Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam: From the shadows to the centre stageIndia is set to implement the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, a law reserving seats for women in Parliament and state assemblies. This move a...
12 Apr, 2026, 11.44 AM IST
Himanta Sarma explains Bihar CM Nitish Kumar how Assam’s scheme driving women’s financial independenceAssam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that at the request of Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, he had explained through video conf...
22 Oct, 2025, 09.42 PM IST
Assam surpasses national average in decline in child marriages: ReportAssam recorded a sharp decline in child marriages, surpassing the national average. A survey report identified legal deterrence and governm...
28 Sep, 2025, 11.54 AM IST
Girl dies in Guwahati, first suspected GBS death in AssamA 17-year-old girl from Assam died due to suspected Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) at Pratiksha Hospital. She had worsening conditions and w...
01 Feb, 2025, 04.49 PM IST
JMM-led alliance in Jharkhand silent on conversions by Christian missionariesAssam CM accuses JMM-led alliance in Jharkhand of ignoring Christian missionary conversions. He criticizes the government for failing to pr...
22 May, 2024, 05.59 PM IST
IBM rolls out 'STEM for Girls' programme in Arunachal Pradesh"The programme will benefit over 13,500 students across 130 secondary and higher secondary schools," the company said.
04 May, 2022, 05.47 PM IST
IBM to impart digital skill to 12,000 girl students in NagalandThe IBM Stem for girls programme, currently running in 12 states that include Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Haryana, Punjab, Rajast...
25 Mar, 2022, 10.39 AM IST
Second test of Assam girl for COVID-19 turns out negative: Himanta Biswa SarmaThe second test of a four-and-a-half-year-old girl in Assam, who had initially tested positive for coronavirus, has tuned out to be negativ...
22 Mar, 2020, 11.49 AM IST
Almost half of girl trafficking is from West Bengal: CRYCRY analysed the National Crime Record Bureau data for 2014 and found that almost 75 per cent of the cases related to procurement of minor ...
24 May, 2016, 07.24 PM IST
Assam Muslim students outperform non-Muslims: HRD ministryThe performance of non-Muslim students was better than Muslim students on `achievement of language' in Haryana and Madhya Pradesh while the...
31 Mar, 2016, 11.13 AM IST
HRD ministry's report on facilities for Muslim students to give boost to BJP’s Assam election campaignAn HRD ministry report on the assessment of facilities available for primary schools in Muslim predominated areas is all set to provide a b...
31 Mar, 2016, 05.21 AM IST
Close to 40 per cent of all abductions are of women for marriage: National Crime Records BureauLatest data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) also suggests that ransom is no more a major motivation for kidnapping.
19 Aug, 2015, 10.25 AM IST
Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh faltering in Narendra Modi government's 100-day target for toiletsGuj and MP are among the 17-odd states faltering in achieving Modi govt's target for constructing separate toilets for girls in schools.
20 Aug, 2014, 07.26 PM IST
1,113 qualifies in JEE-advanced from Guwahati ZoneAltogether 1,113 candidates, including 1027 boys and 86 girls have qualified this year for the JEE-Advanced examinations conducted for the ...
24 Jun, 2013, 05.39 PM IST
- HW for Sibal: Kids in school, but quality of education low
An annual all-India survey on school education in rural India has one clear message for human resource development minister Kapil Sibal and...
15 Jan, 2011, 01.33 AM IST
- LS seat in Upper Assam to witness brothers' fight
While Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi’s brother Dip Gogoi is the Congress candidate, perfume baron and Assam United Democratic Front’s (AU...
23 Mar, 2009, 08.24 PM IST
- Kerala leads elementary education race
Kerala has emerged as the top performing state while Bihar finds itself in the last spot in an official survey on the health of elementary ...
16 Apr, 2007, 05.10 PM IST