Browsing tag
Concern grips Assam’s Dima Hasao district as authorities issue an alert following a Meteorological Department forecast predicting heavy rainfall over the next 10 days. With heavy downpour expected from Sunday until May 15, officials are urging residents to avoid unnecessary travel, reserving movement only for emergencies. To enhance safety measures, authorities are imposing a halt […]
As anticipation builds for heavy rainfall in the region, authorities have issued a comprehensive traffic advisory and safety alert for commuters traversing the Jatinga-Harangajao stretch of NH 27, effective immediately. The advisory, prompted by ongoing repair works on the highway and the imminent weather forecast, mandates the restriction of heavy commercial vehicles’ movement from 8 […]
In response to a weather advisory issued by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), residents of Dima Hasao District in Guwahati are urged to remain indoors from May 2 to May 4 until heavy rainfall subsides and weather conditions improve. As a precautionary measure, all educational institutions will be closed during this period to ensure the […]
Tragedy struck on the roads of Dima Hasao as a bus accident claimed the life of one passenger and left numerous others injured. The unfortunate incident involved a night bus bound for Tripura, identified by its registration number AS 01 MC 0243, which tragically veered off the highway after losing control. The bus was ferrying […]
Guwahati: The total pass percentage in Assam was 72.69 percent as of the release of the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) results, with Chirang district having the highest pass rate in the state on Monday. In all, 4,15,324 candidates took the board exam. From the total, 94,913 students received first place, 1,48,573 students received second […]
Guwahati: The government of Assam and the militant group Dimasa National Liberation Army (DNLA) will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in the presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday evening in New Delhi. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, and other senior MHA and Assam Government officials […]
Guwahati: The Indigenous Peoples’ Forum (IPF) has declared an indefinite Dima Hasao bandh in order to press for the division of the hill district of Dima Hasao into two districts. Addressing a presser, the NC Hills Indigenous students’ forum said, “We have held a rally on March 23 demanding bifurcation of the hill district with […]
Guwahati: The Indigenous Peoples’ Forum (IPF) has pushed for the division of Dima Hasao’s hill district into two districts. The forum, a collection of students from the Biete, Hmar, Kuki, Karbi, Vaiphei, Zeme Naga, Khelma, and some other non-Dimasa ethnic groups, has been leading a series of agitations calling for the division of the hill […]
Assam Police have arrested five youths with contraband drugs in Assam’s Dima Hasao district. Based on a reliable source’s input of an individual carrying a contraband item in a public transport vehicle, a police team of Dima Hasao district on Friday launched an operation at Jatinga area in the hill district and apprehended an individual […]
Assam’s Dima Hasao district is the most forest fire-prone district in the country, followed by Lunglei, Lawangtalai and Mamit districts in Mizoram.(TNL) This was revealed in an independent study on forest fires by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW), one of Asia’s leading not-for-profit policy research institutions. The study was released on April […]