Tag: Assam

A celebrated name in the world of music and Pakistan’s ‘Queen of Melody’ Nayyara Noor breathed her last on Sunday, August 19. Honored with some of the prestigious awards of Pakistan such as the Nigar Award and the Pride of Performance Award, the Bulbul-e-Pakistan(Nightingale of Pakistan) passed away on Sunday after suffering a brief period of illness.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma have started working on resolving the inter-state border dispute in six...

In a rather significant move by the Government of Assam, the retirement age of doctors in the state’s govt. operated medical colleges have been raised by 5 years from 65 to 70. From now on, as per a decision taken after a cabinet meeting held on the evening of Friday, August 19, doctors in the govt. medical colleges of the state will retire at the age of 70.

Dr. Dhruwajyoti Choudhury, the Controller of Examination(CoE) at the University of Gauhati was suspended with due effect on Thursday, August 18. This significant move of the Disciplinary Authority of the University to suspend Dr. Choudhury came after anomalies in the examination process and the delay in the declaration of the undergraduate examination results this year.

A dreaded criminal and a rape accused named Gerejai Barua alias Raju Barua on Thursday, August 17 was mob lynched and killed by locals of Kilakili village in Assam’s district Lakhimpur. Gerejai was on the list of some of the most wanted dreaded criminals of the said district of Assam and escaped from the police custody from a Judicial Magistrate’s Court in Dhakuakhana on Tuesday, 16th of August along with two other criminals. One of the two others was nabbed again by the police on Wednesday.