In a story that exemplifies the age hold communal harmony existing in Assam Motibur Rehman, coming from a Muslim community, is taking care of the 500-year-old antique Shiva temple in Amingaon, Assam. Rehman has spent his last 60 years of life looking after the temple. The temple located in Rangamahal near Amingaon, Assam, has now […]

The Padma awards, which are among India’s highest civilian honours, were bestowed on 119 people in 2021. Due to the Covid-19 epidemic, a ceremony to honour the honorees could not be organised in 2020. Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister for Home Affairs Amit Shah, and other dignitaries […]

Saffron the most expensive spice in India finding new roots in Sikkim. Following the Yangyang village in South Sikkim producing the first crop of saffron in September as a pilot project. Now, the Sikkim University has been exploring the possibility of saffron (kesar) cultivation in the state and cultivation has been conducted in high altitude […]

Joanne Zhu, an Australian woman, won $1 million after getting jabbed with the coronavirus vaccine. Millions of Australians who responded to the government’s appeal for vaccinations, were placed into the million dollar lottery to win a life-changing reward. Anyone who rolled up their sleeves in Australia got a chance to win a million dollars. Joanne […]

Guwahati: To boost up morale, a special screening of Sooryavansi directed by Rohit Shetty has been arranged by Kokrajhar Police in Bongaigaon. In the special screening, approximately 300 police personnel along with personnel from Kokrajhar police and 7APBn attended the show. Taking to Twitter, Korajhar Police wrote “When Real meets the Reel! A special screening […]

Guwahati: Assam CM Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma will be meeting PM Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday. CM Sarma reached New Delhi on Monday for a three-day visit. During his three-day Delhi tour, CM Sarma is slated to meet home minister Amit Shah. CM Sarma is also scheduled to meet defence minister Rajnath Singh and […]

Aizawl: Chief Minister of Mizoram Zoramthanga writes to Union Minister Amit Shah expressing his dismay over the recent appointment of Renu Sarma as the chief secretary of the state. He complained Sarma cannot be an efficient chief secretary since she does not know the local language. Renu Sarma has been appointed as the chief secretary […]

Silchar is set to host an environmental round table of the forest ministers of the Northeast to discuss strategies to conserve the existing biodiversity of the region. According to a PTI report, the sixth edition of the Northeast Green Summit is going to be ‘Greening after Covid: Regional Cooperation, Innovation & Entrepreneurship’. Delegates from Bhutan, […]

In a tragic turn of events, Travis Scott’s Astroworld concert turned into a nightmare. A stampede of fans surging toward the stage during rap star Scott’s Astroworld music festival in Houston killed at least eight people and injured dozens more as panic rippled through the crowd of largely young concertgoers on the 6th of November, […]

It seems that the mystery over the mass death of fishes in the Kameng river has finally been solved. A special team following the course of the river upstream discovered massive erosion at the banks of Warriyang Bung river, one of the tributaries of the Kameng. “Intense erosion of the Warriyang Bung river’s bank, resulted […]