Everything you need to know about Assam Agriculture University: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Assam Agriculture University: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Guwahati, June 19 (IANS) In continuing operations against illegal trade of rhino horn, police in Assam's Jorhat district Wednesday recovered a rhino horn worth lakhs of rupees.
Shillong, June 19 (IANS) Two units of the 275 MW Kopili Hydel Project in Assam, owned by the North Eastern Electric Corp (NEEPCO), has been temporarily shutdown due to "acidification" of the reservoir water, a senior official said Wednesday.
New Delhi, June 19 (ANI): The next round of peace talks between the Centre and the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA will be held on June 25th in New Delhi.
Jaipur, June 17 (IANS) The body of a young woman was found stuffed in an unattended box in a train compartment at a railway station in Rajasthan's Bikaner district Monday, police said.
New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday took oath as a member of Rajya Sabha after being re-elected from Assam.
New Delhi, June 17 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh will take oath as a member of Rajya Sabha from Assam for the fifth consecutive term today.
Imphal, June 16 (ANI): Twelve militants belonging to the Kuki National Liberation Front (KNLF) surrendered before the army on Saturday and were brought to Imphal.
Washington, June 16 (ANI): A new study by researchers at McGill University adds to a growing body of evidence that the nervous system and nerve-growth factor (NGF) play a major role in arthritis.
Guwahati, June 15 (IANS) Assam's Mangaldai town witnessed massive protests Saturday over the allegation that four people contracted AIDS after undergoing blood transfusion at a government blood bank.
Guwahati, June 15 (ANI): Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said that he has ordered a thorough probe into the allegations leveled against a government-run blood bank.
New Delhi, June 15 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said the nation needs an army of smart, committed and idealistic people to give voice to the voiceless and produce tangible change in the society.
Guwahati, June 15 (IANS) It's a region that has produced acclaimed directors like Jahnu Barua and Utpal Borpujari, singers like Bhupen Hazarika and actors like Danny Denzongpa and Adil Hussain, but sadly the northeast has never been on Bollywood's radar. Hopefully, this is set to change with the announcement of Kalpana Lajmi's biopic on Hazarika and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film on Olympic boxing bronze medalist from Manipur Mary Kom.
Los Angeles, June 15 (IANS) Scientists have identified a key memory-enhancing molecule in mice that could pave the way for boosting cognitive functions in humans, says a study.
Guwahati, June 14 (IANS) Four soldiers of the Indian Army were arrested from the Dibrugarh railway station in Assam for allegedly trying to molest a girl, police said Friday, adding search is on for a fifth who escaped.
Guwahati, June 14 (IANS) A government-run blood bank in Assam was Friday accused of spreading the deadly HIV virus among recipients who got infected after a blood transfusion there. The magnitude of the allegations has led the Assam government to institute a probe.
Guwahati, June 14 (ANI): The northeast has no dearth of sporting talent, and youth of the region have already proved their mettle in various sports. Now, martial arts have caught the fancy of youth in the region.
New Delhi, June 14 (ANI): The Foreign Minister of Argentina, Hector Marcos Timerman, will be paying a four-day visit to India beginning tomorrow to co- chair, along with External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid, the fourth India- Argentina Joint Commission Meeting (JCM).
Guwahati, June 13 (IANS) Three people were arrested Thursday and a cache of arms and ammunition, suspected to be meant for the Meghalaya-based militant outfit Garo National Liberation Army (GNLA), was seized here, Assam Police said.
Mumbai, June 13 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will name its new president for Maharashtra here Saturday, a party official said here Thursday.
New Delhi, June 13 (ANI): The Union Cabinet today gave its approval to the proposal for submitting guarantees sought by the All India Football Federation (AIFF) from the Government of India for their bid to host the Federation International de Football Association (FIFA) Under 17 World Cup Football Tournament in 2017 in India.
Washington, June 13 (ANI): A Kuwaiti cleric has said Islam allows for wife beatings if she suffers from a mental disorder, such as masochism.
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Thursday welcomed the UPA government's decision to take up the controversial National Food Security Bill in a special session of parliament, saying that it needs to be discussed throughly.
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The union cabinet Thursday approved a proposal for submitting guarantees sought by the AIFF from the central government for their bid to host the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.
