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.
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...
The Assam government is handing over the Louis Berger scam to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) acting on the Gauhati High Court order which received some crucial papers from CID pertaining to the multi crore which surfaced in 2015. Sources told Assam Times that Dispur will write to the country’s premier investigation agency in a day or two asking for a thorough probe into the multi crore scam. The ministry of administration and personnel will send the papers to CBI. According to highly placed sources, during investigation the criminal investigation department found lots of evidence of the Louis Berger kick back which they submitted before the court very recently....
Prime minister Narendra Modi is all set to reshuffle his cabinet on Sunday morning where as many as seven faces are missing paving the way for ten others which include Himanta Biswa Sarma from Assam. Top BJP leaders said that Himanta Biswa Sarma is likely to be inducted as a minister ox state in the new team who has been drawing no less applaud from the central party leadership for his relentless efforts to ensure BJP victory in the assembly polls in Tripura, Meghalaya, Mizoram early next year. “Sarma, the man who is known to be the chief ministerial aspirant would be inducted this time. Modi and party boss Amit Shah finalized the move firstly to...
Though miles away from their homeland, Assamese people residing in Chennai along with Association Chennai donated ₹ 1 lakh towards the Chief Minister Flood relief Fund. 32 assamese people staying in chennai donated towards this relief fund. It is also to be mentioned that many tamil employees of a company named Vardhaman from Erode district of Tamilnadu also donated towards this fund collected in Chennai. On behalf of Assam Association Chennai, Ex-president of Assam Association, Chennai Sulakshan Saikia & Shri Samir Barua handed over the chq of INR 1 lakh to honorable chief Minister Shri Sarbananda Sonowal on August 29, 2017.
Dispur Hospital on Saturday will conduct an evening OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club (GPC) where Dr Raj Kr Dutta (medicine) will be available for free consultations to the GPC members along with their dependents. The camp, where the participants will also get the opportunity to check their blood pressure, will start at 4 pm and conclude by 6 pm.
A low intensity 3.0 earthquake jolted the north eastern state of Nagaland on Friday striking panic button for many people who feared the rerun of the 2015 jolt in Manipur. The earthquake, which originated in Zuhenboto struck the state at 8.41 in the morning which forced many people people in the high rise buildings to come down to the open space. There is, however, no report of any casuslty or loss of property.
Yet another incident of gangrape sends no less shock and anger across the state on Thursday. The victim is battling to survive at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital. The incident took place in Tamulpur areas where the local residents rescued a girl from a house where she was gangraped on Wednesday night. The villagers, further, caught one of the rapists to be thrashed before handing over to the police. The victim was initially rushed to a local hospital and then shifted to the GMCH. A police team is interrogating the arrested rapist to extract the inputs of the whereabouts of other perpetrators. Many local organizations have demanded exemplary...
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