For the first time, a consignment of 15 metric tonnes of pineapples has been exported in a refrigerator truck from Lakhipur in Cachar district to the global market in Dubai. The move has been initiated by the Directorate of Horticulture, Assam and executed through the Agricultural and Processed Food Products
Over one lakh pilgrims have performed the Amarnath Yatra during the last eight days as another batch of 5,964 yatris on Tuesday left Jammu for the Kashmir Valley, officials said. To date, 1,11,699 pilgrims have performed the ongoing Yatra, officials said. This year’s 45-day long Hindu pilgrimage to the Amarnath
There have been three incidents in the last month in a Hindu temple in Birmingham, when idols have been vandalised, prompting concern among community leaders and moves to increase security measures. The incidents were reported in the Shree Ram Mandir in Walsall. The Hindu Forum of Britain said the acts
Assam had been on alert for an outbreak of Japanese Encephalitis and now, the State reels under the terrors of Dengue and Swine-flu. According to reports, a child, named Shyamanta Tanti, is suffering from Dengue in Titabor. Shyamanta is now undergoing treatment in Jorhat Medical College and Hospital. On the
At least 800 people stranded while many others were missing in a flash flood which left a trail of devastation at Kaspi Nala near Nag-Mandir Tenga, West Kameng District of Arunachal Pradesh on Monday evening, reports said. An RCC Bridge between Kaspi and Nagmandir washed away by floodwater. The Army