It was midnight of 31 August 2019, as an extraordinary bureaucrat unfolded the mystic National Register of Citizens (NRC) to the people of Assam in presence of a large gathering of over enthusiast media persons in Guwahati. The then State NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela, who not only explained various features of NRC to the attending…
Guwahati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak begins in Palakkad of Kerala. The meeting, where Sarsanghchalak Mohan Bhagwat, Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale, all six Sah-Sarkaryavahs and other national office bearers of RSS are present, will continue till 2 September. Rashtra Sevika Samiti Pramukh Sanchalika Shantakka, Pramukh Karyavahika Sita Annadanam, Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram president Satyendra Singh,…
Guwahati: Poba reserve forest in Assam will soon be notified soon as a wildlife sanctuary, said the State environment and forest minister Chandra Mohan Patowary while responding to a zero-hour notice on Friday raised by legislator Bhuban Pegu in Assam Legislative Assembly. Patowary stated that State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma emphasizes on the government’s…
Geneva: Another Pakistani journalist has been killed and this time it happens in Sindh province. Muhammad Bachal Ghunio, a reporter for Awaaz Television, was shot dead at Rounti area on 26 August by the miscreants. The victim’s family members lodged a protest demonstration in front of the senior police officer’s office in Mirpur Mathelo. Sindh…
Guwahati, 28 August’2024: Following the resounding success of Season 1, the Shankardev Education & Research Foundation (SERF) is proud to announce Season 2 of the Pragjyotispur Litfest. The annual meeting was held at Pragjyotispur University’s City campus in Geetanagar, where the committee planned an even bigger and better festival. The President of the Shankardev Education…
Guwahati: BTC chief Pramod Boro on Wednesday conducted a comprehensive review of various public health engineering department activities in Kokrajhar district, focusing on the implementation of Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) and Swachh Bharat Mission- Gramin (SBM-G). Boro highlighted the critical importance of providing clean and potable drinking water to every citizen and also ensuring hygienic…
Guwahati: Hundreds of people representing 20 families in Jagiroad of central Assam, who converted to Christianity after temptation, have now returned to Hinduism again. Once they realized their past mistakes, they decided to return to their original religion and pledged to preserve the culture of their ancestors. Mentionable is that the Christianity invaded the cultural…
Many middle aged Assamese nationals may remember that Assam agitation was initially propagated as ‘Bohiragata Kheda Andolan’ (literally meaning agitation to deport outsiders). Later it was redefined as the agitation against illegal migrants (read Bangladeshi/East Pakistani nationals) by the intellectuals and media barons in Guwahati. After decades, the issue of outsiders (read non-Assamese Indians) came…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday graced the closing ceremony of 150th anniversary of the Cachar District Bar Association in Silchar. Speaking on the occasion, Sarma highlighted the historical significance of the Indian judicial system, stating that India, as the mother of democracy, has a judiciary which is one of its fundamental…
Guwahati: Two minors were rescued from a suspected trafficker in Chirang district of central Assam recently. One married man named Jahiruddin in Mozabari area under Sidli police station lured both the tribal girls and allegedly sexually assaulted them. The guardians of Koch Rajbongshi girls lodged a police complaint and thus the dark issue came to…
