An Assamese professor in New Delhi has fetched huge pride to the north eastern region when she received a prestigious award in the national capital for her outstanding works for the country and it's people.
She is none other than Dr Arti Barua, who has received the Mother Teresa Global Award for Excellence and Gold Medal for 2017.
Baruah, who teaches Philosophy in the Deshabndhu College, University of Delhi received thr coveted award at a glittering function in IIC , New Delhi attended by former Sikkim Governor Ch. Randhir Singh.
Dr Barua was awarded for her excellent work done which is something extra – ordinary for her country and countrymen and has attained greater excellence in her field of activity and enhanced the image of India.
The All Assam Gorkha Students Union (AAGSU) demanded early creation of Satellite Autonomous Council(SAC) to gain socio-economic development of Gorkha community in the state. The 9th binniel conference of BTC Region All Assam Gorkha Students Union (AAGSU) was concluded today with two day programme scheduled at Bodofa Cultural complex in Kokrajhar today. Speaking the reporters in the side lines of the BTC AAGSU conference, Prem Tamang,president of AAGSU(central committee) said that the AAGSU has been demanded creation of satellite autonomous council in the state to make community welfare and development of Gorkha community.He said Gorkha community is indigenous people of the state and has...
Rifles jawans died when ULFA-I and NSCN-K rebel jointly ambushed the vehicles of the para military forces in Tinsukia district on Sunday. The incident took place near Jagun area bordering Arunachal Pradesh where the Assam Rifles jawans were escorting a team of foreign tourists who attended a winter festival. As the convoy reach Jagun, rebels lobbed grenade at the security forces and started indiscriminate firing from the jungle. The injured jawans were rushed to the hospital where the duo succumbed to injuries.
A local court in Guwahati sent Rakesh Paul to five days police custody for further interrogation in connection with the nefarious recruitment racket. The special investigation team probing the racket moved the court for custodial interrogation if the state public service commission chairman.
Senior Congress leader and a former minister in Tarun Gogoi’s cabinet will address the media tomorrow (Saturday, 21 Jan) at Guwahati Press Club. The scheduled time for the press meet is reported to be 10 am to 12 noon. It may be mentioned that former Assam welfare minister Bora was grilled by Assam police today in connection with a multi crore scam. The police team questioned Bora for a couple of hours in the morning.
Senior BJP leaders are believed to have decided to initiate action against Dimbeswar Das for allowing a junior engineer to tender apology by touching hi feet in Raha on Thursday.The BJP leaders who discussed the controversy at a meeting n Guwahati agreed that the party is not part of it and blamed it all on the Raha MLA saying that the legislators are on the service of the people. State unit president Ranjit Das also gave hint of an action against Das charging him with belittling the party image. Das drew huge flak from inside and outside the party and the government on Friday a day after the social media showed a junior engineer touching his feet tendering an apology for a verbal...
In a major embarrassment for Congress in Assam, police have grilled former Assam welfare minister Akon Bora on Friday in connection with a multi crore scam.A team of anti corruption cell questioned Bora for a couple of hours at the Rupnagar based office in Guwahati from 11 in the morning. He was interrogated in connection with the huge Rs 200 crore scam in the department when he was holding the social welfare portfolio. Top police officials are tightlipped on the revelations and refused to divulge anything before the media people who were waiting outside the office for several hours. Sources told Assam Times that Bora would have to be grilled again soon to extract more crucial revelations....
Medical profession and yeomen service are synonymous to each other. It remains only a lips service among the medical fraternity. Reality speaks otherwise. Yeomen service, practically, is beyond the reach of the poor people who can’t afford to avail of the service. Now what is in store for these disadvantaged lots? Painful indeed. Need of the hour is a change in the way we look at the things to bring all people under the purview of the medical service in real sense of the term where the tyranny of money won’t matter. A strong undercurrent of anger and hatred against many people in the profession seems to have gripped the nook and corner of the north eastern region. Isn’t is a high time to...
The city based Sri Sankaradeva Nethralaya will conduct the next Saturday evening OPD at at Guwahati Press Club (GPC) on 21 January. Experienced ophthalmologists namely Dr SS Tomar and Dr Krati Gupta will be available for free eye check & consultations to the members of the press club along with their kids. The camp will begin at 3 pm at press club premises and continue till 5 pm. Earlier, physicians from Hayat Hospital conducted the 7 January evening clinic, where Dr Anjan Saikia (Gastroenterology), Dr Daboo Patowari (Internal Medicine) and Dr Abhisek Lohia (Dermatology) were present for consultations to GPC members along with their dependents. The hospital authority also announced...
A collection of Assamese short stories titled Dhusar Diganta and penned by Gajen Deka was released at Guwahati Press Club on Wednesday. Eminent educationist and commentator Dr Amarjyoti Choudhury officially released the book in presence of distinguished publisher Giripad Deba Choudhury, author Eli Ahmed & Mohini Goswami, journalist Nava Thakuria, with others. Published by Bani Prakash Mandir, the book contains 20 stories and priced at rupees 150.
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal is caught in a deep dilemma over his move for cabinet expansion. Coalition partners BPF and AGP have been demanding more berths in the soon to be expanded cabinet while his state party chief Ranjit Das is believed to have asked the chief minister not to proceed right now.Talking to Assam Times in New Delhi, a senior BPF leader vented no less ire on the delay citing inauspicious time. He questioned the delay saying that further delay would hamper their performance. “Why Sonowal should keep waiting for auspicious time. He should reshuffle his cabinet at an earlier date,” said the BPF leader.“BPF is not happy with only ministers in the cabinet. Even the...
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