Nepal wants to develop trilateral relations with its two big neighbours – India and China, the country’s new Prime Minister Prachanda said on Tuesday. Prime Minister and CPN-Maoist Centre chairman Prachanda, during a meeting with delegates from China Institute of Contemporary Relations at the Prime Minister’s official residence in Kathmandu told them that he was “keen…
Read moreSUBHAMOY BHATTACHARJEE Bokakhat, Assam School children of “Nepali Khuti Banuwa Prathamik Bidyalaya,” an unexplored dot in the map of Assam have sacrificed one-day’s mid-day meal for rhino conservation in Kaziranga National Park. The eight (8) flood rescued rhino calves under care at the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) become a serious concern for these…
Read moreDipa Karmakar remained in the hunt for a place in the Olympic vault finals after finishing sixth in the qualifiers in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday. The Tripura-girl, who is the country’s first woman gymnast to qualify for the Olympics, managed to perform her much-appreciated ‘Produnova’ vault cleanly to secure 14.850 points after two attempts….
Read moreLOOKEAST REPORT In a sharp turnaround of events, the iron lady of Manipur, Irom Sharmila Chanu has now been physically threatened for calling off her fast and for her decision to marry an ‘outsider’ and contest polls. After sixteen years of fast that has nearly destroyed her body and weakened her resolve, Irom Sharmila finally…
Read moreThe NDFB(S) group that is suspected to have carried out the deadly attack in Assam’s Kokrajhar district on Friday has strong links with ISI, says former DGP Assam Ghanashyam Murari Srivastava. GMS said that the militant group was mentored by the Pakistani intelligence agency Inter-Services Intelligence to carry out terror strikes in Assam in a…
Read moreMaoist chief Prachanda was elected by lawmakers as Nepal’s Prime Minister for a second time. The 61-year-old leader promised to lead the nation toward economic development and work as a bridge between communities following deadly protests over a divisive new Constitution. Though Pushpa Kamal Dahal — better known by his nom de guerre ‘Prachanda’ —…
Read moreNepal’s former Maoist rebel chief Prachanda looked set to become prime minister after no other candidate emerged on Tuesday, raising hopes that his government, the 24th in 26 years, would be more stable than its predecessors. The election of a new prime minister, due in parliament on Wednesday, became necessary after K.P. Oli resigned last…
Read moreSUBHAMOY BHATTACHARJEE CWRC, Kaziranga National Park, August 1, 2016: Mobile Veterinary Service (MVS) units of the Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation (CWRC) – the wildlife rescue, care and rehabilitation facility jointly run by Wildlife Trust of India (WTI), Assam Forest Department (AFD) and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) – have attended 107 wildlife rescue…
Read moreSUBIR BHAUMIK India wants to get ULFA leader Paresh Baruah to the table to expedite the Assam peace process after having brought into the peace process most of the rebel top guns including Anup Chetia. Sri Sri Ravishankar was recently involved in an effort to bring Baruah to the table and there was optimism among…
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Human Language Is 135,000 Years Old ?
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Aravalli | An Uncertain Road Ahead
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Election Commission of India has decided to deploy at least 480 companies of Central Forces in various troubled parts of West Bengal from March 1
