3 killed, 20 injured in road accidents
Guwahati, April 24 (PTI): At least three persons were killed and over 20 others injured in three separate road accidents in Assam, police said today. Three persons of a ‘barati’ (wedding party), including the groom s brother, were killed and eight others injured when their vehicle rammed into a truck carrying sand at Agiathuri in the outskirts of city early today, police said. The accident took place when they were returning to the groom’s home at Keotpara in Sualkuchi after the marriage was solemnized. Two more vehicles carrying people to separate weddings met with accidents at Mangaldai in which a total 12 people – five in one incident and seven members of a groom s family in another were injured. The accidents took place last night and the injured were rushed to hospital, the police added.
BSNL to connect all Assam GPs through optical fibre in 2017-18
Guwahati, April 24 (PTI): BSNL will connect all gram panchyats in Assam through optical fibre network by this financial year, said a top official of the public sector telecom major. “All gram panchyats in Assam will be connected through optical fibre network by this financial year. There are 1,518 gram panchyats in Assam and 1,060 have already been covered,” BSNL Assam Chief General Manager M K Seth told PTI today. The youth of Assam will be largely benefited through Digital India and Digital Assam programmes by availing all facilities of education and health, sitting in interior villages, Seth said. BSNL has registered significant growth in Assam in all sectors including mobile data download after demonetisation, he said adding, 570 broadband exchanges have already been set up in the state and 400 mobile towers will be commissioned in the next four months.
Pre-monsoon showers trigger landslides in Arunachal Pradesh
Itanagar, April 24 (PTI): Incessant pre-monsoon rain over the past few days has triggered landslides and flood-like situation in many parts of Arunachal Pradesh throwing normal life out of gear. The continuous downpour has caused havoc in the state capital inundating a portion of the NH-415 and causing landslides in certain areas, official sources said today. Three construction workers were killed in a landslide at Palin Town under Kra Daadi district on Saturday last. The situation in various districts was also grim with reports of landslides pouring in. Heaps of debris carried by rainwater has blocked several stretches of the NH-415. The water level of many major rivers and their tributaries has been rising considerably following incessant rain, the reports said.
GRP seized 3 kg gold biscuits, 5 kg opium at Guwahati Railway station
Guwahati, April 24 (PTI): Gold biscuits weighing three kg, five kg opium and 14 kg ganja (marijuana) were seized at Guwahati Railway station by the Government Railway Police from four persons, including three women, travelling in three separate trains. During routine checking today, 14 pieces of gold biscuits worth approximately Rs 1 crore was seized from a 19-year old man identified as Md Sadid Kamal Mondal, a resident of West Bengal and travelling the Kolkata-bound Saraighat Express, a GRP officer told PTI. The contraband ganja worth over Rs 1 lakh was seized from a woman identified as Lalmoni Dewa of West Bengal, travelling from Dimapur in Nagaland by the Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express today, the official said. The GRP also made a seizure last night recovering five kg opium worth more than Rs 15 lakh in the international market from two women – Phamgian Binakshi Lila and Thangiam Uma Devi – both residents of Manipur and travelling to New Jalpaiguri in West Bengal by the Brahmaputra Mail. Investigations are on and the arrested persons are being interrogated, the officer said. On April 4, GRP had seized 26 gold biscuits weighing nearly four kg and valued at over Rs 2 crore from a person travelling by the Kolkata-bound Indrani Express, the officer said.
