The employees of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) have sought the release of their salaries before Diwali and Id festivals. The four employees? union at the corporation jointly submitted a memorandum to mayor Nilakshi Talukdar in this regard on Thursday. A gun hanging from a tree near the headquarters of the special branch of Assam police at Kahilipara sparked panic in the area on Thursday morning. However, on closer examination it was found to be a toy. The court of the chief judicial magistrate, Kamrup, on Thursday remanded ISI agent Zabibullah Ansari in judicial custody. Ansari had been recently arrested by a special operation unit of the special branch of Assam police from Darrangamela on the Indo-Bhutan border. The All Guwahati Students? Union and the Marwari Yuba Mancha has decided to launch a joint drive to raise funds for relief and rehabilitation of the victims of the Karbi Anglong violence. The Assam branch of the Indian Council for Child Welfare will organise a quiz and debate for schoolchildren of greater Guwahati on October 30 at Kamrup Academy. The quiz is open for students of Classes VIII-X while the debate will be for students of Classes XI-XII. A book on dental diseases and their treatment, written by assistant professor of Regional Dental College Swarga Jyoti Das, was released by former vice-chancellor of Gauhati University N.K. Choudhury recently. The Birubari branch of Asam Sahitya Sabha recently observed its foundation day at the Birubari-Roopnagar School. A seminar on education was also organised to mark the occasion. A state-level function on the occasion of World Thrift Day will be organised by the National Savings Institute, under the Union finance ministry, at the deputy commissioner?s office on Friday.
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To the traffic department for failing to implement the law making helmets mandatory for two-wheeler drivers
