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.
Amid a paralyzing shit down call by the rebel outfits Prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday addressed a poll rally in Manipur promising to put the north eastern state back on the wheel. In his address at the rally in West Imphal, Modi said that if BJP is voted to power the state would see the light of development within a period of 15 months.Taking a dig at Congress, Modi blamed the ruling party for the present state of affairs and charged the party with ruining the state.He said, "After coming to power in 2014, we came out with 'Act East Policy. Since the last 40 years no PM has came to north-east for NEC meeting. After Morarji Desai I am the only one who visited."...
The Border Security Forces in India keeps its counterparts in Bangladesh to flush out the top north eastern rebels including ULFA(I) deputy commander in chief Drishtri Rajkhowa. Rainbows, the elusive top ULFA-I rebel figured in the recent BSF-BGB conference in Dhaka. According to BSF sources, Rainbows along with other rebels have been trying to cross the border. But an alertness in border has been making it difficult for them to do so. Rainbows is still believed to have been hiding in Bangladesh and keeps changing names and locations to avoid arrest. Same it is in the case of HNLC, NLFT, GNLA leaders, say sources. BSF handed over BGB a list of 20 camps of north eastern rebel camps to...
An intensive probe into the multi crore agriculture department is likely to send more officers to the jail. Some stunning facts seemed to have surfaced during the ongoing investigation where five officers have been sent to jail on Friday. All five officers were basically held in graft cases when they handled the implementation of three schemes meant for the farming community during the erstwhile Congress government. A CID team called them to the Guwahati based office in the morning and started interrogation and then arrested. Immediately after the arrest, they were produced before a special court which sent them to the jail. The court asked the CID team to ensure their production again...
Sea of humanity breaks in Sivasagar as the ancient Ahom capital town is hosting the annual Shivratri with much traditional religious pomp and gaiety. Around 2 lakh people are said to have thronged the town to catch a glimpse of the festival from far flung areas if the country and abode. Amid tight security arrangement, devotees are remaining in long queue at the Shiv temple premises to offer pujas to the Lord Shiva from early in the morning. The district administration has been closely monitoring the situation to ensure normalcy during the festival which will end on Sunday. Apart from the Shivdol premises, the natural attraction is the fair and exhibitions with thousands of stalls by the...
Rahman Hospitals will conduct the next evening OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club on Saturday (25 February). Dr Hemen Ch Goswami & Dr P Rojer Singh (Medicine) from the acclaimed hospital will be available for free consultations to the member-journalists of the press club. Both the doctors will be assisted by nurses Momi Begum & Asha Devi along with Manab Deka and Chandan Barman. The camp will begin at press club premises by 3.3o pm and continue till 6 pm, where the participants will also get the facility to check their weight, sugar (by glucometer) and blood pressure, informed Dr MLA Rahman, the chief of the Six-mile, Guwahati based hospital. The last evening clinic on 11 February...
The Assam Government and a delegation of Gorkha Autonomous Council Demand Committee agreed on a number of issues confronting the Gorkhas for years and resolved to address the concerns in a amicable way.This was more or less of what the Gorkha leaders and Assam government talked on Tuesday before GACDC chairman Harka Bahadur Chetry ended his fast at Dighalipukhuri Par.A seven member GACDC delegation led by Chetry talked to the state home Commissioner and Secretary L S Changsan, State NRC Co-ordinator Prateek Hajela additional DGP Pallab Bhattacharrya and welfare secretary Hazowaryat yhe Assam Secretariat in the afternoon where both sided exchanged assurances.In...
Veteran Naga politician Shurhozelie Leiztietsu took oath as new Nagaland chief minister on Wednesday ending a month long deadlock in the north eastern state. Nagaland governor PB Acharya administered the 81 year old NPF leader the oath of office and secrecy at a function in the Raj Bhawan in the morning. Leiztietsu has retained all former ministers in his member cabinet who also took oath. New NPF president, BJP leaders and other legislators were also present in the oath taking ceremony. The wheels of Leiztietsu started running when TR Zeliang had to resign bowing down to the pressure mounted on him by the civil society organizations who are dead opposed to the 33 pet cent reservation for...
The Naga Peoples Front has welcomed Imkong L Imchen again after the MLA tendered apology to the party leadership nearly three years after he was suspended. Chief minister designate Shurhozelie Lieztietsu formally revoked the three year old order at a meeting of the party in Kohima on Tuesday night. The former minister in the erstwhile Neiphu Rio government was suspended from the party for Hus alleged involvement in the anti party activities. But Rio was not figured in the meeting. DAN chairman TR Zeliang and Lieztietsu appreciated each other for their efforts to restore normalcy in violent protest hit state.
The Supreme Court is quite unhappy with the alleged unabetted influx into Assam from across the Indo-Bangladesh border.Hearing a set of petitions on Tuesday pertaining to infiltration, NRC, Assam Accord, Citizenship amendment move, a division bench of the court comprising Chief Justice J S Khehar, Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice SK Kaul called the alleged non stop infiltration an external aggression.If it is allowed yo continue the state would be overcrowded by those who have no rights to live on the soil of Assam, the bench observed fearing that unabetted infiltration will ultimately result in the erosion of culture.The bench asked the Gauhati High court to expedite the...
A constitutional bench of the Supreme Court will hear a set of petitions pertaining to 13 issues confronting Assam and its people. These include the validity of the Assam Accord, move to amend the Citizenship Act and its impending impact on Assam, NRC, infiltration. A division bench of the country’s apex court comprising chief justice JS Khehar. Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice SK Kaul on Tuesday decided to set up the special bench to start hearing on day to day basis from May 11. The petitioners include Asom Sahitya Sabha, Ahom Sabha, Assam Public Works who moved the court challenging the validity of certain clauses of the Assam Accord 1985, cut off date, Citizenship Amendment Bill,...
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