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  • Assam Government Issues Guidelines For Durga Puja

    By Bhupen Goswami Guwahati : The Assam Government has come out with a slew of guidelines prior to Durga Puja. In a meeting preceded by Guwahati Development Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya a few guidelines were undertaken for peaceful and smooth celebrations of Durga Puja in Guwahati. The guidelines include the administration to collect the idols post […]

    Dhubri is the district with highest child marriage rates in Assam (48.3%), Mob Strips, Molest Child Marriage Protestor

    By Bhupen Goswami Guwahati : We are living in a state, where woman’s bold initiative in favour of a noble cause was rewarded with assault. A woman from a remote village of Assam tried to stall child marriage. After which, mob attacked the mother at Boterhat in Dhubri on Saturday morning. Allegedly, the woman strongly […]

    Assam Valley School gets best team award

    By Bijoy Handique   Jorhat: The Assam Valley School, Balipara was adjudged with best team award while HHMI, Jorhat turns second best in the 5th Inter-School debate competition that was organized by HHMI Alumni Association at the school auditorium here today.   All together 22 teams from all over the state took part in the […]

    Timings Of Tambaram-Kollam Specials Revised

    The timings of 06027 Tambaram-Kollam special fare special train and 82609 Tambaram-Kollam suvidha special train stands revised as mentioned below on the Sengottai-Kollam section with immediate effect. Revised Timings(Arrival/Departure) on Sengottai-Kollam section. Sengottai(05:30/05:40), Bhagavthipuram(05:53/05:55), Aryankavu(06:15/06:17), Tenmalai(06:55/06:57), Edaman(07:18/07:20), Punalur(07:50/07:55), Avaneeswaram(08:10/08:12), Kottarakara(08:23/08:25), Kundara(08:41/08:43) Kollam(09:20/-).

    Indian International Science Festival begins in Lucknow

    A four-day Indian International Science Festival (IISF) 2018 kicked off in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on Friday. The subject of this year’s festival is science for transformation. Union science and technology minister Dr Harsh Vardhan open the event. President Ramnath Kovind will formally inaugurate the festival tomorrow. Addressing the opening function, Dr Harsh Vardhan said, science […]

    Shillong to face Manipur in Bodoland Gallant Gold Cup Final

    By Mayukh Goswami   Mangaldai: Laban Sports Club Shillong has moved into the final of the 23rd edition of Bodoland Gold Cup Football Tournament jointly organised by ABSU Dimakuchi Ancholik and Dimakuchi Sports Association at Dimakuchi along the Indo Bhutan border in Udalguri District. In the keenly contested second semi final played at the Dimakuchi […]

    Assam Governor attends 47th meeting of State Managing Committee (SMC)

    By Bhupen Goswami   Guwahati : The 47th meeting of State Managing Committee (SMC) under the Chairmanship of Governor of Assam Prof.Jagdish Mukhi was held at Sainik Bhawan, Directorate of Sainik Welfare Guwahati today. Deliberating at the meeting, the Governor said, “It is an unique opportunity to chair the State Managing Committee Meeting of the […]

    Assam Chief Minister Sonowal expresses satisfaction over enhancement of minority welfare funds from the Centre

    By Bhupen Goswami   Guwahati :In most of the times in the last 70 years of India’s independence, the respective governments at the Centre paid lackluster attention towards overall development of Northeastern region. These states were all along been considered as the consumer states largely dependent on the financial assistance of the Centre. However, ever […]

    Three crore students benefited under the Scholarship schemes of the Ministry of Minority Affairs: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi at Guwahati

    By Bhupen Goswami Guwahati : Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi today said that the Government has broken all barriers of regional and social imbalance in terms of development and connected all the ‘ignored and neglected’ backward areas of the country with the mainstream development process. He was addressing the Zonal Coordination Meeting […]

    Fuel Price Cut By Rs 5 In Assam

    By Bhupen Goswami Guwahati : Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday announced an Rs 2.5 cut in per litre price of diesel and petrol and asked state governments to announce a matching reduction. Jaitley said that the Centre will cut Rs 1.50 in excise duty on fuel while an additional Rs 1 will be absorbed […]