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.
Dipankar Nath and Lurinjyoti Gogoi assumed office as AASU president and general secretery respectively on Thursday. The duo took oath at a function organized at the Swahid Nyash Bhawan where out going adviser Dr Samujjal Bhattacharya , president SP Roy and general secretary Tapan Gogoi hope that the new leadership would be able to safeguard the interest of the people.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi has arrived in Guwahati on Thursday after cutting short his Australia visit. Immediately after landing in the capital, Gogoi met senior officers and reviewed relief and rescue of the people of Assam in the quake-hit Nepal . He left for Australia a day after a massive tremor ravaged the Himalaya kingdom.
Surface communication remains totally disrupted across the state on Thursday following the 12 hour chakka bandh in protest against the proposed road safety bill. Only the government run buses are running on the road causing inconvenience of the common people.
A quake survivor is battling for life at AIIMS after he was shifted to Delhi on Wednesday. Abhijit Barua who was on visit to Nepal sustained serious injury in the massive tremor on Saturday was initially rushed to a local hospital in Kathmandu was flown to AÍIMS on Wednesday where he was taken to the country's premier hospital for better treatment.
Yet another quake survivor family is arriving in Guwahati on Thursday. Arjun Upadhyay and his family members arrived in Delhi on Wednesday by an IAF plane. " We are fine and ready to leave to Guwahati on Thursday," they told Assam Times.
In yet another clash that sends shock and anger, miscreants killed a local youth in Kamrup on Thursday. The clash took place at Bihdiya in Chaygaon at a bihu function in the wee hours where Tirth Das received grave injury to be shifted to GMCH where he died. Police, meanwhile, held local youth Ranjit Kalita in this connection. Talking to Assam Times, the local residents blamed liquor consumption for the incident.
Five more people from Assam who escaped death in Nepal are arriving Guwahati on Thursday. All these people who sustained injury in Nepal were flown to Delhi three days are all set to come to Guwahati on Thursday.
There is no trace of two people from Assam who went missing during the massive tremor in Nepal on Saturday. "We have not been able to find out the duo. But we are still trying to ascertain their whereabouts," said an officer who deals with the calamity.
The bodies of six women who died in Nepal tremor were cremated in Guwahati on Wednesday. People thronged in thousands at their houses in Guwahati when the bodies arrived in the morning a day after these bodies reached Delhi. After paying last respect, the bodies were taken to the Navagraha to be cremated.
The Dispur Hospital has organized another Hepatitis B vaccination camp for scribes at Guwahati Press Club on 5 May 2015. The city based media persons, who had already taken the first dose of Hepatitis B vaccine on 5 April last, are being requested to attend the next vaccination camp for second (and final) dose of Hepatitis B vaccine without fail.Caused by the hepatitis B virus, Hepatitis B is an infectious disease that affects the human liver. It can cause both acute and chronic infections. Shockingly many people may have no symptom during the initial infection. The virus is transmitted by exposure to infectious blood or body fluids. The infection has been preventable by vaccination...
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