Aid for students

Guwahati, June 3: Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi today said the state government would bear education expenses of all below poverty line students who have passed the Class X and Class XII examinations.

Drug haul

Silchar: Four persons were arrested on Tuesday with 50,000 tablets of a contraband drug in a joint operation by the BSF and the special narcotics branch of Aizawl police.

Firing

Jorhat: Police had to fire three rounds in the air to disperse a mob trying to set the house of one Bhulu Gurung on fire at Lekhapani in Tinsukia district on Wednesday after Gurung was arrested on charges of murdering a woman of the locality. The woman's body was recovered from Tirap river.

Rest house

Kokrajhar: The BTC executive member for irrigation department inaugurated a rest house of the department here on Wednesday.

Health camp

Guwahati: A medical check-up camp was held by the NFR at Maligaon on Wednesday.

Arrested

Tura: Police arrested five cadres of A'chik Matgrik Elite Force from Dainadubi in North Garo Hills on Tuesday.

Bodies found

Dhubri: The bodies of a mother and her son were recovered from a house at Kalpani in the district on Wednesday.

Environment

Jorhat: The district administration, offices of DRDA, department of elementary education and social forestry will observe World Environment Day on Thursday.

Plea to PM

Guwahati: AASU and the North East Students' Organisation have written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking him to take up the issue of illegal immigrants from Bangladesh during his tour to the country.

Training

Guwahati: Skill development training programmes on housekeeping and hospitality services and patient care assistance was inaugurated at the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship here.