Guwahati: After the road show of Advantage Assam 2.0 in Dubai, Assam industry, commerce and public enterprise minister Bimal Borah arrived in London on Thursday. After arriving there as a precursor to the Advantage Assam 2.0 summit, Borah met with British minister for Indo-Pacific, Catherine West at her office in the evening hours. Borah explained ...
Guwahati: After assuming charge of the housing and urban affairs department, Assam minister Jayanta Mallabaruah hosted an interactive session titled ‘Bartalap’ with a group of senior editor-journalists from various media houses on 21 December in the city. This platform facilitated discussions on the key priorities and initiatives of the concerned departments and also public health ...
Guwahati: Curtain came down for the Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2024 at Madhavdev international auditorium of Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra premises in the prehistoric city of northeast India. Organised for the second time by Sankardev Education and Research Foundation (SERF) with the theme ‘In Search of Roots’ on 13, 14 and 15 December, the closing ceremony also ...
Guwahati: Valmiki Sangeet Vidyalaya, run by the city-based Dr Hedgewar Memorial Trust, organises a spectacular cultural event titled ‘Samatar Chandere Jivanar Joigaan’ (Joy of Living with Rhythm of Equality) on Sunday (8 December 2024) starting at 4 pm in Assam Cricket Association stadium, Barsapara. With an aim to honour the revered constitution-maker Dr Bhimrao Ramji ...
Guwahati: Loka Jagaran Mancha’s Guwahati Mahanagar unit had submitted a memorandum to Professor Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, on 3 December 2024, where it expressed serious concern over the atrocities committed against the religious minorities in the south Asian country. The document, sent via Kamrup metro district authorities of Assam, ...
The recently concluded by-polls for 48 legislative assembly constituencies in 14 States (along with two Parliamentary constituencies in Kerala and Maharashtra) divulged an important fact that no less than 41 assembly seats needed the special elections as those were vacated by the respective legislators after they were elected to the lower house of Indian Parliament. ...
Guwahati: With the aim to spread the timeless legacy of patriotism and valour of the legendary Ahom warrior Lachit Borphukan, the Northeast Association, Delhi observed Lachit Divas in the national capital on 24 November 2024. The event, held at Haryana Bhawan in Delhi, commemorated the birth anniversary of Mahavir Lachit, with the organization urging everyone ...
Gauhati: A function to commemorate the completion of 53 years by the Directorate of Cultural Affairs (under Assam government) turned a serious and fruitful event to cherish the recognition to Asomiya (Assamese) as a classical language and also highlight the future course of actions for the government, concerned organisations, literary personalities and common people using ...
China’s ruling Communist party knows how to deal with a military regime along with the pro-democracy armed forces reflecting the aspiration of common people and Beijing has played the tricks in Myanmar (also known as Burma/Brahmadesh). The giant neighbour remains supportive to various batches of military rulers in the southeast Asian country and at the ...
Guwahati: The voting under by-polls in six assembly constituencies of Assam and Meghalaya, conducted to fill up the vacant seats (as the respective legislators had shifted their focus to the national politics after winning the recently conducted Lok Sabha polls), ended largely peacefully on Wednesday evening with a satisfactory over 70% voters’ turn out. The ...
Guwahati: Special envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on Myanmar Julie Bishop seemingly has little regard to human rights, observes Progressive Voice, an umbrella organisation of pro-democracy Burmese outfits. In its weekly statement, the organisation argued that Julie Bishop made her first address to a UN General Assembly committee since her appointment in April and ‘her ...
India (Bharat) has been relentlessly pursuing global harmony and as a nation it continues to spread spiritual values and cultural heritage to foster universal brotherhood and friendship among different nations, commented Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya while addressing the 4th National Sanatan Conference on 26 October 2024 in the prehistoric city of Guwahati. Governor Acharya ...
Guwahati: With an aim to foster nationalism through film-works and pay homage to India’s thousands years old civilization, culture and heritage, 8th Chalachitram National Film Festival – 2024 will kick start on Saturday in the far eastern part of Bharat. The two-day festival at Jyoti Chitraban premises in Kahilipara locality of the prehistoric city will ...
India’s eastern neighbour Myanmar (also known as Burma and Brahmadesh) today faces a civil war following a military coup on 1 February 2021, which was orchestrated by General Min Aung Hlaing to dethrone democratically elected Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy (NLD) government in Naypyitaw. The Buddhist majority nation is still under military ...
Commonly depicted picture of Bangladesh, where the Hindu and other religious minorities often face persecution by the majority Muslims, recently contradicted by some public rallies organized in Dhaka and Chittagong. As the south Asian nation was reeling under a visible political turmoil since July, at least four massive protest demonstrations took place in the country. ...
