Chess prodigy
• Guwahati, Aug. 22: Assam chess prodigy Shahil Dey will represent India in the World Cadets Chess Championship, 2017, (under 10) at Pocos de Caldas, Brazil, scheduled to start from tomorrow till August 31. Shahil was selected after he won the National Under Nine Chess Championship, 2016. Altogether four Indians will feature in the 11-round Swiss league event with a total of 88 players from 30 countries across the world.
Peddler held
• Tinsukia: Police arrested Hemil Hazarika, a drug peddler from Kakopathar in Tinsukia district on Tuesday. Around 50gm of brown sugar and two motorcycles were seized from his possession.
Eviction
• Tinsukia: The Tinsukia district administration on Tuesday carried out an eviction drive on GNB Road here to clear footpaths from illegal occupation.
One arrested
• Jorhat: Jorhat police arrested Krishna Hazarika, a resident of Kakajan Dharigaon under Lahdoigarh police outpost, on charges of mobile phone theft. He was sent to judicial custody on Tuesday.
Lauded
• Guwahati: Former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday hailed the decision of the Supreme Court on triple talaq. He said it was a move towards empowering women.
Tennis
• Guwahati: Unseeded Pranav Heggere of Karnataka beat seventh seed Aryan Ishaq Qureshi of Maharashtra 6-2, 6-0 in the second round of the AITA National Series Tennis Tournament at Jorhat Tennis Club courts on Tuesday.
Assembly
• Guwahati: The next session of Assam Assembly will be held from September 4 to 12. Several important bills are likely to be tabled during the session.
Felicitated
• Guwahati: Khanapara Students Union on Tuesday felicitated 96 students who passed the class X and class XII board examinations with flying colours. Actor Biju Phukan attended the programme.
Debate
• Guwahati: Sonapur College will organise the Northeast India Inter-College Debating Competition on Thursday on the college premises. The topic of the debate is "Northeast India is always being exploited by the central government is factually incorrect".
Curtain raiser
• Guwahati: A curtain raiser event, Swachhathon, was organised by the mission directorate of Swachh Bharat (gramin) on Monday at the Administrative Staff College here at Khanapara.
