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.
When will Anup Chetia be back to his birthplace? Again this question hits media headline after a brief silence. The answer is uncertain. New Delhi and Dhaka have been holding several rounds of meetings. But the solution eludes time and again.The issue figured in the home secretary level bilateral talks in New Delhi on Tuesday. Despite repeated requests, Dhaka refused to indicate anything. As the issue came up for discussion,Bangladesh home secretary Dr Md Mozammel Haque Khan avoided the plea and instead mounted pressure for ratification of the Land Boundary Agreement (LBA).When the direct reply was sought from the reporters, Bangladesh Home Secretary Mozammel Haque Khan said...
A huge area in Golaghat district bordering Nagaland mires in tension when a section of people from the neighbouring state tried abortive attempt to build their houses beyond their territory. Golaghat district administration officials told Assam Times that the situation is now under control. DC and SP are closely monitoring the situation.Local residents under the B sector along the interstate border told Assam Times that feeling of insecurity still grips them. A group of Naga people on Tuesday came to Rajapukhuri, Romanbasti areas asking the villagers to vacate the place. They further threatened the villagers of dire consequences if they are not allowed to build their houses....
A team of Enforcement Directorate officials grilled Riniky Sarma on Tuesday two days after CBI questions her in connection with the Saradha chit fund.According to Assam Times Crime Investigation Bureau the wife of former minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma was grilled for several hours in Kolkata on Tuesday.The ED sleuths interrogated Sarma on the deal her Pride East Entertainment (P) Ltd struck with Saradha boss Sudipto Sen. Her satellite news channel allegedly took money from Sen to air ad on behalf of the chit fund.The ED team asked her whether money was paid by Saradha group without actually airing those advertisements in its entirety or not. ED questioned her two...
February 17: Hydroponics is an approach of soil less agriculture where water is considered as the basic medium of plant growth with inputs of nutrient into water. This is an age-old technique, which was also the base of famous Babylon’s hanging garden. Presently, demand for hydroponics practices increases globally with the increase of population pressure on land and crisis of land.Techniques of hydroponics provide opportunity for agriculture in small space along with scope for utilization of third dimension of space. A workshop on hydroponics was organized by Centre for Science and Development Communication (CSDC) of Society for Socio-economic Awareness and Environment...
Final Tezpur police have arrested Karnail Singh Kapoor on Monday a day after the Assam Rifles jawan shot dead two people in the town for refusing to serve him liquor.Police officials told Assam Times that the 12th Assam Rifles jawan was caught on Monday night from the town. Then he was brought to the local police station where he was interrogated for several hours.The incident took place on Sunday night at Mission Road where Kapoor went to the house of Gautom Das asking for liquor. When denied he fired upon at Das and his wife who died on the way to the hospital.
Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju a well organized cultural interface can go a long way in eradicating feeling of estrangement and boost bonhomie. In his address at the chef guest at the North East Cultural Festival at the Daulat Ram College in Delhi on Monday Rijiju said that these event would help the country create a better environment. He said that these cultural interfaces would give the country a good medium to discuss the vital issues confronting the north eastern region. Organized by the north east committee of the Delhi University college on Monday, the event pulled huge crowd where traditional Assamese bihu dance entertained the visitors along with other...
Even after an impressive performance in the recent civic polls, all is not well with Assam BJP. Pradyut Bora is set to quit the party on Wednesday.In a post of Facebook, the senior BJP leader upped ante on the state unit leadership. He said he was preparing his resignation letter to the party president to be sent on Wednesday. Three months back, Bora revealed former minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma’s attempt to join BJP. Bora was dead opposed to it while the party leadership in the state virtually refused to read him.Bora in his Facebook post gave ten reasons against Dr Sarma’s entry into BJP. A circle of party senior leaders opposed the move while some others raised no objection....
The Umananda temple premises is throbbing with the Shivratri puja offering on Tuesday.Thousands of people are waiting in long queues on the sand of Brahmaputra from early in the morning to offer puja to the Lord Shiva on the Maha Shivratri day,“We are leaving no stone unturned to ensure smooth celebration of the annual puja celebration, puja celebration committee officials told Assam Times.“Over 200 foreign tourists also offered puja to the Lord Shiva from Monday,” they said on Tuesday.
Police denied the role of any explosives behind the blast at Hotel Nezone, located at Garchuk in Guwahati. A person sustained injuries in the incident that occurred at 9-10 pm on Sunday evening. Parts of the hotel were gutted in the fire following the high intensity blast.Police and forensic sources confirmed the cause of the blast as high temperature inside the locked ground floor that housed air conditioners, invertors and other electric appliances. It may be recalled here that on January 6 the Guwahati city municipal authorities sealed off the hotel for not obtaining valid business papers. However, during the time of closure, the electric appliances were not turned off that led to the...
An eerie silence prevails in Tezpur a day after Assam Rifles jawans shot dead two persons for refusing to serve liquor. The accused Assam Rifles jawns have been absconding. Local residents in the town are angry with the growing activities of the para military force. Talking to Assam Times on Monday local residents who refused to be named said that for the last couple of weeks, a section of Assam Rifles jawans have been suspiciously roaming in and around the town.“Some times they start creating scene in the parks and public places. Even school and college girls are scared of freely moving on the road fearing them,” said a few local residents.Another local resident told Assam...
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