In a major crackdown on illegal liquor trafficking, a joint team of Assam and Meghalaya police seized illicit alcohol worth over ₹10 lakh during a raid at the Jorabat inter-state checkpoint on June 20. Acting on a tip-off, the police intercepted a suspiciously modified truck allegedly en route to Mizoram.
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On June 20, the Takam Mising Porin Kebang (TMPK), a prominent student organization representing the Mising community, demanded swift justice and compensation for the brutal murder of 22-year-old Prabash Doley, a laborer from Assam’s Dhemaji district who was allegedly hacked to death with a machete at a construction site in
The Assam government has confirmed that it will soon issue a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to streamline the implementation of the Assam Cattle Preservation Act across the state. The decision, announced on June 20, comes in the backdrop of rising public debate and administrative confusion around enforcement practices, especially in
On June 20, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma directed all deputy commissioners and police superintendents in Assam to strictly enforce the provisions of the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, particularly the clause prohibiting cattle slaughter and sale within a 5-kilometre radius of religious institutions. The move comes after recent tensions surfaced
In a tragic accident on June 20, the Dibrugarh-bound Awadh Assam Express collided with a stationary railway inspection trolley near Maharani village, close to Patna in Bihar, resulting in the death of one railway worker and serious injuries to four others. The mishap occurred in the early morning hours while