Guwahati: Assam Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi and State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma greeted people on the auspicious occasion of Holi, an ancient Hindu festival of colours marking the victory of good over evil, which is also known as Doulotsav and Phakua in Assam.“I extend my warm greetings and good wishes to all on the…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the Covid19 vaccination drive for children between 12-14 years in the State as part of the national drive at Rukminigaon Balika Vidyalaya in the city. Inaugurating the program, CM Sarma commented that the target group would be provided free vaccination at their respective schools. Those, unable to…
Guwahati: ‘The Kashmir Files’, which is based on the genocide of Kashmiri Pandits in 1990 and has been released this week in cinema halls, should be declared tax-free in Assam, stated Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA). The forum of nationalist citizens argued that nobody made a film based on this subject till today even though…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Union minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi inaugurated 38th Hunar Haat, a potential platform to promote India’s rich legacy of art & craft at Khanapara veterinary college ground in the city on Saturday. Organized for the first time in northeast India, the Hunar Haat will continue till…
Guwahati: After the peaceful polling for 80 civic bodies across Assam was completed on Sunday with tight security amidst the strict Covid-19 guidelines, the stage is set for counting of voters on Wednesday. For the first time in municipal elections of the State, the electronic voting machines (EVMs) were used, where the electorates recorded over…
Guwahati: Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal in presence of State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday received the self-propelled cargo vessel named MV Lal Bahadur Shastri in Pandu port in the city, which carried a total of 200 metric ton of food grains for Food Corporation of India. The…
Guwahati: Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal in presence of State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday received the self-propelled cargo vessel named MV Lal Bahadur Shastri in Pandu port in the city, which carried a total of 200 metric ton of food grains for Food Corporation of India. The…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, in presence of Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sah-Sarakaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale, attended a Shradhanjali program of noted social worker Dipok Kumar Barthakur at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in the city on Monday and termed his demise as an irreparable loss to the socio-cultural life of Assam.Paying deep tribute to Barthakur,…
Guwahati: Mortal remains of Dipok Kumar Barthakur, a veteran social worker, entrepreneur and administrator were consigned to flames at Navagraha crematorium in the city. Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma along with many family members and well-wishers were present at Navagraha, where Barthakur was cremated with full state honours on 19 February.The veteran Swayamsevak of…
Guwahati, 18-02-22, Veteran Swayamsevak, prominent social activist and enterpreneur of Assam, Dipok Kumar Barthakur, breathed his last on Wednesday (February 16) in a Chennai hospital at the age of 84. He was serving as the Vice Chairman of State Innovation and Transformation Authority (SITA) of Assam. His body was flown from Chennai to Guwahati on…
