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.
Bollywood actor Priyanka Chopra is on a visit to Guwahati on Saturday a couple of days after the Assam government has named her as the brand ambassador of tourism. The shining Bollywood star left straightly left for the Kamakhya temple and offered puja to the shrine of strength immediately after she landed at the Lokariya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in the morning. Then she left for Dispur to be welcomed by several cabinet ministers since she would focus the Assam tourism across the globe. She further is scheduled to hold a couple of meetings in the evening during her maiden visit to the north eastern state after she was announced as the tourism brand ambassador in Assam.
Three city based physicians will conduct today's evening OPD at Guwahati Press Club for the benefit of scribes along with their dependents. Dr Manabendra Goswami (Surgery), Dr Arunima Goswami (Medicine) and Dr Ayona Barthakur (Gynecology) from Barthakur Clinic, Kharghuli will be available for free consultations from 4 pm to 6 pm at the press club premises. The participants will also get the facility to check their blood pressure & sugar too in the Saturday camp. Earlier, a group of physicians from the Government Ayurvedic College, Jalukbari conducted the last weekly evening OPD at the press club. Led by Dr Jayanta Sarmah and Dr Neelakshi Devchoudhury, the group comprising of Dr...
In a bid to minimise the man-elephant conflict in the greater Numaligarh area the Kaziranga Wildlife Society conducted interaction programmes between the villagers of affected villages and wildlife experts at Kacharigaon, Porajungle and No.1 and No. 2 Napathar.Padum Borthakur, president of Kaziranga Wildlife Society;Kali Prasad Buragohain, Editor, Rhino; Rudra Goswami, former CCF, Assam; Mubina Akhtar, secretary, Kaziranga Wildlife Society; Pranab Saikia and Samarjit Sarma, wildlife activist and journalists of Golaghat district; Dr. Satya Dutta Choudhury accompanied the visiting team.Sharing his experience in dealing with wild elephants in Udalguri district, journalist Jayanta Kumar Das...
The Sahitya Akademy on Wednesday announced its awards to three promising poets in Assam for 2016. In Assamese, the award goes to Gyan Pujari whose Meghmslar Kobita has stolen the march. The country’s top literary organization has named Anjali Narzary for her poetry in Bodo. Gita Upadhyay has been announced as the recipient of the award in Nepali language.
In yet another setback for the poll hit Assam Congress, senior leader Robin Bordoloi is believed to have been preparing to join BJP. Bordoloi, the elder son of Lokpriyo Gopinath Bordoloi is learnt to have finalised the move after a few rounds of close door meeting with state BJP leadership. The three time MLA has confirmed his on going confabulation for joining the ruling party on Tuesday. Talking to reporters in Guwahati, he said,” I keep waiting for good offer and would join BJP the moment I get.” Bordoloi and his daughter are expected to join the party very soon at the initiatives of a former Congress leader who is a senior cabinet minister in the Sonowal government. Congress leaders...
Caught in an orgy of simmering violence Manipur might come under President’s rule at any moment. The home ministry is believed to have been closely monitoring the law and order situation on every passing moments in the poll bound north eastern state.Before going through the report from the governor, the home ministry officials' have been regularly monitoring the real law and order situation in the state where massive economic blockade and counterblockade have thrown normal life out of gear.Home ministry sources told Assam Times that union home minister has been in touch with chief minister Okram Ibobi Singh and assured him of all help to deal with the situation. Singh has been very...
Security forces are fanning on the highways in Manipur to deal with the violent protestors who torched many vehicles during blockade and counterblockade on Monday. Policemen along with CRPF jawans have been patrolling on the vital roads to disperse the protestors from early in the morning. The authority had already instructed police and para military forces to firmly deal with the protestors who blocked the vital roads disrupting the normal surface communication. Naga protestors on Monday torched many vehicles on the streets in protest against the move to create seven New districts in the restive north eastern state. Tribal protestors in large number spilled to the highway to block the...
Amid an escalating tension, the Manipuri students bodies in Delhi have asked the people of all walks of life to exercise restraint. In a statement released on Monday, the Manipuri Students Association in Delhi along with two other orgsnizations have condemned the ongoing orgy of violence and blockade and counter blockade in the plains and hills. The New Delhi based orgsnizations are lighting candle on Tuesday evening in the capital with a clarion call to end the violent protest where many vehicles were torched on Monday.
Minutes after he walked out of the jail on Monday, AKhil Gogoi vowed to take on BJP in the battle of ballots in 2021. Addressing his fans outside the jail where he spent more than two months, the peasant leader said that the ruling party must be thrown out from Dispur. According to the KMSS leader, “enough is enough. We must take on these political parties in the next polls to ensure our safety and security.”Gogoi’s pledge drew huge applause from his fans who kept waiting from early in the morning in front of the jail to catch a glimpse of their leader whom the government arrested in connection with two cases two months back.Towards the end of November, Gogoi procured the bail in the...
Once again Manipur is burning where Naga protestors torched many vehicles on the streets in protest against the move to create seven New districts in the restive north eastern state. Tribal protestors in large number spilled to the highway to block the surface communication opposing the move on Monday who turned violent and attacked many drivers and passengers forcing the security forces to step in. “The situation is likely to go out of control if the authority fails to firmly deal with it in this stage ,” said a senior police official. The government has deployed more and more security forces to bring the situation under control. But the protestors have made it plain that they would go...
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