Luitpar Club in Narengi Campus of Oil India Limited recently organized a unique initiative for encouraging reading habit among the residents, primarily the young people in the colony. The club supplied various books in Assamese, English, Hindi and Bengali language to the households under Rasaraj Lakshminath Bezbaruah mobile library.
The program was launched by journalist Nava Thakuria on 21 July in presence of Luitpar Club president, its secretary Narayan Majumder, senior members including Padmeswar Kalita, Haren Sarma, Jadav Kalita, Tapas Bhattacharya, Hira Rajbongshi etc.
Only the Government of India and international pressure can persuade China to abstain from diverting water of Yarlung Zangbo. There must be a billater treaty between New Delhi and Beijing on Brahmaputra,said Chandan Kumar Duarah, a environmentalist and Senior Journalist in Asomiya Pratidin. The fear of Assam on diversion of water of the Brahmaputra was not baseless. China plans to divert waters of the river to drought effects Xinjiang and its Taklimakan desert. Chinese engineers have submitted plans of building a 1,000 km tunnel to divert from Tibet to arid region in the north of Tibet, reports Stephen Chen on Monday. He says that the Brahmaputra may not die if China diverts the river...
With deep grief and anger hundreds of people in Guwahati thronged Ganesguri the victims of the October 30 serial blast in 2008. All they lit up many earthen lamps in memory of those left killed in the deadliest blast there apart from Panbazar and CJM Court premises. “Still I remember the nightmare when the bomb exploded beneath the flyover as I was going to Hengrabari. The moment the explosion took place with a huge sound I noticed the smoke bellowing from the spot. The commotion, cries and agony of those left half dead. Beyond that I can't explain right now,” said Bisheswar Das who was one of the eye witnesses. Devika Das, a resident of Ganeshguri started...
Assam Congress in rank and file have gone all out against Kamakhya Prasad Tasa a day after the Jorhat Lok Sabha MP called Gandhi and Nehru garbage. Many Congress leaders and workers hit the streets in Guwahati demanding an apology from Tasa alleging that the BJP MP has lost his mental balance. Many Congress workers have demanded immediate arrest of the BJP leader calling it s national shame. In his social media status, Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi has condemned Tasa and demander public apology for his remark on the father of the nation. “This is more than a shame to have heard it from the mouth of a BJP MP. In fact, Tasa has no study. He is unqualified. He needs to be...
A state level advisory panel in Assam cleared the decks on Sunday for Akhil Gogoi to move the court for bail. Gogoi, who was arrested under the National Security Act is moving a bail petition before the Gauhati High Court in a day or two. The advisory panel listened to the case pertaining to the arrest of the KMSS leader and will take up it again on October 26. Gogoi was arrested under NSA last month a couple of weeks after he was lodged in Dibrigarh Central Jail for openly urging the common people to remain prepared for an armed struggle.
Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has strongly condemned the repeated murder of scribes in the country and urged the Union government in New Delhi to formulate a strict policy to safeguard the media persons. The scribe’s forum expressed shock that one more journalist (Rajesh Mishra from Uttar Pradesh) was killed on Saturday to erode India’s journo-murder index. Media reports from Lucknow confirmed that journalist Mishra (40), who used to work for Dainik Jagaran, was shot dead by three motorcycle-borne gunmen at Kailash Nagar locality of Gazipur district on 21 October 2017. With the assassination of Mishra, who was inclined to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, India has lost nine journalists in...
A Teacher's Environmental Leadership Workshop in Guwahati on Saturday stressed the need to concentrate on environment for a better tomorrow. Organized under the aegis of Kids For Tigers - The Sanctuary Tiger Programme, at the Maria's Public School, in the city, the programme started with an address by Biswajit De to be followed by an introductory talk about the Kids For Tigers programme. The Kids For Tigers programme has been implemented with select schools of Guwahati and Tezpur by Green Guard Nature Organization since several years. The screening of 'How Whales Change Climate' was followed by a talk by Mr. Ramananda Haloi about his experiences at the Kids...
Assam Society for Social Audit is conducting a public hearing on Monday and Tuesday in the Block premises of Chaygaon Dev block at 11 AM onwards. The Cluster level hearing will be conducted on the basis of the findings of social audit conducted from September 9 to September 19 and any wage seeker or villager having any grievances may directly come to the public hearing platform. The Gaon Panchayats to be included in the hearing are 70 No. Dakhin Pub Loki GP, 76 No. Dakhin Pachim Luki, 9 No. Dakhin Pub Boko, 75 No Dakhin Luki, 74 No. Pub Luki, 69 No. Dakhin Pachim Boko, 6 No. Uttar Dakhin Bongaon, 8 No. Dakhin Bongaon, 53. No...
The All India Education Movement (AIEM) focussed education for the minoroties in Assam as it held an interactive meet of the personalities engaged in this sector at thd Gauri Sadan in Guwahati on Saturday. AIEM, a non-political outfit, had planned an All India Educational Caravan in co-operation with Saiyid Hamid Foundation, New Delhi. The Caravan is presently travelling through ten states of northern, eastern and central India for 13 days from October 17 to 29. Starting from Agra on October 17, the Caravan travelled through Lucknow, Kanpur, Patna, and Kishanganj to reach Guwahati on the morning of Saturday. The meet in the city was presided over by...
Acclaimed medicine specialist Dr Brajen Lahkar will conduct the next weekly evening OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club on 21 October 2017. The practicing doctor from the State’s well-known healthcare institution Dispur Hospital will be available for free consultations to the participants from 4 to 6 pm at the press club premises. The last Saturday camp, organized under the ‘Evening with a Doctor’ program for the benefit of press club members along with their dependants, was graced by Dr Siben Dutta and Dr Santos Reddy from the city based Down Town Hospital. Launched in August 2016 with initial supports from Dr Jayanta Bardoloi, managing director of Dispur Hospital in raising a doctor's...
Department of Bodo of Chaiduar College organised one day youth motivational programme on good social regeneration for the students at the college campus on 18th October. It was organised to sensitise young people to develop themselves as human resource and contribute for the welfare and positive social transformation in the society. Dr Anjan Kr Ojah, Principal of the college inaugurated the programme and encouraged participating students to participate in similar programme for their benefit and for the benefit of the society. Dr Dipak Das , Vice Principal of the college persuaded the students by singing Bodo version of ‘ Manuhe Manuhe Babe ‘ and appealed the students to...
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