Everything you need to know about Bora: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Everything you need to know about Bora: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more
Guwahati, May 7 (IANS) The Gauhati High Court has directed the Brahmaputra Board to submit a report within next three months on how it plans to secure the lives and property of people on Majuli island from the devastating annual floods and erosion, a petitioner said Tuesday.
Imphal, Apr. 23 (ANI): Dancing to the rhythm of the dhol, the Assamese people celebrated 'rongali' or 'bohag bihu' with great enthusiasm.
Guwahati, Apr 9 (ANI): Seven days of carnival for Rongali Bihu (traditional harvest festival), has kicked-off in Assam with the locals participating with great enthusiasm in the event organised ahead of it.
New Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Indian cinema, in its 100 years' legacy, witnessed for the first time, the digitally restored version of Sai Paranjpye's 1981 "Chashme Buddoor", and its new-age remake, David Dhawan's "Chashme Baddoor" this week. The latter seems to be doing better business, but the former seems to be setting pace for more classics to be restored in the times to come.
Washington, April 4 (IANS) Ivy League Yale University has selected 16 World Fellows for 2013, including two from India, bringing the total number of fellows from India to 13 since the programme started in 2002.
Pokhara (Nepal), April 1 (IANS) India won two medals including a gold at the South Asian Triathlon Championship here Monday.
Guwahati, Mar 29 (ANI): With an effort to make films a medium of moulding young children into better citizens of tomorrow, a two-day film festival for children was recently organised here.
Guwahati, March 23 (IANS) Assam's capital city Guwahati will observe Earth Hour, as many of its residents voluntarily switch off electricity from 8.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. Saturday as a symbolic campaign to bring down the impact of global warming.
New Delhi, Jan 25 (IANS) Actress Bipasha Basu has been roped in to endorse a range of smartphones, phablets and tablets by Pune-based company Byond Tech Electronics Pvt. Ltd (BTEPL).
Guwahati, Dec. 27 (ANI): The Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) organised a visit of a troupe from Vietnam recently to Guwahati Assam to strengthen the ties between India and Vietnam.
Guwahati, Nov 21 (IANS) The United States government has agreed to give visa to Ratul Khan, a high school topper from Assam, to visit NASA on a state government scholarship, days after his application was rejected.
Guwahati, Nov 17 (IANS) The opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Saturday condemned the ruling Congress in Assam over the ongoing violence in Kokrajhar district in the Bodoland Territorial Areas Districts (BTAD), where earlier in the year over 100 people were killed in Bodo?Muslim clashes.
Kokrajhar (Assam), Nov.16 (ANI): The Army on Friday conducted a flag march through certain parts of Assam's curfew-bound Kokrajhar District.
Islamabad, Nov. 16 (ANI): Pakistan has released a key Afghan Taliban commander and 13 other leaders as part of the 'safe passage' component of the Afghan reconciliation process.
Islamabad, Nov 16 (IANS) Four top aides of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, who are currently imprisoned in Pakistan, may soon be released following meetings between an Afghan delegation and the Pakistani government, a media report said Friday.
New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday issued notice to the central government on a petition that has sought direction to put in place a permanent mechanism for preventing floods in the Brahmaputra river in the northeast.
Guwahati, Oct 28 (IANS) A village resident was killed and a policeman was injured during an shootout between the United Liberation Front of Asom (Ulfa) militants and security forces in Assam's Dibrugarh district Sunday, police said.
Guwahati, Oct.16 (ANI): The Department of Forests in Assam formally inducted semi-automatic arms for its Assam Forest Protection Force (AFPF) at Guwahati on Tuesday.
Guwahati, Oct 14 (IANS) A rhino is struggling for life after poachers shot at the animal and chopped off its horn in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, forest officials said Sunday.
Guwahati, Oct 14 (IANS) A rhino is struggling for life after poachers shot at the animal and chopped off its horn in Assam's Kaziranga National Park, forest officials said Sunday.
Guwahati, Oct 4 (IANS) Security forces in Assam's Tinsukia district killed a hardcore militant of the anti-talk faction of the ULFA Thursday and recovered arms and ammunition, police said.
Sydney, Sep 17 (IANS) Tourists thronging pristine beaches, forests and natural and exotic locations such as Polynesian Bora Bora island, the Maldives, the Seychelles and Fiji are engaging in practices that are damaging the environment, warns a new study.
