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70-year-old woman hit, robbed in Jorhat
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70-year-old woman hit, robbed in Jorhat

JORHAT, Sept 21 - Continuing with the spree of burglary in shops, vehicle liftings, snatchings in recent times, criminals on Friday night targeted an elderly woman in a residential locality here to commit robbery.A police source stated that Kiran Baruah, a septuagenarian and a retired employee of...
CBSE chess in city
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CBSE chess in city

GUWAHATI, Sept 21 - Guwahati Public School (GPS), Punjabari will host the CBSE Far East Cluster I and II Chess Championship at their school premises here from September 26 to 28.The championship will start at 9 am while the closing function will begin at 3 pm on September 28, stated a press release...
419-year-old Royal Durga puja of Gauripur
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419-year-old Royal Durga puja of Gauripur

GAURIPUR, Sept 21 - The 419-year-old Royal Durga puja of the erstwhile Zamindary Estate of Gauripur is scheduled to be held from September 29 on the auspicious occasion of Mahalaya. Brisk preparations are on and the temple located in the eastern part of the historic Mahamaya playground is being...
One arrested, released
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One arrested, released

JORHAT, Sept 21 - Earlier, Moshraf Hussain Borbora, a retired clerk (Peshkar) in the office of the Chief Judicial Magistrate here and a resident of Phansi Ali area was arrested on Wednesday night on charges of breaking an idol of Viswakarma installed inside the room of a tenant of Borbora. According...
Heroin seized; robber held
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Heroin seized; robber held

NORTH LAKHIMPUR, Sept 21 - The Lakhimpur Police on Friday recovered 12.41 grams of suspected heroin filled inside 96 small plastic containers at Harmutty. The narcotics were recovered following a tip-off and arrest of one Raj Pegu of Ranga Reserve Forest, Lakhimpur. Earlier on Thursday, Lakhimpur...
NHM, Assam receives �IT Excellence Award�
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NHM, Assam receives �IT Excellence Award�

GUWAHATI, Sept 21 - In a major achievement by the National Health Mission, Assam, for the first time, received the �IT Excellence Award� of the Indian Express Group for the project �A Journey from Quantity to Quality� at lnfocomm India 2019 event held on September 18 last at Bombay Exhibition...
New India will not be America�s replica: Ram Madhav
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New India will not be America�s replica: Ram Madhav

SILCHAR, Sept 21 - BJP national general secretary Ram Madhav on Friday said the bid to build a new India will not be an American version of India, but an India with social, moral and economic freedom. Delivering an oration on �Building A New India: United, Strong and Prosperous� on the occassion of...
Male writers always depicted females as sad, helpless: Joyshree
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Male writers always depicted females as sad, helpless: Joyshree

NAGAON, Sept 21 - A special seminar on the writing styles of various women writers in Assamese language since the pre-Vedic era to the present era was held today at Nowgong College. The seminar was organised by the Nagaon branch of Asam Sahitya Sabha in collaboration with Sankardeva Sahitya Chora...
Diamond jubilee of IAF Station, Tezpur
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Diamond jubilee of IAF Station, Tezpur

TEZPUR, Sept 21 - As part of the diamond jubilee celebration of the Indian Air Force Station, Tezpur a special performance of the Air Warrior Drill Team (AWDT) and the Air Force Band will be held for the general public at Church Field, Tezpur on September 22, (Sunday) from 4.30 pm.The Air Warrior...
Himanta reiterates CAB promise in Karimganj
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Himanta reiterates CAB promise in Karimganj

SILCHAR, SEPT 23: State Minister of Finance, Health and PWD Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday reiterated the BJP's claim to bring the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) and pass it in Parliament. Addressing a meeting at the Karimganj District Library on the sidelines of being felicitated by the...
Chhattisgarh by-election: Teacher on poll duty dies
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Chhattisgarh by-election: Teacher on poll duty dies

DANTEWADA, Sept 23: A teacher, who was on polling duty at a booth for by-election in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada Assembly seat, died after complaining of uneasiness on Monday, an official said.Prima facie, it seems that Chandraprakash Thakur (33) died of a heart attack but the exact cause of his death...
Cricketer Madhav Apte dies
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Cricketer Madhav Apte dies

MUMBAI, Sept 23: Veteran cricketer Madhav Apte died after suffering a cardiac arrest here on Monday morning, a family member said. He was 86.The former India and Mumbai opener was admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital where he breathed his last at 6.09 am, his son Vaman Apte told PTI.Madhav Apte...
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