Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the Guwahati-Mendhipothar train in Meghalaya at a function in Guwahati on Saturday.
In his speech the prime minister stressed better rail connectivity in the north eastern region saying that his the region will be the thrust area of his government.
Governor JB Patnaik, Union ministers Sarbananda Sonowal, Kiren Rijiju, Chief minister Tarun Gogoi and his Meghalaya counterpart Dr Mukul Sangma were among those who attended the function at Maligaon organized by the Northeastern Frontier Railway.
Yet another incident of miscreants attack on girl rocks Guwahati sending huge anger across the state on Monday. The victim, who hails from Golaghat district, has been struggling for life at the Dispur Hospital.The incident took place in Dispur amid heavy presence of security forces in the afternoon where a miscreant suddenly attack the girl with a sharp knife as she was on her way back to the hostel at Nahorini Path.Immediately after the attack the miscreant vanished and the girl who worked at the national sample survey was rushed to the hospital. Dispur police have registered a case and the reason of the attack is not known.
Innovative healthcare program under the banner of ‘Evening with a Doctor’ at Guwahati Press Club in northeast India has completed six months, where the member-journalists of the press club along with their dependants have been offered free consultation & primary treatments by experienced physicians from various healthcare institutions. The last Saturday evening clinic at the press club premises on 4 February was conducted by the Gurgaon (Haryana) based Medanta-The Medicity Hospital. Senior rheumatology & clinical immunology consultant Dr Vinay Singal was present for free consultations. Medanta’s marketing manager Manoranjan Kalita extended supports in organizing the camp, which...
The Supreme court on Monday granted bail to Manoranjana Sinh in the multi crore Saradha chit fund scam.A division bench of the apex court which took up the bail plea challenging the Calcutta High Court’s order granted bail to the former managing director of Positiv Television.Sinh, the estranged wife of former union minister Matang Sinh was arrested by CBI in October 2015 acting on the inputs available in the purported letter from Saradha chief Sudipto Sen.Sen alleged to have paid Sinh Rs 25 crores to set up a new television channel in Guwahati four years back. A CBI team set up to probe the huge scam arrested het after a few rounds of interrogation and still she is in judicial custody....
Gohour breaks into a sea of humanity when people thronged in thousands to catch a glimpse of the Shankar Sangha Annual session in this historic spot in between Lakhimpur and Sonitpur district. The entire area turns into a mini Assam when the state’s second largest non political organization took out a cultural procession showcasing the rich age old cultural heritage of all ethnic and tribal groups in the morning. People from far flung areas have reached the venue on Friday a Day before the session began with much fanfare and cultural extravaganza. Organizers told Assam Times that at least 3 lakh people have covering the delegations from the district and sub divisional bodies have...
Normalcy is back to Kohima and Dimapur three days after an orgy of violence forced the authorities to clamp indefinite curfew in the capital city and the commercial hub.Schools and colleges, banks one offices, shops and markers are opening much to a major relief for the common people who had to confined to their homes for four days. The protestors keep demanding chief minister TR Zeliang’s resignation for implementing 33 per cent reservation in the municipal bodies which triggered the huge protest and the protestors turned violent where DC office, municipality offices were vandalized.What made the situation more worse was the killing of two protestors in police firing in Dimapur before...
Unidentified miscreants alleged to have kidnapped a tea garden manager from the outskirt of Guwahati a week after police lodged a complaint against him in Charaideo district.According to the first information report, unidentified miscreants on Friday kidnapped Bhaskar Pathak at Rajapara in Boko as he was on his way back to his home after attending a wedding ceremony.Pathak’s wife further claimed to have received phone calls from the miscreants demanding ran some for her husband’s safe release.Sources told Assam Times, Pathak who works with the Darjeeling Organic Tea Estate in Mothurapur is wanted for his alleged embazzlement of a huge amount of money meant for the workers’ wage.The tea...
Railway network in Assam is set to get a major boost. A huge flyover connecting Kamakhya to New Guwahati on the river Brahmaputra river is coming up. Disclosing this minister of state for railway, Rajen Gohain to reporters in Guwahati on Saturday that the two lane flyover worth Rs 888 crore bridge would be a huge boost for surface communication. According to Gohain, the Centre is waiting for the detailed project report and the work is expected to start by next year. He said the project is one of the major budget proposals.
Normalcy is marginally back to Kohina and Dimapur three days after an irate mob unleashed an orgy of violence for killing two protestors in police firing forcing the authority to clamp curfew in both the cities.Security forces are patrolling in the nook and corner of the capital town where all shops and offices, schools and colleges, shops and markets are not opening till Saturday morning.People mostly have been remaining confined to their homes apprehending fresh incident of violence where the angry protestors torched DC office building, Municipality office in protest against holding the civic body polls with 33 per cent reservation for women.Senior district administrative officials told...
Trouble brews for an AIUDF legislator after he left himself on live in social media when he was participating at a discussion on the floor of the assembly on Friday. He is none other than Aminul Haque who put himself on live in Facebook when he was speaking on the floor on Friday afternoon which went viral against a set of decorum which never anybody to go on live inside the assembly beyond the question hour. When the allegation was brought to the notice, Speaker Hiten Goswami gave hint of disciplinary action against the MLA on Monday.
Journalists’ Forum Assam {JFA} urges the management of ABP group {the mother organization of The Telegraph, Ananda Bazar Patrika etc} to withdraw its policy to cut jobs including those of journalists. It is understood that the Kolkata based management recently asked almost half of its employees to resign and get the benefit of six months basic pay. The northeast India based media rights body observes that as the heat of implementation of Majithia Wage Board’s recommendations increases, many established newspaper houses start preparing to close down their branches to reduce their employees. Few have taken the practice of asking the media persons to resign with some benefits. “First, we...
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