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.
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...
Security forces captured seven KPLT militants during a joint operation in Karbi Anglong on Monday.According to reports, acting on a tip off Police and the army launched a combing operation from Sunday midnight at Amring forest area in the Hamren subdivision where the dreaded militants were hiding.The militants initially started firing upon the security forces. But later all they were held.These include chief Sunder Dera, deputy commander in chief Danger Ingti and the Socheng and Amring area commanders.Security forces further claimed to have seized a huge cache of arms and ammunition during the operation.
The Assam government on Sunday banned any form of strike by employees of National Health Mission under Essential Services Maintenance (Assam) Act, 1980. Government officials told Assam Times that strike won't be allowed to disturb the common people. Strike in any form would be a punishable offence. The government decision came up when employees of National Health Mission are on strike affecting health services to press for fulfilment of their demands.
The Enforcement Directorate, CBI grilled Riniki Bhuyan Sarma for several hours in connection with Saradha scam on Sunday.Top officials told Assam Times Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma’s wife who is the boss of Pride East Entertainment (P) Ltd appeared before the ED officials in Kolkata at 10 in the morning where she was grilled for several hours. Her news channel mired in controversy when Saradha boss Sudipto Sen in his purported letter to CBI alleged to have paid money in the name of the Newslive. CBI last year raided the news channel office in Guwahati and seized some documents relating to ad issued by the chit fund. Towards the end of 2014, CBI interrogated Dr Himanta Biswa...
Two persons were killed when suspected ULFA militants made a grenade attack at the house of a local businessman for refusing to pay ransom in Sivasagar district on Friday.The incident took place at Sepon when the ULFA militants who were travelling in a cycle hurled a grenade at the house of Biren Agarwal on J P Road at around 8-30 in the morning.Biren Agarwal's younger brother Situ Agarwal and their driver Dimbeswar Bhuyan died on the spot. The duo were going out of the house.Security forces are launching a combing operation to nab the militants. The entire area was cordoned off for several areas during the operation. But nobody has been arrested so far. Local residents told Assam...
After debacle in Delhi, BJP has shown stunning performance in the Assam civic polls hardly a year ahead of the assembly polls.BJP has swept the civic polls capturing more than 20 town committees and 23 municipal boards. The ruling Congress managed to win seven town committees and 9 municipal boards. In 2009, Congress controlled over 50% of the 74 committees and boards. The opposition party in the state now has over 330 councilors while the ruling party has 280.BJP leaders told Assam Times that people want change and are supporting BJP. Prime minister, Narendra Modi's initiative for Northeast and his visit to region recently has created a sense of assurance and people have seen that BJP...
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