Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday held a meeting with the delegation of All Bodo Students’ Union and Bodo Sahitya Sabha regarding the development of educational sector in Bodoland Territorial Region as per the Bodo accord. During the meeting at Janata Bhawan, it was decided that 26 venture colleges would be taken…
Yavatmal. On December 3, six Muslim youths assaulted Laxman after a road rage incident. On seeing this, his younger brother Shyam (23) tried to intervene when the assailants attacked him with sword. Shyam died on the spot. Laxman too was injured. An FIR was lodged with Mahagaon police, who have arrested the 6 accused. According…
Guwahati: Attending one-year celebration of the BJP-UPPL government of Bodoland Territorial Region at Kokrajhar on Saturday, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma commented that BTC chief Promod Boro and his colleagues have taken a new momentum towards development in the region. Stating that the Bodo Peace Accord, signed in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Guwahati: The two-day camp sitting and public open hearing of National Human Right Commission (NHRC) India concluded on Friday in the city with recommendation of rupees 20.50 lakh as relief in cases of violation of human rights of people belong to different communities of five north-eastern States. The meeting took up 40 cases where the…
Geneva: Freelance photojournalist Ko Soe Naing died lately under the Myanmar military custody and thus the young scribe becomes the first media-victims in the country (also known as Burma or Brahmadesh) after the 1 February 2021 military coup that deposed the democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi led government in Naypietaw. Naing, who used to…
Guwahati: A two-day ‘Camp Sitting and Public Open Hearing’ to hear the complaints related to the human rights violations in north-eastern States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Sikkim and Nagaland has been organised in the city. Organised by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) India, the public hearing on 16 and 17 December 2021 at…
Geneva: Three ethnic Shan journalists along with a civilian were imprisoned for three years recently by a military court in Myanmar for spreading misinformation about the regime in Naypyidaw. Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, deplores the sentences and urges the military junta to respect the freedom of press. Editor…
Guwahati: Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday graced the opening ceremony of 52nd varsity week in Dibrugarh University in eastern Assam along with sports-icon MC Mary Kom, DU vice-chancellor Lilakanta Nath and other dignitaries. Since its inception, DU has been the guiding beacon of excellence in upper Assam, commented…
Guwahati: The rousing voices against the brutal armed forces special powers act 1958 (AFSPA) gain momentum again in northeast India with the incident of Oting village in Nagaland, where 14 civilians recently lost their lives under its complicity. From local villages to State level organizations, north-eastern to national and international institutions have now come forward…
Guwahati: Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday attended the India International Science Festival (IISF) 2021 in Panaji of Goa. At the inaugural function, tributes were paid to recently deceased India’s first chief of defence staff (CDS) General Bipin Rawat by observing silent prayer. Sonowal visited various stalls at the…
