Villagers of Buraburi near Dhubri gather to watch the arrival of a new passenger ferry following the recent boat mishap, on Friday. – UB Photos
PM pitches for NCTC amid opposition
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS): In his attempt to dispel fears about NCTC, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today strongly pitched for the one-stop anti-terror intelligence hub whose formation has been withheld due to opposition from many States on grounds tha ...What Chief Ministers said against NCTC
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS): Chief ministers of non-Congress ruled States today reiterated their opposition to the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC) here. This is what they said: ...
Debar criminals from polls: EC Brahma
Bhubaneswar, May 5 (IANS): Describing the participation of criminals in polls as one of the major problems the country is facing, Election Commissioner HS Brahma today called upon the people to make efforts to debar them from participating. ...
Bangla, India to start work on Feni bridge
Agartala, May 5 (IANS): India and Bangladesh will start work next week to build a bridge over river Feni in Tripura for access to Bangladesh's Chittagong sea port to ferry goods and heavy machinery for northeast India, a minister said here today. ...
'Absence of quick response team led to high toll in boat tragedy'
Guwahati, May 5 (IANS): Lack of any quick response team (QRT) in Dhubri district as well absence of any life-saving equipment on the vessel led to a high number of casualties in Monday's accident when a ferry, with almost 350 people on board, capsize ...
Centre may issue advisory to States
NEW DELHI, May 4 – Denying that students from the North-east were more vulnerable in Delhi than in other States, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today declared that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) was contemplating to issue an advisory to all St ...
35 dead, 42 missing in Dhubri boat mishap: Govt
DHUBRI, May 4 – The State government today put the official toll in Monday’s ferry capsize in Brahmaputra river here at 35 and said 42 passengers were reported missing, reorts PTI. ...
High population growth in many NE dists
NEW DELHI, May 4 – In a sensational confirmation of what has been suspected all along, several districts of Assam besides some of the hill States of the North-east have witnessed a significant population increase. Kurung Kumey district of Arunachal P ...
Shena Aggarwal tops Civil Services Exam
NEW DELHI, May 4 – For the second straight year, the top two positions in the Civil Services Examination 2011 have been bagged by women – an AIIMS graduate and a social scientist, reports PTI. ...
Call to monitor Plan panel work in Majuli
GUWAHATI, May 4 – The executive group of the Majuli Cultural Landscape Management Authority (MCLMA) in its meeting here today has asked the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the authority to closely monitor the progress of the various development work ...
Five qualify from State
NEW DELHI, May 4 – At least five candidates from the State have cleared the Union Public Service Commission examination, the result of which was declared today. ...
