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Guwahati: Dipok Kumar Barthakur, renowned social worker, entrepreneur and vice chairman of the State Innovation and Transformation Aayog (SITA) set up by the Government of Assam, passed away at a hospital in Chennai on Wednesday afternoon. He was 84. He...

Mumbai: Music composer and singer Bappi Lahiri, who popularised disco music in India, has passed away at the age of 69.Paying tribute to the Disco King, filmmaker Hansal Mehta tweeted: "Another legend gone. BappiLahiri. Had the good fortune...

Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday conferred the state’s highest civilian award ‘Assam Baibhav’ to eminent industrialist Ratan Tata at a function held in Mumbai.The award has been conferred on Tata, who is also the...

Guwahati: A villager was killed and another injured when they were fired upon by forest guards in Sonaikuchi Hill Forest near Jagiroad in Morigaon district of Assam, police said on Wednesday.According to the police, the shots were fired...

Washington: The White House has said the US is working closely with its allies, including India, amid the Russian invasion into Ukraine fears.White House Deputy Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Monday said, "The Quad leaders discussed the threat...

Washington: Should conflict reignite in Ukraine, the negative impact to stock markets would likely be worse than in 2014 when Crimea reunited with Russia, a senior analyst at Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs told CNBC."If we look at...

Vienna: The eighth round of Vienna-hosted international negotiations on the resumption of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) is close to completion, Iranian news agency ISNA reported on Sunday, citing sources.The meetings held last week in Vienna...

Itanagar: The family members of Tapor Pullom – the man who was allegedly abducted by China's People's Liberation Army (PLA) from the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Monigong area of Shi-Yomi district in Arunachal Pradesh about seven years...

Moscow: Russian diplomats and employees of the Russian consulates started leaving Ukraine, which made it more difficult to make an appointment at the diplomatic agencies, an informed source told Sputnik on Saturday."According to Ukrainian citizens, Russian diplomats and...

Imphal: Lata Mangeshkar's melodious voice has won hearts and souls of several generations of people in the Indian subcontinent and people of Manipur in the eastern most corner of the country have a special reason for remembering her.She...