Month: November 2019

Why is Children’s Day celebrated today?

Why is Children’s Day celebrated today?

November 14 is the birth anniversary of independent India’s first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru. Children’s Day or Bal Diwas, in Hindi, is a day when students across schools enjoy various activities, participate in debates and other extra-curricular activities. Pandit Nehru is fondly called ‘Chacha Nehru’. The most popular reason

Guwahati | Gold worth Rs 8 cr seized

Guwahati | Gold worth Rs 8 cr seized

In one of the biggest gold seizure in the region, smuggled gold worth nearly Rs 8 crore was recovered by sleuths of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). The gold bars weighed over 18 kilograms. Acting on a tip-off, the DRI recovered gold bars from inside a car travelling towards