Rescue devices in distress
2016-01-29
Transmitters developed by Isro reduced to showpiecesContinue Reading
Varsity students hold self help week to help poor students
2016-01-27
Guwahati – A group of university students in northeast India are lending their time and talent by organizing Community Self Help Week during which they raise funds to help educate poor neighbourhood children. The Vice-Chancellor of Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) Dr Stephen Mavely and Prof. D.K. Bhattacharjee of Computer Science DepartmentContinue Reading
Roorkee Madrassa bans social media, mobile phones to check extremism
2016-01-26
Roorkee: With four suspected terrorists being nabbed by the security agencies from Haridwar recently, a Madrassa in Roorkee has banned the use of social media and mobile phones to check extremism from spreading. The Madrassa, Imamdul Islam, has also imposed restrictions on the use of internet in its premises andContinue Reading
17-year-old allegedly immolates herself over lack of toilet at home in Telangana
2016-01-26
Hyderabad: A 17-year-old girl allegedly committed suicide on Monday by setting herself on fire as she was unhappy over lack of toilet at her house in Nalgonda district of Telangana. The incident occurred at Gundala village. The girl, a first-year intermediate student, doused herself with kerosene and set herself onContinue Reading
Christian clergy to meet on February 13 to discuss RSS attempts to reach out to them
2016-01-26
New Delhi: Over 200 heads of the Christian community, including all archbishops and a few cardinals are set to meet on February 13 in the capital as part of a national consultation to decide the community’s strategy on the efforts made by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh to reach out toContinue Reading
Guwahati-Shillong-Dhaka bus service yet to start
2016-01-25
The bus services, Kolkata-Dhaka-Agartala and Dhaka-Shillong-Guwahati, will link West Bengal to three North Eastern states of India via Bangaldeshi capital DhakaContinue Reading
Cardinal leads rare mass in East Indian dialect
2016-01-25
East Indians attempt to revive their language, cultureContinue Reading
Kerala Catholic Bishop Council to hold talks with political groups ahead of poll
2016-01-22
Kochi: The Kerala Catholic Bishop Council (KCBC), the powerful body of the Catholic Church in the state, will hold a series of meetings with various stakeholders in the political and social life of Kerala in the next two weeks to decide its strategy ahead of the Assembly elections likely toContinue Reading
Students ‘punished’ for speaking Assamese, probe ordered
2016-01-22
Guwahati: Assam’s Kamrup (metropolitan) district administration has ordered a probe into the alleged punishment of 13 students by a missionary school in Guwahati for speaking their mother tongue Assamese during school hours. The students of Little Flower School, run by the Catholics, were reportedly barred from having their lunch and made to standContinue Reading
108 houses destroyed by elephant in 2015
2016-01-22
The man-elephant conflict has taken worst turn in Indo-Bhutan area of Udalguri district. The Bornadi Wildlife Sanctuary, Khalingduar forest and Nonai Reserve forest has been deforested by cutting of trees by a section of wood cutters and corrupt forest officials. The land which was once forest has turned out toContinue Reading