Guwahati: Giving a boost to the regional connectivity in northeast India (NE), the Alliance Air decided to operate its flights in the State of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram. As a part of the new operations, the Alliance Air will arrange air-travels among Lilabari, Ziro, Shillong, Imphal and Aizawl. Assam chief minister Himanta…
After the surreptitious and sinister activities of the Swedish and German preachers came to light this week, chief minister Sarma is learnt to have ordered a full-scale scrutiny of all foreigners who have come to Assam on tourist visas. A number of Christians from Western nations have been working silently under the radar in Assam…
Guwahati: Renowned Assamese painter Neelpawan Barua died on Friday afternoon at Guwahati medical college hospital, where the octogenarian artist was undergoing treatment for some days. His cremation with full state honours is scheduled for Saturday at Navagraha in the city. Mentionable is that a veteran Assamese film and theatre personality Nipon Goswami was cremated at…
Mobile app/portal launched correlating Ahom general Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently launched a mobile application/portal (lachitbarphukan.assam.gov.in) at Janata Bhawan in the city correlating with the upcoming 400th birth anniversary of great Ahom general Lachit Barphukan. It has been designed as a platform for the general public to pay their richest tributes to…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday visited the site of ongoing riverfront beautification process (undertaken on the bank of mighty Brahmaputra river) near Kachari locality and took stock of the progress of works in and around the old Kamrup (metro) district magistrate’s office premises and nearby areas. Sarma directed the concerned authorities…
Guwahati: Only one non-feature film from Assam has been selected for screening under Indian Panorama 2022, the flagship component of International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which was announced in New Delhi on Saturday. The single entry from the State titled Hati Bondhu , directed by Kripal Kalita, is also categorized in English language section,…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was deeply pained by the unfortunate death of a bright student from the State at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, has sent a letter to his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee requesting her intervention for a thorough investigation into the mysterious death of Faizan Ahmed. A semi-decomposed…
Guwahati, 22 September; Vice President of India Jagdeep Dhankhar today inaugurated the 3rd edition of Lokmanthan organised by Prajna Prabah here. Governor of Assam Jagdish Mukhi and Chief Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma also present in the inaugural session of the 3 days celebration of the Lok Parampara of the nation held in the Sankardev…
Guwahati: ‘Lokmanthan’ is a journey embarked upon by ‘Prajna Pravah’, a nationwide intellectual movement rooted in Bharatiya ethos & traditions to seek cultural and traditional treasures of India. Lokmanthan, 2022 has been organised on 21, 22, 23, and 24 September at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra, Guwahati. Intellectual Forum for North East (IFNE) is the local organizer…
Guwahati: America’slargest selling newspaper The New York Times has done it again. Themost acclaimed newspaper, when it had to laud Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, used the words ‘Leader of India’ in the physicalpaper. But the front page news headline mentioned Putin instead of‘Leader of Russia’ or ‘Russian President’. All those happenedin NYT’s New York edition (Saturday,…
