Students taking part in the inter-school mass demonstration competition organised by Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education at Tepesia, Guwahati on Saturday. – UB Photos
Probe team indicts ex-ISRO chief in Devas deal
Chennai, Feb 5 (IANS): A five-member team that probed the controversial Antrix-Devas deal has indicted former ISRO chairman G. Madhavan Nair and three other scientists for the controversial contract that resulted in an estimated loss of Rs.2 lakh cro ...Abducted Meghalaya engineers freed: Police
Shillong, Feb 5 (IANS): Two engineers kidnapped by terrorist outfit Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA) were released unharmed on Saturday after 10 days in captivity, police said. ...
Thousands take part in Meghalaya pilgrimage
Umiam (Meghalaya), Feb 5 (IANS): Thousands of people climbed the sacred U Lum Sohpetbneng mountain here on Sunday as part of an indigenous tribal pilgrimage to the "navel of heaven". ...
Bangladesh war movies' fest to be held in Agartala
Agartala, Feb 5 (IANS): Bangladesh will tell the world about the genocide of its three million people and mass atrocities on 200,000 women and children perpetrated by Pakistani forces during the 1971 liberation war, a Bangladeshi diplomat said here o ...
Unity must for greater Assamese nationality
NINGRULA HARMONY GROUND, Ledo, Feb 4 – Inaugurating the second open session of the 7th Special Annual Session of Asam Sahitya Sabha on the Ningrula Harmony Ground at Ledo today afternoon, former Justice of Supreme Court, Dr. Mukundakam Sarma reiterat ...
Court rejects plea to make PC accused in 2G case
NEW DELHI, Feb 4 – In a huge relief to Home Minister P Chidambaram and to the UPA Government, a Delhi court today threw out a plea to make him an accused in the 2G case holding that he did not indulge in any criminal conspiracy or derived any pecunia ...
State to procure 600 MW to overcome power shortage
GUWAHATI, Feb 4 – The State expects to overcome power shortage by the next summer with the availability of additional power of around 600 MW from the National Thermal Power Corporation’s (NTPC’s) Bongaigaon Thermal Power Station and the ONGC-Tripura ...
Suspected poisoning kills tigress in KNP
KOHORA, Feb 4 – Notwithstanding the tall claims made from time to time about conservation stories, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) as well as the State forest department have not been able to prevent killing of Royal Bengal tigers. ...
AASU opposes TET for working teachers
GUWAHQATI, Feb 4 – The All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) has opQposeQd the move announced by Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma to hold teachers’ eligibility test (TET) for the working teachers too, as an absurd one. ...
5 killed in road mishap
NAGAON, Feb 4 – At least five Youth Congress activists were killed and 21 others injured, five of them seriously, when a Tata Magic skidded off the road at Chakarigaon in Nagaon district today, police said. ...