Guwahati, July 27 (IANS) Normalcy is slowly returning in Assam's violence-hit Bodo areas, where week-long communal clashes claimed 45 lives, with no reports of any fresh incidents of violence being reported from anywhere in the affected areas since Thursday, the government said.
Lucknow, July 7 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday retained the seat of mayor in Lucknow's municipal corporation polls, officials said.
Guwahati, June 28 (IANS) The deadly Japanese Encephalitis has claimed three lives in Assam in the past few weeks, health officials here said Thursday.
Naya Gaon (Uttarakhand), June 25 (ANI): Tourists are flocking to the Corbett Waterfalls to get some respite from the intense heat wave.
Shillong, June 19 (IANS) India won six individual titles on the concluding day of the SAF Junior Table Tennis Championships to add to the four in the team event.
Melbourne, June 10 (ANI): Shane Warne's former wife Simone Callahan was allegedly tricked into pre-arranged paparazzi photoshoots by her new boyfriend, who accepted money from photographers to stage romantic moments.
Washington, June 1 (ANI): Former US defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld has reportedly scoffed at praise for President Barack Obama for ordering the killing of Osama bin Laden, saying he would have 'recommended the operation in a minute'.
Washington, Apr 28(ANI): Former Al Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden did not lead a bad life taking into account that he was the world's most wanted fugitive, according to a new book by bin Laden expert Peter Bergen.
Guwahati, April 26 (IANS) Two-time former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta was Thursday elected the new president of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP).
Tieling (Liaoning Province), April 25 (IANS) Former Chinese soccer chief credited with leading the Chinese team into their only World Cup finals was put on bribery trial here Wednesday.
In a major breakthrough, the researches of Nagaland have achieved a landmark by producing the world's first ever mithun (the domestic form of wild bull Gaur) calf through Embryo Transfer Technology (ETT) - process of removing embryos from a female and placing them in another, the surrogate mother, where they develop. The surrogate mother gives birth to an offspring that is genetically unrelated.........
Guwahati, April 13 (IANS) Assam will pay rich tributes to legendary singer and music maestro Bhupen Hazarika on the occasion of Rongali Bihu festival.
Kohima, Apr 13 (ANI): In a historic achievement, the world's first ever mithun calf was produced through embryo transfer technology (ETT) in Nagaland recently.
Guwahati, Feb 15 (ANI): A food processing expo was recently organized in Guwahati where industry players and experts discussed the road ahead for the sector in Northeast.
Guwahati, Jan 23 (ANI): For every Assamese, this years Magh Bihu or Bhogali Bihu is special as it has brought along hope and happiness to the region with members of insurgent outfits either surrendering or initiating peace talks with the government.
Guwahati, Dec 10 (ANI): An international music fest, which brought together musicians of the northeast and national and international musicians was recently organised in Guwahati.
Washington, Oct 13 (ANI): Nicola Roberts has revealed that her style is "open minded" and she does not like to stick to one designer for her dresses.
Guwahati, Sep.13 (ANI): A group of around 3,000 young artistes performed 1,000 shows of a play based on class discrimination on a single day here on Monday.
London, Aug 30 (ANI): Kim Kardashian and her relatives once left her then would-be-husband Kris Humphries stupefied when they told him that it was not the first time that the celebrity socialite was going to become a wife.
Guwahati, Aug 29 (ANI): The first ever-northeast craft museum has been opened in Guwahati.
Guwahati, Aug 29 (ANI): The first ever-northeast craft museum has been opened in Guwahati.
Melbourne, Aug 21 (ANI): Danny Cipriani has reportedly parted ways from Lara Bingle after their recent love trip in Tahiti.
Itanagar, Aug 18 (ANI): After holding two high-level review meetings on the progress of the Trans-Arunachal Highway project, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways CP Joshi has assured to put the ambitious project on the fast track by removing hitches, particularly with regard to environmental and forest clearance.
London, Aug.17 (ANI): UEFA chiefs phoned Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger in the second half of a match against Udinese to stop him defying a one-match touchline ban.
Sydney, July 24 (ANI): Lara Bingle and Danny Cipriani's photographs that were taken during their Bora Bora romantic trip will fetch the former 'Dancing With The Stars' contestant a tidy sum.
