Articles tagged with "Guwahati"
Indian Rupee gets a Symbol
India’s currency Rupee finally got it’s own symbol. The Union Cabinet on 15th July, 2010 approved the symbol – a cross between the Devnagiri ‘Ra’ and the Roman capital ‘R’ without the stem and two parallel lines running at the top. Design for the symbol was submitted by Shri D Udaya Kumar, who is with [...]
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2010 Audition Venue Details
Zee TV’s popular musical reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa is getting ready for a new season. In fact, the auditions for Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2010 has already begun. If you want to compete in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 2010, rush to your nearest audition venue and prove yourself! No prior [...]
HDFC Securities opens 100th Branch
HDFC Securities, a subsidiary of HDFC Bank announced the opening of 11 full-fledged branches in Guwahati, Bharuch, Pune, Belgaum, Patna, Mumbai, Faridabad, Erode, Bhopal, Jamnagar and Mangalore. With the opening of these branches, HDFC Securities today has reached a landmark of 100 branches across India, covering all the major cities. HDFC Securities had 44 branches [...]
ULFA Vice-Chairman Pradeep Gogoi released on Bail
On Thursday evening, Pradeep Gogoi, the ‘founder’ vice-chairman of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), walked out free from the Guwahati Central Jail after 18 years. Gogoi was freed after the court of the Kamrup Chief Judicial Magistrate Rabin Phukan accepted his bail bonds.
Pradeep Gogoi, who hails from Betabari Mouthgaon in Sivasagar district, was [...]
Assam CM demands Railway Zone and new Trains
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi seeks a new Indian Railway zone for the North Eastern region. In a letter to Union Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee, Mr. Gogoi stated his demands and urged for inclusion of the proposal in the next Railway Budget in the interests of the North East and its people.
Tarun Gogoi has [...]
Two School boys drown in river Brahmaputra
Two school boys were drowned in the Brahmaputra river today. The incident took place near Chunchali of Noonmati Sector 1, where seven class 9 students of the city based Gurukul Grammar School were partying on the river bank. One of them slipped and fell down in the Brahmaputra. To rescue his friend, the other one [...]
"Fake Assamese" Teacher forces Girl to attempt Suicide
In Assam, speaking Assamese is a crime! On Monday, a Class VIII student of an English medium school in Guwahati attempted suicide by jumping from the second floor of her school building. But why? It has emerged that, Nabanita Das, the 13-year-old girl, took the extreme step after being scolded, humiliated and punished for speaking [...]
Tigers slip out of enclosure in Guwahati Zoo
On Saturday morning a tigress and her cub escaped from an enclosure at the Assam State Zoo in Guwahati. The sudden development frightened around 10,000 visitors in the zoo and authorities had to evacuate the zoo. The zoo, largest in the North-East India, was fully packed with visitors on a weekend break. Both the tigers [...]
Bomb Blast in Sonitpur district of Assam
On Thursday afternoon, a powerful explosions rocked Sonitpur district of Assam. The IED blast ripped through the crowded Gorubandha weekly market adjacent to the army base and police station at Misamari, killing a child and injuring more than 38. Death toll may increase, as some are critically injured and being treated in various hospitals.
According to [...]
Arrested ULFA leaders remanded to 12 days police custody
United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, his bodyguard Raja Bora and ULFA deputy commander-in-chief Raju Barua were remanded to 12 days police custody by a court in Guwahati today. While Rajkhowa and Baruah were arrested, no charges were framed against their family members.
Rajkhowa, Baruah and Bora were produced before Kamrup chief [...]
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