Kulsi Youth Club Commemorates Half a Century of Boating Tradition On the auspicious occasion of Lakhi Puja, thousands gathered at the Kulsi riverside in South Kamrup’s Kulsi area to witness the traditional Boat Race competition, a tradition upheld since 1973. The Kulsi River often considered the lifeline for the Rabha ethnic group, was alive with … Read more
Road accidents killed as many as 47,984 people on National Highways, including on expressways, during 2020, the Parliament was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said 53,872 people died due to road accidents on National Highways, including on expressways, in 2019. Gadkari … Read more
The Samyukta Kisan Morcha, an umbrella body of 40 farm unions, on Thursday decided to suspend the over a year-long farmers’ movement against three contentious farm laws and announced that farmers will go back home on December 11 from the protest sites on Delhi’s borders. Farmer leaders said that they will again meet on January … Read more
Meanwhile, the NSCN (I-M) took strong exception to the “irresponsible statement” made by Union Home Minister Amit Shah in the Indian Parliament on Oting’s mass killing by the 21st Para Commandos of the Indian Army. NSCN (I-M) said that Shah’s statement comes at a time when the Nagas were in a state of mourning in … Read more
CJI Ramana Addressed a Program in Hyderabad Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Saturday said that courts should be the last resort for dispute resolution and one should explore alternatives like arbitration, mediation and conciliation before approaching the courts. He said this while addressing the Curtain Raiser and Stakeholders’ Conclave of the International … Read more
Earlier Two Persons Were Tested Positive For Omicron in Karnataka A 72-year-old man has been found infected with the Omicron variant of coronavirus in Jamnagar in Gujarat following his return from Zimbabwe, the state health department said on Saturday amid reports from Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka that several passengers who had returned to the country … Read more
Members of right-wing groups who have been attempting to disrupt namaz in Gurgaon over the past weeks resorted to a new tactic Friday, parking trucks in the periphery of an area earmarked for prayers in Sector 37. Ten persons were taken away in buses and detained by police for allegedly attempting to disrupt prayers, which … Read more
Mysterious Long Trail of Light Causes Anxiety A mysterious long trail of light in the night sky in parts of border Rajouri and Poonch districts of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday caused anxiety among the people. Eye witnesses said the light was seen along the Line of Control in Mendhar area of Poonch district and … Read more
Mizoram CM Meets Modi in Delhi Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Tuesday called-on the Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter’s office in New Delhi, and discussed a wide range of issues, including the appointment of Chief Secretary and Myanmar refugees. Zoramthanga urged PM Modi to appoint a Chief Secretary who is well-aware with the … Read more
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday me NCP supremo Sarad Pawar at his residence in Mumbai on Wednesday afternoon and later stated that “there is no United Progressive Alliance (UPA) now.” Mamata is on a three-day visit to Mumbai to meet leaders of the Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). Addressing … Read more