Guwahati: Asserting that the solar parks would lead to enhanced renewable power generation, employment opportunities, check environment degradation and overall augmentation of power generation capacity in Assam, State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday inaugurated 25 megawatt capacity Boko Solar Park at Bhalukghata in Kamrup district. Built under BOO (build, own, operate) model as…
Guwahati: That was an amazing experience to attend the foundation day of a 25 years old press club in central Assam on a lazy Sunday, where a number of senior citizens along with rural scribes and novice journalists were waiting to listen to my speech. It’s easier to address a journalist’s meet- where we can…
Pune, July 18 : Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s senior Pracharak and former Sanghatan Mantri of Akhil Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal Vinayak Vishwanath Kanetkar (age 83 years) died of old age at Kaushik Ashram in Pune on Monday (July 18) morning. He was cremated at the Vaikuntha Crematorium. Vinayakrao Kanetkar was born on September 5, 1939. He did…
Prakash, the acclaimed Assamese literary monthly magazine, has come with a special issue on Tibetan (refugee) literature and also culture with a mesmerizing effect on its vivid readers who otherwise had not experienced the literary taste of neighboring Tibet (pronounced as Tibbat in Assamese), which has been occupied by the Chinese Communist regime in Beijing…
New Delhi: Polling began on Monday in the Parliament and respective State Legislative Assemblies to elect a new President of India. Draupadi Murmu is the NDA candidate, who is contesting against Yashwant Sinha, supported by the Opposition parties. A polling booth has been set up inside the Parliament premises where Members of Parliament will cast…
New Delhi: Polling began on Monday in the Parliament and respective State Legislative Assemblies to elect a new President of India. Draupadi Murmu is the NDA candidate, who is contesting against Yashwant Sinha, supported by the Opposition parties. A polling booth has been set up inside the Parliament premises where Members of Parliament will cast…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched a massive plantation program under the banner of CM’s institutional plantation program (CMIPP) by planting a sapling in Janata Bhawan premises on Sunday and later took part in a meeting stressing on larger role by the environment & forest department in reclaiming forest cover and maintaining greenery…
Demands for appointing the Ambassadors (instead of High Commissioners) in the 53 Commonwealth countries (so that the Union Government in New Delhi can pursue diplomatic relationships with these nations without any prejudice) are slowly gaining momentum. One can observe from the list of Ambassadors/High Commissioners (of India) in various Commonwealth countries across the world that…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched a massive plantation program under the banner of CM’s institutional plantation program (CMIPP) by planting a sapling in Janata Bhawan premises on Sunday and later took part in a meeting stressing on larger role by the environment & forest department in reclaiming forest cover and maintaining greenery…
Guwahati: The decades-long border disputes between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh will be resolved by this year, commented Arunachal chief minister Pema Khandu in presence of his Assam counterpart Himanta Biswa Sarma. Both the young leaders held discussions on the prolonged issue at Namsai on Friday and finally signed a declaration to minimize the border disputes…
