Members of the United Forum of Bank Unions raise a slogan during the nationwide strike for various demands Guwahati/Silchar/Dibrugarh: Banking services were affected across Assam on Friday as employees and officers joined a nationwide strike called by the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) to press for the implementation of a five-day work week and…
Guwahati: Former IAS officer Devasish Sharma, who took voluntary retirement from govt service before joining BJP, has been named the party’s candidate for the Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll, scheduled for Oct 6.The seat became vacant after then Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi resigned from Lok Sabha and joined BJP ahead of the Assam assembly elections in…
BCCI secretary Devajit Saikia (back row, white shirt) with the ACA officials and youngsters at the newly opened indoor cricket facility in Fulung, North Guwahati, on Friday Kolkata: One of India’s largest indoor cricket facilities was inaugurated at Assam Cricket Association (ACA) Cricket Academy in Fulung, North Guwahati, on Friday, providing the state cricketers with…
Tathagata Bhattacharjee Nepal boxers train in SAI Guwahati Guwahati: While the Himalayan nation of Nepal is still coping with the devastation that struck them last month, their boxers are also preparing their best to make the country proud at the upcoming Asian Games.And to help them in their endeavour, Sports Authority of India (SAI) has…
Agartala: The South Tripura district court on Friday sentenced a man to life imprisonment for the murder of a 43-year-old man in the Baikhora area last year.South Tripura district and sessions judge Gobinda Das also imposed a fine of Rs 25,000 on the convict, Chandra Kumar Tripura (30).The incident took place on the night of…
Kolkata: In a rare gesture of solidarity transcending Manipur’s deep ethnic divide, Kuki-Zo vocalist Lien Gangte paid tribute to gifted Meitei guitarist Chongtham Vikram Singh, the slain son of the state’s ‘Nightingale’ Chongtham Ongbi Kamala Devi, in New Delhi.Many believed this noble act by Lien would not only help Vikram’s family but also assuage the…
Aizawl: Mizoram has the highest tobacco use prevalence among schoolchildren aged 13 to 15 in India, with 58% reported to be using tobacco, according to survey data cited by the state govt.The state also ranks second nationally in tobacco use among people aged 15 and above, with a prevalence of 58.7%.Health minister Lalrinpuii said the…
Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and forest and environment minister Jayanta Mallabaruah on Friday paid tribute to forest personnel killed in the line of duty, highlighting the continuing risks faced by those protecting the state’s forests and wildlife.At least a dozen forest personnel, including guards, have died while performing or returning from duty in…
Agartala: Tripura and Mizoram have agreed to maintain the existing border arrangements while pursuing a permanent settlement to their longstanding interstate boundary dispute.The decision was taken at a meeting of senior officials from both states here on Thursday night. Home and revenue secretaries, district magistrates and superintendents of police attended the meeting.The two sides agreed…
Aizawl: A health centre was inaugurated on Friday at Zochachhuah in Mizoram’s Lawngtlai district.The facility, located along the highway being built under the Kaladan Multi Modal Transit Transport Project (KMMTTP), was constructed by IRCON International Ltd. under its corporate social responsibility initiative at a cost of Rs 25 lakh.Lawngtlai deputy commissioner Donny Lalruatsanga inaugurated the…
