Jorhat, India: Priya Ram Duwarah has planted 60 oil palm seedlings in his half-hectare of agricultural land at Mohara village in Jorhat district in the northeast Indian state of Assam. The 65-year-old farmer, who typically grows paddy and seasonal vegetables, stepped into oil palm planting last September after being assured of high returns by the officials of the state agriculture …
Junmoni Rabha, a woman sub-inspector of Assam Police, died when her vehicle collided head-on with a compartment truck in Assam's Nagaon region on early Tuesday, authorities said. She, along with Junmoni's aunt Subarna Bodo, spoke to Boss Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to lead an impartial inquiry into the matter and to give justice to the family by punishing the …
