A statue from Thailand dedicated to Lord Buddha unveiled Buddha temple in Mitta Bhava Buddha Monastery Campus at Lokhora, Guwahati on Wednes day. On occasion of Buddha Purnima, one of the most revered festival of Buddhism the statue was unveiled at presence of devotees. After hoisting the Buddhist International flag in the Buddha temple inside the campus the idol was unveiled by Buddhist priest Bhangte Nyane Tishai. He planted a peepal sappling under which species Lord Buddha had his enlightenment in Buddha Gaya. Social worker Rajib Panikhuan, D. Ganesh Pegu, Promod Shyam, Bhugeshwar Shyam, Nag Aang Kham, Teng aung Shyam, Prafulla Hafiza, Hifijul Ahmed, Mangalsing Bay and environmental worker Chandan Kumar Duarah were present in the pray to Lord Buddha. Devotees planted saplings in the campus. An organisation from Thailand offered the Lord Buddha golden brass statue of complying with a request from Assam Therawada Buddhist Welfare Society.
The All Assam Students Union(AASU) demanded early implementations of all clauses of historic Assam Accord along with deportation of illegal migrants from Assam. The students union obsrved Centenary Foundation Day today at Rashmela ground in Kokrajhar district along with rest of the state. Gambhir Nath,retired principal of Kokrajhar DIET hoisted the Centenary Flag of AASU on the occasion. Nabajyoti Roy,assistant general secretary of AASU(central committee) paid floral tribute to martyrs,who laid their lives for the cause of Assam during agitation. The Centenary day was observed under the guidance of central committee of AASU across the state to mark the foundation day of formerly Assam...
Christmas festivity grips Assam on Sunday where churches across the state pulled huge crowd of people who participated in the special prayer in search of global peace.Defying a pinching cold wave the Christian people of all walks of life thronged the church premises' for the special prayer in the morning. People in large number in the north eastern city of Guwahati rushed to the Panbajar based Baptist church in the morning after the end of the midnight carol to mark the birth of the Jesus.Similar rush of people was in sight at the Don Bosco premises and the Christianbast Church where the people held special prayer in search of divine help to restore global peace. Anju Haokip, a Manipuri...
City based physicians from Barthakur Clinic private limited namely Dr Manabendra Goswami (Surgery) and Dr Arunima Goswami (Medicine) conducted the last Saturday evening OPD at Guwahati Press Club in northeast India for the benefit of scribes along with their dependents. Over 30 participants received healthcare related consultations from the senior doctors, where Kapila Lama and Jyotish Sarma supported them in conduct the clinic. The participants also got their blood pressure & sugar checked in the camp. The 17 December 2016 evening clinic was attended by Dr Jayanta Sarmah, Dr Neelakshi Devchoudhury, Dr Chiranjib Mahanta, Dr Ruman Hussain, Dr Purnima Deuri and Dr Susmita Pegu from the...
A heard of wild elephants unleashed a reign of terror in Guwahati where a person died in attack on Saturday.The incident took place in Panjabari area where a heard of around 20 elephants came down from the nearby hills striking panic button among the people of a weekly market in Batahghuli where one person was trampled to death.A team of forest guards arrived in the spot which took three hours to drive out the elephants from the human habitat till midnight. Local residents' in Panjabari have blamed it all on the department for the deepening menace. “We informed the forest department at 2 in the afternoon. But the guards took two hours to reach the spot. Had they arrived in time, the tragic...
The Christmas festivity grips Assam along with other parts of the globe on Saturday where churches are teeming with people for midnight Carole. Every households of the Christians are getting decorated with Christmas tree to be dazzled in the evening. Sweets and pastries are flooding the households to be served to the near and dear ones. The sounds of bells and carols are slowly emerging from the nicely decorated churches. “We are here to participate in the midnight carol and we do believe that Christ would help us restore peace across this planet,” said Zabini Naroh at the Christianbasti church premises.Henry Watson, a tribal college boy from Diphu who was on a visit to Guwahati is...
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...
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