Veteran actor Dharmendra will receive the ‘Raj Kapoor Lifetime Achievement Award’ by the Maharashtra government. Often termed as the ‘He-Man’ of Bollywood, Dharmendra has given 107 box office hits. One of his most prominent roles was in Sholay in 1975, whuch is considered as one of the biggest films of the country. Followed by superstars […]

The Chanu Duo of Mirabai Chanu and Sanjita Chanu arrived in Imphal today morning. After bringing laurels to the nation at the recently concluded Gold Coast Commonwealth Game by winning a gold each in weightlifting. Mirabai bagged India’s first gold in the 48 Kg weightlifting category at Gold Coast, Australia. Chanu broke six records in six […]

Seven of the eight ministerial berths lying vacant in the Assam Ministry for the past two years were today filled after seven legislators from the State were sworn-in as ministers in the Sarbananda Sonowal led-Assam Government. Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi administered the oath of office and secrecy to the seven new ministers at Raj Bhawan […]

Assam Education, Health and Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today officially handed over appointment letters to nearly 99 teachers from 56 colleges across the state at an function organized by the Directorate of Higher Education in Kahilipara. Meanwhile, Secretary of Higher Education Krishna Gohain; Director of Higher Education Geetimoni Phukan and Director of Secondary Education […]

A section of SBI employees in connivance with private security company SIS Prosegur have been allegedly siphoning off large amounts of money amounting to crores of rupees in Dhubri. This incident came to light after the private company filed an FIR following which the Dhubri police carried out a raid at the Dhubri SBI office […]

The Assam government today appointed Special DGP, law and order, Kuladhar Saikia as the new Director General of Police of the state. Saikia, a 1985-batch IPS officer of the Assam-Meghalaya cadre, will take charge from incumbent DGP Mukesh Sahay on his superannuation on April 30. It is to be mentioned here that Assam’s new DGP […]

The roadside vendors of Fancy Bazar, the oldest commercial area of Guwahati, protested the recent eviction order given by the authorities concerned against them. It may be mentioned that the order came in the wake of the public allegations that the makeshift stalls have been regularly leading to traffic logjam in Fancy Bazar area, and […]

The stage is all set for the much talked about expansion of the Sarbananda Sonowal-led ministry in Assam with seven legislators to be administered the oath of office and secrecy by Governor Jagdish Mukhi at Raj Bhavan tomorrow morning. While five of the seven new ministers will be from the BJP, the AGP and the […]

Nearly five years after being arrested, Asaram Bapu, a self-styled godman with a following in lakhs, was sentenced to life imprisonment by a Jodhpur court for raping a 16-year-old girl whose family brought her to his ashram in Jodhpur. Two others were also convicted in the case. Asaram was convicted, under 15 different sections of […]

Director and Producer of Village Rockstars Rima Das received a rousing felicitation in Guwahati on Tuesday. Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal felicitated Rima Das during a programme held at the Kalakshetra for her feat. Village Rockstars became the first Assamese film to win the Golden Lotus award or the Swarna Kamal award in 30 years. […]