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    Silchar MP Rajdeep Roy flags off Silchar-Naharlagun train
    Assam

    Silchar MP Rajdeep Roy flags off Silchar-Naharlagun train

    Silchar, Jun 19: In what could be called a major development to train connectivity from Barak Valley, the Silchar got connected to Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh as the special train 05638 to Naharlagun was flagged off by Silchar MP Dr Rajdeep Roy alongside Silchar MLA Dipayan Chakraborty, NFR...
    Silchar legislator plunges into canal clearance, hints at more eviction
    Assam

    Silchar legislator plunges into canal clearance, hints at more eviction

    Silchar, June 19: At a time when most parts of Silchar including major portions of new Silchar area is submerged due to water logging amidst heavy showers, Silchar MLA Dipayan Chakraborty was seen in a boat clearing the piles of garbage accumulated in Longaikhal canal along Chittaranjan Avenue,...
    Cachar: Section 144 clamped along Bethukandi sluice gate
    Assam

    Cachar: Section 144 clamped along Bethukandi sluice gate

    Silchar, June 18: It was around this time in June last year when people of Silchar, the second biggest urban sprawl in the state witnessed the worst flood in recent history. A year later, waterlogged roads and drains due to heavy rains for the past few days and the forecast of more showers in the...
    Cachars Bethukandi to get double-shutter sluice gate: Pijush Hazarika
    Assam

    Cachar's Bethukandi to get double-shutter sluice gate: Pijush Hazarika

    Silchar, Jun 13: Minister of Water Resources Pijush Hazarika on Monday said that as an additional measure to prevent floods, a double-shutter sluice gate at Bethukandi, one of the most discussed sites along river Barak will be constructed utilizing approximately Rs 10 crores.As a part of his visit...
    17 unlicensed gas cylinders seized by Cachar Food and Civil Supplies, IOCL officials
    Assam

    17 unlicensed gas cylinders seized by Cachar Food and Civil Supplies, IOCL...

    Silchar, June 10: In a major catch, the officials of Food and Civil Supplies Department along with Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) seized 17 unauthorised LPG cylinders from roadside dhabas and other places of Cachar district on Friday.A senior official from the Food and Civil Supplies...
    Cachar Forest officials rescue ferret badger from Assam Mizoram border
    Assam

    Cachar Forest officials rescue ferret badger from Assam Mizoram border

    Silchar, June 8: Based on a distress call from a local resident at Lailapur along Assam Mizoram interstate border, Cachar Forest officials rescued a ferret badger (Melogale moschata) from a house in that vicinity. Cachar DFO Tejas Mariswamy informed that it is a non-endangered species found mostly...
    AHSEC results: Cachar scores impressive pass percentage in Science, Commerce streams
    Assam

    AHSEC results: Cachar scores impressive pass percentage in Science, Commerce...

    Silchar, June 6: The results of Higher Secondary examination announced by the Assam Higher Secondary Educational Council AHSEC on Tuesday brought solitary cheer for Barak Valley as Jahangir Alom Choudhury from Paramount Senior Secondary School Hailakandi district stood 3rd in Commerce...
    Two villages in Cachar declared child marriage free
    Assam

    Two villages in Cachar declared child marriage free

    Silchar, June 4: The Cachar district administration has declared two villages viz Rukni part IV under Dholai constituency and Bhairabpur part-I village under Katigorah constituency as zero child marriage villages in the district. Arguably, a first-of-its-kind achievement in the state after Chief...
    CM lauds joint effort of Cachar-Karimganj police to stop drugs menace
    Assam

    CM lauds joint effort of Cachar-Karimganj police to stop drugs menace

    Silchar, Jun 3: In a joint operation on the war against drugs, Cachar Superintendent of Police Numal Mahatta along with his Karimganj district counterpart Partha Pratim Das seized a truck and recovered heroin. Cachar SP Numal Mahatta informed the press on Friday evening that heroin weighing 1.4...
    Flybig airlines to start Guwahati-Silchar-Guwahati daily flights from June 1
    Assam

    Flybig airlines to start Guwahati-Silchar-Guwahati daily flights from June 1

    Silchar, May 31: Flybig airlines will commence the Guwahati-Silchar-Guwahati route flight service on a daily basis from June 1.A senior official at Flybig airlines at Silchar airport informed that the first flight from Silchar will take off on Thursday 8:30 am. Honourable Silchar MP Dr Rajdeep Roy...
    Silchar: 31 labourers injured after overloaded van topples
    Assam

    Silchar: 31 labourers injured after overloaded van topples

    Silchar, May 31: In an unfortunate incident, approximately 31 tea garden workers including women and minor were left with grave injuries after a van which was carrying them overturned.According to sources, the incident took place on Monday and the van was carrying the labourers from Barthal tea...
    Narco terrorism, design of greater Mizoram reasons behind Manipur unrest: Local committee
    Assam

    Narco terrorism, design of greater Mizoram reasons behind Manipur unrest: Local...

    Silchar, May 29: In an interesting development on the reactions to the ongoing ethnic crisis and tension in Manipur, the Joint Action Committee for Safeguard of Indigenous Manipuri People of Assam has said that the current crisis is not rooted in the opposition to the demands raised for the...
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