Everything you need to know about Barua Bo: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Barua Bo: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Ramallah, May 20 (IANS) Indian women's football team will have to be at their best when they take on Myanmar, a higher ranked team, in their first match of the AFC Asian Cup (qualifiers) here Tuesday.
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) Foreign filmmakers wishing to shoot in India would find the going hassle-free with the government planning to provide them a single window clearance for their ventures.
New Delhi, Apr. 10 (ANI): Information and Broadcasting Minister Manish Tewari has said that his ministry was in the process of issuing a notification shortly regarding the constitution of an Inter-Ministerial Empowered Committee, which would provide single window clearance for shooting of foreign films in India.
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The 24th edition of Limca Book of Records, launched here Wednesday, is an Indian cinema special, celebrating hundred years of the industry.
New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) Former India international Anadi Barua Saturday was appointed the national coach of the women's football team.
N0ew Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Inefficient marketing strategies, incompetent distribution, lesser number of screens, language difficulties and viewers' lack of interest are major roadblocks in the growth of regional cinema, acclaimed filmmaker Jahnu Barua said Saturday.
Agartala, Jan 3 (IANS) A two-day business summit to attract investment to the industry-starved northeastern India will be organised in the national capital Jan 9-10, Tripura Industry and Commerce Minister Jitendra Choudhury said here Thursday.
Chennai, Dec 18 (IANS) In order to balance moderation in headline inflation and its perception of persisting risks from overall inflationary expectations, the central bank has chosen to maintain status quo in its mid-quarter monetary policy review, said a top banker.
Sivasagar, Dec 8 (ANI): Two militants, belonging to the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), surrendered before the police in Sivasagar district of Assam.
Thiruvananthapuram, Nov 21 (IANS) As many as 197 films from various parts of the globe will be screened at the 17th edition of the International Film Festival of Kerala, starting here Dec 7.
Panaji, Nov 19 (IANS) Over 160 films from over 70 different countries will be screened at the 43rd International Film Festival of India (IFFI), which rolls out the red carpet along the banks of the beautiful Mandovi river, Tuesday.
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) chairperson Leela Samson said Monday that the board neither makes guidelines nor films, but still they are at the receiving end from both filmmakers and the government.
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) Filmmaker Mukesh Bhatt Monday called for a change in the provisions of Cinematograph Act 1952, on the basis of which the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) regulates public exhibition of films in the country.
G0uwahati, Oct 25 (IANS) Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua's "Baandhon" will open the Indian panorama section at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) 2012, starting Nov 20 in Goa.
Mumbai, Oct.12 (ANI): In a first of it's kind campaign, 27 national award winning filmmakers and stalwarts from the industry have come together to ask the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting to protect and save Independent Cinema.
Chennai, Oct 12 (IANS) The RAMCO 26th National Under-13 Open and Girls Chess Championship is all set to begin here Saturday with two reigning champions from Tamil Nadu in the girls section R. Vaishali (U-11) and C. Lakshmi (U-9) headlining a field of 101 players.
Chennai, Sep 14 (IANS) Panellists at the Emerging Kerala 2012 Global Connect conference here Friday agreed that Kerala must revamp its higher education sector to create world-class institutions.
Kolkata, Sep 14 (IANS) Coal India's plan to import coal following a government diktat has raised the hackles of workers' unions and former top officials of the state-run firm who say the move is in fact towards privatisation of the coal sector.
Moreh (Manipur), July 2 (ANI): With the Myanmar Government gearing to flush out northeast based insurgents from their soil, the Centre has beefed up security here, as the region borders the eastern neighbour, to prevent infiltration.
Umsaw (Meghalaya), June 1 (IANS) Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh Friday exuded confidence that the Myanmar would act against Indian rebels operating in that country.
Kolkata/Chennai, May 30 (IANS) Saluting Viswanathan Anand for winning the World Chess Championship title for the fifth time, Indian Grand Masters Wednesday described him as the country's greatest sportsperson of all-time and demanded he be conferred the nation's top civilian award, the Bharat Ratna.
Kolkata/Chennai, May 30 (IANS) Saluting Viswanathan Anand for winning the World Chess Championship title for the fifth time, Indian Grand Masters Wednesday described him as the country's greatest sportsperson of all-time and demanded he be conferred the nation's top civilian award 'Bharat Ratna'.
New Delhi, May 20 (ANI): The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) celebrated its Annual Day here over the weekend.
New Delhi, May 14 (ANI): Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Monday said that inflation accelerated in April to 7.23 percent, as prices of food, fuel and manufactured items picked up.
