The mortal remains of Anjan Dutta were consigned to flames on Friday a day after the APCC president died of cardiac arrest in New Delhi. After last respect to the lifeless former minister in Guwahati and Sivasagar, Dutta’s body was taken to Gaurisagar where he was cremated with full state honour in the afternoon. Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma, MP Ripun Bora were prominent among those who were present at the cremation ground. Before that thousands of bereaved Congress men received Dutta’s body at the Jorhat Airport in the morning and was taken to Sivasagar to facilitate his fans to pay their last respect in Sivasagar town and his birth place Gayan gaon.
Dutta died of cardiac ailment on Thursday morning at the All India Institute of Medical Science a couple of weeks after he was rushed to it. The party in rank and file have condoled his death and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members.
The United Liberation Front of Asom (I) had strongly criticized Ravi Shankar a day after the spiritual leader urged the north eastern rebels to shun the path of violence and offered to broker peace between the rebels and the government. In a hard hitting statement, ULFA(I) military head Paresh Baruah said he and his organization won't buy the word rehabilitation and that ULFA(I) would continue the struggle till it achieved the goal. We are leaving for our visitors the full text of the letter. Major General Paresh Asom Vice Chairman cum Chief of Staff United Liberation Front of Asom [Independent] United Liberation Force of Asom [Independent] Dated‐08‐09‐2017 To Mr. Ravi Shankar...
The United Liberation Front of Asom (I) has expressed grave concern over the pathetic plight of thr power front and blamed the ruling clique for keep it in these state of affairs for years. In a statement released to the media on Friday, the rebel outfit said the commoners are kept far away from the electricity access. The commoners have yet to get thr benefit of electricity in real sense of the term where thr ruling class has to be blamed.
Assam Governor Banwarilal Purohit advocated the need for integrating differently able children into the main stream of the society as they constitute a sizeable pool of human resources of the our State. Speaking at the 31st foundation day function of Sahayika Sishu Nirdeshan Kendra, Guwahati at Rabindra Bhawan in the city on Wednesday evening, Governor Purohit hailed the efforts of Sishu Nirdeshan Kendra which has been working with passion and dedication since 1986 to integrate the children with special needs to the main stream of the society and ensuring their dignified life. Acknowledging the role of the teachers and other support staff of Sashu Nirdeshan Kendra,...
Spiritual leader Ravi Shankar on Thursday evinced keen interest to broker peace with the rebel groups operating in the north eastern region. Talking to media in the sidelines of the meeting of the north eastern indigenous groups in Guwahati, thr spiritual leader said hr wants the region to restore peace with active role of the rebel groups. Flanked by ULFA(I), leader Anup Chetia he said ,“Several youth have already expressed their desire to come overground if the government ensures a respectable deal. They are watching how the government handles the case of the 68 youth who recently surrendered in Manipur with our intervention,” he revealed. He said...
Nagaland Chief Minister, T R Zeliang gas sought an immediate step to improve air connectivity in the north Easter state. Zelisng raised the issue as he held a meeting with Rajiv Bansal, Chairman & Managing Director of Air India; Rajat Kumar, Vice President of Indigo Airlines and Sanjay Kumar, Chief Commercial Officer of Indigo Airlines in New Delhi on Wednesday. He requested both the Airlines to consider adding more flights and to ensure that the flights are operated without any disruption. CMD Air India, Rajiv Bansal assured that Dimpaur – Kolkata flights would be operated without any disruption while adding that he ...
The Assam assembly session began on a stormy note on Monday where the Opposition Congress walked out of the floor alleging government failure to properly deal with the issues confronting the state and it's people. Apart from flood, Nagaon incident and corruption cases, Congress tried to corner the government for failing to bring down the soaring prices of essential commodities. As the Congress legislators started taking on the government alleging failure, a section of BJP and AGP counterparts trading counter charges against the opposition which resulted in an uproar. When they alleged to have received no positive response from Speaker Hintendra Nath...
Guwahati again organized a green corridor to facilitate a critically ailing baby to rush to New Delhi for better treatment drawing huge applause across the country on Sunday. The green corridor was provided to the ambulance carrying the four-month-old boy to the Lokopriya Gopinath Bordoloi International (LGBI) airport by the Kamrup (metro) district administration which helped the baby quickly reach the airport. Known as Snigdharaag Bhuyan, the four year old kid now is battling for life at the the Gangaram Hospital. Officials told Assam Times that Senior superintendent of police (traffic) Amanjeet Kaur monitored the 33-km long green corridor deploying seven police vehicles from Pratiksha...
The Dispur Hospital conducted the weekly evening OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club on Saturday (2 September), where Dr Raj Dutta (medicine) offered free consultations to the participants. Organized under the series of ‘Evening with a Doctor’ programs, the camp witnessed the participation of more than 30 media persons along with their family members, where they also got their blood pressure & sugar checked by hospital workers namely Parismita Gogoi and Jitu Pathak. A physiotherapy camp is scheduled for 8 September (1 pm to 5 pm) at press club premises, whereas the next Saturday (9 September, 4 pm to 6 pm) clinic will be arranged by Hayat Hospital. Another camp on 15 September (3 pm to 4...
A low intensity 3.4 earthquake shook the north eastern state of Manipur on Sunday striking no less panic for many people who feared the rerun of the 2015 jolt. The earthquake, which originated in Imphal struck the state at 2.34 in the morning which forced many people people in the high rise buildings to come down to the open space.
The Rural Development Society celebrated the World Coconut Day with a day long programme at Khanapara . In this context, a popular talk was delivered by Mowsam Hazarika, Assistant Director of agriculture. Hazarika said the World Coconut Day helps people understand that this crop has a vital role in poverty reduction and to provide nutritional and health security, which are the prime need of this hour. Hazarika said Coconut is regarded as a life-giving fruit for its amazing properties and it reduces obesity. It shelters the body from deadly diseases and boosts the metabolism level, thereby extracting excess weight from the body. Moreover, coconut proves to be...
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