The 5th Jeevan Kite & River Festival kicks off with the theme "Brahmaputra Campaign" from January 1, 2016. This campaign is an effort to connect the urban generation with the river. The event will continue till January 7 at Rajaduwar Ghat, near Sukreswar Park, Guwahati. Kite flying, adventure sports, cultural shows are some attractions of the event.
Normal life comes to a grinding halt from early in the morning following AGP’s 10 hour statewide bandh in protest against the Indo-Bangla land swap deal a day after the Rajya Sabha cleared the bill.Vehicles, mostly, are off from the roads. Shops and markets, schools and colleges, offices and banks are not opening under the impact of the bandh.The bandh is partial in Guwahati along with the Barak valley districts. ASTC buses are plying in Guwahati apart from a few other private buses.
Police heads from 10 states are devising an effective mechanism to efficiently deal with the rising incidents of crimes in the cities at an ongoing convention in Guwahati. Speakers at the 3 days convention in the premier north eastern region stressed smart policing to help the cities get rid of the criminal elements.In his opening address on Wednesday Chief minister Tarun Gogoi said smart policing goes a long way to ensure safety and security of the common people. Apart from DGP Khagen Sarma, chief secretary JS Khusla, commissioner MGKV Bhanu along with senior police and civil officers attended the opening ceremony.
Despite a seismic wave of protest, the Rajya Sabha passed the Indo-Bangla land swap bill on Wednesday to operationalise. The bill would be passed in the Lok Sabha with the help of the main Opposition party. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj moved the Constitution (One Hundred and Nineteenth Amendment) Bill, 2013 in the upper House in the morning to be unanimously passed with 180 votes in favour and none against it.Brought by the UPA government in 2013, the Bill amends the First Schedule of the Constitution to give effect to an agreement entered into by India and Bangladesh on the acquiring and transfer of territories between the two countries on May 16, 1974.Then prime minister...
Hardly a month is left for New Dehli and Dhaka to implement the land swap deal. If an Indian in Bangladeshi enclaves want to stay there, he or she will get Bangladeshi citizenship. If a Bangladeshi national living in Indian enclaves want to stay, they are free to get Indian citizenship.This was more or less of what Sushma Swaraj told in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.Moving the Constitution (One Hundred and Nineteenth Amendment) Bill, 2013 in the upper House on Wednesday morning, the external affairs minister made it plain and simple that no movement of population was necessitated by the exchange of enclaves.The constitutional amendment bill to operationalise the agreement was introduced in...
Amid statewide protest over the Indo-bangla land deal, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for re inclusion of Assam in the treaty which was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. In a letter, Gogoi told Modi that it would not only serve national and state interests but also help in finding a permanent solution to the long standing India-Bangladesh border disputes in the Assam. According to Gogoi, it would also facilitate erection of fencing in undemarcated areas and help prevent illegal infiltration of foreigners, subversive elements and smuggling etc by sealing the porous border.
The government on Wednesday made it plain and simple that there is no fresh peace process with the militant outfits operating in the state.Disclosing this before media in Guwahati, DGP Khagen Sarma said those willing to join the national mainstream are free to come forward for parleys.
Where is Ingti Kathar Songbijit? Is the NDFB-S boss preparing to foment fresh trouble? DGP Khagen Sarma has the information. Talking to reporters in Guwahati on Wednesday, Sarma said the dreaded militant leader has been hiding somewhere outside the country. “He is advising his fellow militants from outside the country,” said the DGP after he attended a function in Guwahati on Wednesday. But what about G Bidai alias Bishnu Goyari? The NDFB-S vice-president who unleashed the December-end bloodbath is believed to have been criss crossing between India and Bhutan if Sarma is to be believed.Sarma said there was no question of withdrawing operation against the Bodo militant ...
The Kaimganj district sessions judge strongly questioned the shifting of Siddique Ahmed during his judicial custody which ended yesterday. After allowing the former minister to leave the jail on bail, the judge said that the way the former minister was shifted to SMCH from civil hospital is objectionable. Notably, Ahmed was initially taken to Karimganj Hospital when he complained uneasiness after he was sent to jail. But when he failed to recover the jail authorities shifted to the SMCH with out any permission.
BPF ruled BTC administration has announced nominated six members to the BTC Legislative Assembly after few days taking oath of office and secrecy for third consecutive terms on Tuesday after a threadbare sitting of the council and party office bearers in Guwahati. According to sources, the members are nominated from various communitites which were not represented in the eldction which comprises of four women and two men which included Puleswary Devi (Salakati), Purnima Chetry( Chirang), Amal Prabha Shutradhar(Bijni), Triven Sangma (Parbatjhora),Sabita Rubi Das (Bijni) and Gitima Das (Gossaigaon).The names of six nominated members have been sent to governor's office for node of approval...
The Dispur Hospital has organized another Hepatitis B vaccination camp for scribes at Guwahati Press Club today (5 May 2015). The city based media persons, who had already taken the first dose of Hepatitis B vaccine on 5 April last, attended the camp for second (and final) dose of Hepatitis B vaccine.As many scribes could not take the vaccine for various assignments another Hepatitis B vaccination camp is organized at Guwahati Press Club on next Monday (11 May). The camp will start at 11 am in the press club premise and continue till 1 pm. The interested member-journalists are requested to contact the press club office or Ujjal Saikia, public relation officer...
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