Guwahati: As Numaligarh refinery limited (NRL) in eastern Assam of northeast Bharat is set embark on a major refinery expansion project to treble its existing refining capacity from 3 to 9 MMTPA, it has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with the inland waterways authority of India (IWAI ) for transporting over-dimensional and over-weight cargo…
Guwahati: Celebrating Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav on the occasion of 75th anniversary of India’s independence, Assam Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi flagged off a cycle rally of Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel on Saturday at Raj Bhavan. The participating 17 SSB personnel are scheduled to cross various States to cover approximately 2000 kilometer to reach Rajghat…
Bhagyanagar. The episode is of 1948 in erstwhile Hyderabad State, now Telangana. The houses were set on fire, men murdered, women dishonoured, children and the elderly killed in a cowardly manner. The whole village of Lingapur was brought to nought just because the Villagers failed to pay Razakars the booty they demanded. When the ghastly…
Kannur. The Kerala High Court has quashed the order issued by the District Collector of Kannur, cancelling the appointment of Seva Bharti as a Relief Agency, viewing all the free service rendered by its volunteers during the pandemic period. Seva Bharti is a voluntary social service organisation working through its branches all over India, providing charitable services….
Guwahati: Assam government has directed the police to investigate the murder case of a young college student in a speedy manner so that exemplary punishment can be ensured against the culprit. The cabinet meeting held under the chairmanship of State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday, also expressed deep condolence on Nandita Saikia’s untimely…
Guwahati: Taliban have announced that they will join hands with Pakistan in Kashmir, a leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has said. With the statement, the PTI leader has unabashedly admitted the Pakistan military’s close ties with the Taliban and its anti-India agenda. Talking during an on-air television show, PTI leader Neelam Irshad Sheikh said,…
Guwahati: Union ports, shipping & waterways and AYUSH minister Sarbananda Sonowal continues to criticise the Congress party for its careless attitude to north-eastern Bharat. Assam as well as the northeast was lagging behind in developments because of the century-old party that ruled the country for decades after independence. Addressing a series of meetings with selected…
Guwahati: The 5th Chalachitram national film festival, which was organized virtually because of the Covid-19 pandemic, concluded with satisfactory response from the film appreciators. Among the participating films in various languages like English, Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam, Tamil, Manipuri and Assamese, ‘The Tainted Mirror’ and ‘Deliverance’ swept the awards. Manipuri film Tainted Mirror, directed by Romi…
PEC expresses concern over continued harassment to Burmese journalists Geneva/ Guwahati: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the Switzerland based global media rights body, expresses serious concern over the continued harassments to journalists and other media workers of Myanmar (also known as Burma or Brahmadesh), by the Burmese junta, which dethroned the democratically elected government in NayPieTaw…
Guwahati: Expressing grave concerns over the relentless attacks on temples and Hindu villagers inside Bangladesh, a northeast Bharat based nationalist citizen’s forum urged the Union government in New Delhi to deal with Dhaka strongly. Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) reminded that every citizen of Bangladesh fought for independence against the colonial British regime and later…