New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Thursday said that it supported the government decision to bring in an ordinance on the National Food Security Bill.
Washington, June 13 (ANI): Researchers have engineered a virus that is capable of delivering normal genes to difficult-to-reach retinal cells that need fixing.
Guwahati, June 12 (IANS) The situation n the Assam-Nagaland border is still far from normal, and at least three pressure groups of Assam have launched a 33-hour hunger-strike demanding early settlement of the border dispute between the two states.
San Francisco, June 11 (IANS) Scientists have shown that low blood pressure caused by diabetes can increase the risk of developing dementia, a study says.
Guwahati, June 10 (IANS) Assam's pressure group Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) has asked the central government to make public the Dam Design Review Panel (DDRP) report on the Lower Subansiri hydro-electric project.
Bangalore, June 10 (IANS) The southwest monsoon is expected to be normal this season across Karnataka due to favourable atmospheric conditions evident from excess rainfall during the last 10 days, a meteorological official said here Monday.
Jorhat (Assam), June 10 (ANI): Residents of Jengraimukh village in Assam's Jorhat District have welcomed the construction of a river embankment by the local authorities.
Chandel (Manipur), June 10 (ANI): Several youth from Assam's Chandel District took their first physical efficiency test (PET) and physical standard test (PST) at a special recruitment rally for the position of constables in the Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) and the Assam Rifles here recently.
Guwahati, June 8 (IANS) The North East Tea Association (NETA), a leading tea growers association in Assam, has appealed to the state government to include a chapter in the school textbooks on tea and its health benefits.
Panaji (Goa), June 8 (ANI): Objecting to Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's recent comments against the Bharatiya Janata Party and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, party spokesman Prakash Javadekar said Saturday that both Pawar and his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) needed to set their "political" house in order first.
Mumbai, June 8 (ANI): Ministers affiliated to the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have resigned from the Maharashtra Government in anticipation of a proposed cabinet reshuffle.
Washington, June 8 (ANI): Researchers at the Seoul National University have found that wild birds appear to "think faster" when humans, and possibly predators in general, are directly looking at them.
Washington, June 8 (ANI): Researchers at the Seoul National University have found that wild birds appear to "think faster" when humans, and possibly predators in general, are directly looking at them.
Guwahati, June 7 (IANS) With some of the northeastern states still having higher adult HIV and AIDS prevalence rates than the national average, three chief ministers Friday advocated higher awareness of the disease in rural areas and among school children.
New Delhi, June 7 (ANI): Twelve legislators from Assam met Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde here on Friday, and appraised him about the growing Maoist problem in the state.
Mumbai, June 7 (IANS) Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar Friday supported Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's view that politics and sport should not be mixed, saying he never indulged in it during his long decades of association with various sports bodies.
Jorhat (Assam), June 7 (ANI): Normal life in Assam has come to a standstill following an indefinite economic blockade imposed against Nagaland.
Guwahati, June 7 (IANS) Assam has been facing a power crisis since Thursday evening after five central sector power generating stations in the northeast region shut down due to technical problems.
Bokajan (Karbi-Anglong District, Assam), June 7 (ANI): Tribals in Assam's Karbi Anglong District are demanding special status and land rights.
Washington, June 7 (ANI): People who are into kinky sex may be psychologically healthier than those who are not, a new study suggests.
Bhopal, June 7 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee has lamented the fact that there is not even a single Indian varsity among the list of the top 200 universities of the world.
New Delhi, June 6 (IANS) The country's highest krishi vigyan kendra (farm science centre) will be set up at Nyoma in Leh district of Jammu and Kashmir at a height of about 14,000 feet, an official said Thursday.
Bhopal, June 6 (ANI): President Pranab Mukherjee, who laid the foundation stone of Atal Bihari Vajpayee Hindi University here on Thursday, said, Hindi has always played an important role in the national integration and added that it is a symbol of India's social and cultural unity.
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Chief Minister Mukul Sangma Wednesday expressed concern over the influx of people with "doubtful citizenship" in Meghalaya.
Guwahati, June 5 (IANS) The Assam Police Wednesday hinted at the involvement of Naga rebel group NSCN-IM in the Monday's incident of violence in a Assam district bordering Nagaland.
