New Delhi, 26 July (UNI) Moidams – The Mound-Burial System of Ahom Dynasty from Assam – has been included in the UNESCO World Heritage list, and with this India stands at the 6th position globally for the most number of World Heritage Property. The announcement was made on Friday during the ongoing 46th session of…
Guwahati, Mar 30 (UNI) Sarbananda Sonowal, the BJP’s most high-profile candidate in Assam, has total movable and immovable assets worth Rs 4,75,85,258. Sonowal, a former Chief Minister and two-time Union Minister, filed his nomination as the BJP’s candidate from Dibrugarh on March 26. In the affidavit, he declared his total moveable assets as Rs 1…
Guwahati, Mar 24 (UNI) The Congress named Uday Shankar Hazarika as its candidate for the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency in Assam on Saturday. Shankar Hazarika is expected to be in a direct contest with incumbent two-term BJP MP Pradhan Baruah, with the constituency going to the polls in the first phase on April 19. The…
Guwahati, Mar 20 (UNI) Senior leader of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee and Barpeta Lok Sabha Congress MP, Abdul Khaleque, withdrew his resignation from the Indian National Congress on Wednesday after meeting with former Congress President Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi. It was noted that Khaleque resigned on March 15 from the Congress party after…
Guwahati, Mar 9 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Kaziranga National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage site in Assam on Saturday. Modi also urged the citizens to visit Kaziranga National Park and experience the unparalleled beauty of its landscapes. He interacted with Van Durga, the team of women forest guards at the forefront of conservation…
Guwahati, Feb 24 (UNI) Union Minister of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal on Saturday inaugurated a Centre of Excellence (CoE) on Panchakarma and the renovated state pharmacy at the Ayurvedic College and Hospital here. Speaking on the occasion, Sonowal said, “It gives me immense pleasure to be part of this illustrious college that has been imparting education…
Guwahati, Feb 24 (UNI) Assam cabinet on Friday decided to repeal an 89-year-old legislation involving the registration of marriages and divorces by Muslims residing in the state. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sharma chaired the meeting at Lok Sewa Bhawan in Dispur. “This act contained provisions allowing marriage registration even if the bride and groom…
Guwahati, Feb 4 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday lamented that the governments that ran the country after independence started a trend of being ashamed of the nation’s own culture and identity for political gains and failed to understand the importance of Bharat’s holy places. Modi said the wrong has been rectified in the…
Guwahati, Jan 25 (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday alleged that the Congress tried to vitiate the atmosphere by creating communal tension and “disrupt” the consecration ceremony of the Ayodhya Ram temple during Rahul Gandhi’s Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra. Addressing a press conference in Janata Bhawan, Dispur, Sarma claimed that Gandhi intended…
Imphal, Jan 24 (UNI) Six Assam Rifles personnel were injured when a jawan, identified as Sangpi Baite, went berserk firing on his own room mates at Sajik Tampak in Chandel district on Tuesday night. Police said the jawan shot himself after firing on his colleagues. All the injured have been evacuated to Military Hospital, where…
