Guwahati: Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Sunday attended Utkal Divas program, organized by the city-based Kalinga Sanskritik Sansada and Jagannath temple trust at Kalakshetra premise and extended his wishes on the sacred occasion stating that Odisha has great contributions in enriching the spiritual orientation and giving the people a strong identity, where Puri Jagannath…
Anti-conversion remains a major social issue in Bharat for decades, but the recent voices by a large number of indigenous organisations to prevent various government benefits to the converted families, arouse a pertinent debate in the south-Asian country. The argument raised here, if one converts to foreign religions (read embracing Christianity and Islam) (s)he gives…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday inaugurated a golden silk park & commercial centre at Khanapara in the city. Apart from providing silkworm breed to silkworm farmers, Sarma expected that the initiative of handloom & textiles and sericulture department will provide a platform to indigenous silk weavers to sell their produce. Sarma also appealed…
Guwahati: Assamese translation of the original Hindi book ‘Meri Pracharak Yatra’ by senior Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh Pracharak Shashikant Chauthaiwale was released on Saturday in the city. RSS Kshetra Sanghchalak Dr Umesh Chandra Chakraborty and the Sangh’s all India executive member V. Bhagaiah unveiled the book (translated by RSS’s Assam Kshetra Baiddhik Pramukh Tirthankar Das) in…
Guwahati: Prateek Hajela, IAS, who faces a number of FIRs in Assam for alleged involvement in National Register of Citizens (NRC) updation scam in the State, has been relinquished by Madhya Pradesh government from the social justice department (also the chief executive officer in Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis) in…
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over the arrest of Evan Geshkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, by the Russian security agency and demands his immediate release as he was only doing his assigned job with the accreditation from the Russian foreign ministry. The American reporter was…
Guwahati: Assam government inked a MoU with Abhinav Futuristics private limited, Oil India Limited and Numaligarh Refinery Limited for establishment of two high performance sports training and rehabilitation centres in Guwahati and Jorhat at a function held in the city on Thursday in presence of State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The sports and youth welfare director Nibedan…
Guwahati: With an aim to expose young students to the richness of a protected biodiversity area so that they can learn about nature, Aaranyak organised an education tour inside Pobitora wildlife sanctuary on 28 and 29 March. The premier biodiversity conservation organisation brought 64 high school students in two groups and engaged them in nature-oriented…
Guwahati: A massive rally on anti-conversion and delisting of ST status possessed by the converted individuals was organised in the city on Sunday, where over 55,000 tribal people from 30 districts of Assam participated. Organised by Janajati Dharm-Sanskriti Suraksa Manch (Assam), the rally titled ‘Chalo Dispur’ witnessed the participants wearing traditional dresses and carrying folk…
Guwahati: A group of high school (HS) students from six educational institutions from fringe areas of Orang National Park and Tiger Reserve in Darrang of central Assam took part in a nature camp where they were sensitised on various issues related to the biodiversity of local areas. Jointly organised by Aaranyak, Orang forest reserve authority…
