Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, known by the affectionate moniker ‘Nightingale of India’, passed away early Sunday aged 92. The Bharat Ratna awardee passed away at 8:12 a.m. after suffering a multiple-organ failure on Saturday night at Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital, said medical sources. Hospital CEO Dr. N. Santhanam attributed the iconic singer’s death to post-Covid-19...Read More

The Union Budget seeks to complement macro-economic level growth with a focus on micro-economic level all inclusive welfare. The Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman tabled the Union Budget 2022-23 in Parliament today. The key highlights of the budget are as follows: PART A India’s economic growth estimated at 9.2% to be the...Read More

A novel drone show will be one of the major attractions of this year’s ‘Beating the Retreat’ ceremony, which will be graced by President and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Shri Ram Nath Kovind, at the historic Vijay Chowk in the heart of New Delhi on January 29, 2022. For the first time, the...Read More

Padma Awards – one of the highest civilian Awards of the country, are conferred in three categories, namely, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc....Read More

Padma Awards – one of the country’s highest civilian awards- are conferred in three categories: Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri. The Awards are given in various disciplines/ fields of activities, viz.- art, social work, public affairs, science and engineering, trade and industry, medicine, literature and education, sports, civil service, etc. ‘Padma Vibhushan’ is...Read More

The Union Minister of Home and Cooperation Shri Amit Shah virtually released India’s First “District Good Governance Index”, prepared by DARPG in collaboration with Government of Jammu & Kashmir in the august presence of Minister of State for PMO, Personnel, PG and Pensions Dr. Jitendra Singh and the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir Shri...Read More

Rifleman Rakesh Sharma of 5 Assam Rifles Awarded the Shaurya Chakra for Killing Two insurgents for extortion and killing of civilians in a village in Assam on 22/23 May 2021. For his exceptional tactical acumen, selflessness, inspiring leadership and courage beyond compare while eliminating two dreaded insurgent, Rifleman Rakesh Sharma is recommended for the award...Read More

On the eve of Republic Day, the President’s Police Medal for Distinguished Service and The Police Medal of Excellent Service have been announced on January 25th, 2022. This time the President’s Distinguished Service Police Medal from Assam has been won by Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) of the Special Branch Hiren Chandra Nath. On...Read More

Assam’s youngest multilingual singer Dhritishman Chakrabrty conferred with Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Purashkar 2022. He is conferred PMRBP 2022 under the Art and Culture categories. Dhritishman began singing at the age of three and now has 43 music video covers under his belt, including three in English, 33 in Hindi, four in Bengali, and three...Read More

29 Children have been conferred the Pradhan Mantri Rashtriya Bal Puraskar this Year, selected from all regions of the country for their exceptional achievements in Innovation (7), Social Service (4), Scholastic (1), Sports (8), Art & Culture (6) and Bravery (3) categories.  There are 15 Boys and 14 Girls among the awardees belonging to 21...Read More