Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global body for media safety and rights, condemns the murder of Bangladeshi journalist Mohiuddin Sarker Nayeem (28) and demands exemplary punishments to the perpetrators. In an earlier statement, the PEC expressed its serious concern over the sharp rise in journalists killed across the world this year. Mentionable is that…
Guwahati: The Bhumi Puja for construction of a 1.4 kilometre long four-lane flyover from Diphu stadium to Diphu head post office on Lumding-Dimapur road having two-lane extended arm on Diphu civil hospital road was performed on Friday. State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while taking part in the program at the headquarter of Karbi Anglong…
Guwahati: Assam Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi and chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma extended greetings to the people of Assam on the occasion of Bohag (Rongali) Bihu and Assamese New Year. Sarma in a statement said that Rongali Bihu brings new hope and possibility, which also reinforces our age-old bond of unity and camaraderie. He wishes…
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…
