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Cinema only spreads love and connects people: Majumder

3:21 pm November 5, 2019

Guwahati: The ruling class, irrespective of political affiliations, is always scared of cinema despite the fact that it “only spreads love and connects people”, renowned film critic and curator Premendra Majumder wondered. He rued that nowadays most of the film festivals have just become a “business platform” to sell movies. “I don’t know why all […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

2 arrested for killing financier, his aide in Delhi

11:08 pm October 23, 2019

New Delhi: Two persons were arrested for allegedly killing a financier and his employee over a monetary dispute in the national capital, the crime branch of Delhi Police said on Wednesday. Naveen Vashisth (32) and Rajnish (31), both residents of Bawana, were nabbed from Patna, Bihar on Monday while they were about to board a […]

Sarbananda Sonowal takes charge as AYUSH minister

India, Bangladesh leaders keen to boost relations further: Sonowal

9:15 pm October 22, 2019

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday said both India and Bangladesh now have political leadership that is keen to forge a more meaningful and mutually beneficial relationship, and the prevailing peace and prosperity of the region are a corollary of it. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his counterpart Sheikh Hasina have taken a […]

Trash to treasure: Everest garbage given new lease of life

2:41 pm October 22, 2019

Kathmandu: A group of tourists sip water at a five-star hotel in Kathmandu, unaware that the green glasses in their hands were once bottles discarded on Mount Everest — left by climbers eager to make their ascent. In homes across the Nepali capital upcycled items, from pots to lamps, crafted from Everest waste products are […]

Polish climber died on Nepal's Mount Manaslu

Polish climber dies on Nepal’s Mount Manaslu

5:29 am September 30, 2019

Kathmandu: A Polish climber died on Nepal’s Mount Manaslu, the world’s eighth highest peak, expedition organisers said Sunday — the first fatality of the autumn climbing season. More than 250 climbers are attempting to reach the summit of the 8,163-metre (26,781-feet) high mountain in Nepal. The 50-year-old woman felt unwell during her climb and decided […]