In a heartening display of community solidarity, the residents of Sivasagar town have come together to rebuild the livelihood of an 80-year-old street vendor, fondly known as Kancha Da, after his makeshift shop was evicted by the Sivasagar Municipal Board for infrastructure development. For decades, Kancha Da has been a beloved fixture on Boarding Road,…
An unprecedented border encroachment issue emerged in Charaideo district of Assam near Sakho village on Monday, involving Nagaland’s territorial jurisdiction. The incident unfolded when a village council from Nagaland initiated construction of a cement gate approximately 40 metres inside Assam’s territory, close to the Assam-Nagaland boundary. The encroachment was swiftly detected, prompting the Charaideo police…
The capital of Arunachal Pradesh, Itanagar, was largely shut down on Tuesday as a 12-hour bandh, called by three youth organisations, got underway from 5 am despite being officially declared “illegal” by the district administration. The Arunachal Pradesh Indigenous Youth Organization (APIYO), All Naharlagun Youth Organization (ANYO), and Indigenous Youth Force of Arunachal (IYFA) decided…
The official release of the English fiction novel, “Posthumous Nirvana of Tojo’s Father,” with the subtitle ‘French lady,’ authored by Dr Soyum Potom was held at Naharlagun, Arunachal Pradesh on Monday. The novel has garnered significant attention for reviving the long-forgotten history of the Second World War’s China-Burma-India (CBI) theatre, specifically focusing on the monumental…
Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Namrup on December 21, a crucial Memorandum of Understanding on land use rights was signed on Monday between Brahmaputra Valley Fertilizer Corporation Limited (BVFCL) and Assam Valley Fertilizer & Chemical Company Limited (AVFCCL). The agreement paves the way for the Rs 11,000-crore fertiliser project, whose foundation stone…
