CITY NEWS

The All Assam Students' Union has recalled legendary Ahom General Lachit Barphukan in the birth anniversary celebrations of the great Ahom General in Guwahati on Thursday and also pledged to follow his ideals.

The Assam State Primary Teachers' Association (ASPTA) while hailing the State Government's teacher rationalization drive in schools that began on Nov 3 urged the government to reconsider a few clauses of the office memorandum of May 17, 2014, under which the rationalization of teachers is going on.

Special squad of Central Guwahati Police District and Paltan Bazar Police in a joint operation intercepted two drug peddlars in Hatigaon area, also arresting another person for receiving drugs from the duo. 101 gm of heroin kept in nine soap boxes, and cash of Rs. 3.72 lakh were seized from them.

To understand the causes and probable solutions to the traffic congestion problem in Guwahati, Green and Active Mobility Forum (GAMOF) is conducting an online perception survey from Nov 30 to gather citizen's feedback and information that can help to work on practical and scientific proposals that the government can consider for implementation.

At least 10 houses were gutted in a massive fire damaging several properties in Gotanagar of Guwahati’s Maligaon on Wednesday. No human casualties were reported but property worth several lakhs have been destroyed in the fire, that is suspected to have broke out from the kitchen area.

An East Guwahati Police team from the Jorabat outpost intercepted a Bolero truck carrying seven cattle from Moroigaon to Byrnihat on Thursday. The police seized the truck and arrested two persons hailing from Jagiroad in this connection.

The Tata Institute of Social Sciences is running 11 women's cells in Assam Police with the thrust on rebuilding women's violated self-estimate and dignity that offer mainly counselling services, re-establishing women's relation with their economic assets, arranging shelter, counselling for emotional and trauma support, legal support among other services.

The Guwahati Police has announced a reward of Rs 2 lakh for information that may lead the police to arrest the murderers of Purabi Dairy distributor Ranjit Bora. Miscreants shot Bora dead at Panjabari in Guwahati in broad daylight when he was depositing cash in ICICI Bank on November 21.

The first of the 13 accused arrested by the Chief Minister's Special Vigilance Cell in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation’s de-siltation scam, accountant Abhimanyu Medhi was granted bail by the Gauhati High Court on Thursday.

The Assam Petroleum Mazdoor Union has informed the HPCL, BPCL and IOCL that its members will not transport petroleum products to Meghalaya till such time as the government of the neighbouring state gives an assurance to ensure the safety and security of oil tanker crews travelling from Assam.