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: Assam Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi, while visiting Kalyani Niwas at Rupnagar locality in the city on Tuesday, emphasized on educating the girls so that they can contribute to the growth of the nation. Spending time with the girls taking shelter there, Governor Mukhi opined that a girl-child should be given utmost priority to provide…
Guwahati: As the flood situation in Assam remains grim, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while taking stock of the situation in different parts of the State, assured all possible supports to tackle the menace. PM Modi on Tuesday spoke to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and promised necessary supports from the Centre to help mitigate…
New Delhi. It was a glorious Monday for India winning not one but five medals in a day at the crack of dawn. While India’s Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman in history to win a Paralympic Gold medal in shooting for the country and Sumit Antil won the gold medal in the men’s javelin…
Kolkata. The Central Bureau of Investigation has so far registered eleven separate cases on the orders of Hon’ble Calcutta High Court in connection with WPA 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149 & 169 of 2021 dated 19.08.2021 and taken over the investigation of these cases, earlier registered in different Police Stations of West Bengal…
