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.
A circle of Congress MLAs and former student leaders are all set to join BJP. This was more or less of what a senior BJP leader said.He told Assam Times that these sitting Congress MLAs are in close touch with the central leaders. Once the green signal is received, they would be invited to Delhi for finalizing the deal.Former AGP leader Pulakesh Baruah has already joined the party. Then they would be free to join the party hardly a year before the assembly polls.
Normal life comes to a grinding halt in Barak valley districts on Friday following the 12 hour bandh in protest against the arrest of Siddique Ali Ahmed.Vehicles are not plying on the roads from 6 in the morning while the businessmen down their shutters till 6 in the evening. The former minister’s supporters, in large numbers, came out to the roads to enforce the bandh. There is no report of any untoward incident during the bandh hours.The former minister from Karimganj was sent to jail in an assault case on Thursday triggering clash of police and his supporters.
All is not well with Assam BJP if the scheme of things within the party are any indication. If these are allowed to continue, the party will have to pay heavy price in the assembly polls early next year. This was what BJP’s internal note available with the central leadership. According to reliable sources, the party is still not prepared to take on Congress in the assembly polls. The internal inputs find lack of comfortable cooperation among the party leaders. The confidential report further outlines lack of media management and connection with grass root level workers.The party’s central leadership is expected to study the report and is likely to act accordingly. The state is all set...
The Kamrup Metro district administration formed a Special Committee for the inspection of schools in the city. The team visited several schools in the city during the month. On April 21, the team visited Little Flower School located in the heart of Hatigaon to ensure its compliance with Supreme Court guidelines and the provisions under RTE.The school established on March 22, 1988 has since become a center of education for people in the area. Findings of the team did not turn out to be as alarming as the reports published in three print editions of the city later appeared to be. The reports saddened the school administration and the students alike.According to the reports published the team...
Guwahati Judo Council annual Day was celebrated at Judo Hall, Guwahati on Thursday. The Guwahati Judo council also felicitated twenty players players and medalists in national, north-east and inter-district Championships last Year. by Gunamoni Sarmah
The Centre has exempted Assam from the land deal with Bangladesh. The union cabinet finalised the decision on wednesday. Minister Sarbananda Sonowal told Assam Times that the goverment has done it honouring the sentiments of the people who have been opposing it.
Yet another body of pilgrim from Assam has been identified in Nepal. Identified as Padma Mazumdar, the resident of Hengrabari area of Guwahati has been traceless since the massive tremor ravaged the Himalaya kingdom. Her son and son in law discovered her decomposed body from Chising Hospital in Kathmandu on Thursday. The body would be flown to New Delhi on Friday and after post mortem it would be sent to Guwahati.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi has come down heavily on prime minister Narendra Modi a day after the union cabinet dropped Assam from the purview of the land swap deal with Bangladesh. Addressing a press conference in Dispur, Gogoi said the decision would harm the state. "Now we can't complete the border fencing smoothly only of centre"s political decision," said the chief minister.
Siddique Ahmed has been jailed after Karimganj police arrested the former minister on Thursday in connection with an assault case. Karimganj police arrested him as the court rejected his petition where he was resent. For the last several months he has been ignoring the court summon in connection with a case filed against him by Razaul Karim. His supporters who were waiting outside the court premised clashed with police when Ahmed was arrested.
The liquor tragedy toll in Titabor has gone upto 5 with the death of two more people on Thursday. Bipul Saikia and Bohagi Santhal died on Thursday at JMCH four days after the duo were admitted along with 20 others. They started vomitting and complained of stomach ache hours after they consumed illicit liquor at Dholi tea garden. Three died on the same day. With this, the toll has gone upto 5.
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