Mumbai. Raksha Mantri launched two frontline warships of the Indian Navy – ‘Surat’ and ‘Udaygiri’ – at Mazagon Docks Limited (MDL), Mumbai. ‘Surat’ is the fourth Guided Missile Destroyer of P15B class, while ‘Udaygiri’ is the second Stealth Frigate of P17A class. Both warships have been designed in-house by the Directorate of Naval Design (DND)…
New Delhi. CBI has filed an FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act naming 37 persons and NGOs as accused. The FIR follows raids made last week on offices of NGOs, middlemen, hawala operators and public servants. They have been charged under Sections 120B, 419,420,468,471 of IPC and various sections of the Prevention of Corruption…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the ceremonial distribution of appointment letters to 22,958 new recruits in 11 departments of the State government in a program held in the city on Saturday. Sarma ceremonially handed over appointment letters to 17 candidates and urged every new recruit to take a pledge to perform the…
Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), a forum of nationalist citizens in northeast India, deplores the execution of two Assamese youths by the separatist armed militant outfit with the allegation of spying for Assam police and demands the governments, both in Dispur and New Delhi, to take a serious note out of its implication. The…
Guwahati: The weeklong North-East Festival, organised as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav by the DoNER ministry in association with North Eastern Council and with active support from Assam government in Dispur came to an end on Wednesday as President Ram Nath Kovind graced the closing ceremony held at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in the…
President emphasizes on promotion of Bodo language, literature and culture Guwahati: President Ram Nath Kovind, while gracing the 61st annual conference of Bodo Sahitya Sabha at Tamulpur in western Assam on Wednesday stated that the conservation and promotion of local languages is the responsibility of the society and also the government. Commenting on the atmosphere…
Jodhpur. Mobile internet services were suspended following communal tensions in Jodhpur hours before Eid on Tuesday. Curfew has been imposed in 10 police station areas of the city. The chief minister has appealed to people to maintain peace and harmony. The tensions broke out past midnight over the issue of putting up Islamic flags on…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday attended a gathering at Borhojai Moidam Durga Mandir complex to commemorate Mohapurush Damodardev on the mediaeval Assam’s neo-Vaishnavite saint’s 424th Tirobhav Tithi (death anniversary). Speaking on the occasion, Sarma remembered the neo-Vaishnavite saint for his contribution towards spiritual renaissance of the Assamese community in the mediaeval…
Guwahati: Assam Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi, while stating that Swami Vivekananda represented Hinduism at the parliament of world’s religions at Chicago and projected Hinduism in its right perspective, urges the young generations across the globe to emulate teachings of Vivekananda in order to enable themselves to shape a strong character. Speaking on the occasion of…
Guwahati: State Innovation & Transformation Aayog (SITA) Assam has extended a financial aid of rupees fifteen lakh as the revolving fund to Barpeta Aatasbazee/firework industry with an aim to strengthen the cottage industry. SITA vice-chairman Ramen Deka handed over the demand draft to the concerned officials of Barpeta Aatasbazee Shilpi Samabay Samittee limited at a…
