New Delhi. Bharat’s men’s and women’s chess teams both won their first-ever gold medals at the 45th Chess Olympiad on September 22. The men’s team had a strong win against Slovenia, while the women’s team defeated Azerbaijan. The men’s team, featuring young and talented grandmasters like D. Gukesh, Arjun Erigaisi, and R. Praggnanandha, displayed their skills…
The violence in Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) against minority Buddhist and Hindu communities continues to escalate, triggering protests within Bangladesh and across the border in India’s Tripura state. This recent spate of violence has left several people dead and many homes destroyed, stoking fears of further instability in the region, which has long been…
National Highway 10 in Sikkim has been shut down indefinitely after a section of the road near Setijhora caved in on the evening of September 16, 2024. The collapse has made the highway unsafe for travel, prompting authorities to halt all traffic to prevent any potential accidents. The Public Works Department (PWD) has taken charge…
Guwahati: Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on 14 September attended Shri Shri Rudra Mahayagya and Kameshwari Maha Aradhana at Khanapara playground in the city and prayed for the welfare of State’s populace. Mahayagya was organised as a part solemn prayer meeting for world peace and performed in presence of Shankaracharya Swami Adhokshajananda. Speaking on the…
Guwahati: Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya on 13 September unveiled a book ‘Teachings of Srimanta Sankardev’ at Raj Bhavan and commented that Gurujona occupies a revered place in the socio-cultural and spiritual fabric of Assam. He expressed hope that the book would reach every corner, enlightening the world about the timeless wisdom of Sankardev….
Guwahati: Celebration of Teacher’s Day (5 September) received a novelty as Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya paid a visit to the residence of a veteran primary school teacher Nabin Chandra Das (94 years old) at Fuluguri village in Palashbari locality and felicitated him with a memento, citation, angabastra, shawl, flower garland, sorai, japi, gamocha, fruit…
Geneva: Pakistan has slowly turned into a graveyard of working journalists as the south Asian nation loses another journalist, tenth victim this year till date, to assailants. Local media reports confirm that senior journalist Nisar Lehri was shot dead on 4 September 2024 in Mastung locality of Balochistan. Lehri (50), a member of Mastung press…
A significant peace agreement is expected to be signed today in New Delhi between the Central Government, the Tripura State Government, and two prominent insurgent groups—the National Liberation Front of Tripura (NLFT) and the All Tripura Tiger Force (ATTF). According to an official announcement, the Memorandum of Settlement will be formalized in the presence of…
‘No compromise on women’s safety and swift justice’ Guwahati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) stated that there should be no compromise when it comes to women’s safety. It issue was extensively discussed during the three-day RSS Samanvay Baithak held at Palakkad of Kerala. The discussion was particularly in the context of the recent rape and murder…
Guwahati: Assam’s tourism minister Jayanta Mallabaruah participated in the tourism ministers conference for north-eastern & eastern States/Union territories in Shillong, Meghalaya on 2 September, which was chaired by Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Addressing the conference that focused on strategies to enhance the tourism sector across the region, minister Mallabaruah shared the remarkable growth of…
