Guwahati: Reacting to a viral social media post insisting on India’s diplomatic liberty out of the Commonwealth of Nations, Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) bats for appointing ambassadors (instead of high commissioners) in most of the 53 Commonwealth countries, so that the Union Government in New Delhi can pursue diplomatic relationships with these nations without…
Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA), while appreciating the State government’s decision to judiciously use the government sponsored security cover to individuals, urges the concerned media persons to abandon the same voluntarily so that those personnel can be engaged in proper channels. It may be mentioned that Assam government in a recent resolution decided to allot…
Geneva: Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, wishes all media workers around the world a happy, secured and prosperous new year 2022. The bygone year witnessed the killing of 79 media employees by assailants in 29 countries marking an improvement in journo-murder index by 14% where 92 were killed last…
Guwahati: Asom Granthamela (Assam Book Fair) begins at Assam Engineering Institute playground at Chandmari locality in the city amidst the threat of corona-spread across Bharat, where thousands of book-lovers thronged braving the increasing cold wave in the region. The 12-day event has attracted nearly 150 book-publishing groups comprising 10 from Bangladesh, 10 from New Delhi…
Guwahati: Looking at the year-end celebrations, where incidents of unruly vehicle driving & accidents are often reported, Assam government has introduced nine highly advanced traffic interceptor vehicles (TIV) on Wednesday with an aim to achieve the goal of zero accident on the last day of 2021. Flagging off the TIVs State transport minister Chandra Mohan…
Guwahati: Pandu ship repair facility in the city is expected to be completed by 2024 as the construction of concerned project supposes to commence from May next year, informed Union ports, shipping & waterways and AYUSH minister Sarbananda Sonowal after meeting top officials of Cochin shipyard limited, IIT Madras and the inland waterways authority of…
Guwahati: Northeast zone cultural centre, Dimapur in collaboration with Tripura information & cultural affairs department has organised Bharat Ko Jaano, a three-day chain Yatra festival in different locations of the Bangladesh bordering State. The festival with the theme of national cultural exchange program was launched on Monday at Rajashri Kala Kshetra in Udaipur locality. Folk…
Guwahati: Union ports, shipping & waterways and AYUSH minister Sarbananda Sonowal recently met an expert group of agripreneurs and academicians to explore possibility of an agriculture driven growth, especially for the farming community of the region. The expert group appraised Sonowal about the existing types of farming and their economic as well as ecological viability….
Geneva: As the year 2021 sets to finish its cycle, Afghanistan emerges as the most dangerous country for scribes with 12 journo-casualties, followed by Mexico (10 dead), Pakistan (7), India (6), etc. The south Asian nation also lost at least 10 media workers to the Covid-19 complications till date, said Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the…
Guwahati: Apprehending the spread of Covid-19 in the State at the backdrop of rising number of Omicron infections across the country, Assam government has reimposed the night curfew from 26 December (beginning on 11.30 pm till 6 next day morning). According to the new directive, issued by the State disaster management authority, the night curfew…
