A novel on conservation movement, penned by Pankaj Govinda Medhi, was released at Guwahati Press Club on Sunday afternoon. Titled ‘Charai Chuburi’, the novel in Assamese elaborates a distinctive part of the movement to preserve the forest & wildlife across Assam.
Published Banalata, Dibrugarh, the book was officially released by Phanindra Kumar Devchoudhury, editor of Niyamiya Barta, award winning author Bipul Deuri, conservation personality Soumyadeep Dutta and journalist Nava Thakuria. The program was moderated by Manjit Rajkhowa, who designed the cover of the novel.
In yet another incident of man elephant conflict, wild elephants took the life of woman in the outskirt of Guwahati city on Wednesday.The incident took place in Rani area border Meghalaya where a heard of wild elephants trampled to death a woman in the morning. Identified as Renu Nath, she was at home as the elephants stormed into her home.The heard of wild elephants has been unleashing no less reign of terror in the entire area destroying pady fields and damaging houses for the last couple of months.
Caught in NRC confusion, Opposition leader in the Assam Assembly Debobrata Saikia said that the NRC authority is free to appeal to the court to review the decision.Talking to reporters in Dispur on Wednesday, Saikia said the court might review it as the process gathered momentum.Many political leaders who spoke to Assam Times on the condition of anonymity said that NRC might not be completed with the next two or three years if these documents are rejected. The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday rejected these certificates saying that if a panchayat secretary is allowed to issue such certificates the tribunals might reject its merit. “If the court or a tribunal detects a...
The process to update the National Register of Citizens hits a major roadblock when the Gauhati High Court ordered dismissal of the Gaon Panchayat certificates as link documents.Various political parties, organizations and individuals have expressed grave concern over the new turn where over 50 lakh residential certificates issues by the gaon panchayat secretaries would not work in the process. This would further delay in the completion of the process to update the NRC. The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday rejected these certificates saying that if a panchayat secretary is allowed to issue such certificates the tribunals might reject its merit. “If the court or a tribunal...
Security forces claimed to have flush out rebels from Karbi Anglong district during an intensive ongoing operation. Acting on some disturbing inputs, army’s Red Horns Division of Gajraj Corps is conducting the crackdown in some vulnerable areas where Kuki Liberation Front rebels were allegedly unleashing terror in the form of extortion at regular intervals.
A special court in Guwahati on Tuesday served two months time for the police to complete the ongoing probe into the APSC scam.Accepting the status report of the investigation filed by the SIT led by S S Panesar, the court asked the authorities to complete it by the next two months where the names of a circle of political leaders is believed to have surfaced.The special investigation team set up to probe the scam in the state public service commission on Monday submitted the status report hours after the team grilled former Congress minister Gautom Roy. After interrogating, Roy was asked to appear again on March 18 saying that his statements need to be justified. ...
Instead of the Armed Forces Special Act, the Naga peace framework dominates the pre poll heat and dust between Congress and BJP in Manipur. Rahul Gandhi firmly took on Narendra Modi four days after the Prime Minister blame Congress for backwardness. The Congress vice president on Tuesday slammed the Centre for keeping the north eastern in dark when the Centre struck the peace pact with NSCN-IM in Delhi last year.In his address at a poll rally in Imphal, Gandhi hounded Prime Minister Narendra Modi for not examining the pulse of the Manipuris before striking the deal to fetch peace for the Nagas.He said even Okram Ibobi Singh was kept in dark not to speak of the other ministers. “What is...
In a move that benefits Assam and Gujarat, the Centre is paying a huge Rs 22,000 crore fund to ONGC and OIL to bear the burden of pending oil royalty to both the states.Rs 14,698 crore will straightly go to the state exchequers on the condition that the states will never insist on levy of Rs 7,223 crore pending interest.ONGC has Rs 1,404 crore outstanding for Assam as royalties for the period between April 1, 2008 and January, 2014 where the interest liability stands at Rs 2,868 crore. On the other hand, India Ltd (OIL) has Rs 4,902 crore royalty for Assam with Rs 4,355 crore as interest.A couple of years back, Gujarat moved the court a writ petition which asked ONGC to clear the payment of...
Thousands of devotees along with their well-wishers throng in Makhibaha Sabha Mahotsav, a century old socio-cultural & religious festival of northeast India, which was kicked-off last Sunday (26 February 2017). Held in six hundred years old village under Nalbari district in Assam, the festival will continue for nine days. Organized annually by Makhibaha village-development committee at Harimandir premises, the unique fiesta witnesses various programs including rituals, cultural shows, public discourses etc along with brisk business activities. Each and every household of the large village contribute for the fair that gives them an opportunity to showcase their hospitality to guests....
The Assam Government has announced Rs 4 lakh compensation each in the name of the deceased in the Rangoliting incident where four people were charred to death on Tuesday wee hours.According to information, those who sustained injury would receive Rs 2 lakh each in addition to the free treatment.Minister Pallab Luchan Das along with Golaghat MLAs Mrinal Kumar Saikia and Teros Goala are on a visit to the spot to take stock of the situation.The incident took place in the wee hours when a huge inferno engulfed 20 houses killing 4 people after the gas leakage of a tanker on the National Highway No 37. At least five of 20 injured people have been battling for life at the Guwahati Medical College...
Manipur police claimed to have recovered a powerful bomb in Imphal hours before Rahul Gandhi’s arrival poll campaign on Tuesday.The crude bomb was recovered at Basikhong Torban in East Imphal where the Congress vice president was scheduled to hold a huge rally forcing the authority to beef up security.Unlike during the Prime Minister’s visit, CorCom militants have not announced any bandh call on Tuesday. Gandhi is on a visit to the restive north eastern state three days after Narendra Modi addressed a huge rally in Imphal blaming it all on the ruling party for Manipur’s backwardness which goes to polls on March 4 and March 8.
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