Guwahati: Referring to Bihu festival as a representation of rich cultural heritage belonging to Assamese community, State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday commented that the revered festival should be celebrated in a befitting manner across the State. Attending the ceremonial distribution of one-time financial assistance of Rs 1.5…
Guwahati: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, soon after his arrival in the city on Friday, will dedicate AIIMS Guwahati and three other medical colleges to the nation. Prior to it, PM Modi in presence of Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Union health & family welfare minister Mansukh L. Mandaviya with…
After days of public uproar across Assam, the State electricity board recently came out with a number of clarifications. Firstly, it asserted that the conversion of metering equipment (from postpaid to prepaid) does not increase the energy loads for a consumer. Secondly, the issue of higher charges against the electricity consumption by a household will be…
Guwahati, 9 April 2023: Expressing concern over the alleged unusual increase of monthly electricity charges after shifting to prepaid bill paying system, a forum of graduate engineers urges Assam Power Distribution Company Limited, a division of the government run Assam State Electricity Board, to clarify its stand as the process of changing conventional electro-mechanical meters…
Guwahati: Assam police personnel continue their mission to nab the activists belonging to the outlawed radicalized outfit Popular Front of India (PFI), which aims to convert India into an Islamic nation by 2047. Two leaders of PFI and one belonging to its student wing, Campus Front of India (CFI) were picked up from Barpeta in…
Guwahati: Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal, while attending the platinum jubilee celebrations of Gauhati High Court in the city on Thursday termed the higher court as crusade for justice in northeast India. He also congratulated the chief justice, judges, legal fraternity and staff of the institution on the historic occasion. “Gauhati High Court has come a long way since its inception on 5 April…
Guwahati: Prateek Hajela, IAS, who faces a number of FIRs in Assam for alleged involvement in National Register of Citizens (NRC) updation scam in the State, has been relinquished by Madhya Pradesh government from the social justice department (also the chief executive officer in Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis) in…
Guwahati: Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria, State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, State ministers and senior officials visited three key national monuments in New Delhi on Sunday and paid homage to the brave hearts who laid down their lives defending the unity and territorial integrity of India. Visiting National War Memorial, Governor Kataria and CM…
Guwahati: Making a fervent appeal to all citizens to imbibe Swadeshi spirit and to utilize the present opportunity to make collective efforts so that Bharat (India) can attain global leadership, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) called on them to be vigilant against those forces opposing the comprehensive idea of Hindutva within and outside the country and…
Guwahati: Nobel laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, who visited Assam as the chief guest at Bodoland International Knowledge Festival 2023 in Kokrajhar (administrative headquarter of Bodoland Autonomous Region) held on 27 February to 2 March, commented that we need to encourage youth to become entrepreneurs instead of job seekers. He also emphasized on creating a world…