Mumbai, May 7 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Monday allowed 21-year-old Guwahati resident Bidhan Baruah aka 'Swati' to undergo sex change, saying he is free to take his decision.
Mumbai, May 3 (IANS) The Bombay High Court Thursday warned a youth, who threatened to commit suicide if his petition on sex change surgery was adjourned, saying that he cannot pressurise the court before his petition was heard and orders passed.
Mumbai, May 2 (IANS) After Bombay High Court Wednesday adjourned to May 7 his case concerning sex change surgery, Bidhan Barua filed a fresh plea seeking permission to commit suicide.
Guwahati, April 30 (IANS) A breakaway ULFA group led by Paresh Barua and opposed to any talks with the government, has set a three-month deadline for the majority pro-talks faction to "return" to ULFA and join "active duty".
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) Indian publishing is carving a formidable space for itself on the Commonwealth Book Prize list for 2012 with five titles published in the country on the shortlist.
Guwahati, Feb 24 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi recently revealed that Maoists and Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) were trying to make the northeast their base.
Guwahati, Feb 24 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi recently revealed that Maoists and Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) were trying to make the northeast their base.
Guwahati, Nov.25 (ANI): Paresh Baruah, the chief of the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA), has been regularly issuing threats and trying to create hurdles in peace talks between the Arabinda Rajkhowa led ULFA Central Committee and the Central Government.
New Delhi, Sep.10 (ANI): The commander-in-chief of the banned United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Paresh Barua, reportedly been shot at and injured by the Myanamarese Army soldiers in the jungles of northwest Myanmar.
Talcher (Orissa), Aug 15 (ANI): As death toll due to dengue fever rises to 10 in Orissa, a three member central team surveyed through Talcher district to assess the ground situation in the region.
New Delhi, June 16 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday said the next round of talks between the Central Government and United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is likely to resume soon.
Bokakhat (Assam), May 31 (ANI): At least four people were charred to death and twelve critically injured when a petrol tanker overturned and exploded near Assam's Bokakhat town on Tuesday.
Guwahati, Apr 11 (ANI): Brisk polling was recorded on Monday in the second and final phase of elections for 64 assembly constituencies in Assam, with a voter turnout of 70.35 per cent.
Guwahati, Apr 11 (ANI): Voters clashed with police personnel in Rangiya in Kamrup District of Assam on Monday during the second and final phase of elections to the state's 126-member Assembly.
Guwahati, Apr 11 (ANI): Brisk polling was recorded on Monday in the second and final phase of elections for 64 assembly constituencies in Assam, with an estimated 22 per cent of voters exercising their franchise in the first three hours.
Guwahati, Apr 11 (ANI): Polling for the second phase of Assembly elections in Assam for 64 of the 126 seats is going on today.
Lakhimpur, Apr 2 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Saturday said the prospect of resolving the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) issue looks bright after his positive talks with the leaders of the outfit.
Guwahati, Apr 1 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has called for a 12-hour shutdown in Assam on Saturday to protest the proposed visit of Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh, where he is scheduled to campaign for the Congress candidates for the first phase of assembly polls on April 4.
Guwahati, Mar 28 (ANI): The withdrawal of nomination papers for the second phase of Assam assembly polls comes to an end today.
Guwahati, Mar 21 (ANI): Ahead of assembly elections in Assam, the anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) are desperately trying to spread instability in the state.
Bhubaneswar, Mar 5 (ANI): The nexus between the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the Maoists has come to the fore with the arrest of three Assamese youth, including an ex ULFA cadre by security officials during a recent encounter in the jungles of Orissa.
New Delhi, Feb 10 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), which finally began their peace talks with the Central Government here today in a bid to usher in peace in insurgency-hit Assam, said the talks were constructive.
Guwahati (Assam) Jan 28 (ANI): At a time when the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)'s Central Committee is making an effort to return to the mainstream, new videos released by commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah has created confusion over peace talks.
Guwahati (Assam) Jan 28 (ANI): At a time when the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA)'s Central Committee is making an effort to return to the mainstream, new videos released by commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah has created confusion over peace talks.
Imphal, Jan 24 (ANI): The pro-talks faction of the militant United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has condemned a video released by the anti-talks faction of the outfit.
Guwahati, Jan.11 (ANI): The outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom's foreign secretary Sasha Choudhury and finance secretary Chitraban Hazarika were released from the Guwahati Central Jail on Tuesday.