Hyderabad, June 5 (IANS) Over two lakh students have qualified for admission into engineering colleges in Andhra Pradesh while nearly 89,000 have become eligible for studying medicine and agriculture.
Guwahati, June 5 (IANS) A major in Assam Rifles has been arrested in Assam on charges of murdering his wife.
Andhra Pradesh EAMCET 2013 results have been declared by the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE) today on June 5. The EAMCET 2013 results are now available on the official website of Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance test (EAMCET) at http://www.apeamcet.org/
New Delhi, June 5 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Wednesday said that though much progress had been made in dialogue with insurgent groups in the northeast, the security situation there continues to be complex.
Brasilia, June 5 (IANS/EFE) The Brazilian government has announced that it is increasing the amount of money available for subsidized loans to the farm sector by 18 percent to 136 billion reais ($68 billion).
Guwahati, June 4 (IANS) The situation on the Assam-Nagaland border in Assam's Jorhat district continued to be tense Tuesday and forces were deployed after the killing of a labourer there Monday, an official said.
Jorhat (Assam), June 4 (ANI): Tension prevails along the Assam-Nagaland border after armed miscreants killed a farmer during a firing incident
Visakhapatnam, June 4 (ANI): Students volunteering for a non-governmental organization, hosted a photo exhibition in Visakhapatnam to raise awareness on earth and food preservation ahead of World Environment Day.
Guwahati, June 4 (ANI): With crimes against women on the rise, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi inaugurated a ten-day free self-defence training camp to empower them.
Washington, June 4 (ANI): In four out of ten cases, women who suffer from long-term have some form of physical complaint, a new study has suggested.
Washington, June 4 (ANI): Virginia Tech scientists have found that mosquitoes reared in cooler temperatures have weaker immune systems, making them more susceptible to dangerous viruses and more likely to transmit them to people.
Guwahati, June 3 (IANS) A man was killed when unidentified assailants fired upon a group of labourers in Assam's Jorhat district Monday morning, an official said.
Kaziranga National Park (Assam), June 3 (ANI): Authorities in Assam have arrested four poachers with arms, near the Kaziranga National Park.
Dhaka, June 3 (IANS) With India and Bangladesh bearing the brunt of floods
Shillong, June 1 (IANS) A retired soldier and another man were arrested in Meghalaya for possessing 11 grams of smuggled heroin, police said Saturday.
Guwahati, June 1 (IANS) A day after Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi called the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) a "cousin brother" of Ulfa, state power minister Pradyut Bordoloi said Saturday that the AGP and Ulfa are two sides of the same coin.
Guwahati (Assam), June 1 (ANI): A seminar was organised recently in Guwahati to create awareness about the potential of the honey industry
Beijing, Jun 1 (Xinhua-ANI): Officials of the United Nations food agencies called for food security and nutrition to be placed at the center of the international agenda for African development, and hunger to be eliminated by 2025.
Guwahati, June 1 (ANI): Youth in Assam are driven by a burning desire to become financially independent, and it comes as no surprise that Pranjal Sakia is one such person.
Shillong, May 31 (IANS) Assam Rifles Director General Lt. Gen. Ranbir Singh Friday denied that his troopers were involved in any extra-judicial killing during their counter-insurgency operations in India's northeastern states.
Shillong, May 31 (IANS) A United Nations expert on human rights Friday urged the Indian government to institute a commission of inquiry into extra-judicial killings in the northeastern states.
Guwahati, May 31 (IANS) Assam's regional political party Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) will launch a state-wide campaign against the ruling Congress from June 3, a senior AGP leader said Friday.
Guwahati, May 31 (IANS) A major fire broke out at the Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) in Assam's Golaghat district Friday morning. No casualties were reported so far, officials said.
Washington, May 31(ANI): The new feature to the Google search app allows users to find out nutritional and calorie information related to food-related queries.
Washington, May 31 (ANI): Ten of the most popular Android antiviral products can be easily evaded by using certain techniques, a new Northwestern study has revealed.
Imphal, May 31 (IANS) The tie-up between Maoists and the Manipur-based People's Liberation Army (PLA) has been broken, according to a senior official in the central home ministry.
