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The Assam Inland Water Transport (IWT) Department will stop operating night ferries between Guwahati and North Guwahati.

Two persons died on June 5 in a firing incident. This is the third violent incident on Assam’s borders since Himanta Biswa Sarma became CM.

The tea industry's cup of woes brimmeth - scanty rainfall and pest attacks have dragged down production in May, prices are lower than last year, and demand from some export markets is muted. Production in North Bengal - comprising the Dooars, Terai, and Darjeeling - is majorly affected; parts of Assam are also hit. Arijit Raha, secretary general, Indian Tea Association (ITA), said that the Tea Board numbers for April show a crop loss of about 9 per cent for North Bengal, compared to last year.

Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday held a meeting at Janata Bhawan with the Divisional Forest Officers and other officials of the Forest Department to take stock of the departmental activities like protection of forest land, revenue generation and building a tree-based economy. India News | Assam: CM Sarma Urges Officials to Make 'tree-based Economy' in State.

The Assam government has procured 1.16 lakh sexed sorted semen to increase the female calf population and boost dairy production. The Chief Minister has set an ambitious target to increase milk production manifold. He also instructed officials to restrict illegal timber trade and take steps toward planting saplings and seedlings to enrich the ecology of the state.