Guwahati: London-based global outfit dedicated for indigenous and tribal peoples’ rights, Survival International (SI) expressed relief that a foreigner was arrested after landing on North Sentinel Island in the Indian Ocean to make contact with the uncontacted Sentinelese people. Terming the news as deeply disturbing, the Sl director Caroline Pearce commented on 2 April 2025 ...
New Delhi: There are indications surfacing from Bangladesh that the country may go for national elections by this year if the concerned political parties agree to accept a minimal reform in various administrative, financial and electoral agencies with assurances that the winning representatives in Jatiya Sansad (National Assembly/Parliament) will continue pursuing the reform process in ...
Guwahati: The three-day annual meeting of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) begins as Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat and Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale inaugurated Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) on Friday by offering floral tributes to Bharat Mata at the premises of Janaseva Vidyakendra in Channenahalli of Bengaluru. RSS Sah Sarkaryavah Mukunda CR addressed the media on the ...
Guwahati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is holding its annual Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) at Janaseva Vidya Kendra premises in Bengaluru on 21, 22 and 23 March 2025. RSS’s Akhil Bharatiya Prachar Pramukh Sunil Ambekar briefed the press about the ABPS, an important Sangh meeting in a year, where N. Tippeswamy, Kshetra Karyavah of Dakshin ...
The controversy erupting after a social media post from a television journalist, associated with Gauhati Press Club (formerly Guwahati Press Club) brought many questions for the media body, which invited a minister in Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma’s cabinet for a cultural program, scheduled for 15 March in the city, but ended in receiving ...
Guwahati: As expected, a new political party is emerging in the trouble-torn Bangladesh under the leadership of agitating students and young people, who compelled the sitting Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India on 5 August 2024. The new entity, to be named Jatiya Nagorik Party (National Citizens’ Party), will be launched ...
Guwahati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat, while gracing an intellectual (Bouddhik) program on Sunday morning, pointed out that the Swayamsevaks work as a catalyst for the welfare of the society. Dr Bhagwat commented that RSS is not an usual organization, which inspires the Swayamsevaks to dedicate their time, energy and space for ...
Guwahati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat is arriving in the city on Friday with a five-day program in Assam. The scheduled tour ( 21 to 25 February 2024) is a part of tour (Prabas) undertaken by Dr Bhagwat as the RSS is celebrating the centenary year (1925 -2025). According to the schedule, ...
Guwahati: Member of Lok Sabha and Bharatiya Janata Party’s Assam unit chief Dilip Saikia strongly opposes China’s proposed hydroelectric dam on Brahmaputra in Tibet, which has been projected to be the largest dam across the world. During the Zero Hour in Parliament on 10 February 2025, the Parliamentarian from Darrang-Udalguri constituency raised serious concerns asserting ...
Guwahati: Assam’s adventurous female bike rider Meenakshi Das, who has recently completed her mission to travel in 64 countries solo, was felicitated by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s Kharghuli Shakha of Guwahati Mahanagar in a small function near her residence on the southern bank of Brahmaputra. The 41 years old mother to a high school going daughter ...
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, ...
