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An idol of Lord Vishnu has been excavated from the premises of Cotton University on Thursday. As per reports, the idol is expected to be around 11 to 12 centuries old and was found during a construction site inside the university. The recovered idol has been handed over to the Archaeological Department for examination.
Boxer Shiva Thapa (63 kg) of Assam outpunched Ireland’s George Bates at the quarter-final clash to earn a place at the semi-finals at 71st Strandja Memorial Boxing Tournament in Bulgaria. Indian boxers Sonia Lather (57kg), Commonwealth Games bronze-medallist Mohammed Hussamuddin (57kg) earned a place at the semis. Nikhat Zareen (51kg) lost to America’s Christina Cruz in the quarters. Last year, boxer Nikhat Zareen kicked off her 2019 season on a high note, winning the 51kg gold at the 70th Strandja Memorial International tournament.
A festival of Bodo folk song and dance was held with a day-long colourful programme at the premises of Kalbari Bathou Temple recently under Tamulpur subdivision in the district of Baksa. It was organized by the Directorate of Cultural Affairs in association with Tamulpur Cultural Centre.
As a part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), the State Bank of India (SBI) Tinsukia Regional Office (RO) is providing regular assistance to Purbottar Vikash Parishad (PVP) in running a male orphanage at Balupara, Tinsukia. Besides donating grocery items, they celebrate various festivals with orphan children. In June last year during a free health check-up camp, three heart-related diseases were detected among three orphan children of PVP destitute home. As per SBI’s advice, PVP approached the Government of Assam and because of this effort, two of the children were operated in Guwahati and Kolkata for their heart ailment.
Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi took a dig at BJP over ‘Halwa’ ceremony organised recently. Owaisi while speaking to a gathering of people at Karimnagar said, “Halwa is an Arabic word and not a word of either Hindi or Urdu. Now you have become Arab." Owaisi was talking about BJP’s naming/renaming of places of significance, an effort that contending parties say is aimed towards saffronisation of the country. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday kicked off the countdown to the Union Budget on February 1 by joining the ‘Halwa’ ceremony and with this, the Budget paper printing starts under utmost secrecy.
Writer-activist Arundhati Roy touched upon the current mood of the country and spoke about a whole range of issues at the seventh edition of the Kolkata People’s Film Festival on Thursday. She condemned rising Islamophobia in the country and slammed the communal tone of politics that has taken prominence in the current political scenario.
The Election Commission has sought a report from Delhi chief Electoral Officer on BJP leader Kapil Mishra for violating the Model Code of Conduct in the upcoming Delhi Assembly polls. The district election office under the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer has issued a notice to Mishra. Mishra had tweeted, ” India vs Pakistan on 8 February. There will be a contest on Delhi roads between these two countries. ” Mishra has been asked to explain his remarks, failing which actions will be taken against him by the commission.
Following the panic triggered by the outbreak of a new coronavirus, China has locked down its Wuhan city with a population of around 11 million people. Sources in Beijing said that the government has shut down the city’s airport, railway stations, short-distance ferries and long-distance coaches in Central China’s Wuhan city. The symptoms of infection include fever, cough and breathing problems.