Guwahati, Nov. 28: Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar in Gangtok today announced the setting up of a college of veterinary science in Nagaland, colleges of horticulture in Mizoram and in Sikkim, college of food technology in Manipur and a college of agriculture in Meghalaya to disseminate latest technology. Jorhat : A team of forest staff of Jorhat division and Kaziranga National Park is camping in the Brahmaputra saporis (sandbars) off Jorhat and Majuli since Wednesday to track a rhino, which strayed from the park three days ago. Silchar: Ajir Uddin, 36, the president of the Karichara-Dariarghat gaon panchayat under Hailakandi district, was shot at in the Lala area on Wednesday. The police arrested one Nurul Islam Barbhuiya in this regard. Ajir has been admitted to Silchar Medical College Hospital. Silchar: The Border Roads Task Force will close down bridge number 83 on National Highway 37 for six months as a precautionary measure. The bridge was damaged during a blast at Chiripul of Cachar district on November 26. Jorhat: Dino Mech, 62, was killed and his granddaughter injured when a minibus hit the motorcycle they were riding on National Highway 37 at Moran in Dibrugarh district on Thursday afternoon. In another incident, a speeding truck mowed down two schoolchildren on National Highway 52 at Dhekiajuli in Sonitpur district on Thursday, killing one and injuring the other critically, police said. A mob torched the truck. Bongaigaon: The general secretary of Sidli block Congress committee in Assam’s Chirang district, Ram Charan Ray, has been missing from November 26, the police said on Thursday. ccording to a report lodged with the Bengtol outpost on Wednesday by his family, Ray went missing after attending a religious ceremony at Tengaiagaon in Bongaigaon district. Guwahati: An Arunachal Pradesh state transport bus rammed into a tree on National Highway 52 at Dekargoan under Tezpur police station on Thursday. Six passengers, including the driver, sustained critical injuries and were rushed to the Kanaklata civil hospital. The injured have been identified as Yanzing Lama, Tropic Riyang, Anjum Lama and Amar Rai. Kokrajhar: Unidentified men shot a surrendered NDFB rebel, Chakramoni Narzary, 30, at Audangbazar under Bismuri police outpost in Kokrajhar district on Thursday. Aizawl: A turnout of 78.71 per cent was registered during repoll at the Aizawl South-I Assembly seat held on Thursday, state joint chief electoral officer H. Lalengmawia said.
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