Agartala: Ratan Saha, a cinema promoter and businessman from Tripura and elder brother of CM Manik Saha, has been chosen as the president of the Eastern India Motion Pictures Association (EIMPA).EIMPA oversees film production and studio management in Tollygunge. The election was triggered by the defeat of former Trinamool minister Arup Biswas, who faced accusations…
Agartala: The Patriotic Writers Forum (PAWF) of Manipur presented Dr Thiam Suresh Literary Award to AK Sheram, a Manipuri author from Bangladesh and president of the Bangladesh Manipuri Sahitya Parishad, here on Saturday.Naoroi Bam Khamba Luyang, who leads PAWF of Manipur, said the organisers were forced to relocate the event from Imphal to Agartala at…
Punjab FC midfielder Ricky Shabong Meghalaya has always fallen short compared to its neighbours – Manipur and Mizoram – in producing national team footballers.But that seems to be changing with more young footballers representing India in the age groups and showing the promise to one day don the senior national team jersey. And the closest…
Agartala: The Tripura high court has acquitted a man, who was convicted and sentenced to a 10-year imprisonment in a rape case, holding that consensual relationship between a married couple does not qualify as rape under Section 375 of the IPC.A division bench of Justice T Amarnath Goud and Justice S Datta Purkayastha on Saturday…
Rupamoni was also the first among the 11 team members to set foot on Everest Guwahati: When the Indo-Tibetan Border Police’s (ITBP) first-ever all-women team made history by summiting Mount Everest on May 21, it was a proud moment for Assam, too, as Rupamoni Gorh became the state’s first woman to conquer the world’s highest…
Guwahati: Eidgah management committees in several Assam districts have announced there will be no cow sacrifice this Eid-ul-Zuha on May 28, a move CM Himanta Biswa Sarma praised as a “voluntary decision” respecting majority community sentiments.Sarma on Saturday posted on social media, “Eidgah and Kabristan management committees in places like Hojai, Dhubri, Bongaigaon, Udharbond, and…
Dhubri: Former two-time MLA from Bilasipara (West) in Assam, Ali Akbar Mian, was arrested on Saturday over an alleged social media post on ‘qurbani’ (cow slaughter) and CM Himanta Biswa Sarma.Sources said Mian allegedly wrote that if police came or interfered during ‘qurbani’, they would be slaughtered. Sources said he allegedly used indecent words against…
Guwahati: Assam police on Friday night busted an alleged cybercrime network in the Kalgachia area in Assam’s Barpeta district and seized a massive cache of identity documents, smart cards and electronic devices during the special operation. One person was also arrested during the operation.The arrested individual has been identified as Rabbul- Al Amin, son of…
Vigilance and anti-corruption team recovers cash as it arrests Assam Civil Service (ACS) officer Lachit Kumar Das for allegedly accepting a bribe, in Guwahati on Friday Guwahati: The total amount seized from Assam Civil Service officer Lachit Kumar Das, who was earlier arrested on graft charges, has gone up to Rs 1.66 crore in cash…
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday met the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi and held extensive discussions on the state’s future growth trajectory, infrastructure expansion, and long-term economic development roadmap Guwahati: Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday met Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in New Delhi to chart out the…
