JB hails Xankardeb teachings

The 11th Dima Hasao Autonomous Council will have 14 executive members and the list will be sent to the hills area development department for Assam governor J.B. Patnaiks approval within 10 days. A high-level party source today said eight elected Congress ...

KARIMGANJ, June 12 Vast stretches of agricultural land and large areas of human habitation are being eroded bed due to the continuous erosion by rivers across the Barak Valley. The sprawling fencing in the border town of Karimganj and its adjoining ...

Ranchi, June 10: Erratic power supply, pathetic road conditions and poor BSNL connectivity, among others, came up for discussions today when the states top bureaucrats reviewed development projects and law and order situations in Palamau ...

As expected, clear contradictions appeared between the statements given by the Pipili gang-rape and murder case investigation officer (IO) and his affidavits submitted before the Justice PK Mohanty Commission of Inquiry, which is probing into the ...

The situation on the Assam-Nagaland border in Assam's Jorhat district continued to be tense Tuesday and forces were deployed after the killing of a labourer there Monday, an official said. The man was killed at Naginijan area after suspected ...

GUWAHATI, June 1 In a bid to protect the traditional handloom and bell metal industries of the State, the State Government has undertaken ventures to get geographical indication (GI) rights over the Assamese gamocha, dakhona and other tribal ethnic ...

Guwahati, May 29 : A minority Bodoland student's panel Wednesday demanded a high level probe into the 2012 riots in Assam, saying they do not trust the ongoing investigations by the Central Bureau of Investigation. The clashes that broke out in July ...

might be mere dates for many of us, but for Odisha PCC president Jayadev Jena they might be inscribed in his psyche for eternity. In 2009, with elections six months away he was sacked from the PCC chief post, and in 2013 with a year to go to the ...

GUWAHATI, May 13 - The ideals of Srimanta Sankaradeva are still relevant. We have to rekindle his teachings. This was the observation made by President Pranab Mukherjee here this afternoon, while giving away the 2008 Srimanta Sankaradeva Award and ...