Guwahati: Union education and skill development minister Dharmendra Pradhan, while inaugurating North East Research Conclave (NERC) 2022 at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati on Friday, commented that it would strengthen the linkages between industry, academia & policy makers and further invigorate the research, start-up and entrepreneurship ecosystems in the resource-rich north-eastern region and the…
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam worsens as over 662,000 people including women and children have been affected in 27 districts (out of 34) including. At least nine people were killed in the natural disaster. The army & para-military forces, national & local disaster response force personnel have joined the district administration in rescue initiatives….
Chennai. Madras High Court on Sunday held an emergency hearing through WhatsApp and allowed a rath yatra to be organised at a Tamil Nadu temple. Justice GR Swaminathan was on a personal visit to Nagercoil when the petitioner made a fervent prayer for urgent hearing of the case. “‘Our village will face divine wrath if…
Mumbai. Raksha Mantri launched two frontline warships of the Indian Navy – ‘Surat’ and ‘Udaygiri’ – at Mazagon Docks Limited (MDL), Mumbai. ‘Surat’ is the fourth Guided Missile Destroyer of P15B class, while ‘Udaygiri’ is the second Stealth Frigate of P17A class. Both warships have been designed in-house by the Directorate of Naval Design (DND)…
New Delhi. CBI has filed an FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act naming 37 persons and NGOs as accused. The FIR follows raids made last week on offices of NGOs, middlemen, hawala operators and public servants. They have been charged under Sections 120B, 419,420,468,471 of IPC and various sections of the Prevention of Corruption…
Kerala. Kerala High Court, while dismissing a plea filed by the wife of deceased RSS swayamsevak Sanjith, seeking the investigation to be transferred to the CBI, observed that the accused belonged to extremist outfits SDPI (Social Democratic Party of India) and PFI (Popular Front of India). The Court further said, “No doubt, SDPI and PFI are extremist…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the ceremonial distribution of appointment letters to 22,958 new recruits in 11 departments of the State government in a program held in the city on Saturday. Sarma ceremonially handed over appointment letters to 17 candidates and urged every new recruit to take a pledge to perform the…
Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), a forum of nationalist citizens in northeast India, deplores the execution of two Assamese youths by the separatist armed militant outfit with the allegation of spying for Assam police and demands the governments, both in Dispur and New Delhi, to take a serious note out of its implication. The…
‘University fraternity should lend its hands for the success of NEP 2020’ Guwahati: One of the premier higher educational institutions of northeast India, Gauhati University should act as a catalyst to fulfil the objectives of New Education Policy 2020, said Assam Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi. Speaking on 29th convocation of GU, held in its campus…
Guwahati: The weeklong North-East Festival, organised as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav by the DoNER ministry in association with North Eastern Council and with active support from Assam government in Dispur came to an end on Wednesday as President Ram Nath Kovind graced the closing ceremony held at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in the…
