Guwahati: Eminent Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan was honoured with the 56th Jnanpith award for the year 2021 in a glittering function held at Rabindra Bhawan in the city on Monday evening. Phookan becomes the third Assamese litterateur to receive the highest literary award in the country after novelist Birendra Kumar Bhattacharya and scholar Mamoni Roisam…
Guwahati: Lok Sabha speaker Om Birla inaugurated the 8th Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), India Region Conference, at Assam legislative assembly in the city on Monday, which has been participated by speakers and deputy-speakers along with chairpersons and deputy-chairpersons from across the State legislatures and councils of CPA and members of CPA executive committee, Parliamentarians, Assam…
Guwahati: As a special court at Kokrajhar in western Assam awarded death sentences to three persons accused of raping and murdering two tribal girls last year, State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took to the digital platform to reveal that he had ordered the police department to form a special investigation team (SIT) for a…
Geneva, Switzerland: As the dictators of Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh) and military courts continue to detain and imprison journalists, Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) expresses annoyance over the military junta’s actions. The Geneva-based global media safety & rights body urges the international community to support the Burmese media fraternity at this time of…
Guwahati: Assam Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi on the special occasion of World Health Day conferred the Shankar Lal Goenka award of Dr B Borooah Cancer Institute on former AIIMS cancer institute chief and NCI-India head professor GK Rath for his outstanding contribution in the field of oncology at a function held in the city. Speaking…
Guwahati: Gracing the national health festival for Divyang children & athletes on the occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav in the city on Thursday, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma commented that specially abled children hold immense possibilities and the government has taken several initiatives for their empowerment and use them as an important component…
Guwahati: Assamese ace sprinters Hima Das and Amlan Borgohain won gold medals at women’s and men’s 200 meter race respectively at the National Federation Cup Senior Athletics 2022 in Kozhikode, Kerala. Hima triumphed the race with 23.63 seconds leaving Aishwarya Kaila Mishra and Priya Mohan for silver bronze medals. She won silver in the 400…
Guwahati: On the auspicious occasion of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, Vijnana Bharati in association with the Union ministries of culture and earth sciences, department of science & technology, council of scientific & industrial research, Madhya Pradesh council of Sc & Tech, etc has planned to celebrate Indian National Calendar at all-India level. The initiative, under…
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…
