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Nazareth, Extreme to perform during Shirui Lily Festival in Manipur
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Nazareth, Extreme to perform during Shirui Lily Festival in Manipur

IMPHAL, Oct 5 - Veteran hard rock band Nazareth and US-based rock group Extreme will perform in the ensuing ShiRock 2019 event, an annual rock music competition-cum-festival held as part of the Shirui Lily Festival. The Shirui Lily Festival will be held at multiple venues in the picturesque Ukhrul...
Manipur Alliance for Child Rights Awards presented
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Manipur Alliance for Child Rights Awards presented

IMPHAL, Oct 5 - The Manipur Alliance for Child Rights Awards were presented to four distinguished persons working in the fields of journalism, juvenile justice, education, drugs and alcohol control today.The awards were distributed during a function held as part of the 10th State-level children�s...
Centre�s assurance to Mizoram on development issues
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Centre�s assurance to Mizoram on development issues

AIZAWL, Oct 5 - Union Home Minister Amit Shah today said that the Narendra Modi Government at the Centre is totally committed to the development of Mizoram, and to finding solutions to all kinds of challenges that the State has been facing.Shah was speaking after inaugurating the North East Handloom...
Role of elderly in ridding society of evils underscored
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Role of elderly in ridding society of evils underscored

GUWAHATI, Oct 5 - International Day for Older Persons was observed recently at Pensioners� Bhawan, Chandmari here under the auspices of Guwahati Senior Citizens� Association.The function began with a universal Vedic prayer seeking prosperity of mankind, peace and brotherhood among all. Dr Devdas...
Book release
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Book release

GUWAHATI, Oct 5 - A rare book on the life of Srimanta Sankaradeva, titled Jai Guru Sankar, Eketi Bakyat Guru Pranoti by Ramen Das, will be released at the Sankardev Namghar at Last Gate here on October 8. The unique book comprising 29,619 words in only one sentence has 137 pages. Das, who is a...
Dental camp
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Dental camp

GUWAHATI, Oct 5 - Seva Bharati organised a free dental treatment camp and distribution of medicines at the Swami Vivekananda Jana-Shiksha Puthibharal, Bamunimaidam Railway Colony here on Thursday.Over a hundred people attended the camp where dentist Dr Sunayana Sarma offered her services, a press...
Capacity building programme
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Capacity building programme

GUWAHATI, Oct 5 - The District Transport Office of Kamrup Metro in coordination with the Inspector of Schools recently organised a capacity building programme on road safety amongst teachers of different schools of the district in the Royal Global University auditorium here. The objective of the...
Afforestation steps sought
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Afforestation steps sought

GUWAHATI, Oct 5 - The Assam Secretariat Services Association has asked the State government to take adequate measures for afforestation in and around the Dispur capital area to increase the urban green spaces, which was destroyed to an extent in the name of infrastructure development in the capital...
4 cops held for extortion
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4 cops held for extortion

GUWAHATI, Oct 5 - Geetanagar police on Saturday arrested four of its staff on charges of extortion. Assistant Commissioner of Police Putul Chandra Baishya said havildar Jitendra Nath Das, constable Ranjit Singh, home guard Dilmohammad Ali and home guard cum driver Jiyaur Rahman were arrested after a...
Protest against police atrocities
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Protest against police atrocities

GUWAHATI, Oct 5 - The Pratibandhi Suraksha Sanstha, Assam observed �black day� in the city on Saturday demanding justice over police atrocities. Last year on the same day, a number of persons with disability coming from different parts of the state sustained injuries when a team of Assam Police...
�Durga Puja unites people�
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�Durga Puja unites people�

GUWAHATI, Oct 5 - Along with the rest of the city, the Durga Puja celebrations began at the Sixmile Lakshmi Mandir today. On the occasion, a public meeting was held under the presidentship of senior journalist DN Chakravartty where a souvenir was also released. Referring to the origin, glory and...
Rain likely to hit pandal-hopping
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Rain likely to hit pandal-hopping

Durga Puja this time may be a mixed bag of happiness and disappointment for the people of many places of Assam and Meghalaya. For, the weather may not be conducive for puja hoppers in these places.The Regional Meteorological Centre (RMC), Guwahati has forecast fairly widespread rainfall over Assam...
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