Guwahati: Assam will hoist over 80 lakh national flags from 13 to 15 August to observe the 76th Independence Day. Across the country, 20 crore tricolours will be hoisted with active participation of the common Indians under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to mark the celebration of 75 years of India’s Independence. Referring to Prime Minister…
Guwahati: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while hailing the Akshaya Patra Foundation for providing nutritious lunch to lakhs of students, dedicated its 65th centralized kitchen at Jorhat on Friday and later he took food with the students. Built at the cost of rupees 14 crore, the kitchen can serve mid-day meals to 12 thousand…
Guwahati: State Innovation and Transformation Aayog (SITA), Assam has signed an agreement with Assam Agricultural University (AAU) to execute the project on integrated approached for employment empowerment adopting scientific organized goat farming for livelihood enhancement at Janata Bhawan on Friday. The memorandum of agreement (MoA) was signed by SITA chief executive officer MS Manivannan and…
Awaiting a self-cleaning mechanism for Assam media by Nava Thakuria If some editor-journalists are allegedly involved in a financial scam, shouldn’t the people get an opportunity to identify them? As the mainstream newspapers and news channels of Assam are avoiding the issue in their coverage, how come the actual picture will come to the public…
Guwahati: Senior pracharak of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Vinayakrao Kanetkar was paid heartfelt tributes in a meeting, organized on Thursday at Sudarshanalaya premises in the city. Attended by 400 people belonging to different organizations along with his former colleagues, the participants sincerely acknowledged his dedication, patriotism, hard work and immense contributions to the society. Vinayak…
Guwahati: Northeast can play a pivotal role in strengthening Indo-ASEAN and Indo-BBN relationship not only as a means of being gateway to southeast Asian nations but as a springboard to facilitate bilateral trades and commerce with these countries, commented Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while attending the second NE buyer-seller meet in the city…
Guwahati: Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi urged the parents to spend quality time with their children and provide them a loving, stable and secure home environment as strong family ties and high moral character can help in ensuring a drug-free society. Addressing a 60-day anti drugs-tobacco-liquor awareness campaign on Tuesday, Governor Mukhi commented that in the…
Kannur. An RSS Swayamsevak who was brutally beaten up by CPM goons while returning after attending the Gurudakshnina programme collapsed in a hospital. Jimnesh, was attacked in Panunda, in Kannur’s Kuthuparamba. A group of CPM goons brutally lynched Jimnesh and other Swayasevaks, who were on their way back home after attending the Gurudakshina programme. Among…
Kochi. Folk singer Nanjiyamma, who hails from a tribal community, won the Best Female Playback Singer Award for the 68th National Film Awards for the film ‘Ayyappanum Koshiyum’, directed by Sachidanandan KR (Sachi). Nanjiyamma also played a role in the film as the mother character of the wife of Ayyappan Nair, the character played by the…
Kerala. ED on Monday conducted a raid at the Mateer Memorial Church in Kerala’s capital city following allegations of corruption at the Church-run medical college at Karakonam. The ED also raided the headquarters of the CSI South Kerala diocese, which houses the office of Church supreme leader Bishop A Dharmaraj Rasalam. According to the allegations,…
