Guwahati

Assam govt to gift 10 gm of gold to every bride

7:09 pm November 20, 2019

Guwahati: The Assam government on Wednesday announced that it will gift 10 grams of gold to every adult bride, if she has studied at least up to class 10 and her marriage is registered. There are some other conditions as well to avail the benefit of the ‘Arundhati Gold Scheme’, which will cost the state […]

Normal life hit in parts of Nagaland in shutdown against citizenship law

Protests against CAB in NE states

9:39 pm November 18, 2019

Guwahati/Shillong/Aizawl/Itanagar: Protests were held in the north eastern states on Monday opposing the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill and effigies of Prime Minister Narendra Modi were burnt in Assam. The protest rallies coincided with the first day of the winter session of Parliament during which the bill is proposed to be introduced. Sit-ins were also launched […]

Team co-led by Indian scientists solve 100-year-old mystery of how malaria affects brain

India, Bhutan hold meeting on malaria elimination

11:44 pm November 6, 2019

Guwahati: India and Bhutan held a meeting here on Wednesday on malaria elimination in both sides of the international border. Specific action plans for 9 districts of India and 10 districts of Bhutan along the border have been developed at the meeting. Addressing the meeting, National Vector Borne Disease Control Programme (NVBDCP) Director Dr Neeraj […]

Pushkar Mahotsav begins in Assam

11:56 pm November 5, 2019

Guwahati: The Brahmaputra Pushkar and Sanskritik Mahotsav began here on the banks of the Brahmaputra river on Tuesday. Pushkar Mahotsav is a river festival organised on the banks of 12 major rivers in the country occurring once every 12 years for each river. It is being held for the first time in Assam. “The Brahmaputra […]

First container cargo to Assam via Indo-Bangla water route

11:28 pm November 3, 2019

Kolkata: The first ever containerised cargo movement via Indo-Bangladesh protocol route and Brahmaputra river will start from West Bengal’s Haldia on Monday, an official said. The vessel MV Maheshwari, carrying 53 containers of petrochemicals, edible oil and beverage will take 12-15 days to reach the IWAI terminal at Pandu in Assam’s Guwahati, the official said. […]