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.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is stable and he is fit to attend two public meetings in Tinsukia on Wednesday. CMO officials told Assam Times that the doctors attending on Gogoi said that his complaint was not so serious. He complained uneasiness ten minutes after he addressed a meeting of the party workers in Tinsukia on Tuesday.Then he was rushed to the Tinsukia Circuit House to be attended by a team of doctors from the Assam Medical College Hospital.
KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi on Tuesday tore apart Tapan Gogoi and Shankar Prasad Roy alleging that the duo joined BJP only to get rid of CBI who has been probing Saradha scam.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Gogoi dared the student leaders to reveal the secrets of their deal with the Saradha chit fund where they received Rs 25 lakh in 10 cheques. Gogoi targeted the student leaders a day after they formally joined BJP.
The annual award of stipends of the Kamala Bazboruah Memorial Trust (KBMT) was held at the Office of the Directorate of Employment & craftsman training in Guwahati on Tuesday. All together 66 trainees were selected this year to receive the KBMT awards from different ITI’s of Assam. The selection of trainees who receive the award every year was made by the Directorate of Employment & Craftsmen Training, Assam after conducting a test. The objective of the financial incentives to selected trainees was outlined by S.N. Phukan, Managing Trustee. The award was instituted in 2008 as per will of late Amala Bezboruah, who bequeathed her entire...
Yet another tragic accident leaves Raha in utter shock where a school goer was crushed to death by a moving vehicle on Tuesday. The incident took place at 9-30 in the morning at Dighaliati near when a Maruti Alto car bearing No AS-04-C 5077 hit the student from behind on the NH 37.Identified as Bitupan Bordoloi, he was riding on his bicycle to the school when the vehicle hit him from behind. The deceased was a H.S 1st year student of Raha Higher Secendary School.
Assam DGP Khagen Sarma on Tuesday gave hint of an increasing interest of ISIS in the state. Talking to reporters in Guwahati, Sarma said people having internet access have been anxious to know ISIS activities. Sarma said, “Assam is on higher side like Jammu and Kashmir and Andhra Pradesh if the internet search is to be believed. According to him, CID and National Technical Research Organisation have been is monitoring the internet.
NDRF and SDRF personnel have fished out the ill-fated machine boat a day after it capsized in the river Kolohi with overcrowded passengers on Monday.But the SDRF personnel deployed in the search operation have not found even a single body so far. The search operation is expected to end on Tuesday in the absence of any specific missing complaint lodged before the authority. Talking to reporters in Guwahati, DGP Khagen Sama said that the passengers, mostly, might have swam across the river.According to Sarma, “no death of any passenger of the capsized boat has been reported. So, we have presumed that there is no death in the accident.”
Gauhati High Court on October 5 will hear Akhil Gogoi’s PIL alleging anomalies in the civil services examination by the Assam Public Service Commission.A division bench of the court on Monday took serious note on the allegations of disproportionate assets belonging to APSC chairman Rakesh Paul and asked a senior police officer to probe it and file an affidavit accordingly.
Not even a single body has so far been fished out from the river Kolohi after an overcrowded machine boat met with a mishap in the outskirt of Guwahati on Monday.SDFR personnel deployed in the rescue operation will be back in action from Tuesday morning. “Nobody so far formally lodged the complaint of loss before the authority. Without a specific complaint how will be proceed,” a senior SDRF personnel told Assam Times.The incident took place at 1-30 in the afternoon when an overcrowded boat carrying more than 300 people capsized in the river.Local residents told Assam Times that the engine of the boat, carrying the passengers from Chaygaon to Champupara stopped functioning properly as it...
Assam Governor PB Acharya on Monday joined the war of wards against chief minister Tarun Gogoi a week after his alleged political consultation with a BJP delegation triggered no less controversy.Talking to reporters in the sidelines of a function at the Raj Bhawan, Acharya said that he had no political discussion with the BJP delegation that triggers so much controversy. Without naming Gogoi, the governor said somebody is confused with the imminent lose of power.Gogoi along with Congress, AGP have been taking on Acharya for his alleged political consultation with BJP leaders and MPs at the Raj Bhawan.
BJP leader Mrinal Saikia came down heavily on Akhil Gogoi saying that the KMSS leader was addicted. Addressing the reporters in Golaghat on Monday, Saikia called Gogoi a Congress agent. “Akhil is a leader who is addicted to movement and protest. He cannot live a single day without engaging in movement or protest,” said Saikia. The BJP leader filed a PIL alleging presence of Bangladeshi immigrants in Bandardubi, Deochor, Palkhowa areas of Kaziranga.
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