Guwahati, Jan 6 (ANI): Hopes of holding peace talks between the Central Government and the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) have brightened with the government's interlocutor indicating that the dialogue process may begin soon.
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Guwahati, Jan 1 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi expressing his delight over the release of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, on Saturday said that he hopes for the beginning of peace talks between the two sides.
Guwahati, Jan.1 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa was released from jail on Saturday, a year after being nabbed by Bangladesh security agencies and handed over to the Indian authorities.
Guwahati, Dec 30 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday invited United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa to join politics, saying that let him serve people through politics.
Agartala, Dec.2 (ANI): Cross-border trade between India and Bangladesh is looking up, and this will go a long way in countering the threat of terrorism in the South Asian region, said Bangaldesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni recently.
Agartala, Nov.1 (ANI): Hundreds of Buddhist devotees thronged the Venuban Bihar monastery to participate in the 33rd 'Kathin Chibor Dan' festival here over the weekend.
Ahmedabad, June 24 (ANI): The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, (IIM-A) is facing an acute financial crunch, claimed the Director of the institute, Professor Samir Barua.
Guwahati, Mar 14 (ANI): Recent developments relating to the surrender and arrest of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA)'s, central committee members have the promise of peaceful days to Assam.
Guwahati, Mar 4 (ANI): The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) vice-chairman Pradeep Gogoi was released on bail from the Guwahati Central Jail here on Thursday after 18 years.
Guwahati, Feb 26 (ANI): United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leader Mithinga Daimary, who was released on bail here on Thursday, has described the government's decision to let him out of jail as a positive step, and has demanded the release of all the other top leaders of the outfit currently in jail.
Agartala, Feb 11 (ANI): Bangladesh Industries Minister Dilip Barua eyeing good bilateral relations with India, has asked the Indian business community for direct investment in his country.
Akhawra Border Post (Tripura), Feb 10 (ANI): Bangladesh Minister for Industries Dilip Barua has called for stronger trade ties with India.
Guwahati, Feb 10 (ANI): Union Home secretary GK Pillai has extended an olive branch to insurgents operating in insurgency-hit northeast region of the country.
New Delhi, Jan 29 (ANI): Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Dinsha Patel is expected to visit Bangladesh during the month of March to witness the signing of agreement of mutual cooperation between National Small Industries Corporation Ltd. (NSIC) and Industrial and Infrastructure Development Finance Company Ltd. (IIDFC), Bangladesh.
New Delhi, Jan 28 (ANI): The Central Government has called for a high-level meeting next month to discuss strategy for possible talks with the rebel United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA).
Agartala, Jan 9(ANI): Eminent journalist and academic researcher Subir Bhaumik who hails from Tripura recently wrote a book "The Troubled Periphery," which maps the evolution of North East and analyses the perpetual crisis in the region since independence.
Guwahati, Jan 9 (ANI): Elusive military commander of United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), Paresh Barua, who, amusingly, continued to be on the rolls of Indian Railways, is sacked, an official said on Friday.
Guwahati, Dec 30 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said people have lost faith in the rebel United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and want peace and development in the state.
New Delhi, Dec 17 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi called on Defence Minister A.K. Antony here on Wednesday and discussed insurgency problem in the State.
New Delhi, Dec 16 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has said his government is open for talks with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) but the banned outfit will be dealt firmly if it continues to indulge in senseless killing of innocent people.
Suchetgarh (Jammu), Dec.12 (ANI): Union Home Secretary G.K Pillai said on Saturday that the terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan remains intact, and if Islamabad does not take steps to dismantle it, that country will be the only one to suffer.
Guwahati, Dec 12 (ANI): Intellectuals in Assam on Friday urged New Delhi to hold talks with the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), after the arrest of its top leader.
New Delhi, Dec.5 (ANI): On the day when Arabinda Rajkhowa, self-styled Chairman of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), and Raju Baruah, the outfit's deputy commander-in-chief, surrendered to Indian authorities near the India-Bangladesh border in Meghalaya, the Indian government has revealed that it is in touch with the neighboring countries to nab the elusive 'commander-in-chief' of ULFA, Paresh Baruah.
Ahmedabad/Bangalore, Dec 1 (ANI): All candidates who could not write the Common Admission Test (CAT) for admission to prestigious business schools across the country due to a technical glitch, would be given one more chance, officials said here on Monday.
Panjim, Nov 26 (ANI): Noted filmmaker and President of the Indian Documentary Producer's Association Jahnu Barua on Thursday expressed concern at the lack of awareness of poor marketing of short films.
