Sports Desk: On Wednesday, Rafael Nadal beat the current world number one Novak Djokovic in the quarter finals of the ongoing French Open tennis tournament. The much-anticipated match between the two titans of the game was played for hours, which had to be finally decided through a tie breaker in the fourth set. Nadal, who […]
Entertainment Desk: Popular Bollywood playback singer KK died in Kolkata after a live performance on Tuesday. According to reports, he died of a heart attack in his hotel room soon after his performance in Kolkata’s Nazural Mancha. Reports also say that he had already died when he was taken to a hospital in the city. […]
Global Desk: Barak Obama has reconnected with the little boy named Jacob Philadelphia who had touched Obama’s head during a meeting at the Oval Office in 2009. On Friday, the former President of the United States met him through an online video call who has now grown up and graduated from high school. According to […]
Sports Desk: Manchester United might soon become the new owners of the iconic Indian football cub East Bengal. According to a report published in the Mirror, this was revealed by the former Indian cricket skipper Sourav Ganguly, who is also the president of the Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI). Ganguly said that East […]
National Desk: Former Union Minister Kapil Sibal stated on Wednesday that he had quit the Congress party on May 16. Even though he did not join any other party officially, Sibal filed his nomination for the Upper House with the backing of the Akhilesh Yadav led Samajwadi Party. Sibal went to submit his nomination papers […]
Global Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi begin his two-day tour to Japan by landing in Tokyo on Monday. On the first day of his visit, PM Modi met the top business leaders and CEO’s of the country, which included representatives from companies like Suzuki, Softbank Corporation, Fast Retailing, and NEC Corporation. During this, he engaged […]
Sports Desk: Manchester City are the new champions of the Premier League football championship. Manchester City defeated Aston Villa on the final day of the 2021-22 season at the Villa Park Stadium in Birmingham, England. City were trailing in the first half after Matty Cash scored for Villa in the 37th minute. Villa made things […]
Sports Desk: Indian women boxer Nikhat Zareen have cinched the gold medal at the Women’s World Boxing Championship in Istanbul, Turkey. On Thursday, Zareen thrashed Thailand’s Jitpong Jutamas in the 52kg weight category. According to reports, she defeated her opponent in all the bouts with a final score line of 30-27, 29-28, 29-28, 30-27, 29-28 […]
National Desk: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday empathized with the people of Assam who are facing the horrors of the ongoing flood situation in the state. In a social media post, Gandhi appealed to his party members to continue extending support and assistance to the rescue and relief operations in Assam. “Lakhs of people […]
Editorial Desk: Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, an experienced politician in Assam political life, has completed one eventful year as the Chief Minister of Assam. To do desired justice to this political position is an easy task. Assam is a medley mix of many ethnic communities, conscious of their ethnic identities. There is nothing wrong in […]
Sports Desk: The men’s badminton team of India won their maiden Thomas Cup gold medal held in Bangkok on Sunday. India defeated the incumbent and the 14-time champions Indonesia in the final match with the score of 3-0. The match began with the win of the young Lakshya Sen who outclassed the Tokyo bronze medallist […]
Sports Desk: On Sunday, Liverpool FC won the Emirates FA Cup after defeating Chelsea in the penalty shootout in the Wembley Stadium in London. The final match which ended with a goalless draw after the stoppage time, headed for an extra time’s play. After both the teams were unsuccessful in scoring a goal, the match […]
Global Desk: Ranil Wickremesinghe was sown-in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka amidst its worst ever financial crisis on Thursday. Wickremesinghe who is the leader of the United National Party (UNP) replaced Mahindra Rajapaksa after the former leader’s resignation in response to the growing protests against him and his family led government in […]
National Desk: Google Translate has finally added Assamese and seven other native Indian languages among the 24 new inclusions in its platform. In addition to Assamese, languages like Sanskrit, Bhojpuri, Dogri, Konkani, Maithili, Meiteilon (Manipuri), and Mizo have also been added on the platform. Expressing his joy on the occasion, the Chief Minister of Assam […]
Elegance is the only beauty that never fades Audrey Hepburn Lifestyle Desk: There are enormous number of ideas to look elegant, beautiful, fancy or even trendy. But there are only few basic steps that can be applied and its free, to look fresh everyday no matter you are man or woman. We always want to […]
Regional Desk: The North East India Petrol Dealer’s Association (NEIPDA) declared a 24-hour closure of all petrol stations in the state of Assam to be effective on 13th May. The NEIPDA announced about the decision through an official press release on Friday. As stated in the same, the bandh has been announced in protest against […]
Global Desk: The ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka began after the Covid pandemic disrupted its economy by affecting its key revenue sources like the tourism. This led to high rise in debt and forced the government to ban the import of foreign goods. With the situation going from bad to worse, the Sri Lankan PM […]
Purbottar Hindi Sahitya Academy, Tezpur, Assam; in its annual conference on 8th may 2022, held at Nilamoni Phukan Aditorium, Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakhetra, Guwahati, has honored Dr Dayananda Pathak, a noted academician and writer of a good number of Assamese and English books over the last four decades. In the citation given to him, the academy […]
Business Desk: India’s leading aviation brand Jet Airways took to the skies once again after a break of three years. On Saturday, which also happens to be its 29th birthday, its aircraft VT-SXE took off for a test flight from Hyderabad to the national capital New Delhi and created history. In an official statement on […]
Global Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi concluded his Europe tour by meeting President Emmanuel Macron after visiting France on Thursday. By thanking the French government for the warm hospitality, the Prime Minister said that although his visit to Paris was very brief, it was ‘fruitful’. “My visit to France was brief but a very fruitful […]
Global Desk: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday reached Denmark as part of his three-nation Europe tour. Upon reaching the airport in the capital city Copenhagen, he was received with a warm welcome by the Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and other government representatives. During the day, Modi addressed a joint press conference with Frederiksen. […]
National Desk: Eid al-Fitr is being celebrated around the world on Tuesday. People from the Muslim community congregated in different mosques across the country to offer their prayers on the occasion. The Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi wished the nation on this special occasion. In a social media post he wished that this auspicious […]
Guwahati/Regional Desk: President Ram Nath Kovind arrived in Guwahati on Tuesday for a three-day visit to the northeast India. He was welcomed at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in Guwahati by Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Governor of Assam Jagdish Mukhi, and other officials of the state government. During his stay in the state, […]
Global Desk: The Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi begin his three-nation tour of Europe by landing in Berlin on Monday. Upon reaching the German capital, Modi was greeted with a ceremonial welcome by the German chancellor Olaf Scholz. After this, both the leaders engaged in a bilateral interaction and discussed issues in connection with trade, […]
Regional Desk: The Health Minister of Assam Keshab Mahanta stated on Sunday that the government might introduce new COVID standard operating procedure (SOP) if necessary. He also said that the COVID condition in the state is under control and a new SOP will only be brought if there is an upsurge in cases. Additionally, the […]
Sports Desk: MS Dhoni is set to return as the skipper of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) again. Its current captain Ravindra Jadeja handed over the responsibility back to the former Indian captain to focus on his own performance as a player. According to reports, Dhoni has accepted […]
Business Desk: Leading e-commerce giant Amazon has suffered its biggest loss in the last seven years. It has faced a loss of USD 3.8 billion and its shares have gone down by 10 per cent as a result. This was informed by the officials of the company on Friday. According to reports, the reduction in […]