Tripura Education Minister Anil Sarkar visiting Jnanpith award winner Mamoni Raisom Goswami at the ICU of GMCH in Guwahati on Saturday. – EP
All 19 on board die in Nepal plane crash
Kathmandu, Sep 25 (IANS): A small aircraft crashed near here this morning, killing all 19 people on board, but the grief and anxiety of the victims' families was compounded after they were handed out wrong names of Indian passengers. ...India, China to hold maiden strategic economic dialogue
New Delhi/Beijing, Sep 25 (IANS): India and China, the world's fastest-growing economies, will hold their first strategic economic dialogue in Beijing Monday that seeks to address widening trade deficit and explore new areas of cooperation. ...
Quakes unlikely in Sikkim for next few years, says expert
Kolkata, Sep 25 (IANS): Sikkim is unlikely to face any large earthquake over the next couple of years as vast energy has been released through last Sunday's tremors and aftershocks, says SK Nath, Senior Professor of Geology and Geophysics, IIT-Kharag ...
Tripura donates Rs 25 lakh to Sikkim
Agartala, Sep 25 (IANS): The Left Front government in Tripura today donated Rs 25 lakh for the victims of the Sikkim earthquake. ...
Mamoni Raisom’s condition critical
GUWAHATI, Sept 24 – The condition of eminent litterateur and academic Mamoni Raisom Goswami took a turn for the worse after which she was put on ventilator support at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital. A team of senior doctors is attending on her ...
Cong hits back at Opp on land deal
GUWAHATI, Sept 24 – The Congress party today hit back at the Opposition camp and those voicing against the Indo-Bangla land exchange deal with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi stating that the Asom Gana Parishad, Bharatiya Janata Party, All Assam Students’ ...
PM addresses UN General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 24 – Pitching strongly for an “unrelenting” fight against terrorism, Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh today said there cannot be “selective approaches” in dealing with the scourge that needed to be fought across all fronts, repor ...
CM resorting to falsehood: BJP
GUWAHATI, Sept 24 – Accusing Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi of resorting to falsehood over the Indo-Bangladesh land-swap deal, the BJP today said that land belongning to Indian citizens paying land revenue was being handed over to Bangladesh as part of t ...
Gai, Jiadhal floods breach NH-52 again
GUWAHATI, Sept 24 – Fresh floodwaters of the Gai and Jiadhal rivers have washed away portions of the National Highway (NH)-52 at Gainadi and Samarajan areas respectively and, thus, disrupted the road link between Dhemaji district and the rest of the ...
BSF-BGB talks from today
GUWAHATI, Sept 24 – Finalising the modalities for joint border management will be one of the key issues for discussion during the meeting between the Border Security Force (BSF) and Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) scheduled to be held in Dhaka from to ...
OIL records highest ever crude production
DULIAJAN, Sept 24 – Breaking all past records, Oil India Limited (OIL) in the financial year 2010-11 achieved the highest ever annual production of crude oil and condensate in the history of the company at 3.62 MMT besides being able to maintain the ...
Police panel for accountability, transparency
SIVASAGAR, Sept 24 – The Assam State Police Accountability Commission has called for accountability and transparency at various levels of police hierarchy. ...