Guwahati — A group of university students in northeast India spent time learning the basics of social entrepreneurship from one of the leading social audit authorities in India. Honorary director of Chennai based Centre for Social Initiative and Management Dr Latha Suresh on August 24 addressed some 140 students andContinue Reading
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Guwahati — Assam government has taken steps to establish residential girls’ schools in all district headquarters for school going BPL girl children from classes V to XII during the current financial year, an official release said here today. The state government has also undertaken a scheme of constructing working women’sContinue Reading
Guwahati — A 63-year-old woman was stripped naked and beheaded by a mob of nearly 200 people in Bhimajuli village of Assam’s Sonitpur district today. The woman, who had been branded a witch, was dragged out of her home and taken to a nearby stream, where she was stripped andContinue Reading
New Delhi — Confusion prevails over the ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) with Bangladesh, with the Ministries of Home Affairs and External Affairs crossing swords over exclusion of Assam from the proposed Constitution amendment Bill due to be tabled in the second sitting of the Budget session. OnContinue Reading
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Guwahati: Two agricultural crops from the northeastern Indian state of Assam have been accorded Geographical Indication (GI) right that is expected to bolster their commercial prospects. The GI Registry of India has selected ginger produced in the Singhasan Hill of Karbi Anglong district and litchi produced at Lichu Pukhuri inContinue 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
Some affected persons have been given assistance under the Chief Minister’s Special Package for Erosion Affected FamiliesContinue Reading
New Delhi – The Centre’s bid to allay apprehensions of facing harassment has fallen flat on its face, with authorities in Agra attempting to prevent entry of a group of students of Handique Girls’ College to the Taj Mahal, levelling them as foreigners. A group of 29 history students fromContinue Reading