Militant held

? Kokrajhar, Oct. 2: An NDFB (Songbijit) militant, identified as Gendra Basumatary alias Galore, 24, was apprehended from the Bismuri Galabari area in Kokrajhar district today in a joint operation by the army and police. One 7.62mm pistol and two live ammunition of the pistol were recovered from him.

Spell Bee

? Tinsukia: Children from seven schools in Tinsukia district on Friday participated in the Wiz National Spell Bee - an English spelling, grammar and vocabulary competition for students of Classes I to XII. It waqs organized by the Calcutta-based English Wizard Foundation.

Teacher

? Jorhat: Police arrested the principal of Jatiya Vidyalaya at

Cinnamara, Dibyajyoti Sarmah, on Friday after the father of a Class X student lodged an FIR, alleging that Sarmah had beaten his son on Thursday on charges of misdemeanour. Sarmah, who has denied the charges, was released on bail.

Pledge

? Guwahati: Dayanand Jha, additional general manager of NF Railway, administered "cleanliness pledge" to senior officers, staff and members of the Rotary Club, Gauhati West, on completion of one year of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan on Friday at NF Railway headquarters.

Aaranyak

? Guwahati: Aaranyak, an NGO, received the Sansad Adarsha Gram Yojana Good Practices' Award from the Union ministry of rural development in Bhopal recently.

Body found

? Dhubri: The body of Robial Islam, 18, of Khopati-Gotabari village under Sukcar police station in South Salmara-Mancachar police district, was recovered on Friday. Islam had drowned while bathing in the Brahmaputra at Kadmtali village adjacent to Khopati on Tuesday.

Jumbo herd

? Dhubri: A herd of seven wild elephants, which has entered villages of Dhubri district from Garo hills of Meghalaya, has been on the rampage since Thursday. No forest officials from Mancachar has visited the area to push the elephants back into Garo hills, villagers alleged.

Demand

? Guwahati: Dhubri MP and AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal on Friday demanded that the Assam government should initiate "scientific" steps to prevent frequent boat mishaps in the state.

PCC chief

? Guwahati: Assam PCC chief Anjan Dutta on Friday visited Nemcare Hospital here to see ailing poet and litterateur Nalinidhar Bhattacharya. Dutta wished Bhattacharya early recovery.