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.
After GNLA, now its turn for National Socialist Council of Nagaland (Khaplang) to announce boycott call of the Independence Day slated for August 15. The Naga rebel outfit has urged the people in the Naga inhibited areas to boycott the celebration of Indian National day. This was stated in a press statement issued by the outfit’s Ministry of Information and Publicity (MIP). “Every Naga citizen must rise to the occasion, confront the illegal colonization, reassert our birthright, uphold the legacy passed onto us by our pioneers and commit oneself to liberate our nation.” Said the outfit.
A disturbing news indeed suggesting the decade long to check erosion in Majuli. The largest river island on this planet has reduced it size over 28 per cent in 2013from 733.79 sq km in 1940.This was what Union Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Sanjeev Kumar Balyan told Parliament on Thursday as he was responding to a question on the erosion menace that poses threat to the premier seat of neo Vishanavism.Quoting the record he received from Dispur the Union minister said the land mass area of Majuli Island has reduced from 733.79 sq km as per Survey of India map of 1940 to about 522.73 sq km in year 2013.He said, “As per satellite...
Yet another flood wave starts wreaking no less havoc in Patgaon bazaar and it's adjoining areas rendering over 100 families over a night in Kokrajhar district on Thursday.. The river Kalashi is overflowing after the incessant rains that lashed the district during the last 24 hours and amany areas have come under the surging waters. Local residents here blamed lack of proper cannel or drainage system to pass the surfing river waters which takes place at regular intervals. The circle officer from Kokrajhar visited the marooned people and assessed the situation on Wednesday afternoon.
A local court in Agartala on Monday called illegal the closure of a media house without compensating the employees giving a huge relief to a good number of journalists who lost jobs eight years back. The judgement came out on Monday when West Tripura district and session judge Ruhidas Pal heared the case filed by journalist Prasenjit Chakravartty against North East Multi Media owned by former Union minister Matang Sinh, who is now in jail in the multi crore chit fund scam. Matang Sinh owned several private satellite television channels like NETV, NE HiFi, NE Bangla, Hmar TV, Focus TV and HyTV though later all the channels got closed one after another. Veteran Congress leader and minister...
Many organizations and individuals have stood by Lafiqul Islam Ahmed’s family members in Kokrajhar after unidentified gunmen killed the minority student leader. Nearly 45 people have signed an open letter to Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal demanding sustainable support to the bereaved family members of the student leader who was killed on August 1. These signatories suggested the Chief Minister a job to the victim’s family member to prove his good will and a sense of social justice. They appreciated Sonowal for constituting a special investigation team to probe the murder and referring the case to CBI for probe.
Come Monday. Amapti wears a festive look since preparations are afoot to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the South West Garo Hills. Meghalaya Chief Minister Dr Mukul Sangma is scheduled to attend the day celebration at the district headquarters on Monday. All departments of the five year old district are gearing up to outline their performance and achievement during the celebrations. A few of these departments is preparing to make the people aware of the various welfare schemes meant to uplift the common people. It would be another focus of the celebrations. The celebration is taking place at Ampati Students' Field on Monday morning with a huge gathering at 11.30...
A group of Chakma people from Mizoram staged dharna in New Delhi on Sunday alleging that even after clearing the entrance test, Chakma students from the north eastern state was denied admission in the premier medical colleges. Many Chakma students thronged the Jantar Mantar in the capital at 11 in the morning and staged a sit-in alleging utter racial discrimination and willful negligence by the authority. . Talking to Assam Times, the protestors said,” we have no option but to resort to protest since our four student friends were denied admission in BBS course even after they stood 4th, 9th, 17th and 23rd in Mizoram in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET),...
Watertight security is back across Assam since only a few days are left for the Independence Day. Army, police and para military forces are fanning in the nook and corner of the north eastern state to restrict the insurgents who have been trying to disrupt the celebration of the red letter day. Vital roads and bridges, rail and bus heads, oil and gas installations are being heavily guarded to avert any attempt of the disruptive forces like ULFA(I) and NDFB (S). Similar beefed up security arrangement is in sight at the district and sub divisional headquarters across the state where ministers, MLAs and top officials are unfurling the national tricolor in the morning to be followed by the...
The Assam Government, NEEPCO and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad is set to hold a tripartite talks on Monday to break the impasse over the Lower Subansiri hydel project and Ranganadi project. The Assam Government assured AJYCP of the path breaking tripartite talks forcing the influential pressure group to break the fast in Lakhimpur on Saturday. Talking to Assam Talks, AJYCP protestors said ,”we have broke the fast after we received a letter from chief secretary VK Pipersenia who assured us of a tripartite talks with NEEPCO to solve the impasse. Now let’s see what comes out on Monday.” Lakhimpur deputy commissioner Barun Bhuyan handed over the letter to the...
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has urged President Ram Nath Kovind to set up a Presidential retreat in the north eastern region. Sonowal proposed it when he made the newly elected president at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi on Saturday.He said the region of eight states would be happy to have a Presidential retreat in lines with the Retreat Building at Mashobra in Shimla and the Rashtrapati Nilayam in Hyderabad.According to an official statement, “A Presidential Retreat in the North-east, besides the existing ones in the North and South will symbolise the unity of the country apart from signifying the unity of our diverse cultures and people of the country."
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