PEC demands action against Bangladesh scribekillers Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the globalmedia safety and rights body, expresses concern over the police inactionto nab the killers of Dhaka-based television journalist AbdulBari, who was found dead on the bank of Hatirjheel lake in Gulshan area of the capital city on 8 June. Journalist Bari (28), who wasassociated with…
Guwahati: Another first information report ( FIR) has been lodged against the former State coordinator of National Register of Citizens (NRC) and the system integrator, sub-contractors with other persons alleging corruption and money laundering while updating the NRC in Assam. The petitioner Hitesh Dev Sarma, present NRC State coordinator, has filed the case against Prateek…
Guwahati: As part of the countdown to International Day of Yoga 2022, a Yoga Utsav (festival) was recently organized at the picturesque Ziro valley of Arunachal Pradesh, where the Union Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal was present along with Arunachal State ministers Taba Tedir and Tage Teki with a number of Yoga enthusiasts. Speaking on the…
Guwahati: Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal joined 100 doctors, engineers and government officials recently to plant 100 medicinal plant sapling with proven medicinal properties by the south bank of mighty Brahmaputra river in Pandu port. “In Assam, we are blessed by the natural bounty provided to us by the almighty….
Nagpur. “Satya, Karuna, Shuçhita, Tapas are the four wheels of our Dharma. This became the basis of our national life. We have a great goal of ennobling the entire world”, said RSS Sarsanghchalak Dr. Mohan Bhagwat Ji on Thursday. “We don’t have to conquer anyone, we have to unite everyone. Bharat doesn’t work to defeat…
Guwahati: Visiting Chamaguri Satra (Vaisnavite monastery) in Majuli river island, which is famous for itsage-old practice of mask making, AssamGovernor Jagdish recently commented that saint, philosopher, socialreformer Srimanta Sankardeva reshaped the Assamese society in fifteen century.He also added that Satras are still playing a significant role to uphold the ideals of the Gurujona.The Governor along…
Guwahati: Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Wednesday released a handbook on the Geographical Indications (with special focus on north-eastern region), which has been published under the auspices of the DPIIT- CIPAM IPR chair of National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam. Speaking on the occasion, Governor Mukhi said that the north-eastern region is a veritable…
Rs 1 crore each for 800 JSKs in 800 tea gardens granted Guwahati: Ushering in a new era of academic excellence in tea plantation areas of Assam, the State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday dedicated 96 newly built model high schools in tea garden localities at a function held in Sonitpur. Sarma inaugurated…
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) has strongly condemned the murder of journalist Subhash Kumar Mahato, who hailed from Begusarai locality of Bihar in central India on 20 May 2022. The global media safety and rights body also demanded punishments under the law to all four identified gunmen who targeted Subhash (27) outside his residence in…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma visited the landslide areas of Dima Hasao (formerly North Cachar Hills) district on Tuesday and took stock of the roads, badly damaged by the incessant rain and consequent landslides in Haflong locality. Sarma directed the concerned officials to start restoration works at the earliest for the convenience of…
