To commemorate International Women’s Day, Special Gram Sabhas to mainstream gender issues for women and children across the state of Assam were organised on Tuesday. Sabhas were organised by the Directorate of Social Welfare (DSW) in collaboration with the Panchayat and Rural Development Department (PNRD) of the Assam government. In
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The police have recovered a large stash of weapons, grenades and bombs in Assam’s Kokrajhar district. Kokrajhar district police said that weapons, grenades and bombs were recovered from Mahamaya and Guma reserve forest areas in the district. Police have recovered 22 pressure bombs along with 22 detonator caps, 16 HE36
Assam Cabinet in its meeting presided over by the state Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday gave nod to the proposal to replace paper ballots with Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation polls. “Approval to the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Bill, 2022 for replacing paper ballots
“Nothing is impossible for women,” 34-year-old Sunija Prasad says, as she sits in her barracks following a gruelling training session at a police camp in the north Indian city of Meerut. Prasad is an inspector with the Rapid Action Force (RAF), a specialised wing of the paramilitary Central Reserve Police
A Pakistani drone carrying over 4 kgs of suspected contraband was shot down by the Border Security Force (BSF) along the international border in Punjab’s Ferozpur sector on Monday, an official said. The quadcopter was detected around 3 am after troops heard a humming sound. They illuminated the area with