Congress keeps its doors open for those who are interested to comeback. Talking to reporters in Guwahati on Wednesday, APCC president Anjan Dutta said that the party will welcome if any former leader is willing for a comeback.
Dutta’s statement assumes significance three days after HiranyaBora and Diganta Kalita quit the party refusing to work under Dutta as party president.
21 Sep 2016 - 11:30pm | Ringbila P
A free health camp was organised at Umlathu village and Nagrabil under Jirang and Umling Block, Ri-Bhoi District, Meghalaya on Wednesday. The camp was organised to commemorate the 1st...
17 Feb 2014 - 3:04pm | AT News
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi finally has confirmed his visit on February 25 and 26 to Assam to woo the voters.During his two days visit, Gandhi is scheduled to hold a road show from Tezpur to...
3 Aug 2017 - 11:06am | AT News
The United Liberation Front of Asom (I) has blamed a force behind the recent killing of a minority student leader in Kokrajhar and appealed to the indigenous people to remain united against ii which...
21 Jul 2016 - 1:00pm | Nanda Kirati Dewan
Harka Bahadur Chetry, Chairman of Gorkha Autonomous Council Demand Committee (GACDC) representing approximate 30Lakhs Gorkhalis of the state has undetaken a non-violent democratic peaceful long march...
Bhupen Borah was appointed as the new president of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) replacing Ripun Bora on Saturday.
The newly appointed Working Presidents are : Rana Goswami, Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha and Jakir Hussain Sikdar.
Congratulations to @BhupenKBorah for becoming the new President of @INCAssam. My best wishes to Working Presidents Rana Goswami, Kamalakhya Purkayastha and Jakir Hussain Sikdar. My gratitude to our former PCC @ripunbora. We will work with @JitendraSAlwar to strengthen @INCIndia .— Gaurav Gogoi (@GauravGogoiAsm) July 24, 2021
The Covid-19 crisis in India has posed severe challenges to small and growing businesses in the country, widening the pre-existing gender gaps and diminishing considerable developments achieved within the women entrepreneurship ecosystem in the past decades.
In a bid to shed light on the unique and disproportionate impact of the pandemic on women-led businesses, GIZ has recently come out with a detailed report. The report titled “Women Entrepreneurs’ Resilience in Times of Covid-19” was based on GIZ’s Project Her&Now. The Her&Now project is implemented by GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) on behalf of the German Federal...
Governor Prof.Jagdish Mukhi has extended his greetings to the people of Assam on the occasion of the holy festival of Islam Id-ul-Zuha.
In a statement here on Tuesday, Prof. Mukhi said, “I extend my heartiest greetings and warm wishes to the Muslim brethren of the state on the occasion of Id-ul-Zuha. May the festival augur peace and motivate all of us to embrace each other with the feeling of brotherhood. On this occasion, I appeal to the people to celebrate the festival with a renewed sense of sacrifice for the larger societal goal and work for strengthening the bond of co-existence to make our life more beautiful and harmonious”.
He further said that the celebrations of...
FASS International (a think-tank non-profit organization for NER overall development ) was little involve in Assam Govt.
Budget preparation this year. FASS International welcomes and congratulating Assam Finance Minister to presenting a strong progressive budget for the year 2021-22.
FASS is incredibly happy to see lots of provision in this budget that included as suggested by FASS. Assam is an agriculture-based state and enough importance have been reflected in this budget for this sector.
TEA industry is one of the backbones for Assam economy and budget is giving good focus in TEA industry and the people involved in this industry.
It is a balanced budget and going to build a...
Essays on Srimanta Sankaradeva authored by Dr Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti is a valuable addition to the works on Indian culture and philosophy. The author has carried out extensive research on Assamese hagiographies, particularly Sankaradeva and different aspects of Sankari culture. The book contains several analytical articles, a few of them that have already been published in different journals or websites. Dr Borkakoti has analysed in this book the significant impact left by the saint litterateur Srimanta Sankaradeva on the socio-cultural as well as economic milieu of Assam. How the medieval polymath influenced the society from literature to culture to economy is exhaustively analysed in this...
In yet another incident of human-elephant conflict, two persons lost their lives in the Goalpara district of Assam today.
Bhaturam Rabha (45) and Mithun Mallick (22) had been trampled by wild pachyderm at Govindpur in Rangagara. Residents say that the two were trampled by a loner elephant.
A week ago, one Dilip Das lost his life in a similar incident at Mornoi in Goalpara.
The Goalpara district has become a hot spot of frequent human-elephant interaction over the years. Clearing of forests and destruction of the elephant corridors for cashew plantations, rubber plantations and other developmental activities in the Assam-Meghalaya border are drivers of human-elephant conflict...
Assam Don Bosco University has been ranked in the group 301-400 with a score from 70.9 to 66.3, in the recently released Impact Rankings by the TIMES Higher Education (THE) which ranked 1,115 Higher Education Institutions from 94 countries/regions. The criteria for the ranking is based on the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals .To be ranked, a university has to submit the per forma report for SDG 17 and at least 3 more other SDGs. THE will consider the score of SDG 17 and the highest 3 scores from the other SDGs for the overall ranking. The University of Manchester, United Kingdom, secured the highest score 98.8 in the overall ranking while the lowest ranked score was...
Incarcerated ,Peasant rights activist Akhil Gogoi who heads the Raijor Dal and is languishing in jail since December 2019 on charges of sedition and inciting violence during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act movement, has won from Sibsagar, making it a history in the Assam Politics to have been elected a legsilator from jail. Contesting as an independent, he defeated his nearest rival Surabhi Rajkonwari of the BJP by a margin of 11,875 votes. The 45 year old peasant leader is currently undergoing treatment and is admitted to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital and had filed his nomination from the medical facility. The consolidation of the leftist votes, anti-CAA...
The Gauhati Press Club has urged State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma as well as the Health Department to provide COVID-19 vaccines to all journalists irrespective of their ages due to the deterioration of the pandemic situation . In a statement signed by Manoj Nath and Sanjoy Ray, the president and general secretary of the Press Club, respectively has said that a number of journalists across the country already has succumbed to the deadly virus infection. “ At the outset, let us express our sincere gratitude to you(Health Minister) and the Health and Family Welfare department for facilitating a vaccine camp for media persons above 45 years of age.
However, with the battle...
Sports is what brings people closer and teaches them about love and loyalty. Not only that, but numerous famous sportspersons have acted as role models to many young kids and motivated them to pursue their dreams, regardless of how difficult the road may be.
Assam is one of the states where sports are popular and it is one of the things that the state is well-known for, apart from its natural wildlife and archaeological sites. We wanted to take a closer look into this topic and name some of the most popular sports in Assam. Let’s check them out.
Betting on The Sports is Also Popular
One interesting thing that we wanted to mention on the sports topic, is that the...
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