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.
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.
All is unwell in the Asom Gana Parishad if the prevailing scenario inside the regional party is any indication. The main coalition partner of the BJP-led government in Dispur is heading for a vertical split with s very short spell of time. The dissidence against the sitting president Atul Bora seems to have growing following his stoic silence on a number of issues where AGP refuses to buy BJP. he split within the party came to light after the NDA government at the Centre moved a motion in parliament to amend the Constitution to roll out red carpet to the Hindu people from the neighbouring countries. Initially, Bora kept mum on the issue. Never did the president Bora opposed it...
More healthcare institutions have been roped by Guwahati Press Club {GPC} for its ‘Evening with a Doctor’ programs on every Saturday for the benefit of its member-journalists along with their dependants. The series of preventive healthcare initiatives began on 20 August 2016 and till date some of the best hospitals have engaged their doctors in the evening clinic. Next Saturday the media clinic at the press club premises will be graced by Dr KN Srinivasan, consultant cardiologist from Apollo Hospitals, Chennai. The participants will get free consultations on high blood pressure & cholesterol, irregular heartbeat, heart attack other related ailments etc in the OPD, which will start at 4...
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.
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