Category: Assam

Suklabaidya inaugurates wholesale fish market at Lokhra

Suklabaidya inaugurates wholesale fish market at Lokhra

Fisheries minister Parimal Suklabaidya on Thursday inaugurated the Saraighat Wholesale Fish Market at Lokhra in the city. The wholesale fish market has been set up jointly by FISHFED, Assam and Saraighat Agricultural Society. The wholesale fish market which has become operational, will facilitate direct selling of different varieties of fish-by-fish

Assam: 12-feet-long python rescued in Baksa

Assam: 12-feet-long python rescued in Baksa

Locals rescued a 12-feet long injured python in Assam’s Baksa district along the India-Bhutan border on Friday. According to the reports, the local villagers had found the injured python nearby the Amguri area and informed local forest officials. As soon as the information was received on the matter, a rescue

Assam govt official arrested for accepting bribe

Assam govt official arrested for accepting bribe

An official of the Assam government has been arrested by the Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption (VAC) on charges of bribery, a release said. The vigilance sleuths caught the official red-handed while he was accepting a bribe of Rs 20,000 in his office on Friday, it said. The directorate acted

Vineet Bagaria murder case: 2 held over suicide in Assam

Vineet Bagaria murder case: 2 held over suicide in Assam

Two persons were arrested on Friday for allegedly abetting the suicide of a 32-year-old businessman, who had named them in a video purportedly recorded minutes before killing himself, in Assam’s Dibrugarh town, police said. Investigation is underway to ascertain the cause of the alleged suicide, and whether more people were