Guwahati, Nov. 8 (ANI): In an unprecedented move, Bangladesh has deported two top ULFA rebels to through the Indo-Bangladesh border in Tripura.
Guwahati, Nov 7(ANI): On the eve of the sixth ODI between India and Australia, Chief curator of Assam Cricket Association (ACA) Sunil Kumar Barua said that he hopes the game would be a high-scoring tie.
Mumbai, Aug02 (ANI): The entrance test result released by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) shows that students belonging to SC and ST category who even scored a mere 18 percent made it to the top technology institutes of the country.
Raipur, May 31 (IANS) The Chhattisgarh Police Sunday gunned down a Maoist commander in a gun battle in the state's northern forested stretch.
Dhaka, May 18 (IANS) Two former Bangladesh Army generals, who headed the National Security Intelligence (NSI), will be prosecuted for facilitating the landing of Chinese arms meant for insurgents in India's northeast and for trying to smuggle these arms into India.
Guwahati, April 12 (ANI): School children in Assam, who have witnessed a grotesque face of mindless violence and an environment of fear caused by bomb blast incidents, yearn for peace.
Study in India's top management school is going to be costlier for the new students as Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has hiked the course
Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) Preity Zinta has rubbished reports that her next film 'Har Pal' with multiple National Award wining director Jahnu Barua is an art film.
The United Liberation Front of Asom, for a change, terms the perennial flood of Assam as a hindrance to development. The banned armed group has also pointed out that the flood and erosion remained as major recurrent problems of the State.
New Delhi, March 16 (IANS) Bollywood provided a hilarious take on Parsis with the 1978 film 'Khatta Meetha' that starred Ashok Kumar and Pearl Padamsee. Thirty years later Sooni Taraporewala's 'Little Zizou' is another humorous insight into the community, taking digs at their stereotypical oddities.
Ahmedabad, Mar 6 (ANI): Global economic slump affects placement process at Indian Institute of Management (IIM) in Ahmedabad, which has marked a 25 percent decline in average salaries of students this year.
To provide a platform for exchange of views concerning civil society, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has constituted a Media Consultative Committee. Under the chairmanship of Secretary
Bangladesh has just come into the company of two foreign dignitaries those are Indian foreign minister Pranab Mukherjee and Richard Boucher, the US assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia.
Dhaka, Feb.9 (ANI): The newly elected Sheikh Hasina government has reassured India that it will not allow its territory to be used for spreading terror in India.
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Nine-year old Hetul Shah created history in the first round of the seventh Parsvnath International Open Chess tournament, defeating Grand Master Nurlan Ibrayev of Kazakhstan Sunday.
Dhaka, Jan 7 (IANS) Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has made her personal physician the foreign minister in her 32-member team in which as many as 25 are newcomers.
Dhaka, Jan 6 (IANS) Sheikh Hasina of the Awami League (AL), the daughter of Bangladesh's founding father Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, was Tuesday sworn-in prime minister for a second time following her landslide victory in last month's general election. She was premier previously 1996-2001.
Dhaka, Dec 29 (IANS) Scores of people were injured in poll related clashes Monday as Bangladesh voted in the ninth general election that also witnessed violence targeting religious minorities.
Ahmedabad, Nov 19 (ANI): The summer campus placements at Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIMA) remain unaffected for the present by the global economic meltdown, says director Samir Barua.
Ahmedabad, Nov 18 (IANS) Fears of the global financial crisis affecting placements at the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad have proven wrong with major recruiters from previous years reaffirming their commitment to select talent from the top business school, an IIM-A official said here Tuesday.
Agartala, Nov 10 (ANI): Hundreds of Buddhists congregated at Agartala's historical Buddhist monastery here on Sunday to participate in the 32nd 'Kathin Chibor Dan' Festival, one of the main religious festivals of the Buddhist community.
New Delhi, Nov 4 (IANS) She's already bagged an award for her power-packed performance as a battered wife in 'Heaven On Earth', but Bollywood star Preity Zinta says she was humiliated when co-star Vansh Bhardwaj, who plays her abusive husband, slapped her while shooting a scene.
Panaji, Oct 26 (IANS) Hollywood actor John Landis, best known for directing Michael Jackson's music videos 'Thriller' and 'Black or White', is expected to attend the foreign retrospective segment at the 39th International Film festival of India (IFFI), starting Nov 22 here.
Mumbai, Oct 25 (IANS) Worries over a global slowdown and large-scale selling by foreign funds led Indian equities to witness one of the most volatile sessions during the week ended Friday and pulled a key index down by over 10 percent on a single day.
