Bollywood singer, Darshan Raval, who has lent his voice for several movies like Sanam Teri Kasam, Tera Suroor and others, was in the city recently for a live concert at Nurul Amin Sports Ground of Nagaon. The concert was organized by an NGO Prayash, in aid of blind children of Srimanta Shankar Mission Blind School. […]

The 5th edition of the Arunachal Film Festival organised by the Film Federation of Arunachal in collaboration with the department of Information and Public Relations came to a colourful end recently. The three days event opened its doors to a whole new generation of filmmakers and artistes from across the state and others, at the […]

Intensifying the crackdown into the Assam Public Service Commission cash-for-job scam, the Dibrugarh police have arrested five more APS and ACS officers for securing jobs by paying bribes. Assam government’s drive against corruption got a new momentum after Dibrugarh police arrested five more ACS and APS officials in connection with the Assam Public Service Commission […]

Despite call for a stop to crime against women, a miscreant allegedly tried to rape a 13-year-old girl at Basistha area of Guwahati. The accused identified as one Anwar Islam hailing from Karimganj district tried to rape the girl while she was alone at her home. However, the victim soon raised an alarm following which […]

A three-member high level team of Ministry of Home Affairs today visited the Assam-Mizoram border to make an on-the-spot assessment of the situation. Headed by Joint Secretary, North East, Ministry of Home Affairs, Satyendra Garg, the team arrived at Kolasib-Hailakandi area on the inter-state border to review the situation. Garg also held a meeting with […]

ULFA-I seems to be upping its activities along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border ahead of the militant outfit’s Raising Day, as suspected ULFA-Independent militants carried out indiscriminate firing near Dirak Gate at Namsai in Arunachal Pradesh at around 8 in the evening yesterday. The incident happened just 500 metres away from the Dirak Check Gate. After […]

Union Minister for Women & Child Development, Maneka Gandhi who is on a three day visit to Sikkim will chair a meeting with Anganwadi workers and other women and child development affairs authorities at Manan Kendra in Gangtok. Earlier on Monday, Gandhi said that the government will pass the anti-human trafficking bill in the parliament […]

Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy on Monday constituted a 3-member expert committee in order to consider the implementation of 7th Central Pay Commission for the State Government employees. The committee will also have Tripura Urban Development Principal Secretary Manoj Kumar as its member and Tripura Additional Secretary for Department of Finance, PR Bhattacharya as its member […]

In a shocking incident, a minor has been allegedly gang-raped by four men near Gandhi Bridge in Yingkiong of Arunachal’s Upper Siang district. While two of the accused were handed over to police by locals, two are still on the run. Two of the accused were caught hold of by locals who stripped them naked […]

The Assam Police constituted a Special Investigation Team for a fast track probe into the horrific Nagaon minor gang rape and murder case following massive public outcry over the increasing number of crime against women across the state. Assam police additional director general Harmeet Singh who was making on the spot assessment of the case […]