Guwahati. In a shocking incident, a minor Hindu girl was abducted and gangraped by four Muslim boys in Neelambazar area of Karimganj district in Assam. The incident took place on Sunday evening. The mastermind of the gangraped incident Rahim Uddin, the alleged lover of the victim, called her to meet him in a place called…
Guwahati: Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA), while expressing displeasure on circulating a wrong photograph of Kanaklata Barua, the teenage martyr of India’s freedom struggle from Gohpur in Assam, urges the government to take the pain to paint a proper portrait of Birbala Kanaklata with the help of her close relatives. The forum of nationalist citizens…
Guwahati: The flood situation in Assam has slightly improved on Wednesday as the rain stopped for many hours but the water level in both Brahmaputra and Barak rivers as well as the tributaries are flowing above danger levels in many places. The current wave of flood has affected over 55 lakh people in 33 districts,…
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:Lovefor mother tongue leads the people to live with dignity by enriching andstrengthening their identity. Karbi Lammet Amei gave a platform to the writersand litterateurs of the community to practice their language and literature,said Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, while attending 30th conference of Karbi literaryforum at Donkamukam in West Karbi Anglong district on…
Guwahati: Assam Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi, while gracing the Northeast’s Annual Women Achievers award-giving ceremony on Tuesday, commented that thousands years back Upanishad described Matri Deva Bhaba meaning Your Mother is your Goddess. He also added that Rig Veda narrates that God stays at a place where women are worshipped.Attending the program, organised by the…
Guwahati: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has marked a landslide victory in the recently concluded civic polls winning 75 civic bodies (out of 80 where elections were held) across Assam. For the first time in municipal board elections of the State, electronic voting machines (EVMs) were used and the electoral process concluded peacefully with…
Guwahati: Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal in presence of State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday received the self-propelled cargo vessel named MV Lal Bahadur Shastri in Pandu port in the city, which carried a total of 200 metric ton of food grains for Food Corporation of India. The…
Guwahati: On the occasion of Assam’s first Arjun awardee athlete Bhogeswar Baruah’s 85th birth anniversary on 3 September 2021, the BJP led State government in Dispur observed Sports Pension Day where sports pension and financial awards to sports personalities were presented at Shrimanta Shankardev Kalakshetra in the city. Governor professor Jagdish Mukhi in presence of…
Guwahati: As the flood situation in Assam remains grim, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while taking stock of the situation in different parts of the State, assured all possible supports to tackle the menace. PM Modi on Tuesday spoke to Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and promised necessary supports from the Centre to help mitigate…
