Dada Saheb Phalke awardee filmmaker Adoor Gopalakrishnan today interacted with scribes in Guwahati Press Club. Attending the Guest of the Month programme, Padma Vibhushan Gopalakrishnan argued that regional film industry deserves support from the government. He specially stated that Assam government should patronage the local film industry as it is facing crisis.
Mentioning about Assam and Kerala having lot of similarities including its green landscapes, abundant rains, growing vector-borne diseases and also the lifestyle of the habitants, Gopalakrishnan pointed out that both the States are geographically apart, but the people are emotionally very closed.
The noted film personality has scripted and directed eleven feature films in Malayalam and all of those creations had brought laurels to him and Indian film fraternity.
Gopalakrishnan earlier received Bishwaratna Dr. Bhupen Hazarika International Solidarity Award in a glittering function held in the city yesterday evening. Conferring the award on the internationally acclaimed director, Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi termed Bhupen Hazarika a great humanist and a revolutionary.
“A cultural doyen, Bhupen Hazarika forged a synergy among all geographical territories in the country and brought about unity in the country,” said Gogoi adding that he witnessed ‘lot of similarities between Bhupen Hazarika and Adoor Gopalakrishnan’ as both them acted as bridge between Assam and Kerala, though both the Sates are geographically far off.
Today marks the completion of 15 years of the selfless and unparalleled protest of Irom Sharmila, 42 year old poet and human rights defender from Manipur, India. She has been on hunger strike since 2 November2000, demanding the repeal of the draconian Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) which has been criticized by several national and international bodies. The Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA), Human Rights Alert (Manipur), Amnesty International India and Naga People’s Movement for Human Rights urge Indian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Irom Sharmila and repeal AFSPA. “Irom Sharmila’s 15 year hunger strike is a symbol of a brave...
5th All India Tibet Support Groups conference will be held on the occasion of the 80th birthday of Tibeti leader Dalai Lama and and to discuss present critical situation inside Tibet at Guwahati on November 2-3. Representatives from across India of various Tibet Support Groups organizations will take part in the event to deliberate, discuss and strategize on strengthening the Tibetan movement and Tibet Support Groups in India for the peaceful solution of the issue of Tibet. The purpose of this conference is to highlight the dim, ever growing repressive implementation of Chinese policies and the worsening situation of human rights situation inside Tibet. Not only...
To commemorate the fourth death anniversary of Dr. Bhupen Hazarika, the Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Foundation (BHF), in association with the Care Luit and Pragjyoti Communications, is organizing a national forum at the India Islamic Cultural Center auditorium, New Delhi on November 5, 2015. The forum will be attended by BHF co-founder Tej Hazarika.The singer-songwriter, artist, educationist and film-maker Dr. Bhupen Hazarika was also a peacemaker during times of conflicts. His accomplishments in this area are in the public record. Whereas he appreciated the astonishing diversity within the country as one of its greatest assets, he was acutely aware of the great need for people to cultivate a...
The families of nine police-firing victims in Assam were paid monetary relief recently following the direction of National Human Rights Commission (NHRC). The Assam government has paid altogether rupees 45 lakh as relief to the next of kin of the victims, said a statement issued by the NHRC from New Delhi.The NHRC also pointed out that in all these cases, the State government could not convince the Commission in its response that the encounters were genuine and the police had to open fire in self-defence.“Out of these, four cases were registered by the Commission in the year 2010 under case numbers 230/3/16/2010-ED, 223/3/3/2010-ED, 79/3/20/2010-ED and 127/3/24/09-10-ED. Two other cases...
A crucial meeting of Rahul Gandhi with Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and APCC president Anjan Dutta in New Delhi on Tuesday is expected to clear the picture of a huge political equation in the pre poll political scenario. Sources told Assam Times that Gogoi and Dutta are all set to convince the AICC vice president of the positive impact of the non BJP alliance in the upcoming assembly polls. These parties include AGP, AIUDF, BPF and the Akhil Gogoi-led Gana Mukti Sangram Sammity.“Without any priliminary indication from AGP and AIUDF we are not proceeding with this deal. We the secular forces will be taking on BJP. We hope it would work,” said a senior political leader in New Delhi...
In yet another blow for Asom Gana Parishad, Sootea MLA Padam Hazarika is joining BJP on Tuesday. Hazariaka, the fourth time MLA is welcomed at a function by state unit president Siddharth Bhattacharya in Guwahati. Hazarika, who has been in mile tussle with Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and his close associates in the party is believed to have been preparing to quit the party for the last two years. The regional party suspended him for refusing to toe on the party line in the Rajya Sabha polls last year paving the way for Congress candidate to win.
The Supreme Court is likely to review its ruling on the government advertisements with photogaphs of political leaders. The Centre also is preparing to seek a review of the May 13 judgment were phtographs of Prime Minister, President and CJI only have been allowed in government advertisements.The court is likely to hear the review petitions of West Bengal, Karnataka, Assam and Tamil Nadu government where the Centre, in its affidavits is expected to support the move. The country’s apex court on September 14 agreed to hear the the review petitions from four states and fixed on Tuesday as the date of hearing. The court is also expected to hear a petition filed by the NGO accusing the TN and...
Amid stepped up cases of farmers suicide, the Assam government will probe into the allegatoins of farmer suicide cases during the last 14 years. A government statement announced that additional chief secreatry SC Das will probe the media reports that 3,908 farmers committed suicide during the last 14 years.
Congress MP from Koliabor Gaurav Gogoi demandds intervention by Union minister for water resources Uma Bharti’s interventio to release the outstanding central share of flood and erosion management and erosion schemes. In a recent letter to the minister, Gogoi said that the state is implementing 41 flood management programmes with an estimated cost of Rs 1386 crore with 70:30 funding pattern. But, he said, the Centre has not released its share of Rs 1017 crore. But the state ended up releasing Rs 291 crore. Same it is under the 11th Plan, the state had taken up 100 flood management programmes at an estimated cost of Rs 342 crore and funding pattern of 90:10. The...
Jorhat is gearing up for the international trade fair on Wednesday. Preparations have reached the final stage. Organisers told Assam Times that Bangladesh, Bhutan, Pakistan, Nepal and Thailand would participate in the event apart from many self-help groups, local entrepreneurs and commercial establishments from the country. Organized by Poridhi, a non-governmental organisation, the mega business event will take place at the Jorhat District Sports Association’s playground from October 28 to November 15 this year. Organizers hoped that the event would help the state promote ethnic food among the consumers of the country. Thailand, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Bhutan have...
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