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Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) will declare the HS (10+2) results for Class 12th Science, Arts and Commerce stream on May 20, 2013 at 10 AM. The results will be available online at the official website. Results…
GUWAHATI: Bowing to the pressure of All Assam Students' Union (Aasu) activists, the education department on Saturday decided to make re-evaluation of the Class X board examination answerscripts free of cost. There were anomalies in the results of the High…
GUWAHATI: The Common Entrance Examination (CEE) for admission to engineering and medical colleges began on Saturday. While the exam for engineering colleges was smooth, the one for admission to MBBS and BDS courses was held amid a lot of controversy…
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19 May 2013
Assam’s Tarun Saikia scales Mount Everest
Tarun Saikia of Assam created history on Saturday by becoming the first person from the State to scale the world’s highest summit Mount Everest. Tarun Saikia scaled the highest peak (8,850 meters or 29,035 feet) at 5:30 am on Saturday…
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Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said his government has achieved tremendous success in ousting insurgency from the state, resulting in improvement in the law and order situation. "Most of the insurgent groups in the state are in…
Aizawl: The lone Rajya Sabha member from Mizoram Lalhming Liana on Saturday reiterated the demand of his Mizo National Front (MNF) party that a judicial inquiry and not a magisterial inquiry should be constituted to probe the collapse of a…
Wansuk Myrthong Saturday became the first woman from Meghalaya to conquer the 8,848 ft Mount Everest. This is the second time that a Meghalayan scaled the highest peak of the world after Gary Jarman Lamare, a photographer with Discovery Channel,…
Guwahati: The Opposition All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) today announced that party general secretary Aminul Islam would be its candidate for the second seat in the forthcoming Rajya Sabha polls in Assam on 30 May. AIUDF president Badaruddin Ajmal…
Anshu Jamshenpa of Arunachal Pradesh, who holds the record of being the only mother in the world to have scaled the Mount Everest twice in 10 days, scaled the peak again on Saturday for the third time. She was among…
18 May 2013
3 killed in road accident in Guwahati
Guwahati: Three persons were killed and two others injured in a road accident at Dharapur area in Guwahati on Saturday, police said. A speeding truck hit another truck parked on the road killing three persons on the spot and injuring…
18 May 2013
Northeast Railway projects will be delayed
Agartala: Due to lack of funds, several national railway projects in southern Assam, Tripura and other northeastern states would be delayed by a year, an official said here on Saturday. "Railway officials at a meeting here told Tripura government (officials)…
Itanagar: The rain-fed Kameng River has flooded National Highway 52, disrupting vehicular movement in several areas of Lohit district in Arunachal Pradesh, officials said on Saturday. A large number of vehicles remained stranded on the way to Tezu, Hayuliang and…
