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TEZPUR: Students of Tezpur University in central Assam blocked the exit of Union higher education secretary Vineet Joshi’s convoy Saturday after a closed-door meeting on allegations against “absconding” vice chancellor Shambhu Nath Singh ended without any assurance of action, triggering fresh slogans demanding his resignation.Joshi said the education ministry was examining the allegations and had…
Dimapur: The Nagaland Bio-Resource Mission flagged off its first consignment of Zanthoxylum (michinga/tomar) seeds to a private company’s northeast unit at Tezpur in Assam from the State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) in Kohima on Saturday, marking a milestone in the commercialisation of Nagaland’s bio-resources.Chief secretary Sentiyanger Imchen flagged off the consignment in the presence…
Tezpur University (File photo) GUWAHATI: In a dramatic development amid the crisis at Tezpur University, which has been in complete shutdown for a week, senior-most faculty member Dhruba Bhattacharyya assumed charge as acting vice-chancellor suo motu on Thursday night, citing provisions of the Tezpur University Act, 1993.His move came just hours after VC Shambhu Nath…