Melbourne, July 24 (ANI): Lara Bingle has revealed that she would declare war on paparazzi and take legal action against controversial photographer Jamie Fawcett and his agency, Oceanic Media Group.
Geneva, July 13(ANI): The United Nations Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has said that it is stepping up its help to people fleeing the recent Pakistan military operation against insurgents in Kurram agency.
Peshawar, July 13(ANI): The Pakistan government has confirmed that around 85,000 people have left Kurram agency after a military operation was launched against militants in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) last week.
Parachinar, July 8(ANI): Eleven suspected militants have been killed in a military offensive in Pakistan's Kurram tribal region.
Islamabad, July 4(ANI): Pakistan has reportedly launched a military offensive against militants in Kurram agency located in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA).
Islamabad, June 24 (ANI): The cell phone of Osama bin Laden's trusted courier, which was recovered in the raid that killed both men in Abbottabad, Pakistan last month, contained contacts to a militant group that continues to have links with Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.
Islamabad, May 15(ANI): The Pakistan military recently urged the US authorities to finalise a formal agreement on the relationship between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI chief Lieutenant General Ahmad Shuja Pasha has said.
Washington, May 13(ANI): Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's rosy portrayal of being married to jihad was sorely tested as he lived with three wives and 17 children during his last days.
New Delhi, May 13 (ANI): The counting of votes in the Assembly polls in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry began this morning.
New Delhi, May 12 (ANI): The counting of votes in the Assembly polls in West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala and Puducherry will be taken up tomorrow.
Dubai, May 10 (ANI): Former Pakistan President Perverz Musharraf on Tuesday denied the existence of any 'secret deal' with the US that allowed America to carry out a unilateral operation against Osama bin Laden on Pakistani soil.
Islamabad, May 10 (ANI): Former Pakistani leader General Pervez Musharraf and US President George Bush had struck a secret deal ten years ago, allowing American forces to conduct a raid inside Pakistan if they located Osama bin Laden, reports have said.
Washington, May 4(ANI): The Central Intelligence Agency did not keep Pakistan in the loop about 'Operation Geronimo', because US officials feared that Islamabad could have jeopardised the operation by leaking word to its targets, CIA chief Leon Panetta has said.
London, May 4 (ANI): Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden forbade his children from joining Al-Qaeda and ordered his wives not to remarry, according to his will released in a Kuwaiti newspaper.
London, Apr. 26 (ANI): A secret intelligence report compiled by officials at Guant namo Bay has claimed that Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden did not escape to Pakistan, but headed up north in December 2001.
London/Islamabad, Apr. 26 (ANI): An Al-Qaida operative, accused of bombing two Christian churches and a luxury hotel in Pakistan in 2002, was reportedly working for Britain's MI6 intelligence outfit, according to secret files on detainees shipped to the US military detention facility at Guant namo Bay.
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.
Jorhat, Mar 31 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's former press adviser Debo Kumar Bora was killed in a road accident in Golaghat district.
Washington, Mar 9 (ANI): University of California researchers have discovered a "cross-talk" between two major biological pathways that involve pain-research that may pave the way for new approaches to understanding and controlling chronic pain.
Nevada (US), Feb 27 (ANI): Yoga retreats, some charging as much as 4495 dollars, are becoming popular world over.
Rourkela (Orissa), Feb 13(ANI): Orissa police on Sunday arrested three Maoists ultras after a fierce shootout near a densely forested in Rourkela.
Guwahati (Assam), Dec. 4 (ANI): A Guwahati-based non-government organization (NGO) recently organized a daylong jobs fair for the disabled.
Kabul, Nov 1(ANI): Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai has reportedly held a secret meeting with three Taliban leaders in an effort to weaken the Haqqani network.
Kabul, Oct 18 (ANI): The world's most wanted terrorist and Al-Qaeda's top leadership, Osama bin Laden, and his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, are believed to be hiding close to each other in houses in northwest Pakistan, but are not together, a senior NATO official has said.
London, July 15 (ANI): Omar bin Laden, one of the sons of Al Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden has said that he believes his father is still alive, and that he still loves him in spite of his links to various terror-related tragedies around the world.
Guwahati, Apr 26 (ANI): The hills and valleys of Assam come alive with the sound of Bihu thrice a year, which is much more than just a festival for the people of the state.
