Akshaya Patra Foundation’s centralised kitchen launched at Jorhat

Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while hailing the Akshaya Patra Foundation for providing nutritious lunch to lakhs of students, dedicated its 65th centralized kitchen at Jorhat on Friday and later he took food with the students. Built at the cost of rupees 14 crore, the kitchen can serve mid-day meals to 12 thousand…

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SITA sings agreement with AAU on livelihood enhancement program

Guwahati: State Innovation and Transformation Aayog (SITA), Assam has signed an agreement with Assam Agricultural University (AAU) to execute the project on integrated approached for employment empowerment adopting scientific organized goat farming for livelihood enhancement at Janata Bhawan on Friday. The memorandum of agreement (MoA) was signed by SITA chief executive officer MS Manivannan and…

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CM Sarma attends NE buyer-seller meet, vows to rework on custom tariff

Guwahati: Northeast can play a pivotal role in strengthening Indo-ASEAN and Indo-BBN relationship not only as a means of being gateway to southeast Asian nations but as a springboard to facilitate bilateral trades and commerce with these countries, commented Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while attending the second NE buyer-seller meet in the city…

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Assam Governor attends anti drugs-tobacco-liquor awareness campaign

Guwahati: Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi urged the parents to spend quality time with their children and provide them a loving, stable and secure home environment as strong family ties and high moral character can help in ensuring a drug-free society. Addressing a 60-day anti drugs-tobacco-liquor awareness campaign on Tuesday, Governor Mukhi commented that in the…

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Kerala – RSS Swayamsevak dies after beaten up by communist goons

Kannur. An RSS Swayamsevak who was brutally beaten up by CPM goons while returning after attending the Gurudakshnina programme collapsed in a hospital. Jimnesh, was attacked in Panunda, in Kannur’s Kuthuparamba. A group of CPM goons brutally lynched Jimnesh and other Swayasevaks, who were on their way back home after attending the Gurudakshina programme. Among…

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68th National Film Awards – 60-year-old tribal singer Nanjiyamma, wins best female playback singer award

Kochi. Folk singer Nanjiyamma, who hails from a tribal community, won the Best Female Playback Singer Award for the 68th National Film Awards for the film ‘Ayyappanum Koshiyum’, directed by Sachidanandan KR (Sachi). Nanjiyamma also played a role in the film as the mother character of the wife of Ayyappan Nair, the character played by the…

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Kerala – ED raids at CSI diocese, church in TVM allegations of corruption at the Church-run medical college

Kerala. ED on Monday conducted a raid at the Mateer Memorial Church in Kerala’s capital city following allegations of corruption at the Church-run medical college at Karakonam. The ED also raided the headquarters of the CSI South Kerala diocese, which houses the office of Church supreme leader Bishop A Dharmaraj Rasalam. According to the allegations,…

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Tamil Nadu – Another girl student commits suicide, 3rd incident within 2 weeks

Chennai. In yet another shocking incident, another girl studying in class 12 committed suicide in Tamil Nadu’s Cuddalore. The third such death in the state in the last two weeks. The girl’s mother claimed that her daughter was stressed for several days. However, police have registered a case of suspicious death and further probe is…

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Assam Governor attends anti drugs-tobacco-liquor awareness campaign

Guwahati: Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi urged the parents to spend quality time with their children and provide them a loving, stable and secure home environment as strong family ties and high moral character can help in ensuring a drug-free society. Addressing a 60-day anti drugs-tobacco-liquor awareness campaign on Tuesday, Governor Mukhi commented that in the…

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JFA demands fair distribution of housing flats to media persons

Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) demands a fair distribution of flats, developed by Assam State Housing Board, to media persons so that the real needy families get the opportunity instead of continued possession by rich personnel including the editor-journalists. The forum also insists on affidavits by the housing flat owners declaring that they don’t have…

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