Nadal outshines Djokovic in the French Open quarter finals

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 […]

Singer KK dies after a concert in Kolkata

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. […]

Manchester United to buy India’s East Bengal football club?

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 […]

Manchester City wins the Premier League, Liverpool finishes second

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 […]

Nikhat Zareen clinches gold at the World Boxing Championship

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 […]

Indian badminton team wins its maiden Thomas Cup gold

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 […]

Liverpool wins the FA Cup, defeats Chelsea in the penalties

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 […]

Ranil Wickremesinghe is the new Sri Lankan PM; know his career & education

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 […]

Google Translate adds Assamese & seven other Indian languages

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 […]

Habit that keeps you look elegant and fresh!

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 […]

Petrol stations remain closed in Assam for 24 hours. Read to know why

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 […]

Purbottar Hindi Sahitya Academy honours Dr Dayananda Pathak

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 […]

Jet Airways flies again after three years

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 […]

Eid being celebrated across the world

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 […]

President Kovind arrives in Guwahati

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, […]

PM Modi begins his Europe tour in Berlin, meets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz

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, […]

Assam to bring new SOP if necessary: Health Minister

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 […]

MS Dhoni returns as the captain of CSK

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 […]