The Gauhati court ruled that Rajive Mohan Pant did not meet the minimum experience requirement and ordered a fresh selection process within four months.
Police recovered a mobile phone, SIM cards and documents described as incriminating from his possession.
More than three months after her midnight deportation, however, the central question remains unanswered: Where is Mumtaz Begum?
171 IIT student deaths by suicide or other unnatural causes have been recorded between January 2006 and September 2026. Of these, 120 were recorded between 2016 and September 2026, compared with 51 in the preceding decade.
The Gauhati high court has questioned the legality of the demolition of 21 dwelling units on private agricultural land in Goalpara, saying the action appeared prima facie illegal and unauthorised and may have involved misuse of the Disaster Management Act.
Sanjukta Parashar, an IPS officer with a formidable background in counter-insurgency, has made history by becoming the first woman inspector general of the CRPF's elite CoBRA force.
The Meghalaya high court has strongly criticised authorities for the continued imprisonment of a Bangladeshi national for nearly a year after he completed his six-month sentence, warning that such detention could be deemed illegal confinement and lead to compensation.
IIT Guwahati researchers have developed SH²RFSSM, a model inspired by how biological neurons communicate.
Court said state machinery prevented woman from challenging Foreigners Tribunal order; directs authorities to try to locate her in Bangladesh and bring her back to India.
Amidst ongoing ethnic tensions, a new political alignment in Manipur sees Meitei and Naga groups uniting to demand an update to the National Register of Citizens with a 1951 base year, a move fiercely opposed by Kuki-Zo communities who fear it will disenfranchise them.
Two suspected vehicle thieves were killed in an exchange of fire with Assam Police near Sonapur after a high-speed chase involving a vehicle allegedly stolen from Guwahati's Fancy Bazar area. A third suspect managed to escape into a nearby forested area.
'This accident was waiting to happen. It could have been averted if the authorities had acted in time.'
'People have been facing significant difficulties due to skyrocketing airfares, and road transportation was inaccessible until now.'
E-Eye, which cost about Rs 3,500 to develop, can test a sample for around Rs 2, making it particularly suitable for field-level water quality monitoring in areas where access to sophisticated laboratories is limited.
On World Elephant Day, the story of Parbati Barua deserves to be remembered.
Seventeen-year-old Janmoni Konwar from Assam won a gold medal at the National Karate Championship in Delhi, a remarkable achievement given her family lost their home and livelihood to devastating floods just weeks before the competition.
Prashant Kishor and Dr Jahnavi Das first met while working on a United Nations public health initiative.
It has offered a rare moment of relief, allowing them to sit down, talk, smile and feel human again amid days of uncertainty and hardship.
The family had regarded the puppy as another member of the household, but never imagined the boy would risk his own life to save it.
The water rose from knee level to chest height within minutes before climbing even higher. Homes crumbled, cattle sheds collapsed and everything that could be carried away by the current vanished.
