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.
The Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad has raised serious doubts over the government's real intention to observe the Assam Martyrs’ Day amid an escalating protest against the move to amend the citizenship bill.In a press statement issued in Guwahati on Friday, AJYCP president Biraj Kumar Talukdar said that the Day would be more an insult to the 855 people who made supreme sacrifice to make Assam free of the Bangladeshi immigrants. “They sacrificed for a greater and noble cause and not for cash to their family members. But observing the Day to honour the martyrs even after stepped up efforts to toll out red carpet for the Hindu Bangladeshi immigrants itself is disgusting,” said...
Security forces are fanning in the nook and corner of Charaideo and its huge adjoining areas in search of the rebel groups who are believed to have been hiding with a massive blueprint. But the massive combing operation has been causing no less inconvenience for the villagers who are supposed to busy with crop cutting.“We are brought to an open place and are not allowed to move till dusk to drown when army, police and para military forces conduct door to door search operation. The major cause of concern is the timing when we should be busy with harvesting of crops. What will we do?” said a villager who was made to seat at an open field.Another villager told Assam Times that they are being...
Two senior eye specialists namely Dr Subhra Kinkor Goswami and Dr Bijuli Goswami, associated with Sight First eye-clinic, today checked the eyes of the member-journalists of Guwahati Press Club and provided free consultation & preliminary treatments for them. Over 45 scribes along with their family members participated in the evening clinic, where most of them were advised to follow some guidelines to protect and prolong their eye sights. Sight First employees Ramen Haloi, Bapan Paul with Paresh Das and Soan Das assisted the ophthalmologists in conducting the camp. The next (10 December 2016) evening OPD under the series of ‘Evening with a Doctor’ programs will be attended by Dr KN...
A bi-cycle rally was carried out in Kokrajhar seeking early creation of separate Bodoland state under Article 2 & 3 of Indian constitution to meet good governance and integration in the region. Hundreds of students union activists and citizens from greater Kokrajhar area took part in the rally with banner,placards,which was organised by Kokrajhar district unit of ABSU and Peoples Joint Action Committee for Boroland Movement(PJACBM) demanded eraly resolve the Bodo peoples’ demnad for creating Bodoland state immediately,ensure political right to the Bodos living outside the proposed Bodoland area,protect,preserve and safeguard the identity of the Bodo and other tribal people with...
Assam observed Sukafa Diwas across the state on Friday to commemorate the advent of the first Ahom king Chaolung Sukafa way back in 1228. In many places, people of all walks of life thronged and paid tribute to the great Ahom king who came down from a Chinese province through a hilly terrain of Patkai to settle the 600 year long Ahom Kingdom in Assam. The occasion began with the puja offering to the first Assamese who happened to be the descendent of the god Khunlung. Open meetings, music, drawing and quiz competitions along with cultural functions are lined up throughout the day. The central function is holding at the Sukafa complex in Jorhat where thousands of people are attending to...
Security forces are fanning in a huge area Charaideo in search of ULFA-I rebels who were believed to have been hiding to exchange the old currency notes. Detaining the youths and old alike at an open space, army, police and para military forces have been conducting house to house operations in the remote villagers in search of the ULFA rebels who is leant to have been preparing for a massive strike. “The operation has cause immense inconvenience. We can’t concentrate on the crop cutting as we are detained from drown to dusk,” said an old villager in Charaideo who is being detained at an open field along with hundreds of villagers. “We have nothing to say against the operation against any...
Senior Assam Public Service Commission member Ranjit Barthakur will head the autonomous body after Chairman Rakesh Paul was sent to jail for his alleged involvement in the cash for selection scam. Barthakur, the senior member of the commission has been promoted after the authorities gave the required consent. Barthakur’s tenure is set to end after six months. Notably, sitting chairman Rakesh Paul has been removed after he was arrested along with a few others including a member.
The additional amount of the electricity tariff runs into a hail of anger and protest. Many organizations are believed to have been preparing statewide protest demanding an immediate roll back. “We won’t allow it to happen. We are well prepared for a protest,” said a local AASU leader in Guwahati. AJYP, KMSS along with many other local organizations are also preparing for a massive protest for hiking the electricity tariff which comes into force from Thursday. “The government is least bothered. We are annoyed a lot with frequent power cuts. Does the government has any shame to have hiked the tariff?,” said Porinita Saikia, a housewife in Six Mie areain Guwahati. Rupam Das from Jaya Nagar...
Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) welcomes the ruling of the Supreme Court of India for playing the National Anthem in all cinema halls across the country before the screening of a movie. The nationalist peoples’ forum also expresses happiness over the verdict, which asks the audience in theatre halls to rise when the anthem is played and the National Flag be shown on the screen. It may be mentioned that the apex court on 30 November also directed the Centre that the order should be given effect in a week's time and be circulated to all the States and Union Territories. The verdict clarified that ‘there should not be any dramatization of the anthem and it should not be printed or...
Two eye specialists from Sight First namely Dr Subhra Kinkor Goswami and Dr Bijuli Goswami will be available for free consultation and preliminary treatments to the member-journalists of Guwahati Press Club (GPC) on 3 December next. Organized at the press club premises under the series of ‘Evening with a doctor’ programs on every Saturday, the camp will begin at 4 pm and continue till 6 pm. The last evening clinic on 26 November was graced by Dr Madan Mohan Reddy, senior consultant on orthopedic surgery from Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. Over 25 GPC members along with their close relatives participated in the camp for consultations on various ailments like back, neck & knee pain, major...
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