Zaraguri GBF defeat Dhupdhara Academy 6-5
Zaraguri GBF, Gossaigaon defeated Dhupdhara Academy, Goalpara 6-5 via tie breaker shot in the inaugural match of the 19th Daoharu Mungkhlong Football Trophy being kicked off here today at Dotma HS School ground in Kokrajhar district. Both team played draw in the main game.Later,a tie breaker shot was conducted where Zaraguri beat Dhupdara. Tomorrow New Model Club,Udalguri will take on Barhoongkha AC,Kokrajhar . Doneswar Goyary,BTC executive member for sports and youth welfare department inaugurated the opening match in the presence of huge spectator and publics. Altogether 12 teams are participating in the trophy, which included SE Rail, Jharkhand; Coochbehar Municipality Club,West Bengal; Salbagan FC, Gossaigaon; Bardwisikhla FC, Kachugaon; Barhoongkha AC, Kokrajhar; Bongaigaon XI, City Police, Guwahati; ASEB, Guwahati; New Model Club, Udalguri and Dotma DASA XI.
Final match would be played on October 23.
Winning team and runners up team would be awarded trophy along with cash 50,000 and trophy and cash 25,000 respectively.
Sangkharlal Brahma,president of the Organising Committee of the football trophy told that the football trophy has been organized every year in memory of Bodoland martyrs, who sacrifice their lives for the cause of separate Bodoland movement. This season 12 team from different states of the country and teams from Assam are participating.The final match of the trophy would be played on October 23, he said.
BTC executive member Rajib Brahma,Hemendra Nath Brahma,president of Assam Football Association were prominent attendees in the inaugural ceremony.
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KOKRAJHAR: At least 16 students hospitalised post consuming medicines to control worming at Digaldonga in Baksa district on Thursday.
According to information, students from BC Vidyapith ME School under Mushalpur education block in Baksa fell ill after consuming albendazol tablets.
The health and family welfare department is celebrating national deworming day since August 27 across the country.
KOKRAJHAR: Chirang police apprehended seven persons for illegally carrying Ganja at a checking at Chapaguri national highway late Sunday evening.
Police carried out a search operation on Sunday evening along the 31C National Highway at Chapaguri in Chirang district. During the search checking, police detected three bikes coming from Barama of Baksa district in which over 100 kgs of Ganja were illegally brought out. Police seized the Ganja and arrested persons.
The arrested persons were identified as Jwngsar Wary, Dwimalu Brahma, Kanaklal Brahma of Kokrajhar district, David Basumatary, Swmkhwr Brahma, Akash Basumatary and Dhananjay Brahma of Chirang district.
KOKRAJHAR: Heartthrob Jubin Garg today visited at Bhotgaon in Kokrajhar to promote his upocoming film Kanchenjongha to be released on 6th September next.
Thousands of fans gathered at the Bhotgaon ground to mee their heartthrob.
Jubin was accorded warm welcome at Bhotgaon where he erformed a song.
He said that his film Kanchenjongha is going to be released on 6th September in the state.
He has expressed his hopeful that his film is getting full support and acceptable among viewers in days to coming.
KOKRAJHAR: Count down have started for the general elections of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) due next year as various political parties are show their politically activities to woo the party workers and voters in the area.
Congress party has decided to go solo alone and putting candidates in all 40 constituencies of the council in the upcoming BTC election.
"Congress party is fully prepared to contest in all seats with own candidates", said AICC Secretary Bhupen Bora.
Speaking the reporters here at Ranendra Basumatary Bhawan in Kokrajhar on Saturday, Bora said Congress party has started its political strategy build up to study political scenario in BTAD region.
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KOKRAJHAR: Forest department in Chirang, seized several numbers of tractors and trucks which were carrying illeglly felling sal timbers from Selekaguri, Shantipur, Deosri area under Runikata forest range on Thursday in Chirang district.
The seized timbers are kept now at Runikata forest range office.
Recently,forest department officials have seized a large number of smuggling timbers at Kachugaon in Kokrajhar district.
The seized timbers are valued at Rs.20.
The forest department has been taking stern measures to check timber smuggling in the region and necessary deployments are made so far, said a senior forest official in BTAD.
KOKRAJHAR: Sangbadik Parishad, Assam of Kokrajhar district unit has decided to organise an workshop on journalism and a medical camp in October in Kokrajhar district.
An executive meeting of the parishad was held on Thursday at Kokrajhar Press Club with Hantigiri Narzary, president of the Kokrajhar district unit of the parishad in the chair.
The meeting discussed at length on the welfare and security of the journalists in the state and decided to work for the welfare and uplift of the media fraternities.
The meeting was attended by senior journalist, office bearers of the parishad.
KOKRAJHAR: A buyer-seller meet was organized at Girls College auditorium hall in Kokrajhar on Thursday. The meet was organized under the Assam agricultural business rural transportation (APART) by project ATMA Kokrajhar.
The meet has emphasized to build a healthy co-relation among buyer and sellers while bringing fruitful business opportunities in the marketing field in BTAD region.
Nodal officer, Mudiram Patari told that the meet is stressing to gain good relationship among buyer and sellers in the region.
BTC director of Agricultural MM Swargiary attended the event.
Kokrajhar MP Naba Sarania is going to float new political party in BTAD.
Sarania disclosed this in front of media on Tuesday.
The NDFB (P), an armed outfit which has been on peace process with the Government announces the expulsion of Dhiren Boro @ B. Sungthagra, Advisor and Fresh Moshahary @ M. Fwilao, the Ex. CO. Eastern Zone, from the Primary membership of the NDFB (P) for their involvement in subversive activities to divide and destabilise the NDFB (P) and its allied organization both overtly and covertly for their ulterior motives.
KOKRAJHAR: Six students from Bangladesh took admissin in various educational institutes in Kokrajhar. The students are from Khagrachhari ditsrict of Bangladesh and belong to the Bodo community.
The students offered their Bathou prayer at Bathou Thansali and expressed happiness fro their forthcoming academic journey in Kokrajhar.
BTC executive member Doneswar Goyary has welcomed the students.
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