Guwahati: Assam Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi visited Rabindranath Tagore university in Hojai on Wednesday and took stock of the academic & development works of the prestigious educational institution. Governor Mukhi held a meeting with vice-chancellor professor Amalendu Chakrabarty, the registrar, faculty members, administrative staff with others and reviewed the activities currently being undertaken in the…
Guwahati: Attending the diamond jubilee celebration of Assam Gas Company Limited (AGCL) at Duliajan in Dibrugarh district on Sunday, State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma urges the gas company to strengthen its gas grid network and increase its capacity to reach neighbouring States and Countries. He also called upon the AGCL to enter into the…
Guwahati: Assam’s 97 newly established model high schools in tea-garden areas along with other 13 other model schools across Assam will begin the academic year from 10 May. Addressing the principals and teachers of those model high schools during an orientation program in the city recently, State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma commented that it’s…
Guwahati: Assam government has offered one-time financial assistance to Rongali (Bohag) Bihu celebration committees of the State so that the ten (or more) years old committees can celebrate the spring festival from Sankranti to the 6th day of Bohag month in Assamese calendar every year with no ‘forceful’ donations from the donors. State chief minister…
Geneva/Guwahati: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the Geneva-based global media safety and rights body is alarmed by the large number of journalists killed in different parts of the world in the first 100 days of 2022. Till date 38 journalists have been killed globally since 1 January, which is a sharp rise with over 150% increase…
Guwahati: Union Ayush ministry has recently signed the host countryagreement with World Health Organization for establishing WHO GlobalCentre for Traditional Medicine at Jamnagar of Gujarat. This uniquecentre, presently scheduled to function from the campus of Ayurvedainstitute of training & research in western India, will be supportedby an investment of around USD 250 million from the…
Guwahati: In presence of Union home minister Amit Shah, both the chief ministers of Assam and Meghalaya on Tuesday signed an agreement to resolve five decades long border disputes between the two north-eastern States. After signing the settlement agreement in New Delhi, Assam government chief Himanta Bishwa Sarma and his Meghalaya counterpart Conrad Sangma emphasized…
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (https://pressemblem.ch/pec-news.shtml), the global media safety and rights body, denounces the continued crackdown on the media by the military junta of Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh) and demands the unconditional release of all scribes, who were sent to jails after the infamous military coup on 1 February 2021.Local media outlets…
Guwahati:Lovefor mother tongue leads the people to live with dignity by enriching andstrengthening their identity. Karbi Lammet Amei gave a platform to the writersand litterateurs of the community to practice their language and literature,said Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while attending 30th conference of Karbi literaryforum at Donkamukam in West Karbi Anglong district on…
Guwahati: The residents of Sheanghah Chingnyu and Chenmoho villages under Mon district of Nagaland in northeast India, which is adjacent to Myanmar border recently enjoyed a two-day border area festival under the theme of ‘Bridging the Border’ on 21 and 22 March 2022.Organised by North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC, Dimapur) under the Union cultural…
