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 Central Bureau of Investigation steps up the probe into the Saradha scam where a circle of powerful political leaders is involved.The country’s premier investigation agency probing the scam is all set to quiz former minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma and Anjan Dutta.The duo received summons from to appear before the SIT on November 24 at its Salt Lake based office. CBI earlier questioned Dutta in this connection.CBI on August 28 conducted raid at the residence of Dutta in Guwahati apart from Dr Sarma’s residence and Newslive office owned by his wife. Sources told Assam Times that CBI if need be is likely to seek their custodial interrogation.
Dispur on Friday came all out against New Delhi alleging lack of interest to give the road sector a fresh lease of life. Addressing a press conference in Dispur, PWD minister Ajanta Neog alleged that the Centre has not sanctioned the projects even after Dispur proposed before it a couple of months back.Neog further announced an ambition concrete road project across the state with Rs 194.60 crore. She told reporters that named after Gopinath Bordoloi, the scheme would be implemented 2 KM in each of the 126 constituencies.
A local TADA court in Guwahati will give its final judgment on November 25 on Ranjan Daimary’s bail petition.The court on Friday fixed the date after it received government’s affidavit raising no objection to the bail petition moved by NDFB’s chairman who has languishing in the Guwahati Central Jail.The court recently rejected his bail even after the government raised no objection to it.
The Calcutta High Court on Friday refused to grant bail for Sadananda Gogoi whom CBI arrested in September in connection with Saradha scam. A division bench of the High Court straightly rejected the bail petition when it came up for hearing on Friday.Gogoi’s counsel moved the plea a couple of days back after the Alipore additional judicial magistrate rejected the bail plea acting on CBI’s request that bail for Gogoi would hamper the probe into the multi crore scam.This has forced Gogoi’s counsel to challenge the lower court’s order before the high court. CBI arrested Gogoi in the first week of September after several days of interrogation. Recently the country’s premier investigation agency...
Security forces are fanning in the nook and corner of Chamdang Tea garden area in search of the militants who exploded a powerful grenade in the wee hours. Immediately after the explosion police and CRPF jawans arrived in the spot and codoned off the entire area for search opertion. The grenade was exploded to terrorise the businessman who was beleived to have received extortion notices along with many other businessmen. The explosion took place in Chamdang tea garden area in the wee hours when the suspected militants lobbed the grenade at the residence of businessman Mahabir Agarwalla. There is is no report of any casualty. But the building was partially damaged....
A residential building was partially damaged when suspected ULFA militants are beleived to have lobbed a powerful grenade in Doomdooma in Tinsukia district on Friday.The explosion took place in Chamdang tea garden area in the wee hours when the suspected militants lobbed the grenade at the residence of businessman Mahabir Agarwalla. There is is no report of any casualty. But the building was partially damaged.Senior police officials arrived in the spot and search operation is going on. Details awaited.
President Pranab Mukherjee stressed value based education that shapes the destiny of a nation mired in poverty, social disorder and economic malaise. In his address at the 12th Convocation of the Tezpur Central University on Thursday, he said that a strong education system is required for superior knowledge. He institutions only a few institutions deserve a better position while many others have been lagging in international rankings.In his address, Governor JB Patnaik said that knowledge loses its purpose unless it is connected with the people.Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal also graced on the occasion. Sonowal assured the university authorities that...
After days of will-it-won’t-it, the Central Bureau of Investigation on Thursday summoned Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma to be quizzed in the Saradha scam. The former cabinet minister received the summon on Thursday to appear before the CBI office located at Salt Lake in Kolkata on Friday.Dr Sarma, whom CBI raided in August in this connection would be questioned by the special crime branch of the premier investigation agency acting on Saradha boss Sudipto Sen’s purported letter where he claimed to have paid crores of rupees to Dr Sarma in Guwahati along with Shankar Baruah who committed suicide after being raided. Sadananda Gogoi whom CBI arrested two months back played the crucial role in the...
The Bengaluru police on Thursday have held three youths a day after they allegedly attacked a Manipur student on the road on Wednesday even as the student is still undergoing treatment at a local nursing home.Police picked up the trio acting on the complaint filed after the incident where the goons attacked the student and branded him as a Chinese nationa on Wednesday night.According to allegations, a three member group of miscreants attacked the student with sharp weapon from behind on the road at night. He further came to hear some comments against the north east people. Later he was rushed to a local nursing home in the city where he is undergoing treatment. The incident...
Despite stringent measures racial attacks on the north eastern people refuse to die down outside the region. Yet another person was killed in New Delhi sending shock and anger in the entire region.Identified as Jirang Kengo, the research fellow with the Tata Institute of Social Science was stabbed to death a couple of days back at his own house in the capital.His body was recovered on Wednesday night from his house at Kotla in New Delhi. Police further found a sharp knife beside his body. The incident is believed to have taken place two or three days back. Police investigation is going on. But the miscreants are yet to be picked up.
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