Guwahati: Expressing utter dismay over the incident of physical assaults on two local residents of Mangaldoi in central Assam by a group of Bangladeshi origin vendors recently, an influential anti-influx body urged the concerned authorities to take necessary actions. Prabajan Virodhi Manch (PVM) in a media statement argued that Mangaldoi municipal board and Darrang district…
Nava Thakuria Now it’s official. Northeast India completed its three-phase polling under general elections 2024 with an impressive voters’ response to elect 25 members to the 18th Lok Sabha. Assam voted in the final phase polling in the region on 7 May for four Parliamentary constituencies namely Guwahati, Barpeta, Dhubri and Kokrajhar very peacefully. The…
As the biggest electoral show on the planet began on 19 April, where 969 million Indian eligible voters start exercising their franchise in the seven-phase polling conducted by the Election Commission of India (ECI) to elect 543 members to the 18th Lok Sabha for the next five years, the far eastern part of Bharat has…
Nava Thakuria What would the world do without tea! That was an important line from a chapter in the textbook, which our high school teacher pronounced dramatically. Our beloved English teacher also threw light on Sydney Smith, the 18th century British writer, who penned the chapter adding many reflective sentences like- Thank God for tea!…
In a mesmerising ambience on the bank of mighty river Brahmaputra in the full moon night, the stage was readied to narrate the inspiring story of bravery, clever diplomacy, patriotism and scholarly personality, belonging to none other than Bir Chilarai, the younger brother of Maharaj Naranarayan, the 15th century great Koch king of eastern Bharat….
Nava Thakuria Russian President Vladimir Putin, while speaking at a recent function in Moscow, announced that his country was waiting for the launch of cancer vaccines. Putin, globally condemned for invasion on Ukraine resulting many casualties and enormous property damages, announced that significant progress has been made by the Russian scientific fraternity to develop the…
Nava Thakuria As President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to visit the Andaman & Nicobar islands on Monday, a debate surfaced on the series of development initiatives in the Indian archipelago. The first tribal women head of state is arriving in Port Blair, executive & administrative capital of the islands, on 19 February next with a…
Nava Thakuria When Bangladesh embraced the 12th general election amidst violence and boycott call from the prime opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), it was predicted that the ruling Awami League (AL) led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was winning for the fourth consecutive time to lead the poverty stricken south Asian nation for another five…
Nava Thakuria Assam in northeast India sets to ban the practice of polygamy. The upcoming State assembly session in February 2024 will witness a concerned bill to be tabled by the Bhartiya Janata Party led government in Dispur. After a series of consultations with a number of learned individuals and pro-active organisations, the bill has…
