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.
Amid simmering reactions in the state’s political circle, altogether 13 new parliamentary secretaries took oath on Wednesday. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi administered them the oath of office and secrecy at a function in the Sankardev Kalakhetra in the morning.The new parliamentary secretaries include Rumi Nath, Hemanta Talukdar, Susanta Borgohain, Arun Phukan, Aroti Kachari, Monika Bora, Rupjyoti Kurmi, Ghanashyam Kalita, Habul Chakraborty, Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, Jamaluddin Ahmed, Sivsaran Basumatary and S R Subba.
Two students from Mancachar have gone missing from South-West Garo hills in Meghalaya sending sensation along the Assam-Meghalaya interstate border.Identified as Liaquot Ali and Mesadur Rahman, the students hailing from Jingal area in Mancachar area were on a visit to Balapara on a bike. Five armed miscreants allegedly took the duo to their hostage and vanished.Search operation is going on. But there is no trace of the students.The incident took place hardly ten days after armed miscreants kidnapped two drives from Chandguri area who have yet to be rescued triggering protest in Mancachar.
After Chitra Saikia, yet another army jawan from Assam lost his life at an encounter with militants in Jammu and Kashmir. Identified as Jayanta Medhi, the army jawan from Mukalmuwa in Nalbari district died in militant firing on Tuesday at Handwara district of the state bordering Pakistan. His body would be flown to his home for cremation.
Thirteen new parliamentary secretaries are taking oath on Wednesday. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi is administering them oath of office and secrecy at a function in the Sankardev Kalakhetra on Wednesday morning. They include Sushanta Buragohain, Arun Phukan, Monika Bora, Rumi Nath, Habul Charkabarty, Kamalakhya Purkayastha, Rupjyoti Kurmi, Aarti Kachari.
The Kohima police have arrested a youth on Tuesday in connection with the missing of two drivers from Old KMC area in the capital city.The drivers went missing on the way to Kohima on Monday. Immediately after their arrival, the miscreants forcibly took them away after blindfolding their eyes.The apprehended person was thoroughly examined and who identified himself as Vituozolie Solo. He is said to be an active NSCN-IM member.
Nagaland wants peace to be restored at an earlier date. This was more or less of what the speakers recently said at a recent panel discussion on the Naga peoples’ opinion on peaceful settlement. ACAUT hoped that this would usher in a paradigm shift in the manner in which, how public opinion is mobilized in true democratic sense.A NiketuIralu, Tuisem Shishak, Dr. VK Nuh, Dr.Visier Sanyu Meyasetu, Dr. Mazie Nakhro and Khekiye K. Sema participated in the discussion.
Preparations are afoot for the 3rd Kohima District Volleyball Championship 2015. Organized by the Kohima District Volleyball Association, the tournament is slated to begin from October 22 to 24 at Kohima Local Ground on league- cum- knock out system.KDVA finalized the decision at a joint meeting on at the Congress Bhavan Tuesday. Entry forms will be available from September 21 onwards at Sports World, Old Taxi Stand and Equipment & Sports, Razhu Point, Kohima.Last date for submission of forms has been fixed on October 17. Fixture will be drawn on October 19.Entry fee amounting to Rs. 2500 and Rs. 100 as form fee will be charged from each participant team.
The Shillong police have picked up one Akeep Warjri of Mawprem Dymmiew and charged him with stealing a music system in Mawkhar area on Tuesday. It took place at 11:30 in the morning where the youth stole a music system from a Maruti car bearing Registration No.ML-05-K-6567 in KJP Hospital (Robert Hospital) Jaiaw. Later, Lumdiengjri police got some clues of the accused person and searched him and caught him from Motphran while he was attempting to dispose of the music system.
Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma who quit as Congress MLA from Jalukbari constituency is likely to face the anti defection law. Assam Assembly Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi who received his letter on Tuesday will formally accept it on Wednesday when he will be in his office chamber. Gogoi is expected to write to chief minister Tarun Gogoi seeking his comment as the Congress legislature party leader. Then he might seek legal opinion for a final conclusion. According to constitutional experts, Dr Sarma is a fit case for anti-defection laws. Dr Sarma would have been spared had it been done before joining BJP. But Dr Sarma formally resigned 15 days after he joined BJP. Initially,...
After days of will-he-won’t-he, Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma put in his paper as Jalukbari on Tuesday. Dr Sarma, who has already joined BJP last month, handed over his resignation letter before Assam Assembly Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi at his official residence in Dispur in the afternoon. Dr Sarma, who had been doing dissidence against Tarun Gogoi as chief minister unofficially join the saffron party towards the end of August when he met BJP president Amit Shah in his New Delhi residence.
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