Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday promised to restore special category status to Arunachal Pradesh and other states in northeast if the party is voted to power. Addressing a public rally in Itanagar to kick-start the Congress poll campaign in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Tripura, Gandhi also reiterated the party’s
A youth was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly attempting to rape a girl in Maligaon, Guwahati. The accused, Bitu Nath, met the girl through Facebook a few months ago. As per the details, Bittu Nath, attempted to rape a girl in the evening in a room of a lodge named
The organising committee of Barpeta Chawalkhuwa Mahotsav has conferred Zubeen Garg with the ‘Purushottam Das’ Award Barpeta’s worthy son Purushottam Das was a pioneer of modern Assamese music, known for preservation, publicity and for spreading Assamese folk music, is a well-known name in the Assamese music industry as a composer,
The Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, said on Monday it was possible that once he dies his incarnation could be found in India, where he has lived in exile for 60 years, and warned that any other successor named by China would not be respected. Sat in
Hima Das won Gold in the 400m event at Federation Cup with 52.88 seconds leaving behind M R Poovamma of Karnataka (53.15 seconds) and Sarita Ben of Gujarat (53.23 seconds). 19-year-old Hima, who took a one-month break from training due to her 12th class examinations, clocked 52.88 seconds, which is