Guwahati: Assam water resources and information & public relations minister Piyush Hazarika on Thursday visited several places in Cachar district on the second day of his Barak valley visit. Hazarika first inspected the repair work of the dam in Badrighat area of Barak river and then visited Betukandi area. A sluice gate is already being…
Guwahati: Flagged off a cargo ship on Thursday at Syama Prasad Mookerjee Port in Kolkata onway to Sittwe port of Rakhine State in Myanmar marks the beginning of a new era of international trade sea routes between the two neighbouring countries which is expected to benefit Northeast extensively. The ship MV-ITT LION (V-273) carrying 20,000…
Guwahati: Assam’s well known journalist Rupam Barua has been selected for the Prestigeous Devarshi Narad Jayanti award this year, which will be conferred on the nationalist media columnist on Saturday. Barua, who also edits popular Assamese children magazine Sofura, was recently selected for the coveted award, informs Kishor Shivam of Visva Sambad Kendra Assam. As…
Guwahati: Addressing the nation in the 100th episode of Mann Ki Baat on All India Radio and congratulating the listeners on Sunday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi commented that MKB becomes a great medium to learn from the qualities of others. Thanking the dedicated listeners of the program for their letters & messages over the years,…
Guwahati: Assam Gas Company Limited and Oil India Limited on Saturday, at a ceremony held at Janata Bhawan, signed an agreement for the establishment of a joint-venture private limited company with the mandate to lay, build and operate city natural gas distribution networks in parts of Assam and Tripura (for the time being). The JV…
Guwahati: As a youth died of electrocution recently at Bhupen Hazarika Samadhi Kshetra in the city, a civil society group has raised its voice for a total rearrangement of the power supply system in India. The deceased, identified as Subham Roy hailed from Pandu locality of Guwahati, accidentally died due to electrocution when he touched…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma attended the diamond jubilee celebration of Pandu College in the city on Tuesday and lauded the role of the institution of higher learning in the nation-building process through its numerous alumni who have excelled in their respective areas of profession and expertise. He exuded confidence that Pandu College,…
Guwahati: A two-day training and orientation program on handmade tea was organized by biodiversity conservation group Aaranyak, where sixteen Karbi women from villages under Kohora river basin and Diffloo river basin of Karbi Anglong district participated. The specialized program held on 20-21 April covered some important components and steps of processing the tea including quality…
Guwahati: Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) expresses its dismay over the hastiness shown by the Supreme Court of India on debates in recognizing the right to marriage among same sex persons, transgenders, queers, etc. The VHP’s legal cell during its second national convention at Ayodhya on 22-23 April stated that instead of catering to the pending…
Guwahati: A new Assam House is coming up at Dwarka in New Delhi for the benefit of patients and students from the State as the remaining two government guest houses in the national capital are primarily catering the need of officials on duty. State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma laid the foundation stone of the…
