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 gearing up for the assembly polls early next year. His government is preparing to dole out a huge Rs. 862 crore fund to distributed among the flood-hit people likely from November-end.Addressing a press conference in Dispur on Saturday, Gogoi said the huge amount would percolate benefit for 76.41 lakh people.“With this amount will help people repair the damaged houses apart from distributing yarn for weavers, seeds to farmers, blankets to poor people and pensions to senior citizens.
An uneasy situation prevails in Dhubri and Cachar districts after an irate mob clashed with police near temple forcing the administration to clamp curfew on Saturday. The epicenter is Agomoni area in Dhubri district a day after a group clash near a temple in Kaldoba area.The situation vitiated in the morning when as a guge group of hit the streets in protest against the clash on Friday. A section of the protestors damaged a few shops in the area beside set a motorcycle on fire. The police sprang upon the mob where many people sustained injury. The situation spread to Silchar. But police brought the situation under control. BJP MLA Dilip Paul along with another BJP leader...
Arunachal Pradesh governor JP Rajkhowa attended the Srimanta Sankardev birth anniversary celebration at the Kristi Kendra in Naharlagun on Saturday.In his speech, Rajkhowa said that Sankardeva was one of the greatest saints of medieval India. He was one of the most versatile legendary personalities of all times from the north eastern region, who played the role of a saviour of humanity in the region.According to Rajkhowa, the saint was a social reformer, who advocated for a casteless society, for betterment and welfare of women, and strongly opposed bloody sacrifices.
The annual felicitation ceremony of meritorious student of Mishmi and sportsperson under the ageis of cultural & literary society of Mishmi was held in Itanagar on Saturday.Eight students in academic excellence of 2015 -16 and sports brilliance were honoured in the function. They were awarded with a certificate and a cash prize of Rs 10,000 each to Class – XII highest marks scorer from three different streams.
A former MLA lands in trouble for alleged misappropriation for fund meant for the development of his local area. He is none other than Pranab Kalita against whom the Kamrup (Rrural) district administration has filed a case alleging sheer misappropriation for the fund.Initially, acting on the allegations of gross misappropriation of the funds during his stint as MLA in Palasbari assembly constituency, Deputy Commissioner asked the circle officer to institute an enquiry. The Deputy Commissioner is understood to have filed the case on the basis of the disclosure suggesting gross misappropriation of the fund.
All is not well with BJP six months ahead of the assembly polls. One after another embarrassment awaits the poll bound party. From big dam to land boundary, rolling red carpet for Bangladeshis to internal bickering, the party has many hurdles to be crossed to reach the people. Same scene is clear in Congress. Riddled with revolt and alleged corruption by a section of ministers, the party hopes against the hopes just at the threshold of the assembly polls after the end of the third consecutive terms. With a slew of questions we approached Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) founder leader Prodyut Bora for an assessment of the state’s pre poll political landscape. Have a look....Assam Times: Delhi...
A mild intensity tremor rattled Assam creating no less panic across the state on Friday. The tremor struck at 10-22 at night forcing the panic stricken people in the high rise buildings to come down fearing a disaster. Originated in Myanmar, the intensity of the tremor stands at 4.7 in the Richter scale.
In a major boost wildlife conservation efforts, Goutam Narayan is the first Indian to have received the Harry Messel Award for his role to preserve the north eastern pygmy hog. His name figured in the recent IUCN Species Survival Commission Leaders' summit in Abu Dhabi. According to the citation, Narayan has been awarded in recognition of his pivotal role in the Pygmy Hog Conservation Programme in the region since 1995 which would help the country save a whole genus from extinction.
Assam Congress president Anjan Dutta strongly criticized PB Acharya alleging that the governor has been behaving like a BJP leader.Speaking at a function at the state party headquarter in Guwahati on Friday, Dutta accused Acharya of trying to foment an orgy of communal riot in the state in the pre poll scene.Dutta criticized the governor a day after chief minister publicly tore apart Acharya for discussing political activities at the Raj Bhawan with a delegation of BJP leaders.
Nine Haj pilgrims from Assam sustained serious injury at the Mecca stamped on Thursday. Identified as Jahanur Begum, she as been battling for life at the Al Jadid Hospital. This was stated by the ministry of external affairs in New Delhi.Four other pilgrim hailing from Karimganj district are believed to have been battling for life at the hospital. Details are awaited.Our emergency Nos in Mecca : 00966125458000 00966125496000 Toll free number for pilgrims in Saudi Arabia : 8002477786— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) September 24, 2015
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