A group of vigilant youths from Khutabari village in Goalpara district along with officials from the Pancharatna Zonal Forest Department Office successfully rescued an endangered pangolin on Thursday night.
A 50-year-old trader, Ashok Goyal, was shot dead at point-blank range on NH17 in the Kalyanpur village area near Goalpara town on Sunday evening leading to anger in the trading community.
The Goalpara district administration, has sealed the Rehabilitation Centre named "New Life Foundation" at Nayapara in Goalpara town on Thursday following the alleged murder of Niksamseng Ch Marak, a youth from Tura in West Garo Hills of Meghalaya.
In a tragic incident, five youths drowned after a country boat capsized in a waterbody at Simlitola Nayapara Crematorium Ghat in the Goalpara district of Assam on Thursday evening.
Garo Students’ Union (GSU), Goalpara Unit, Garo Jatiya Parishad (GJP), Garo National Union, and GNC have jointly demanded the shutdown of the rehabilitation centre.
Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma has requested the intervention of Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to launch a probe into the death of Niksamseng Ch Marak, who died under suspicious circumstances at a rehab centre in Goalpara in Assam.
