitation and compensation for people displaced during a September 2024 eviction drive. Justice Devashis Barua set a deadline of October 6 for government departments to submit their positions.
A PIL challenged the provincialisation framework on the grounds that it allegedly permits entry into substantive government service without a fair, transparent and competitive recruitment process.
The Gauhati High Court took serious exception to the way a Foreigners’ Tribunal in Nagaon handled Mumtaz Begum’s case; the court impleaded the Ministry of External Affairs in the case and advised it to “make an endeavour to have the woman located in Bangladesh and to expatriate her to India”.
The 25-year-old boutique worker’s partially decomposed body was recovered from an apartment in Guwahati’s Beltola area; her husband surrenders before the police
Initial investigation revealed that the two men arrived in Agartala from Khowai in west Tripura to hand over firearms to someone yet to be identified
The forces established surveillance over a UKNA camp and commenced tactical closing-in at 5 am on September 2, they said

Congress Major Reshuffle: Sachin Pilot Gets Punjab, Bhupesh Baghel Shifted To Assam And Randeep Surjewala Gets Gujarat
Ahead of crucial Assembly elections, the change in Punjab is most significant as it comes amid intense factionalism between the camps of former CM Charanjit Singh Channi and PC chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring; Sukhdeo Bhagat made AICC in-charge of Chhattisgarh, Sirivella Prasad of Maharashtra, P.V. Mohan in-charge of Andhra Pradesh
DGP Harmeet Singh said those arrested were involved in various frauds and threatening people over the phone and extracting money
The transporters said drivers carrying goods into Mizoram have faced repeated difficulties.
Last week, the number of HIV-positive inmates increased in Sribhumi District Jail.
Several constituency-level projects are part of the package
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (File)
The identities of those killed were not immediately known. (Representational Image)
Sarma said the state government established contact with the group on Saturday evening.
“Assam will be the first state in the country to have a proton beam therapy unit in the public health care sector,” said CM Himanta Biswa Sarma
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said huge quantities of narcotic substances originate in Myanmar, and enter Assam through various routes in Mizoram and Manipur for further distribution in the rest of India
The floods in Nepal were triggered on Wednesday
BGB claimed that the Indian man was smuggling drugs and arms into Bangladesh.