As the year 2024 approaches the penultimate month, reports over the killing of journalists and other media employees from different parts of the globe continue to be pouring. Shockingly, most of the culprits in those homicides enjoy impunity thanks to the police inaction, low political will and an elongated judicial process, precisely in southern countries…
New Delhi. The four-day long Chhath Puja celebrations concluded this morning with devotees offering oblations to rising Sun in different parts of the country. In Bihar, millions of devotees offered prayers to the Surya Bhagwan and his mother Chhathi Maiya on the banks of different rivers. Besides this, people celebrated Chhath Puja at lakes, reservoirs and…
Dinanath Batra was born on March 5, 1930 in Dera Ghazi Khan, which is now in present-day Pakistan. After completing his studies in Lahore University, Batra Ji started teaching. He also served as Principal of Geeta Vidyalaya, Kurukshetra. Batra Ji was the flag bearer of the movement for a change in education through ‘Shiksha Bachao…
New Delhi. Today is the 3rd day of ongoing Chhath Puja festival celebrations. Devotees will offer Sandhya Arghya to the setting Sun, at different Chhath Ghats located on banks of river. Large number of devotees will perform the ritual at water bodies, reservoirs and makeshift arrangements on roof of their houses. The four day festival will…
Thoothukudi, Tamil Nadu. Due to heavy rains in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu, regions like Nellai, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi, and Kanyakumari were severely affected. This led to extraordinary damage in these areas, leaving many families homeless and in distress. In response to this situation, Seva Bharati Dakshin Tamil Nadu initiated various relief efforts and has…
𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗵𝗮𝗹, 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟯: The Thadou community in Manipur has rejected the Kuki identity imposed upon them in colonial and post-colonial connotations and writings misidentifying tham as Kuki. This was announced by the Thadou Community leaders in Guwahati after an important convention held recently. The stand taken by the Thadou community separating themselves from the Kuki…
Guwahati: As various organizations and civil society groups of Assam are demanding the final draft of National Register of Citizens (NRC) to be endorsed by the Registrar General of India (RGI), a forum of nationalist citizens insisted on a thorough (100%) reverification of NRC Assam draft before finalizing the supplementary list that was published on…
Nava Thakuria Loneliness of elders, human affection, youth aspiration, environmental introspection and natural patriotism flavour enriched the visual feast for film buffs for two days during the 8th Chalachitram National Film Festival – 2024 in the prehistoric city of Guwahati. Organized by Chalachitram, a subsidiary of Vishwa Samvad Kendra Assam, With an aim to foster…
Chennai (Tamil Nadu). The Madras High Court refused to examine a PIL seeking directions to the State and the Union governments to stop propagating the Aryan-Dravidian theory in educational institutions. In an order passed on October 24, a bench of Chief Justice KR Shriram and Justice Senthilkumar Ramamoorthy said that judges are not experts on…
Guwahati: Bharat has been relentlessly pursuing global harmony and as a nation it continues to spread spiritual values and cultural heritage to foster universal brotherhood and friendship among different nations, commented Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya while addressing the 4th National Sanatan Conference on 26 October 2024 in the prehistoric city of northeast India. Governor…
