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Bold imagery, innovative use of words hallmark of Jnanpith winner Nilamoni Phookan
Guwahati

Bold imagery, innovative use of words hallmark of Jnanpith winner Nilamoni...

Guwahati, Dec 10: Bold and thematic imagery coupled with innovative use of words and a humble demeanour has been the hallmark of Jnanpith Award winning Assamese poet Nilamani Phookan, which garnered admiration from contemporaries and attracted younger writers and readers alike. A socially...
RRAG calls for immediate arrest of the accused security personnel
Guwahati

RRAG calls for immediate arrest of the accused security personnel

Guwahati, Dec 6: The Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG) called for immediate arrest of the accused personnel of the Special Forces (21st Para commandos) named in the First Information Report (FIR) filed by the Nagaland Police for the deaths of innocent civilians of Oting village who were gunned...
Inadequate depiction of nation
Guwahati

Inadequate depiction of nation's great men in post-Independence curriculum:...

Guwahati, Dec 5: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the school curriculum in the country in the post-Independence era has failed to adequately dwell on the works and philosophy of the great people who had shaped the history of the nation. Sarma said that there is a pressing...
Assam Cabinet decides to convert grant, loan given to APDCL to equity
Guwahati

Assam Cabinet decides to convert grant, loan given to APDCL to equity

Guwahati, Dec 3: The Assam Cabinet on Friday decided to convert a grant of Rs 3359 crore and a loan of Rs 930 crore given to Assam Power Distribution Company Limited (APDCL) to equity and waived the interest due from the loan.Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, chairing a meeting of the Council of...
IWT officials suspended after passenger jumps into the Brahmaputra
Guwahati

IWT officials suspended after passenger jumps into the Brahmaputra

Guwahati, Dec 3: Three officials of the Inland Water Transport (IWT) department have been suspended for allegedly failing to maintain records of passengers travelling by a vessel in Assam's Jorhat district on Thursday.The incident of the alleged dereliction of duty on part of the officials came to...
Cong demands revising COVID-19 death toll in Assam
Guwahati

Cong demands revising COVID-19 death toll in Assam

Guwahati, Nov 27: The Opposition Congress has demanded that the Himanta Biswa Sarma government reveal updated and the correct COVID-19 death toll in the state.It also demanded compensation of Rs 4 lakh for next to kin of COVID-19 victims as per guidelines of National Disaster Management Act (NDMA)....
NIA arrests FICN trafficker in Guwahati
Guwahati

NIA arrests FICN trafficker in Guwahati

Guwahati, Nov 24: The NIA has arrested a Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN) smuggler from here for his alleged involvement in circulating FICNs, an official said on Wednesday. Sudip Biswas was arrested on Wednesday, the official of the premier investigation agency said. The case relates to the...
Assam Police ranks third in survey on competence, values, trust
Guwahati

Assam Police ranks third in survey on competence, values, trust

Guwahati, Nov 19: The prestigious Indian Police Foundation, a multidisciplinary think tank and policy advocacy platform, has conducted "IPF SMART Policing Survey 2021" in 29 States and Union Territories of the country and has published its report. The SMART Policing idea was envisioned,...
Model Rajkanya Baruah
Guwahati

Model Rajkanya Baruah's car accident victim Joseph Marak dies in Guwahati

Guwahati, Nov 10: Model and 2016 Miss India finalist Rajkanya Baruah's car accident victim Joseph Marak died at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) on Wednesday, police said.Baruah, who critically hit eight roadside construction workers on October 1 in Guwahati while driving her car...
Rajkanya hit-and-run case: Accident victim succumbs to injuries
Guwahati

Rajkanya hit-and-run case: Accident victim succumbs to injuries

Guwahati, Nov 10: Joseph Marak, the construction worker, who sustained injuries during the GS Road hit and run incident on October 1 late night is no more. The 55-year-old person from Meghalaya succumbed to his injuries this wee hour. Family sources said Marak lost both his legs in the accident and...
India
Guwahati

India's 1st centre for research on drone tech in IIT-Guwahati

Guwahati, Nov 10: Union Minister of State Civil Aviation General V.K. Singh (retd.) on Tuesday launched India's first Centre for Excellence in Research on Drone/UAV Technology and Artificial Intelligence at Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati.The minister also inaugurated Skill development...
Fake mineral water jars seized by city police
Guwahati

Fake mineral water jars seized by city police

Guwahati, Nov 8: At around 11.30 am on Monday one Mr. Jakir Husaain (Vehicle No: AS-14-AC-0537) was caught by Noonmati Police carrying duplicate 20 ltr water jars of "Bailley Packaged Drinking Water" (a product of Parle Agro Pvt. Ltd. manufactured and marketed by Uday Agro Products Private Ltd,...
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