Assam Police personnel paying homage to Dr Bhupen Hazarika during the immersion of the maestro’s ashes in the Brahmaputra, in Dibrugarh on Saturday. – UB Photos
India, China planning joint army exercise in 2012
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS): With India and China resuming their bilateral military exchanges four months ago, the two nations are planning to revive their joint military exercise in 2012. ...US apologises for frisking Kalam in New York
New Delhi, Nov 13 (IANS): Former Indian President APJ Abdul Kalam was frisked by the John F. Kennedy airport authorities in New York on Sep 29, resulting in a strong Indian protest and a subsequent US apology for the breach of protocol. ...
Kashmir cabinet likely to discuss AFSPA withdrawal
Jammu, Nov 13 (IANS): The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet will meet here Nov 17 to discuss the revocation of the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from parts of the state, official sources said on Sunday. ...
Core team to include members with clean background: Hazare
Ralegan Siddhi (Maharashtra), Nov 13 (IANS): Announcing that his core team will be revamped, Anna Hazare on Sunday said the committee will be expanded to 50 but would only include members with a "clean background". ...
Govt concedes to AASU demand
GUWAHATI, Nov 12 – The State Government today conceded to the demand of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) to make the information on the birth place of a person an important criterion for the purpose of updating the National Register of Citizens ( ...
Paresh Baruah is in China: Centre
GUWAHATI, Nov 12 – After months of search for his location, the Government of India has finally received “concrete evidence” of presence of Paresh Baruah, the commander in chief of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) in the Yunan Province of C ...
India, Maldives sign pacts
MALE (MALDIVES), Nov 12 – Amid China’s foray in this Indian Ocean island nation, India today inked an umbrella agreement with the Maldives to intensify cooperation in diverse areas, including trade and counter-terrorism, and unveiled a fresh $100 mil ...
Advani flays PM for remark on Gilani
CHURU (RAJASTHAN), Nov 12 – BJP leader L K Advani today flayed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for terming his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani a “man of peace” and holding talks with the neighbouring country, saying it had “done nothing to cur ...
Commemorative stamp on Bhupenda demanded
GUWAHATI, Nov 12 – Several organisations of senior citizens of the State have urged Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to publish a commemorative stamp on Dr Bhupen Hazarika besides incorporating select poems and lyrics of Dr Hazarika carrying the mess ...
Concerted efforts stressed to preserve Bhupenda’s works
GUWAHATI, Nov 12 – Noted writer Arup Dutta, who has authored the lone English book on legendary musician Dr Bhupen Hazarika – Bhupen Hazarika: The Roving Minstrel–is of the opinion that in preserving the creations of Dr Hazarika for the posterity, th ...
Cloud cover in NE behind low temperature
GUWAHATI, Nov 12 – Cloud cover over almost all areas of the NE region resulted in the drop in its day temperature, also called maximum temperature. The Borjhar airport in the city today recorded a day temperature of 21.1 degree Celsius, against its n ...
Tiger kills 2 at KNP
KOHORA, Nov 12 – Three persons were attacked today by a Royal Bengal tiger in two separate incidents in Kaziranga National Park area. The first incident occurred at Da-goan, in which one Krishna Ram Gogoi, aged 75, was attacked near the Diffloo rive ...
