The Clock in the Crimson Hills
In May 1849, on a misty afternoon, the British botanist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker stood on a steep, wind-carved ridge in the Lachung Valley.
In May 1849, on a misty afternoon, the British botanist Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker stood on a steep, wind-carved ridge in the Lachung Valley.
Global concern surfaced after the Assam Police arrested a prominent activist while he was protesting against a public-private partnership tourism venture near the world-famous Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve.
For decades, the survival of the Sarinda, Tripura’s ancient stringed instrument, rested precariously on the calloused hands of a handful of tribal craftsmen.
Colonel Dibya Shankar Bhattacharya (Retd) was recently honoured by the outgoing Chief of Army Staff (COAS), General Upendra Dwivedi, with the Chief of Army Staff Commendation Card and Medal at an official ceremony in Tezpur. Col. Bhattacharya served in the Indian Army for more than 33 years. He holds the unique distinction of being the first person from Assam to secure All India Rank 1 in the UPSC National Defence Academy (NDA) examination.
In a village where people generally confuse the Indian Air Force with an airport, and where many consider the Indian Army to be India’s only defence force, a farmer’s son dared to dream big, and fly.
After the first round of counting votes, the ruling BJP and opposition CPI(M)-led Left Front and Congress candidates are neck-and-neck in 49 of the 60 Assembly constituencies in Tripura.
The BJP candidate from Pynthorumkhrah, AL Hek, cast his vote at a polling station in the East Khasi Hills on Monday.
The Assam police seized many contraband drugs from a truck in the Dokmoka area in Assam's Karbi.
They would regularly round up tipplers and make them confess in the local newspapers to express regrets for their actions. This move had also given rise to many anecdotes, the most famous one being when the cadres would make drunkards do four laps of the local ponds in winter. Then it so happened that a particular gentleman was asked to come ashore after four laps, but he had replied “brothers let me gift you with one more lap of backstroke.” Then the PLA resorted to shooting the hardcore tipplers on their legs
Apart from the cow protection law, population control, shutting down of madrasas, financial aid to temples, namghars etc. leaving out mosques, eviction drive, demolition of madrasas -- the long list has made the Sarma's intentions clear, he wants Assam to be a highly polarised state.
