Padma Shri Dr. Birendranath Datta inaugurated the Alcheringa' 09, the cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology ( IIT ) Guwahati on January 29 at IIT Guwahati auditorium.
18 Jan 2010 - 10:43pm | Ranjan K Baruah
Believe group under the social projects of Darwin School of Business (DSB) is organising an awareness programme related to HIV/ AIDS at its campus on 19th January. The programme will start from 10 am...
4 Sep 2011 - 2:22am | editor
The United Liberation Front of Asom(ULFA) struck a formal bilateral ceasefire pact with the Centre on Saturday to end the hostilities against each other. The pact was signed during a meeting with...
1 Apr 2016 - 11:49am | Jayanta Kumar Das
Even though there are maximum eleven candidates in the fray in 70 Mazbat legislative constituency in Udalguri district, with highest nine independents, the mail contest would be likely between ruling...
5 May 2013 - 1:44pm | AT News
In yet another crackdown against syndicates, Guwahati police have arrested a businessman from the city on Sunday. Police arrested Jitu Barman from his residence in the wee hours. The former president...
Amid a simmering debate over involvement of several ministers in the multi crore scam in NC Hills district, the Assam government is in a process to reopen the letter of credit scam in the animal husbandry and veterinary department. Confirming this, minister Pradyut Bordoloi told the reporters on Tuesday that the government has sent a formal request to the Central Bureau of Investigation to reopen the LOC case where the then Governor S K Sinha not allow the investigating agency to prosecute former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. Notably, the government has decided to reopen the case at a time when the Opposition AGP has intensified the demand for action against 7 ministers in the...
The Central Bureau of Investigation probing the multi crore scam in the Dima Hasao Autonomous Council gets remand of R H Khan after he was produced before a special court on Tuesday. Khan, the social welfare officer who is in judicial custody was produced before the court after a special medical board certified his health fit to be produced before the court. Last week, the country’s premier investigating agency approached the court seeking his remand in connection to the multi crore scam. He was not produced before the special court citing ailment.
A number of victim families, who suffered irreparable losses due to mindless violence propagated by the banned United Liberation Front of Asom in the last three decades, will talk to the media on June 28. The representatives of those families have organized a press meet at Guwahati Press Club at 3 pm.
Recently the CBI recovered several crores of public money meant for the welfare of the North Cachar Hills district, from the residence of Redaul Hussain Khan’s kin in Guwahati, Mr Khan a simple officer i.e. Child Development Project Officer-turned-influential one, having hands with the high ups in the present Dispur Ministry as well as the concerned State level officers since his joining the NC Hills’ District Social Welfare Office as CDPO, who even gained all safety and patronage in the district level too, from the concerned Chief Executive Members and Executive Members of the then NC Hills Autonomous Councils, - that virtually strikes a chord the most probably beginning of the...
A heavy down pour on Sunday midnight has submerged several places in the city of Guwahati with artificial floods. Roads and byelanes in Chandmari, Lachitnagar, Rajgarh, Nabin Nagar, Anil Nagar and Zoo roads have come under artificial floods disrupting normal life from early in the morning on Monday. In several places traffic snarls have made it further difficult for the pedestrians. Till 10 in the morning there are reports of more city area coming under rain waters.
Enajoree.com is organizing an essay competition ‘Reflexion 2010, to commemorate the death anniversary of the renowned Assamese littérateur and film director Dr. Bhabendra Nath Saikia. The competition has been organized at the International level under two age groups, the junior group is from 13 to 18 and the senior age group is from 19 to 28 years.
The theme for the junior section “Assam of my Dream”. For the senior section the theme is “In my view, three fundamental problems of Assam and their practical solutions”. The participants can address any three fundamental problems faced by Assam along with their solutions which are constructive and effective....
Amid utter confusion cen tring aroud Ulfa-government, former intelligence bureau chief P B Halder held a crucial date with Dr Hiren Gohain in Delhi on Thursday. Both they are understood to have discussed the on going bid to buy peace with ULFA. Dr Gohain, who is leading a delegation of SJA to Delhi reportedly apprised Halder of their discussion with Prime minister and home minister. The development is significant in view of the government's move to appoint Halder as the interlocutor for talk with ULFA.
More trouble brews for Congress leader and former Tezpur MP Mani Kumar Subba. The Central Bureau of Investigation probing Subba's doubtful citizenship case has seized more documents. According to information, a CBI team on Thursday arrived at Tezpur based Sonitpur district office and seized all documents related to Subba. Thereafter the team left for Delhi.
The center is not at all interested general amnesty to the jailed ULFA leaders if BK Handique is to be believed. Talking to reporters on Thursday in Delhi, the Union Minister said that the ULFA must come forward for talk and only then the government would consider the release of the jailed leaders. He said the government is waiting for Paresh Baruah but not indefinitely.
Former Delhi High Court Chief Justice Madan Bhimrao on Thursday took oath as Chief Justice of teh Gauhati High Court. Assam Governot JB patnaik administered him oath of secrecy at a function organised at the Raj Bhawan.
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