Dr Rumi Nath files complaint against her second husband; Police detains Jacky Zakir

Dr Rumi Nath files complaint against her second husband; Police detains Jacky Zakir

SILCHAR, April 28: The Police today detained Jacky Zakir, the second husband of the controversial MLA from Borkhola Dr Rumi Nath based on her complaint against him.......Complete details here

Heavy shower with hailstorm lashes Silchar town

Heavy shower with hailstorm lashes Silchar

SILCHAR, April 27: The town experienced heavy shower followed by hailstorm last evening that lasted for around 45 minutes. A few roads were waterlogged for around half an hour. The people from different parts of the town confirmed that many trees were uprooted. A few electric poles also fell down which resulted in.......Complete details here

Kayanat pays tribute to Safdar Hashmi

Kayanat pays tribute to Safdar Hashmi

SILCHAR, April 27: Kayanat, a cultural organisation of the town, paid a tribute to the father of street play Safdar Hashmi at a function held last evening at the meeting hall of Madhya Sahar Sanskritik Samiti. The programme was organised to commemorate the birth anniversary of the......Complete details here 

The case of rigging in a polling station in Jalukbari LAC

The Rigging Disgrace

The case of rigging in a polling station in Jalukbari LAC which came to light after a local television channel aired footages of polling personnel asking voters’ to cast votes in favour of candidates of their choice is indeed a sad state of affairs. Earlier this time the elections were buoying with an air of happiness, given the fact that the......Complete details here

For Durable Peace

For Durable Peace

To revisit the times about two years back — and such revisit must keep happening for the sake of durable peace — at the fourth round of tripartite peace talks with the Centre and the Assam government, the Arabinda Rajkhowa–led pro–talks faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) had sought a foolproof mechanism to deal with the......Complete details here 

Shillong Lajong end I–League campaign with lose against Mohan Bagan

Shillong Lajong end I–League campaign with lose against Mohan Bagan

Shillong, Apr 27: Shillong Lajong FC ended their I–League in a bitter note after they went down to Mohun Bagan AC at the Salt Lake Stadium, Kolkata by a score line of 2–1.........Complete details here

Shillong Lajong FC today defeated AIFF Navi Mumbai Academy

Win for Lajong boys in U–19 I–League

Shillong, Apr 27: The U–19 team of the Shillong Lajong FC today defeated AIFF Navi Mumbai Academy by 2–1 in the ongoing Under 19 I–League Final Round being held in......Complete details here 

Eminent publisher and founder General Secretary of the North East Book Fair, Ramen Dutta passed away

Publisher Ramen Dutta passes away

Guwahati, April 25: Eminent publisher and founder General Secretary of the North East Book Fair, Ramen Dutta passed away at his residence at the.......Complete details here

Final phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Assam

End of the Poll Fever

Thursday marked the end of the final phase of the Lok Sabha elections in Assam. The elections to the 16th Lok Sabha have been different from all previous parliamentary elections in more ways than one. In the first place, the turnout of voters this time has probably broken all.......Complete details here 

Tarun Gogoi has been making statements that are bound to leave a lot of people thoroughly confused

An All–time Oracle

In recent weeks, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has been making statements that are bound to leave a lot of people thoroughly confused. And what makes the problem worse is that whenever such statements are made Gogoi is inclined to talk almost like an Oracle—as though he is the only one who has access to facts and is able to make precise forecasts of......Complete details here

Election arithmetic for the 2016 Assembly elections in the State

Assam Lok Sabha campaign throws peek into 2016 poll math

The slanging match of a campaign that the polls to the Lok Sabha saw in Assam (as elsewhere in the country) has given us a clear peek into the possible election arithmetic for the 2016 Assembly elections in the State. If claims or threats by political leaders are any indication, the ruling Congress in......Complete details here

Convocation of Assam Institute of Management (AIM)

19th Convocation of Assam Institute of Management

Guwahati, April 25: The Assam Institute of Management (AIM) will hold its 19th Convocation on April 28 from 11 am onwards to felicitate the students of the 2012–2014 batch with the award of the post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDBM). Distinguished......Complete details here 

Let China understand that it might go on denying visa to people from Arunachal Pradesh

Food for thought

Let China understand that it might go on denying visa to people from Arunachal Pradesh on the basis of its preposterous claim that the State is a Chinese territory, but this will not deter India from doing what it should, and must, when it comes to......Complete details here 

The Gauhati High Court today cancelled the licenses of five blood banks

HC cancels licenses of 5 blood banks

GUWAHATI, April 25: The Gauhati High Court today cancelled the licenses of five blood banks in the State for failing to meet the requisite norms. The order was given by Chief Justice AM Sapre and Justice AK Goswami during a hearing of.......Complete details here 

2014 Lok Sabha elections in Assam

2014 LS polls recorded highest voter turnout in State’s political history

GUWAHATI, April 25: The 2014 Lok Sabha elections in Assam which concluded yesterday recorded the highest turnout of electorates in the State’s entire political history –– both in the Assembly elections as well as in the parliamentary polls. This year’s elections also broke the past record of........Complete details here

Silchar Kala Academy is going to start a six month certificate course on acting

Silchar Kala Academy to begin theatre course

SILCHAR : There is a great news for the young theatre enthusiast as Kala Academy, a premier theatre institute and a sister organisation of the well known cultural group Bhabikal, of this town is going to start a six month certificate course on acting from.....Complete details here

ACKHSA laid siege of the Assam State Electricity Board’s revenue offices

ACKHSA lays siege of ASEB offices, threatens to continue movement

SILCHAR : Peeved at the unprecedented load–shedding for the last few days, the members of All Cachar Karimganj Hailakandi Students’ Association (ACKHSA) laid siege of the Assam State Electricity Board’s revenue offices here today bringing the official work and transaction to halt. Raising slogan ‘no electricity, no bill’, the ACKHSA members who......Complete details here

Silchar Collegiate School celebrated its foundation day with much fanfare

Silchar Collegiate School celebrates its foundation day

SILCHAR : Silchar Collegiate School celebrated its foundation day with much fanfare at district library auditorium held here on Thursday evening. Vice–Chancellor of Assam University Prof Somnath Dasgupta graced the evening as the chief guest. The programme began with the lighting of the......Complete details here