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Sachin, Laxman set to return to CAC: Sources
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Sachin, Laxman set to return to CAC: Sources

KOLKATA, Nov 30: Indian cricket legends Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman are set to return to the Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) to be formed on Saturday, months after resigning from their posts due to conflict of interest allegations.According to a top BCCI official, Tendulkar and Laxman who both...
Enough time to decide on Dhoni
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Enough time to decide on Dhoni's future: Ganguly

KOLKATA, Nov 30: BCCI President Sourav Ganguly has said that there's enough time to decide on Mahendra Singh Dhoni's future and things will get clearer in a few months time.When Ganguly was asked to comment on India head coach Ravi Shastri's reported remarks that IPL 2020 will give a clear picture...
Drug kingpin in police net at Golaghat
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Drug kingpin in police net at Golaghat

DERGAON, Nov 28 - A wanted drug supplier � who was allegedly the main supplier of narcotics in Golaghat district � has been apprehended by police.Lipibrat Nath, a resident of Furkating, was nabbed at Jamuguri by a police team led by Golaghat Police Station officer-in-charge Dipak Bora.Following a...
Biren Singha gets Guruji Adya Sarma award
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Biren Singha gets Guruji Adya Sarma award

NALBARI, Nov 28 - The Guruji Adya Sarma Award 2019 was presented to renowned sculptor Biren Singha at a function held at the Nalbari Harimandir premises.Mobile theatre group Brindaban Theatre in collaboration with Nalbari Harimandir Committee presents the award every year.The award � comprising Rs...
PMO urged to expedite release of paper mills employees� salaries
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PMO urged to expedite release of paper mills employees� salaries

SILCHAR, Nov 28 - Against the backdrop of plight of the families of employees of the closed Cachar and Nagaon Paper Mills under Hindustan Paper Corporation, Silchar MP Dr Rajdeep Roy has asked the Union Heavy Industries Ministry and the Prime Minister�s Office to expedite release of pending salaries...
BSF, BGB hold flag meeting
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BSF, BGB hold flag meeting

NILAMBAZAR, Nov 28 - A flag meeting between Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) and India�s Border Security Force (BSF) was held on Wednesday at Sutarkandi. In the meeting, Lt Col Zakir Hussain, Regional Commandant, Zubajr Hussain, Sector Commandant of BGB, Srimoangal Sector ( Bangladesh) and Prafulla...
Balimara Tea Estate properties attached
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Balimara Tea Estate properties attached

DIBRUGARH, Nov 28 - The office of the Assam Tea Employees Provident Fund Organization (ATEPFO) here has attached the movable and immovable properties of Balimara Tea Estate for defaulting in depositing provident fund of its employees amounting to Rs 1,97,47,669.10.It needs to be mentioned here that...
Ex-MLA Liakat Ali Khan remembered
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Ex-MLA Liakat Ali Khan remembered

BARPETA, Nov 28 - Liakat Ali Khan, ex-MLA of Chenga constituency who passed away on September 25 last was remembered at Bahari in Barpeta district recently. A public meeting held on the occasion was chaired by Forhad Bhuyan, president of the Liakat Ali Khan Memorial Committee. Addressing the...
Education Minister visits Dhubri�s BN College
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Education Minister visits Dhubri�s BN College

DHUBRI, Nov 28 - State Education Minister Siddhartha Bhattacharya visited BN College in Dhubri recently and praised the college authorities for their proper utilisation of funds.The Education Minister inaugurated a conference room and a gymnasium of the college apart from taking part in the...
Buffalo horns, bones seized at Srirampur
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Buffalo horns, bones seized at Srirampur

GOSSAIGAON, Nov 28 - Forest officials of the Kachugaon Forest Division apprehended a 10-wheel truck bearing registration number UP-21-CN-1871 and seized buffalo horns and bones being brought from Manipur. The items were seized at Srirampur on NH-31(C) on the night on November 27.The driver and his...
Bhupen Hazarika Sangeet Divas held in London
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Bhupen Hazarika Sangeet Divas held in London

GUWAHATI, Nov 28 - The Assamese community in the UK recently celebrated Dr Bhupen Hazarika Sangeet Divas at London�s Srimanta Sankardev International Cultural Centre, stated a press release issued here.The relationship between Dr Bhupen Hazarika and London started over four decades back in 1978 when...
Cash looted in Dibrugarh
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Cash looted in Dibrugarh

DIBRUGARH, Nov 28 - Two bike-borne robbers looted Rs 4.66 lakhs from one Paban Duarah on PN Road near Gyan Dayini in broad daylight here this afternoon.Duarah had withdrawn the amount from Punjab National Bank and was returning home in a motorcycle. The unidentified robbers reportedly used a black...
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