Dr Madan Mohan Reddy, senior consultant on orthopedic surgery from Apollo Hospitals, Chennai attended the 'Evening with a Doctor' program on Saturday (26 November 2016) at Guwahati Press Club (GPC). Over 25 GPC member-journalists along with their relatives participated in the evening OPD and got free consultations on various ailments like back-neck- knee pain, major fractures, arthritis etc. Apollo’s marketing officer Roopjyoti Baruah assisted in conducting the camp.
The next evening clinic on 3 December at GPC premises will be attended by eye specialists Dr Subhra Kinkor Goswami & Dr Bijuli Goswami of Sight First. The camp will begin at 4 pm and continue till 6 pm for the benefit of GPC member-journalists.
Gohour breaks into a sea of humanity when people thronged in thousands to catch a glimpse of the Shankar Sangha Annual session in this historic spot in between Lakhimpur and Sonitpur district. The entire area turns into a mini Assam when the state’s second largest non political organization took out a cultural procession showcasing the rich age old cultural heritage of all ethnic and tribal groups in the morning. People from far flung areas have reached the venue on Friday a Day before the session began with much fanfare and cultural extravaganza. Organizers told Assam Times that at least 3 lakh people have covering the delegations from the district and sub divisional bodies have...
Normalcy is back to Kohima and Dimapur three days after an orgy of violence forced the authorities to clamp indefinite curfew in the capital city and the commercial hub.Schools and colleges, banks one offices, shops and markers are opening much to a major relief for the common people who had to confined to their homes for four days. The protestors keep demanding chief minister TR Zeliang’s resignation for implementing 33 per cent reservation in the municipal bodies which triggered the huge protest and the protestors turned violent where DC office, municipality offices were vandalized.What made the situation more worse was the killing of two protestors in police firing in Dimapur before...
Unidentified miscreants alleged to have kidnapped a tea garden manager from the outskirt of Guwahati a week after police lodged a complaint against him in Charaideo district.According to the first information report, unidentified miscreants on Friday kidnapped Bhaskar Pathak at Rajapara in Boko as he was on his way back to his home after attending a wedding ceremony.Pathak’s wife further claimed to have received phone calls from the miscreants demanding ran some for her husband’s safe release.Sources told Assam Times, Pathak who works with the Darjeeling Organic Tea Estate in Mothurapur is wanted for his alleged embazzlement of a huge amount of money meant for the workers’ wage.The tea...
Railway network in Assam is set to get a major boost. A huge flyover connecting Kamakhya to New Guwahati on the river Brahmaputra river is coming up. Disclosing this minister of state for railway, Rajen Gohain to reporters in Guwahati on Saturday that the two lane flyover worth Rs 888 crore bridge would be a huge boost for surface communication. According to Gohain, the Centre is waiting for the detailed project report and the work is expected to start by next year. He said the project is one of the major budget proposals.
Normalcy is marginally back to Kohina and Dimapur three days after an irate mob unleashed an orgy of violence for killing two protestors in police firing forcing the authority to clamp curfew in both the cities.Security forces are patrolling in the nook and corner of the capital town where all shops and offices, schools and colleges, shops and markets are not opening till Saturday morning.People mostly have been remaining confined to their homes apprehending fresh incident of violence where the angry protestors torched DC office building, Municipality office in protest against holding the civic body polls with 33 per cent reservation for women.Senior district administrative officials told...
Trouble brews for an AIUDF legislator after he left himself on live in social media when he was participating at a discussion on the floor of the assembly on Friday. He is none other than Aminul Haque who put himself on live in Facebook when he was speaking on the floor on Friday afternoon which went viral against a set of decorum which never anybody to go on live inside the assembly beyond the question hour. When the allegation was brought to the notice, Speaker Hiten Goswami gave hint of disciplinary action against the MLA on Monday.
Journalists’ Forum Assam {JFA} urges the management of ABP group {the mother organization of The Telegraph, Ananda Bazar Patrika etc} to withdraw its policy to cut jobs including those of journalists. It is understood that the Kolkata based management recently asked almost half of its employees to resign and get the benefit of six months basic pay. The northeast India based media rights body observes that as the heat of implementation of Majithia Wage Board’s recommendations increases, many established newspaper houses start preparing to close down their branches to reduce their employees. Few have taken the practice of asking the media persons to resign with some benefits. “First, we...
Noted Agricultural Scientist, Doyen of Assam Agriculture. Dr. Dhirendra Nath Borthakur, Former VC, Assam Agricultural University expired on Thursday at Guwahati. He was born on September 21, 1926. "I deeply mourn his departure. Had great contribution in the field of Agriculture. He was doyen of Assam Agriculture. He wrote many books on various agricultural subjects in both Assamese and English language. He was President of Assam Science Society and Bharat Jan Vigyan Jatha, Assam", says Mowsam Hazarika, former editor, Bigyan Jeuti.
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is devising a new mechanism to resolve the decade long conflict with the government.Sources close to commander in chief Paresh Baruah told Assam Times that the rebel outfit struggling to separate Assam from the mainland us preparing is a panel to renew the peace negotiation with the Centre.Baruah himself is preparing the panel to be sent to Anup Chetia who is trying to regroup the former colleagues to find out an amicable settlement of the issue. The former rebels are holding a brainstorming session this week where the new move is expected to dominate the discussion.Notably, the peace negotiation which took off during the UPA regime stopped...
Violence continues to erupt in Kohima forcing the government to deploy army and para military forces to contain the situation in the Nagaland capital city on Friday. Hundreds of protestors keep moving in the city damaging government property demanding Chief minister TR Zeliang’s immediate resignation. A section of the protestors pelted stones at the government buildings to make the situation further worse. The protestors have threatened to bury the lifeless protestors in front of the chief minister's residence in Kohima if the demands are not entertained. The situation went out of control when the government held the municipal polls with 33 per cent reservation for women triggering...
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