Sensation prevailed at Sorbhog in Assam’s Barpeta district after Bangladesh based terror outfit Jamat-ul-Mujahideen issued death threats to Deka Sattradhikar of historic Moinbari Satra. Health, finance and education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and BJP leader Jayanta Malla Baruah have also been issued death threats by the radical terror group. A letter sent by one Jeherul […]

Former speaker of Assam Legislative assembly Pranab Kumar Gogoi breathed his last on Monday at a private nursing home in Guwahati. He was 84. Gogoi was the Congress MLA from Sivasagar Legislative constituency and was also a cabinet minister during the Congress regime, led by Tarun Gogoi. He was elected to Assam Legislative Assembly for […]

The death toll from coronavirus in China’s Hubei province rose to 426 on Tuesday, RT reported citing Chinese state TV. The confirmed cases of coronavirus in China have now surged past 20,000. The virus was diagnosed first in December in Wuhan, the capital of Hubei province and has spread to most parts of the world. […]

Matin Dai, retired Chief Secretary of Arunachal Pradesh, passed away in Itanagar on 31 January. He was 85 years old. Dai was the first Arunachalee to become a chief secretary. Born in Balek village, near Pasighat, he matriculated from Sadiya in 1952. Later he did his bachelor of arts from St Edmund’s College, Shillong. He […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has confirmed his visit to Assam on February 7. This was informed by Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today. The Prime Minister will visit the Bodo Territorial Region (BTR), said Assam Finance and Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The Prime Minister’s visit to BTR comes after the signing of the […]

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Budget for the year 2020-21 in the Lower House of the Parliament on Saturday. The Finance Minister proposed a new tax regime in Budget 2020 slashing income tax rates and rejigging income tax slabs to reduce total tax payable by individuals. As per the new regime, 70 tax […]

An IIT-Guwahati professor on Saturday appeared before the National Investigation Agency (NIA) as part of investigations into the large-scale violence during anti-CAA protests in Guwahati last year. According to reports, the IIT-Guwahati professor identified as Arupjyoti Saikia was in contact with those who were patronizing the perpetrators. Saikia is a professor of History in the […]

Five archaeological sites in the country will be developed as iconic sites with on-site museums. The heritage city of Assam’s Sivasagar will also be developed as iconic site with on-site museum, under the new budget. The decision was announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman while presenting Union Budget for the financial year 2020-21 in the […]

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the Union Budget 2020 provides an additional Rs 69,000 crore for the health sector. “Budget 2020 provides an additional Rs 69,000 crore for the health sector,” she said during her budget speech. The Finance Minister proposed to attach a medical college to a district hospital in […]

While presenting her second Union Budget in the Lok Sabha on Saturday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the Centre this year has allocated Rs 9,000 crore for the welfare of senior citizens. Also, the government has allocated Rs 53,700 crore for the uplift of Scheduled Tribes, and Rs 85,000 crore for the welfare […]