The Latest Breaking News from Guwahati

Supreme Court orders 1km eco-sensitive zone for protected forests

GUWAHATI: The Supreme Court on Friday directed that every protected forest should have a 1km eco-sensitive zone (ESZ) where no development projects will be allowed.

The Times of India · Jun 3, 2022

Intense rain warning after monsoon covers entire North East

GUWAHATI: After hitting parts of northeast on Thursday, the southwest monsoon covered the entire region on Friday along with some parts of sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.

The Times of India · Jun 3, 2022

Guwahati Municipal Corporation: Fixing treatment plant glitch, water woes to go on in Assam

GUWAHATI: A glitch at the British-era water treatment plant situated at Satpukhuri has hit the Guwahati Municipal Corporation’s water supply for the last three days. The situation is likely to remain so for the next few days, adding to the water woes of the residents of a vast part of…

The Times of India · Jun 3, 2022

Scooty for Karbi Anglong students: Assam CM

GUWAHATI: In poll-bound Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC), chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday announced he would gift a scooty to every student, boy or girl, who cleared the Class XII boards with a first division (60% marks or above). Earlier, scooties were given to only successful girl candidates.

The Times of India · Jun 1, 2022

Want notified vending zones in Guwahati: Street hawkers to mayor

GUWAHATI: The All Assam Street Vendors’ Association has come to a confrontation with newly elected Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) mayor Mrigen Sarania after he ordered the traders to remove their stalls immediately prior to facing eviction.

The Times of India · Jun 1, 2022

Man wanted for duping Assam students held after 8-year hunt

GUWAHATI: Vimal Kumar Choudhury from Ghaziabad in Uttar Pradesh played catch-me-if-you-can with police for eight years till his luck ran out on Tuesday night. Choudhury was wanted on charges of duping several medical aspirants of Assam.

The Times of India · Jun 1, 2022

From IIT Guwahati, a device to turn wastewater into energy

The device uses microbes to convert chemical energy in organic substrates into electrical energy

The Hindu · Jun 1, 2022

Monsoon to hit northeast this week

GUWAHATI: The southwest monsoon is all set to hit the northeast in the next three to four days, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Sunday.

The Times of India · May 29, 2022

'Rohingya refugees' criminal tendencies may cause unrest'

GUWAHATI: Bangladesh foreign minister AK Abdul Momen, while insisting on expediting mutual cooperation between the southeast Asian nations, raised concern that criminal tendencies among "frustrated" Rohingya refugees may give rise to extremism and unrest in the region.

The Times of India · May 29, 2022

Cross-border land, sea routes can open new world, says external affairs minister in Guwahati

GUWAHATI: External affairs minister S Jaishankar said if land connectivity through Myanmar and sea connectivity through Bangladesh become viable on a commercial scale, a world all the way to Vietnam and Philippines, from Haiphong to Hazira and from Manila to Mundra will open up, creating an east-west lateral with sweeping…

The Times of India · May 28, 2022