Dibrugarh: Months after PM Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the ambitious Rs 10,600-crore Ammonia-Urea Fertiliser Plant at Namrup, a high-level delegation led by JB Ekka, chairman of Assam Valley Fertilizer and Chemical Company Ltd, and SP Mohanty, managing director, Brahmaputra Valley and Fertilizer Ltd, visited the site on Tuesday to spearhead a comprehensive…
Dimapur: Nagaland’s art & culture department has initiated a state-wide manuscript survey under the Gyan Bharatam Mission, a national initiative of the Union ministry of culture.The Gyan Bharatam Mission aims to identify, document and create a comprehensive national database of manuscripts and historically significant records across the country with a view to preserving India’s documentary…
Guwahati: Assam BJP state president Dilip Saikia has issued a stern advisory to all party members, including candidates and office bearers, cautioning them against the use of derogatory terms on social media platforms.The directive comes after certain candidates and party members were found using words such as “chiprang” (spud-bar) and “gaddar” (traitor) on social media…
Guwahati: In a landmark conservation effort, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Mohan Yadav on Tuesday released four wild buffaloes sent from Assam’s Kaziranga National Park into the Kanha Tiger Reserve, marking the species’ return to the state after more than a century.Calling it a “historic day for Madhya Pradesh’s wildlife and ecosystem,” Yadav said the reintroduction…
Dimapur: Gauhati high court judge and executive chairperson of the Nagaland State Legal Services Authority (NSLSA), Justice Kalyan Rai Surana, on Tuesday said as long as there are people in need of legal assistance and others striving to exercise their rights, the mission of legal services remains ongoing.Justice Surana made the remarks after flagging off…
Silchar: The Higher Secondary (HS) examination results declared Tuesday delivered a mixed outcome for Barak Valley, with gains in science and commerce across Cachar, Hailakandi and Sribhumi, but a steep slide in the vocational stream — most sharply in Sribhumi — raising concerns over technical education.In science, Sribhumi led the region with a 92.32% pass…
Dimapur: An unidentified person was found hanging from a tree at Khuochiezhu, in Forest Colony of Kohima on Tuesday.According to a release from the Kohima Police, a call was received at around 10:38am reporting a body seen hanging from a tree. Acting on the information, a team from South Police Station, led by its officer-in-charge,…
Guwahati: Assam Class 12 board results announced Tuesday showed a five-percentage-point rise in the science pass rate, while arts and commerce recorded slight declines.Science improved from 84.88% last year to 89.79%. Commerce slipped from 82.18% in 2025 to 81.13%, and arts fell from 81.03% to 79.54%. In the vocational stream, 74.19% of students passed.The Assam…
Guwahati: Singer Zubeen Garg’s wife Garima Saikia Garg on Tuesday said she has full faith in the prosecution team, adding that putting an accused behind the bars means that they have committed some crime.Garima’s statement comes days after accused Shymankanu Mahanta’s wife claimed that he has been lodged behind bars for the last seven months…
Guwahati: From 2027, the Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB) will set 33 as the pass mark in every subject for the Class 12 state board examination, aligning it with CBSE.“Earlier there was an ambiguity over pass marks. In some subjects it was 36, in some subjects it was 30. But now it has been…