Melbourne, Mar 13 (ANI): A former model has filed a 10 million dollar lawsuit against the makers of hit movie 'Couples Retreat', claiming that her bikini photo was used in a "sexual and degrading context".
Islamabad, Feb. 23 (ANI): While Pakistan's motive behind the recent arrests of top Taliban leaders Mullah Kabir and Mullah Baradar remains unclear, the shift in Islamabad's policy towards the Taliban is apparent, US military experts have said.
Guwahati, Jan 1 (ANI) : In a recent revelation it has come to light that the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) leaders neglected to teach their children in the Assamese language, for which they are fighting for.
Guwahati, Dec 25 (ANI) : Utpal Bora is a young farmer and entrepreneur from Jorhat, Assam. After completing his graduation, he failed to get a job.
The Asom Police has confirmed the media to produce the arrested top leaders of banned organisation United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) including Chaiman Arabinda Rajkhowa...
Guwahati, Nov 17(ANI): The Assamese film industry has not been doing too well in recent times, but the success of the recently released "Jibon Bator Logori" has provided a boost to the industry.
New York, Oct.12 (ANI): After years of hiding and social oztracisation, the wife and son of Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden have come out with a no-holes barred book that reveals quite candidly the harsh life the family led under the gaze and zealous Islamic authority of the terror kingpin.
Guwahati, Oct.3 (ANI): Assamese artists recently brought laurels to the State and the country by winning medals at the Seoul Drum festival.
Guwahati, Oct.3 (ANI): Assamese artists recently brought laurels to the State and the country by winning medals at the Seoul Drum festival.
Islamabad, Oct. 3 (ANI): Pakistan's Deputy Foreign Minister Malik Ammad Khan has assured senators that drone strikes won't be allowed in Balochistan.
Chaygaon (Assam), Sep 24(ANI): A district Silk industry called 'Fabric Plus' at Chaygaon in Assam's South Kamrup has come as a boon to unemployed people in the area.
London, Sep. 11 (ANI): Mehdi Ghezali, a former Guantanamo Bay detainee of Swedish origin has been arrested in Pakistan.
London, Sep 12 (ANI): The handshake by world's most dreaded terrorist Osama bin Laden has been described as limp, and like shaking a wet fish by a producer of CNN who met the terror mastermind.
Guwahati, Sep 9 (ANI): As experts claim that a big earthquake might hit Assam region shortly, locals are rushing to get their houses insured while the authorities are conducting sensitization campaigns as a precautionary measure.
Washington, Sep.9 (ANI): Pakistan's 'double game' and its undercover relationship with the Taliban and Al-Qaeda helped Osama-bin-Laden escape the allied forces and prevented him from being nabbed, The Times online reports.
Guwahati, Aug 27 (ANI): Experts have claimed that a big earthquake might hit Assam shortly.
Washington, Aug 20 (ANI): Paris Hilton has rubbished rumours that she is engaged to on/off boyfriend Doug Reinhardt.
Washington, May 11 (IANS) Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has alleged that elusive Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was a US operator who had tried to destabilise his late wife Benazir Bhutto's government back in 1989.
Dibrugarh (Assam), April 20 (IANS) At least nine tea plantation workers were killed and two fell ill after consuming spurious rice beer in Assam, police said Monday.
New Delhi, April 17 (IANS) The use of internet for campaigning, being tested in India in the ongoing general elections, will emerge as a powerful medium when the world's largest democracy is ready for the next polls in 2009, concludes a leading tech publication.
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) This is not a decision taken in haste or forced by the current economic recession. More and more management graduates are entering politics, saying this is their way of serving society.
Peshawar, April 13 (DPA) The much-criticised agreement with Taliban in Pakistan's restive Swat valley stands on increasingly shaky ground since last week, when its major broker Maulana Sufi Mohammad packed up his peace camp and left the region in protest.
Guwahati, April 8 (IANS) They have lived under the shadow of bomb blasts for a long time. Voters in Assam's principal city of Guwahati, also known as the 'gateway to northeast India', are crying for an end to the terror trail as elections approach.
Guwahati, March 23 (IANS) There is a bitter war of words as rival political parties in Assam are busy trading charges and counter charges in the run up to the general elections, although no party has any tangible issue this time.
