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Reliance Chairman pledged over Rs 50,000 crore investment in Assam

Guwahati, Feb 25 (UNI) Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani on Tuesday pledged over Rs 50,000 crore investment in Assam over the next five years.
Addressing the Advantage Assam 2.0 summit in Guwahati, Ambani said that RIL’s first priority is to make Assam tech-ready and AI-ready.
The summit was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the presence of industry captains and business delegations from foreign countries.
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Mamata Banerjee slams BJP saying the party ignoring West Bengal's contribution

08 Dec 2025 | 7:24 PM

Kolkata, Dec 8 (UNI) West Bengal chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the BJP claiming that some of its leaders in Rajya Sabha expressed that they do not like Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, nor Mahatma Gandhi and opposed a recent notification from Rajya Sabha that Vande Mataram composed by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay can not be sung.

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Arunachal: RGU scholar wins Commonwealth Chemistry Best Poster Prize 2025

08 Dec 2025 | 7:13 PM

Itanagar, Dec 8 (UNI) Bhaskarjyoti Borah, a PhD scholar from the Department of Chemistry, Rajiv Gandhi University (RGU), Doimukh, Arunachal Pradesh, has brought laurels to the university by winning the Commonwealth Chemistry (UK) Best Poster Prize 2025 at the 6th Commonwealth Chemistry Online Poster Event held on October 1-2, 2025. The winners were officially declared on Monday.

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Students of FTII Itanagar refuse to begin 2nd semester over unfinished campus

08 Dec 2025 | 6:09 PM

Itanagar, Dec 8 (UNI) Students of Screen Acting and Documentary Cinema at the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Itanagar have refused to begin their second semester, citing severe infrastructural shortcomings and an academically unfit learning environment.

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Cannabis stashed in cricket bats seized in Odisha, two held

08 Dec 2025 | 5:32 PM

Bhubaneshwar, Dec 8 (UNI) With enforcement agencies stepping up vigil, the drug peddlers have resorted to inventive ploy to escape detection. Two persons were arrested on Monday while trying to smuggle cannabis in cricket bats in Odisha’s Berhampur city.

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Bihar Mandai Weir Irrigation Project to be reviewed weekly

08 Dec 2025 | 5:09 PM

Patna, Dec 8 (UNI) With an aim to attain speedy growth and to expedite the implementation of Mandai Weir Irrigation Project, Bihar Chief Secretary Pratyaya Amrit on Monday directed the authorities concerned to complete the project by May 2026 so that farmers can get timely irrigation facilities.

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