Hemanta Kumar Das

The need of pavements free of street vendors is one of the talking points among the city dwellers as the traders cause great inconvenience to the pedestrians.

In view of increasing inconvenience caused by the street vendors to pedestrians, any kind of business carried out encroaching on footpaths in areas that fall under Guwahati East police district have been prohibited under section 144 CrPC,1973.

Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act," he added.

Paving way for the BJP, the executive committee of the Congress-led Sonowal Kachari Autonomous Council (SKAC) tendered its resignation on Saturday.

The CBI has filed a case against Hemanta Kumar Das, a former NF Railway engineer, for allegedly possessing assets disproportionate to his known income. While serving as executive engineer, Das accumulated over Rs 33 lakh between April 2016 and July 2017 that he couldn't account for.

Assam railway police detained 31 suspected Bangladeshi nationals, including 13 minors, from Guwahati railway station on Monday.

Nine people were arrested on Saturday for their alleged involvement in last night's mob attack on security personnel and villagers of Nitainagar in Assam's Hailakandi district, leaving 12 cops and CRPF jawans injured along with some civilians

National award winning Assamese film, 'Othello', is all set to hit the big screen on March 31 across the state.

In a sensational murder in Assam, a man allegedly killed his wife and four-year-old son at a private lodge in Dispur and went missing on Saturday night.Police are in search of the accused, Bapon Mazumdar.

In an order, deputy commissioner of East police district Hemanta Kumar Das has prohibited the assembly of more than five persons in one spot, processions and sloganeering in the area under his jurisdiction with immediate effect.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is scheduled to visit upper As-sam on February 19 to lay the foundation of three projects in Jorhat, Sivasagar and Tinsukia.

‘Ri’, a Khasi film, has become the first such movie in the language to be selected for screening at the Indian Panorama in the 45th International Film Festival of India beginning November 20. Three other films from the northeast have also been selected.

Assam Police has said it was fully prepared to tackle any unrest in the state, following tabling of the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) in the winter session of Parliament, which starts on Monday.

A fake doctor was arrested from a health camp in Assam organized by the National Health Mission (NHM). The fake doctor, Md Sarimul H Mazumder, had been working in the mobile medical unit for 10 days before his arrest. This incident highlights the issue of outsourcing healthcare practitioners, which has been blamed for the presence of fake doctors. Since 2017, around 40 fake doctors have been arrested in Assam. Mazumder claimed to have qualifications from reputable institutions, but they were found to be fake.

Serial blasts rocked Assam and Manipur as the states were celebrating Republic Day on Thursday. No casualties were reported.

Assam Police apprehended Shoriful Islam in Kolkata, wanted for defrauding financial institutions through identity theft. Islam, a key figure in Morigaon's cyber fraud network, used fake Aadhaar cards and phone numbers to secure loans, amassing at least Rs one crore. He evaded capture for two and a half years, hiding across multiple states and possibly visiting Bangladesh and Thailand.