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Sahitya Sabha, AASU oppose move to impose Hindi
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Sahitya Sabha, AASU oppose move to impose Hindi

GUWAHATI, Sept 16 - The reported suggestion of Union Home Minister Amit Shah made on the Hindi Diwas on September 14, that India should be united with Hindi, the most widely-spoken language of the country, with the assertion, it is �important for India to have one language marking its identity...
SC asks Centre, J-K to restore normalcy
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SC asks Centre, J-K to restore normalcy

NEW DELHI/SRINAGAR, Sept 16 - The Centre and the Jammu and Kashmir administration were on Monday asked by the Supreme Court to restore normalcy in the Valley as early as possible even as former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah, under preventive detention since August 5, was slapped with the stringent...
One arrested under Juvenile Justice Act
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One arrested under Juvenile Justice Act

DIGBOI, Sept 15 - Ashish Dey, a resident of Digboi Purnima Nagar in No. 1 Borbil area under Digboi Police Station was arrested by Digboi Police late on Saturday late evening for violating the Child Labour and Juvenile Justice Act. The arrest was made in connection with Digboi PS case No. 244 /19 and...
One murdered
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One murdered

SIVASAGAR, Sept 15 - One Nituporna Duwora (23) was allegedly stabbed to death by a co-worker Bitu Gowala (18), following a heated altercation in a scrap iron factory at Hanhchora , near here last night. Hanhchora Police has taken Bitu Gowala into custody. People of the locality blocked the...
TET teacher commits suicide
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TET teacher commits suicide

BARPETA, Sept 15 - Amidst uncertainty of regularisation and even existence of service, a young TET teacher of Chenga Education Block committed suicide on Saturday afternoon.Dharmendra Medhi (29), son of Girin Medhi, a resident of Kalitapara at Bahari in Barpeta district and a working teacher of 925...
Kidnapped baby rescued, 2 more held
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Kidnapped baby rescued, 2 more held

BARPETA, Sept 15 - Barpeta police achieved another major success last night when they managed to rescue the kidnapped baby and arrested two another persons associated with this crime from Hajo in Kamrup district. The 15-day baby was kidnapped on September 13 night while sleep with its mother Nurula...
Dr Amarjyoti Choudhury begins campaign to popularise book reading habit among youth
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Dr Amarjyoti Choudhury begins campaign to popularise book reading habit among...

MANGALDAI, Sept 15 - In this present age of outburst of Information Technology, the book reading habit among the younger generation has almost dried up. This situation has led to eminent academician and the former VC of Tezpur University, Dr Amarjyoti Choudhury, to begin a statewide campaign to make...
Thieves decamp with over Rs 5 lakh from shop in Jorhat
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Thieves decamp with over Rs 5 lakh from shop in Jorhat

JORHAT, Sept 15 - A three-member gang of thieves broke into a wholesale shop selling biscuits, bhujiyan and other eatables at Chamber Road locality here in the wee hours on Saturday and reportedly took away Rs 5.33 lakh by breaking open the cash box.As per a complaint lodged at the Jorhat Police...
Mangaldai lawyers move MP over sloth in bypass project
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Mangaldai lawyers move MP over sloth in bypass project

MANGALDAI, Sept 15 - Irked by the snail�s pace of construction work of National Highway-15 bypass on the outskirts of Mangaldai town, a group of six lawyers of Mangaldai Bar led by senior lawyer Jayanta Deka have moved local parliamentarian Dilip Saikia and sought his intervention for completion of...
Power demand by 2030 likely to reach 5,248 MW
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Power demand by 2030 likely to reach 5,248 MW

GUWAHATI, Sept 15 - The Central Electricity Authority has projected that the State�s power demand would go up to 5,248 MW during the peak hours every day by 2029-�30.The projection has been made in line with the 19th Electricity Power Survey (EPS), said sources in the State-run Assam Power...
Numaligarh school girl to visit Delhi under Gyanjyoti prog
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Numaligarh school girl to visit Delhi under Gyanjyoti prog

DERGAON, Sept 15 - A Class-X student of Numaligarh High School in Golaghat district named Shristi Hazarika has been selected to visit New Delhi for seven days under the Chief Minister�s Gyanjyoti programme.Shristi has been selected for the tour scheduled from October 11 to 17 and received the second...
Moghai Ojah Award presented to Loknath Goswami
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Moghai Ojah Award presented to Loknath Goswami

JORHAT, Sept 15 - Noted folk singer and musician Loknath Goswami was presented the 9th Moghai Ojah Award at a function organised at the District Library auditorium here yesterday.The award was instituted in 2011 by the Jorhat district unit of AJYCP.The award, presented to Goswami by State AJYCP...
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