Pratidin Bureau

The Union government has taken all possible measures to tackle any adverse situation that is likely to erupt after the publication of National Register of Citizen (NRC) draft in Assam. The final draft of the NRC in Assam would be published…

A privilege notice has been submitted to the Speaker by four Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Members of Parliament against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for making allegations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defense Minister Nirmala…

Guwahati police on Saturday evening arrested one named Suleiman Ibrahim Ali (30) in connection with Panbazar PS case no 341/18 for opening fake Facebook accounts in the name of many senior police officers. Ali,a resident of Anupam Path…

In an effort to boost security and surveillance mechanism in Guwahati, the State Government has approved installation of 4,000 close circuit television (CCTV) cameras in strategic locations all over the city. Of the 4,000 cameras, around…

Tripura Secretariat introduced an Aadhaar-enabled biometric attendance system on Saturday to keep a close watch on employees so that they are in their respective offices in time. Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb had introduced the new…

Meghalaya has completed the first level of verification of the open defecation free (ODF) status it achieved in January 2018 under Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin). The three month long process of first level verification began in April…

Rangapara Railway Station in Sonitpur district had an unusual visitor on Saturday who did not board any trains, but became quite the spectacle for the commuters. An elephant wandered into the railway station at Rangapara on Saturday…

Indian sprinter Muhammed Anas Yahiya has broken his own national record in the 400m race in an event at the Czech Republic on Saturday. Anas set the new mark at 45.24 seconds while winning gold as compared to his previous record of 45.31…

The GST Council has reduced tax rates on over 80 items and exempted sanitary napkins, rakhis, stone, marble, wooden deities and Saal leaves from GST. Briefing media after chairing the 28th GST Council meeting in New Delhi yesterday,…

Small and medium traders of Assam are happy that GST council last night extends the tax exemption slab from Rs 10 Lakh to Rs 20 Lakh. Earlier any traders having a monthly transaction of over Rs 80,000 have to file tedious monthly returns.…