Sad, angry, ashamed at nun’s rape: Cardinal Gracias
2015-03-30
The cardinal was addressing former students of Fort Convent school who pledged their support to gender equalityContinue Reading
A village with 1500 families but no school
2015-03-30
Mirza — Funds amounting to millions of rupees, that have reportedly been pumped in to develop the educational scenario of Assam, have not yet reached some of the backward difficult terrains till date. This is proved by the lack of a single school at Bardia (Lahichari) village under Chhaygaon BlockContinue Reading
Adoor presented Dr Hazarika Award
2015-03-30
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
Flesh trade in reverse
2015-03-29
Wife and her brother force man to join flesh tradeContinue Reading
VHP picks church-attack sites for Delhi ghar wapsi campaign
2015-03-29
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
CID finds leads in nun’s gang rape case
2015-03-28
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
17 per cent tea garden workers in Assam have tuberculosis
2015-03-28
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
Arunachal wants special status for Northeast to continue
2015-03-28
Itanagar– Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Nabam Tuki Friday appealed to the Centre for continuing the Special Category Status for North Eastern States with the corresponding benefits. He was speaking at the first meeting of the sub-group on rationalization of Centrally sponsored schemes (CSS) of NITI Aayog in New Delhi, aContinue Reading
Age no bar for learning law: Supreme Court
2015-03-28
New Delhi — The old saying that age is no bar for learning will apply from this year to those desiring to appear in the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), the screening gateway for admission to prestigious national law universities (NLU). The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed an appeal byContinue Reading