Guwahati: Renowned Assamese painter Neelpawan Barua died on Friday afternoon at Guwahati medical college hospital, where the octogenarian artist was undergoing treatment for some days. His cremation with full state honours is scheduled for Saturday at Navagraha in the city. Mentionable is that a veteran Assamese film and theatre personality Nipon Goswami was cremated at…
Mobile app/portal launched correlating Ahom general Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma recently launched a mobile application/portal (lachitbarphukan.assam.gov.in) at Janata Bhawan in the city correlating with the upcoming 400th birth anniversary of great Ahom general Lachit Barphukan. It has been designed as a platform for the general public to pay their richest tributes to…
Geneva, Switzerland, 27 October 2022 : Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, condemned the murder of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif (50) in Nairobi, who becomes the 102nd media victims so far in 2022 and urged the Kenya government to fairly probe into the incident that led to his demise. The…
As we are celebrating National Press Day on 16 November in India, let’s pay our heartiest tributes to everyone who contributed to the growth of print media and also its watchdog and mentor, the Press Council of India (PCI). Since its inception and functioning, the Press Council continues to symbolize a free and responsible press…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Tuesday visited the site of ongoing riverfront beautification process (undertaken on the bank of mighty Brahmaputra river) near Kachari locality and took stock of the progress of works in and around the old Kamrup (metro) district magistrate’s office premises and nearby areas. Sarma directed the concerned authorities…
Guwahati: Only one non-feature film from Assam has been selected for screening under Indian Panorama 2022, the flagship component of International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which was announced in New Delhi on Saturday. The single entry from the State titled Hati Bondhu , directed by Kripal Kalita, is also categorized in English language section,…
Guwahati: Expressing full commitment to make Ayurveda a mass movement (Jan Andolan) towards a healthy nation (Jan Arogya), the Central Ayurveda Research Institute (CARI) announced this year’s Ayurveda Day celebration theme as ‘Har Din Har Ghar Ayurveda’. Addressing the media in the city on Friday, Dinesh Baruah representing CARI, an institute under Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was deeply pained by the unfortunate death of a bright student from the State at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, has sent a letter to his West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee requesting her intervention for a thorough investigation into the mysterious death of Faizan Ahmed. A semi-decomposed…
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala (VSK). Kerala Congress President Sudhakaran says that, people from South Kerala are not trustworthy and are fraudsters and swindlers in nature. He continued by quoting a unreal imaginary instance from Ramayana. In a recent interview with a newspaper, Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President K. Sudhakaran openly insulted Bhagwan Shri Ram, Lakshman and Sita…
Kerala (VSK). Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan has taken strong stand against the ministers of CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) regime for its consistent efforts to degrade the prestige and stature of the Governor’s office. Governor’s tweet of October 17, 2022 says that if they do it, they will have to face strong actions. He…
