Dibrugarh: The death toll from encephalitis in Assam this year has touched 218 with Dibrugarh district recording the highest number of casualties. The director of state health services, Rathindra Nath Bhuyan, said from January 1 to August 1 this year, 149 people have died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) whileContinue Reading

Puducherry: Lt Governor Kiran Bedi came out with a seven-point action plan including training staff on best practises and providing education to the prisoners of Central Prison here in a view to make prisons a place for rehabilitation and reform for crime prevention. Bedi, a former IPS officer who receivedContinue Reading

Panaji: In a commendable achievement, five final year students of Don Bosco College of Engineering have constructed a rolling or curling bridge — considered the next big step in mobile bridge designs. At present, the only such bridge in the world is operational in London where it spans an inletContinue Reading