Guwahati — The second Bishwaratna Dr Bhupen Hazarika International Solidarity Award 2015 was conferred on internationally acclaimed filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan in a function held at Rabindra Bhawan here Sunday. The biennial award, instituted by the Asam Sahitya Sabha and sponsored by the Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), carries a memento, aContinue Reading
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New Delhi — The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) organized a shoba yatra in Delhi on the occasion of Ram Navami and sent a clear signal that it would play a proactive role in the capital, where the BJP was routed by the AAP in the recent elections. Taking a digContinue Reading
Mangaluru — With just 13 days left for the launch of Social and Educational Survey (caste census) through the Karnataka State Commission for Backward Classes, Catholic as well as Protestant leaders have a reason to worry as prominent communities – ‘Roman Catholic’ and ‘Protestant’ do not figure among the 1,503Continue Reading
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Kolkata: The CID, on Friday, claimed to have got some specific leads from the two persons arrested in connection with the gang rape of a 71-year-old nun in Nadia district and was planning to question the duo together to speed up the probe. “We have interrogated both and it wasContinue Reading
Guwahati — About 17 per cent of tea laborers in Assam were suffering from tuberculosis following which the state government is planning to initiate DOTS centres across all gardens. Replying to a query by AGP MLA Keshab Mahanta during Zero Hour, Health and Family Welfare Minister Nazrul Islam said the governmentContinue Reading