It was a field day for Hosts Assam on Day 5 of the 3rd edition of the mega sporting spectacle as Akshay Boro shone in the 200 meter dash. Akshay Boro bagged Silver in the 200 meters run under-17 category in the ongoing Khelo India Youth Games 2020 doing the hosts proud. Assam’s medal tally […]

A wreath laying ceremony was conducted on the occasion of the Armed Forces Veterans’ Day at the Gajraj War Memorial in Tezpur on Tuesday. Ex-servicemen who have settled down in and around Tezpur post retirement participated in the event. Capt Mukul Kumar Das (Retd), the senior most veteran at the occasion commenced proceedings by laying […]

In a sensational news, a woman has been brutally attacked by a man with a knife at Churachandpur district in Manipur on Tuesday morning. The woman, identified as Hoineinem Khongsai was left severely injured after the attack, and has been later admitted to the hospital. The reason of the attack is yet to be known. […]

The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed the curative petition of the two death row convicts in the 2012 Nirbhaya gang-rape case. A five-judge Bench of Justices NV Ramana, Arun Mishra, RF Nariman, R Banumathi and Ashok Bhushan heard the petition filed by Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh. The duo had moved a curative petition in […]

The High Level Committee on the implementation of Clause 6 of Assam Accord is expected to submit its final report within the next 10 days. The committee had its term of 6 months which will end on January 15. The draft report is ready and the committee members are giving final touches before submitting it […]

People across Assam have geared up to celebrate ‘Uruka’ today, prior to the eve of Bhogali Bihu, the harvesting festival on Wednesday. Markets in the state witnesses heavy rush of customers since early morning, doing their last round shopping for food items and delicacies that will add flavours to the Bihu festivities. The markets are […]

On Day 4 of Khelo India Youth Games 2020, Maharashtra reclaimed the top spot in the standings by taking its tally of Gold medals to 17, 22 Silver and 37 Bronze taking their overall tally to an imposing 76 medals. Close on the heels of Maharashtra, Haryana stood at the second spot in the medals […]

In a big revelation, Mizoram chief minister Zoramthanga on Monday said that over 34,000 Bru refugees who were supposed to be repatriated to Mizoram will now be resettled in Tripura. The Chief Minister said that he will have a meeting with his Tripura counterpart Biplab Deb in New Delhi on January 16, under the chairmanship […]

Assam State Zoo cum Botanical Garden and Aaranyak, a city based NGO have been successful in artificially breeding a pair of greater adjutant stork chicks in the zoo. This was the first experiment which gained success. Dr Purnima Devi Barman, who led the greater adjutant conservation project of Aaranyak said, “Greater adjutant stork is an […]

Troops of Indian Army busted a temporary hideout used by NSCN-IM cadres near Nungkhao in Tamenglong district of Manipur. According to sources, the Indian Army launched an operation in the vicinity of Tamenglong district based on the information they received about the presence of NSCN-IM cadre. Defence sources informed that on detecting the movement of […]