Yearly Archives: 2024

Training prog on basic lifesaving skills

NIRJULI, 26 Feb: A training programme on basic lifesaving skills was conducted by the EMRI Green Health Services at the NERIST health unit here...

MLA distributes yarn to weavers

PASIGHAT, 26 Feb: Pasighat East MLA Kaling Moyong on Monday distributed free yarn under the Chief Minister's Indigenous Textiles Promotion Scheme to around 200...

KVK conducts training, demo progs

KHONSA, 26 Feb: The Tirap KVK conducted a series of 'training-cum-demonstration programmes' on agriculturally important microorganisms, with support from Mau (UP)-based National Bureau of...

Aalo (W/Siang)-based Ramakrishna Mission donated 83 blankets to the villagers of Dasi Nigi on Monday. (DIPRO)

Need to keep an eye on chaotic Pakistan

Neighbouring Pakistan is in chaos, and India should be ready for any eventuality. Usually, whenever Pakistan is in chaos, the military tries to divert...

Wb row gets murkier

Of 'Honour' & Politics By Insaf Sandeshkhali in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district is becoming a political hot potato. It’s not just the ‘honour’ of...

Erosion of secularism

Editor, Sporting a skull cap - definitely Pakistani. Wearing a turban - certainly Khalistani. Praying to Jesus - must be Italian. Speaking Bangla - of...

On value judgment

Editor, Arunachalam Muruganantham is a real-life hero. He invented a low-cost sanitary pad-making machine. His mini-machines can manufacture sanitary pads for less than a third...

Degrees useless when jobs are sold

Editor, After the job scam and the selling of government jobs exam papers in our state started circulating on social media, my brother, who is...

Assam: Himanta hands over land rights to 11,500 people in Lakhimpur

Guwahati, Feb 26 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday distributed land rights to nearly 11,500 people in Lakhimpur district. A total of...

Assam to bring UCC through ‘front door’, says Himanta

Guwahati, Feb 26 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday asserted in the Assembly that his government will bring the Uniform Civil...

Haryana Assembly passes Bill to ban opening, running hookah bars

Chandigarh, Feb 26 (PTI) The Haryana Assembly on Monday passed a bill that prohibits opening or running hookah bars or serving hookah to customers...

Won’t allow child marriage till I am alive: Himanta

Guwahati, Feb 26 (PTI) Asserting that he will not allow child marriages in the state, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday alleged...

Assam’s economy will be in shambles in 5 yrs if OPS restored: Himanta

Guwahati, Feb 26 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said the state's economy will be in "shambles" if the government has...

Assam:11 km solar-powered fence along Raimona park installed

Guwahati, Feb 26 (PTI)) In a bid to mitigate human-elephant conflict, an 11-kilometre-long solar-powered fence has been installed along the boundary of Raimona National...

Cong, AIUDF walk out of Assam Assembly against repeal of Muslim Marriages Act

Guwahati, Feb 26 (PTI) The opposition Congress and AIUDF staged walkouts from the Assam Assembly on Monday, protesting the decision by the state Cabinet...

Initiatives have begun to restore peace in Manipur: CM

IMPHAL, 25 Feb: Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh on Sunday said that peace initiatives have commenced to address ethnic tensions in the state. Emphasising...

Govt expedites inspection of crisis-hit BYJU’S-3

NEW DELHI, 26 Feb: The corporate affairs ministry has asked its field officers to expedite the inspection of the books of BYJU'S and submit...

China moved military forces in disregard of agreements: Jaishankar on border row in eastern...

New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) India and China are rising and the two countries, in the process, are changing the world order, External Affairs...

Assam aiming for high-end tourism in wildlife sector: Minister

Guwahati, 26 Feb: The Assam government was aiming to promote sustainable and high-end tourism in the wildlife sector, Tourism Minister Jayanta Malla Baruah on...