Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty, a veteran journalist, will receive the Parag Kumar Das Journalism Award 2023. The award includes a cash prize of Rs 25,000, a citation, and a memento. The award ceremony will take place on May 17.
Sangeeta Barooah Pisharoty currently serves as the National Affairs Editor for the digital news publication 'The Wire.'
The Parag Kumar Das Journalism Award was established to honor the courageous journalist Parag Kumar Das, who lost his life while fighting for the truth. The award recognizes and encourages journalists who tirelessly uncover the truth and bring it to the public.
A hardcore GNLA rebel laid down his arms before BSF in Meghalaya on Friday giving the security forces a sigh of relief. According to BSF, identified as Marus Ch Sangma, who was trained up outside surrendered before thr authorities in presence of Sankatha Prasad, the Commandant 20 Bn BSF at Tura in the evening. The 26 year old local resident of Telekhali in Gasuapara, near Baghmara which falls under South Garo Hills district confessed to have joined ANVC-B in 2012 before undergoing three months arms training in Bangladesh. During this period, he learnt handling of various weapons like Carbine, AK Series and Pistol and explosives. When ANVC-B surrendered en masse three years...
Police claimed to have achieved a major breakthrough in its probe into the GS Road robbery incident where gold ornaments worth Rs 21 crore were looted at gun point in full view of its employees and customers from a Jwellery. The police team probing the high profile robbery case attested the notorious drug mafia Pakhi Miya from Guwahati on Friday night. He was arrested acting on some specific inputs suggesting his huge role where tmr robbers collected the arms from him. The Bhangagarh police picked up Pakhi Miya and his close associate Vikram Ete from Paltanbazar and during interrogation the entire breakthrough was believed to gsve surfaced. With this, the number of persons arrested...
A gang of miscreants raped a girl before mercilessly killing her in Karbi Anglong sending huge shockwaves and anger across the state on Friday. The bizarre but brutal incident took place in Baithalangsu in the hills district on Thursday night and the lifeless girl was spotted near the road on Friday morning. According to police, the miscreants caught her to be gangraped and then killed as she was on her way back from a cultural function at night. “We are waiting for the post mortem report to carry on the investigation,” said a police officer. Police, however, have detained seven teenagers in this connection who were being interrogated to ascertain their role. Local...
Three Cotton College students have been remaining traceless for the last 24 hours striking no less sensation in the premier seat of learning in the north eastern region. Identified as Wahidur Rahman, Tonmoy Kathar and Partha Mali, the higher secondary students suddenly vanished from the college campus on Thursday. Their mobile numbers phones are either not reachable or remaining switched off forcing their parents to file a complaint before the police. Investigations are going to ascertain their whereabouts. The policemen probing the complaint are tightlipped on the progress.
The stage is set for holding the Karbi Anglong Autonomous council polls on June 12. The state poll panel has already announced the poll schedule for 26 seats in the 30 member autonomous body. According to the schedule the candidates would have to file their nominations by May 19 to be scrutinized on May 22. The polling will take place on June 13 from 8 in the morning till 4 in the afternoon and bye counting will take place on June 17.
More than 500 people hit the streets in the Bihali area on Thursday in Biswanath Chariali demanding immediate and unconditional release of Parimal Gore who was arrested for sharing a Facebook post criticizing chief minister Sarbanabda Sonowal and AASU. Four local organizations jointly took out the rally where the protestors criticized the government for arresting the social activist. “It really sounds strange. The person who made the post was saved and Parimal only shared it. Why? We need to know ,”said a local Left activist. With banners and play cards at their hands, the protesters shouted slogans demanding immediate and unconditional release of Gore who was allegedly arrested under SEC...
After a ling wait, the three day special Assam assembly session on Thursday passed the Assam Goods Services Tax,2017 opening a new leaf in the country’ tax regime. This would pave the way to simplify the country's tax structure which Parliament has already passed recently. Apart from it, the government tabled six other bills which include the Assam College Employees (Provincialization) Amendment Bill, the Assam Appropriation Bill (No VI), the Assam Taxation (specified land) (Amendment) Bill, the Plantation Labour (Amendment) Bill, the Payment of Bonus (Assam Amendment) Bill, the Assam Board of Revenue (Amendment) Bill.
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...
Police have been interrogating two persons from Hojai suspecting their role in the sensational robbery in Guwahati on Tuesday where gold ornaments worth Rs 21 crore have been looted at gunpoint from MP Jwellary. A joint team of Hojai and Guwahati police picked up Premjit Sinha and Neel Kamal Singh from their houses hours after the incident took place in the busy Bhangagarh area in the evening. One of the duo was the security guard with MP Jwellary who was on leave from Monday. The investigating officers are tight lipped on the According to the eyewitnesses, a gang of four robbers armed with sophisticated weapons' started blankfiring as soon as they arrived in the MP Jwellery premises in...
The next Saturday evening OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club will be conducted by a well-known kidney ailment expert from Manipal Hospital Bangalore. Dr Sankaran Sundar, senior consultant Nephrologist and head of international kidney transplantation program of the hospital will be available for free consultations to member-journalists of the press club along with their dependents. The camp, organized under the series of 'Evening with a Doctor' programs, will begin at 2 pm on 13 May 2017 and continue till 4 pm. Earlier on 6 May senior gynecologist from Apollo Chennai Hospital, Dr A Vinutha graced the camp exclusively organized for the women journalists along with the spouses (and daughters)...
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