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.
Another middle-aged journalist, this time it is in poll-bound Bihar, has lost his life to the perpetuators. Mithilesh Pandey, 40, was shot dead on 25 October 2015 in his hometown under Gaya district. According to the family source, the miscreants (two masked persons) entered the victim’s house on Saturday evening and shot at him to death. Pandey was taken to a nearby hospital by his family members, but he succumbed to injuries after some time. Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has condemned the incident and reiterate its demand for a national policy for justice to all slain media persons across the country. The murder of Pandey has increased the tally of slaughtered media persons in India this...
The Jorhat police have arrested 2 youths on Sunday for their recent attack on an Austria tourist couple. Two others involves in the incident have surrendered. Senior police officials have been interrogating all the four youths at the Sadar police station. They attacked the couple when they were on the way back from Kokilamukh where the car was damaged. They were rescued by the local residents and police before being taken away to the Jorhat Circuit House. The next day the couple left for Myanmar via Nagaland.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi announced on Sunday that the South Asian Games would take place from February 6 to 16. Addressing a crowded press conference in Dispur, Gogoi said Guwahati and Shillong will host the event with the help of the state and Centre. According to Gogoi, the Centre would sponsor the event and that the state governments in Assam and Meghalaya will only facilitate.
In yet another major breakthrough, police have captured a youth from Goalpara on Sunday who along with five others who looted Rs 2.80 crore from a Brinks Arya vehicle in Guwahati five days back. Identified as Nayan Barman, he was caught during a special operation by crime branch in the wee hours. Rs 35 lakh in cash was seized from his possession. Police have already arrested five others including the driver a day after they looted the HDFC cash brought to deposit at ATM booths.
Eminent author-journalist Bertil Lintner, who is recognized as an expert on Myanmar (Burma or Brahmadesh) affairs, feels that the pro-democracy Burmese icon Aung San Suu Kyi would have little political power in post-poll Myanmar even though her part National League for Democracy (NLD) sweeps the general election.Attending the ‘Guest of the Month’ program of Guwahati Press Club (GPC) on 24 October 2015, the Swedish journalist however hopes that the November 8 polls would bring a ray of hope for the people of Burma. Refuting the possibility of Suu Kyi being the next President of Myanmar, Bertil predicts that the present President Then Sein would win the Presidency for second time.Currently a...
Yet another incident of farmer suicide strikes tragedy in Chirang district of Assam. The incident took place in Bijni area where a poor famer committed suicide. Identified as Lakheswar Rai, he hanged himself at his own residence. He has been suffering from acute financial crisis for the last several months.
A special on Saturday at Haflong is all set to end the on going deadlock at the North Cachar Hillls Autonomous district council on Friday. Convened by Governor PB Acharya, The session is begining at 9 in the morning where BJP leader Niranjan Hojai is expected to be elected as Chief Executive Member of the council. Then Hojai would be able to select other executive member at his discretion. BJP a couple of weeks ago met the governor and staked claimed to form the council saying that the Debojeet Thaosen led executive body reduced to majority. When asked, Thaosen resigned before facing the floor test. The governor then asked the chairman to form a new executive body on Saturday. Mohet...
NorthEast United FC beat Atletico de Kolkata by 1-0 in the Match 19 of the Hero Indian Super League clash in Guwahati on Friday. Striker Nicolas Velez scored the mch needed goal for NEUFC in the 77th minute. The Argentine striker scored for the second successive game as NorthEast won two matches on the trot after losing three matches in a row. The Highlanders are now sixth on the table with six points.
A special session of the North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council is expected to pave the way for forming a BJP-led executive body on Saturday. The session is all set to begin at 10 in the morning at Haflong to allow BJP to form the new executive body to run the council a week after the Debojeet Thaosen-led body resigned. BJP has already staked its claim to the form the executive body after more Congress members joined the party in addition to the support from others. Thaosen resigned as chief executive member after he lost his majority forcing the authority to convene a special session. Council chairman Namrathong Hmar is making arrangements as per rules to form a new executive...
The Durga puja din and bustle have died down when the idols of the goddess were immersed on Friday. The immersion started from Thursday afternoon across the state. But all committees will complete the immersion process only on Friday. In Guwahati also, at least 100 puja committees immersed the idols in three places on the river Brahmaputra which took place till midnight. Others in the premier north eastern city are preparing to immerse the idols by 12 noon at the initiatives of the district administration. People thronged in thousands at Kachari Ghat, Pandu Ghat and Noonmati to see the immersion from early in the morning.
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