Woman kills self

• Silchar, May 10: Sanchita Das, 39, a mentally-ill housewife, entered her neighbour's house in Udharbond around 1.45am today, assaulted a woman and later committed suicide by setting herself ablaze, police said. The police have sent the body to Silchar Medical College and Hospital for autopsy.

Awareness

• Tura: South West Garo Hills police and bankers conducted an awareness programme on fake currency notes at Ampati Bazar on Wednesday morning.

Shops gutted

• Tinsukia: Three shops on AT Road of Upper Assam's Tinsukia were gutted on Tuesday. Six fire engines doused the fire in three hours.

New building

• Jorhat: Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the permanent building of Jengraimukh police station in Majuli on Wednesday.

Wushu

• Imphal: Grandmaster Ksh. Jugeshwar Singh clinched a gold and a bronze medal in the 2nd Taiwan World Cup Wushu Championship in Taiwan recently.

Sonowal aid

• Guwahati: Chief minister Sarbananda Son-owal and Union minister of state for social justice Krishan Pal Gurjar distributed 6,232 aids and assistive devices to 3,368 specially-abled beneficiaries of Jorhat and Sivasagar at Amguri on Wednesday.

Education

• Jorhat: Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday advocated a synergistic approach among the government, education department, teachers and guardians to bring about qualitative change in education.

Untraced

• Dhemaji: The bodies of two persons remained untraced even a day after a boat capsized at Tilinga Ghat in the Subansiri in Lakhimpur.