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 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.
Congress is all set to form the Tiwa Autonomous Council on October 9.The process to form the council gathered momentum two days after the Gauhati High Court asked the ruling party to form the council.Top leaders of the ruling party met in Dispur on Monday where they decided to form the council on October 9.
A Dibrugarh-based doctors has been remaining traceless for the last couple of days from New Delhi. According to reports, Dr Hemroam Pegu who owns a nursing home in the town has gone missing after he arrived in New Delhi on September 23.As soon as he was understood to have left a hotel in Paharganj Hotel the doctor has been remaining incommunicado.
At least 40 persons have been missing when the machine boat carrying them met with a mishap in the river Kolohi in the outskirt of Guwahati on Monday.The incident took place when the overcrowded boat carrying more than 300 people capsized in the middle of the river after it hit at wooden bridge at around one in the afternoon.Many people managed to swim out while more than 40 others are missing forcing the authority to launch a search operation by SDRF. Details are awaited.
Security forces killed two suspected militants at an encounter in Dhubri district on Monday. The encounter took place at Chalibhui in the morning where the ultras died on the spot. Army and police jointly launched an operation in the area in the wee hours where the militants were killed at 3:50 in the morning. An AK-56 rifle, one 9mm pistol, two hand grenades, 40 rounds of AK ammunition were seized from the spot.
Scams after scams seem to have crippled the Karbi Anglong Hills Autonomous Council. This time the epicenter is forest department where an astronomical Rs 90 lakh fund is shown to have utilized in the name of a park in the hills district which really does not exist.Shown to have been set up at Hamren, fund was released in four phases in 2012. But it was a white lie if an enquiry report is to be believed. According to the which has yet to be made public, the forest department claimed to have utilized Rs 90 lakh in 2012 in the name of the park in Hamren.The scam came to light when deputy secretary Tenson Engti was on visit to Hamren for the spot inquiry.The department sent the proposal of the...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday urged 'Super 30' founder to undertake a similar project in Guwahati.Gogoi had a detailed discussion with Anand Kumar in Guwahati at his official residence as he was on a visit to the city for the day. Gogoi had visited 'Super 30' office in Patna in 2010 and praised Kumar's initiative. a
A West Siang based NGO Mother's Vision is working relentlessly on its mission towards drug addiction, health and hygiene, cleanliness and growing adolescent abuses in West Siang district for the last one year. The organization has been garnering over whelming support of womenfolk after covering 33 sectors and colonies of Aalo township.The representatives from 33 sectors congregated at the office of Mother's Vision, divided themselves in groups and set all out to check and give awareness campaign on sale of illegal items in the ghumtis that are largely responsible for spoiling the life of adolescent boys and girls.
A glimpse of the rare clash of football at Nehru stadium between media men and artists pulling hue crowd on Saturday organized to raise fund for the flood affected people. The artists were led by hearth throb Zubeen Garg while senior journalist Pranay Bordoloi led the media men. As goal keeper pic.twitter.com/1UmL9XoOZf— atanu bhuyan (@atanubhuyan) September 26, 2015
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