Guwahati: Expressing profound grief over the demise of at least two passengers (Parimita Das and Indreswar Bora), who drowned following the boat accident on mighty river Brahmaputra near Nimatighat in Jorhat last week, All Assam Engineer’s Association (AAEA) bats for a complete revamping of the State’s water transport services. Assam government has already suspended three…
Guwahati: The BJP led Union government in New Delhi has expressed its willingness to open more Ayush colleges in the north-eastern region (NE) so that the traditional medicine systems of Bharat can only be popularised by making more and more qualified practitioners, said Union Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal. Presently the entire region has only one…
Guwahati: Union ports, shipping and waterways minister Sarbananda Sonowal visited the Nimatighat boat capsizing site on mighty river Brahmaputra near Jorhat on Friday and assured that the authority would work together to build necessary infrastructure to prevent such accidents in the future. The immediate past Assam chief minister and the BJP legislator from Majuli assembly…
Guwahati: Assam government has suspended three officials of inland water transport (IWT) department following the incident of boat capsizing on mighty river Brahmaputra near Nimatighat in Jorhat locality on Wednesday and instituted a high level inquiry into the accident that snatched away the life of at least one passenger. The mishap occurred following a head-on…
Guwahati: Assam government plans to implement Mission Basundhara from 2 October under which many public services including the updating of land records online, land mutation, conversion etc are ensured. A preliminary meeting was organised in the city to discuss bottlenecks and infrastructural problems, manpower, internet services in fringe areas etc. Attending the State level conference…
Guwahati: Assam government flagged off 15 mobile vaccination vans on Wednesday to be pressed into service for the districts of Kokrajhar, Baksa and Bajali to target the residents who are yet to be vaccinated against the Covid-19. These vaccination vans are expected to provide vaccination services at the door step of targeted population in various…
Guwahati: Can the proprietors of mainstream newspapers and satellite news channels be compelled to make their annual balance sheets public in India? Or will it be possible to ask the professional journalists to go for self-declarations about their assets so that they can question the financial integrity of individuals in other professions including in politics!…
Guwahati: On the occasion of Assam’s first Arjun awardee athlete Bhogeswar Baruah’s 85th birth anniversary on 3 September 2021, the BJP led State government in Dispur observed Sports Pension Day where sports pension and financial awards to sports personalities were presented at Shrimanta Shankardev Kalakshetra in the city. Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi in presence of…
c New Delhi. The Chinese military has reportedly carried out mass arrests in Dza Wonpo Town in occupied Tibet. On 22nd August 200 military personnel in military vehicles swooped on the town and conducted search operations in homes and Buddhist monasteries and arrested 50, reports FreeTibet.org. The report states that around 30 local Tibetans from the…
Guwahati: More journalists continue to die from Covid-19 across the world where at least 1,754 media workers succumbed to the novel corona virus in 80 countries during the last 18 months. The Geneva (Switzerland) global media safety and rights body Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) apprehends that the number of victim-journalists from Covid-19 is likely to…
