An initial sadness and grief following the unforeseen death of Assam’s cultural icon in Singapore have now turned into outrages demanding justice for Zubeen Garg, as millions of his fans and admirers get convinced that something wrong happened to their prince of melody during a sea-yacht outing in the southeast Asian nation. The heart-breaking news…
The heartbroken news surfaced from Singapore in multiple media outlets, which shocked the people of Assam in grief, and an instant outrage steered among the young generation, who were born in eastern India and brought up with the melodious voice of iconic singer Zubeen Garg. The sadness and melancholy soon turned into outrages with a…
India’s tiny northern neighbour has slowly returned to normalcy after two days of political unrest, where the young people hit the streets of Kathmandu and other important urban localities of Nepal with various demands including accountability to the government. The Himalayan nation with over 30 million Nepali people remains under the control of the government…
Something interesting is waiting to happen in Assam, as the Supreme Court of India recently agreed to hear a petition asking for a comprehensive and time-bound re-verification of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) updated in Assam during 2014-2019. The apex court on 22 August 2025 responded positively to the plea forwarded by a retired…
Guwahati: The three-day Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) concludes at Jodhpur on 7 September 2025. The special focus was laid on the field of education, where various organizations including Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Shaikshik Mahasangh, Vidya Bharati, Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas, Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal, and Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad shared their…
Guwahati: Akhil Bharatiya Samanvay Baithak (All India Coordination Meeting) of various organizations inspired by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) kicked off at Lalsagar of Jodhpur, where representatives from 32 Sangh inspired organizations along with women workers coordinating women’s activities have participated. The three-day meeting was inaugurated by RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat and Sarkaryavah Dattatreya…
As the Supreme Court of India has recently rejected a public interest litigation against standardization of 20 percent ethanol blending with pure petrol across the country, an Assam-based graduate engineers’ forum, cautiously appreciates the initiative with caveats for the owners of old vehicles, which were calibrated for zero to 5 % ethanol mixing. Ethanol20 fuel…
Guwahati: Akhil Bharatiya Vanvasi Kalyan Ashram inaugurated Bhagwan Birsa Munda Bhavan—a Tribal Research and Training Centre—at Pushp Vihar in New Delhi on 31 August 2025. Named in memory of the legendary tribal freedom fighter Bhagwan Birsa Munda, the Bhavan was formally dedicated to the nation in the presence of a large gathering of men and…
As the Supreme Court on 1 September 2025 dismissed a public interest litigation challenging the ethanol blended petrol program, launched by the Union government in New Delhi, vehicle-used petrol with 20 percent ethanol gets the green signal for selling through over 90,000 petrol pumps (fuel stations) across the country. The plea was made to direct…
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses serious concern over repeated deaths of Bangladeshi journalists in mysterious situations and urges the interim government in Dhaka to launch a genuine probe to find the reasons behind their unusual fatalities. Local media reported on 1 September 2025 that Khulna-based scribe Wahed-uz-Zaman…