Washington, May 31 (ANI): It could be possible to predict whether a specific diet and exercise regimen would actually help you lose weight.
Washington, May 31 (ANI): A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder has suggested that a chemical reaction between iron-containing minerals and water may produce enough hydrogen "food" to sustain microbial communities living in pores and cracks within the enormous volume of rock below the ocean floor and parts of the continents.
Itanagar, May 31 (ANI): The border is no bar for people to people to relations when living on the basis of a global village concept, Arunachal Pradesh Governor Lt. General (Retired) Nirbhay Sharma has said.
Washington, May 31 (ANI): Rocks analyzed by NASA's Mars Curiosity Rover team have provided solid evidence that Mars had rivers or streams.
New Delhi/Guwahati, May 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday termed his re-election to the Rajya Sabha for a fifth term from Assam as an honour and pledged to develop the northeastern state further.
New Delhi, May 30 (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, who has been elected to Rajya Sabha for the fifth consecutive term today, thanked the people for giving him an opportunity to serve them again, and pledged to continue to work for the state's development and prosperity.
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday termed his re-election to the Rajya Sabha for a fifth term from Assam as an honour and pledged to develop the northeastern state further.
Guwahati, May 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha Thursday from Assam for the fifth straight term, officials said.
New Delhi, May 30 (IANS) The clamour for the removal of BCCI chief N. Srinivasan, under tremendous pressure to step down ever since the arrest of his son-in-law and Chennai Super Kings chief Gurunath Meiyappan in connection with the IPL spot fixing scandal, intensified Friday after more cricket associations joined in the quit-chorus.
Guwahati, May 30 (IANS) Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi Thursday said that Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi was right in accusing the AGP of having links with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
Guwahati, May 30 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was re-elected to the Rajya Sabha Thursday from Assam for the fifth straight term, officials said.
Guwahati, May 30 (IANS) Voting for two Rajya Sabha seats in Assam has ended and the counting of votes will start at 5 p.m. Thursday, an official said.
Guwahati, May 29 (IANS) The ruling Congress party in Assam has issued a whip to ensure the presence of its legislators for the crucial Rajya Sabha polls Thursday, which see Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the fray.
Shillong, May 29 (IANS) A father has decided to seek permission from the Meghalaya High Court for mercy killing of his three sons who have thalassemia, a blood disease.
New York, May 29 (ANI): A new study has found that women wearing red or pink were about three times more likely to be at peak fertility than women donning other colours.
Guwahati, May 28 (IANS) Assam's regional political party Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Tuesday slammed Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi for his comments on the regional party a few years ago, which were released by WikiLeaks recently.
New Delhi, May 28 (ANI): The Planning Commission has approved an annual plan outlay of Rs. 2,000 crore for Nagaland for the financial year 2013-14.
Guwahati, May 26 (ANI): Music buffs, in particular the fans of legendary American poet, singer and composer Bob Dylan celebrated his birthday at Guwahati.
Washington, May 26 (ANI): A Missouri University of Science and Technology researcher has developed a new screening method that uses urinalysis to diagnose breast cancer - and determine its severity - before it could be detected with a mammogram.
Rome, May 25 (IANS) European scientists have engineered artificial skins and sensor technologies to augment "sensitivity" in robots, says a study.
Shimla, May 25 (IANS) To reduce the use of fertilizers, Himachal Pradesh is going to check samples of soil under the Soil Health Programme, an official said here Saturday.
New Delhi, May 24 (IANS) Hours after its spokesperson demanded resignation of Indian cricket board chief N. Srinivasan over his son-in-law's name figuring in the investigations into the IPL spot fixing scandal, the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) Friday sought to distance itself from the demand.
Guwahati, May 24 (IANS) The flood data agreement signed between India and China during the recent visit of Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is just a renewal of the existing treaty between the two countries, an NGO alleged here Friday.
Washington, May 24 (IANS) Scientists have come up with a non-invasive and more effective way to detect oral cancer, says a study.
New Delhi, May 24 (ANI): The Planning Commission has approved an annual plan outlay of Rs. 8,500 crore for Uttarakhand for the financial year 2013-14.
Guwahati, May 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and two others are in the contest for two Rajya Sabha seats from Assam, officials said here Thursday. The poll is slated for May 30.
