Overview

• The Cultural Affairs Department will open an online portal to distribute Zubeen Garg’s ashes, with organisations prioritized and individual requests considered if remains are available.
• Work has started to secure the Kamarkuchi cremation site with a boundary wall and police camp, public access will continue, and rituals are set in Guwahati and Jorhat where a memorial site will be finalized.
• Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma announced a ban on North East Festival organiser Syamkanu Mahanta from hosting events in Assam and said the state will ask the Centre to withhold support to any event linked to him.
• Singapore authorities cited drowning as the cause of death; a second post-mortem was conducted at Gauhati Medical College in the presence of AIIMS doctors and CID officials, and demands for an impartial high‑level probe continue.
• Tezpur University students protested an alleged dismissive remark by the Vice‑Chancellor, gheraoed the administration, and saw their autumn recess preponed, with student bodies demanding an apology and a campus memorial.