Purba Sonapur

Everything you need to know about Purba Sonapur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more

Everything you need to know about Purba Sonapur: news, reviews, in-depth analysis, opinion and more

Change patriarchal system to stem rape, say Muslim clerics

December 21, 2012 at 2:05 PM

Mumbai, Dec 21 (IANS) Rape can only be stemmed through a change in the present "capitalistic, patriarchal" social system, a group of Muslim clerics said Friday as they condemned the "horrifying and spine-chilling" gang-rape of a 23-year-old in Delhi.

Northeast road-rail links snapped, situation worsens

July 16, 2012 at 4:48 PM

Agartala/Silchar, July 16 (IANS) Surface links between the northeastern states of Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram as also southern Assam and the rest of India have worsened since Sunday with massive landslides blocking a crucial national highway, and the rail services snapped three weeks ago yet to be restored, officials said.

Landslide cuts off Mizoram, Manipur and Tripura

July 15, 2012 at 8:08 PM

Shillong, Jul 15 (IANS) Road links to the northeastern states of Mizoram, Tripura and parts of Manipur and southern Assam remained cut off from the rest of India Sunday following massive landslides on a major highway in Meghalaya, an official said Sunday.

Lady Gaga 'devastated' at having to cancel Indonesian concert

May 28, 2012 at 7:19 PM

Melbourne, May 28 (ANI): Lady Gaga has told her fans that she was 'devastated' at having to cancel her show.

Lady Gaga cancels Indonesian tour amidst security fear

May 28, 2012 at 7:19 PM

London, May 27 (ANI): Lady Gaga has told her fans that she was devastated at having to call off her Indonesian concert in Jakarta.

This time, Rongali Bihu to spread AIDS awareness

April 13, 2012 at 11:47 AM

Guwahati, April 13 (IANS) Rongali Bihu, the most popular festival of Assam that will be celebrated this weekend, will see some leading singers and performers help generate awareness about HIV/AIDS which has affected 14,000 people in the state.

Security forces in Assam seize arms and ammunition

March 31, 2012 at 3:44 PM

Kamrup, Mar 31 (ANI): Security forces in Assam seized huge cache of ultra modern arms and ammunitions in Guwahati.

Assam's rural areas benefit from government schemes

March 16, 2012 at 9:38 PM

Kamrup, Mar 16 (ANI): Sonapur is a small hamlet located in Assam's Kamrup District, where villagers are, primarily, paddy growers but after the central government initiated a project to promote orange cultivation in 2000 hectares of land a few years ago people have been increasingly are taking up to it.

Assam's rural areas benefit from government schemes

March 16, 2012 at 6:17 PM

Kamrup, Mar 16 (ANI): Sonapur is a small hamlet located in Assam's Kamrup District, where villagers are, primarily, paddy growers but after the central government initiated a project to promote orange cultivation in 2000 hectares of land a few years ago people have been increasingly are taking up to it.

Assam's tribal women to take-up mushroom cultivation

February 9, 2010 at 12:05 AM

Guwahati, Feb 8 (ANI): Women make a significant contribution in most spheres of life. Even in farming, their contribution is substantial.

Security forces kill two ULFA cadres

January 10, 2010 at 4:07 PM

Guwahati, Jan 10 (ANI): Two ULFA cadres were killed in a fierce encounter with the security forces along the Assam-Meghalaya border on Sunday, while one of them managed to escape.

Bengali literature has bright prospects, says Sunil Gangopadhyay

November 25, 2008 at 12:59 PM

Dhaka, Nov 25 (IANS) Bengali literature has bright future, with growing readership in both Bangladesh, India and wherever the Bengali-speaking diaspora resides, India's best known Bengali poet and litterateur Sunil Gangopadhyay said.

14 trains cancelled after Bihar violence

October 22, 2008 at 8:30 PM

Kolkata, Oct 22 (IANS) As many as 14 long-distance trains were cancelled by the Eastern Railway (ER) Wednesday after violence in neighbouring Bihar following Maharashtra Navnirman Sena activists' attacks on north Indians who had gone to Mumbai to take a railway board exam.