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.
The acclaimed GNRC hospital will conduct the next ‘Evening with a Doctor’ program on Saturday for the benefit of Guwahati Press Club (GPC) members along with their close relatives. The free healthcare camp will be attended by neurosurgeon Dr Naba Jyoti Borah from the north Guwahati campus of the hospital. Scheduled to begin on 4 pm at press club premises and to continue till 6 pm, the camp will also provide the facility of checking the participants’ blood pressure. The last evening camp was conducted by the city based Sun Valley hospital, known for its specialties on diabetic care, on 22 October, where Dr Tapan Sarma (Medicine) provided healthcare consultations to over 30 participants. Dr...
Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has dared the BJP-led Government in Assam to probe the alleged multi crore scam in the social welfare department. Talking to reporters in Guwahati on Thursday, Gogoi said that the allegation of Rs 150 crore scam in the department during his tenure is totally false and fabricated. Gogoi said the Sonowal Government is free to institue an enquiry to probe it to ascertain the veracity of the allegations.
A Russian tourist met watery grave in Arunachal Pradesh leaving no less shock and sensation in the entire north eastern region on Thursday. According to information, the incident took place in the morning when the tourist was on rafting on the river Kamala in the Lower Subansiri district. Suddenly he slipped from the raft to be washed away by the strong undercurrent. Local residents in large number thrnoged the spot and condoled the unexpected death of the foreign guest.
To, Shri Banwarilal PurohitHonourable Governor of AssamRaj Bhawan, KharghuliGuwahati-781004 Dated: Guwahati, 31 October 2016 Your Excellency, Warm greetings from the Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA). We would like to bring to your kind attention some of the recent misleading and manipulative statements by some individuals and organizations on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 issue. We are shocked that these groups of vested interests are trying to communalise the issue instead of helping to find an amicable solution. The extremely volatile utterances targeting the Hindu minority community of Assam is deplorable and condemnable to say the least. We are from this land of...
In memory of the victims of the October 30 2008 serial blast, Nazira, a 'Swardhanjali' programme was organsied by Rongman Cultural group as a Anti Terrorist Day in front of Nazira Natiya Mandir. Opening this programme by lightning earthen lamp, president of the Freelance Journalist Association of Nazira, Syed Khairul Hassan said "we should always remember this barbaric incident and try to realise the shorrows of the victims".
In response to a call of Games Village Residents' Welfare Society to observe Pollution Free Diwali this year, all the residents came out with a very positive response and decided to celebrate Diwali, 2016 "Pollution Free". In the residents' meeting held on October 26, the Diwali Festival Celebration Committee was formed headed by Manju Rani Deka, an energetic young Lady Officer of Assam Secretariat. As part of the celebration, a huge procession was taken out, on October 29, comprising school students in their school uniform along with Games Village residents holding play cards with catchy slogans appealing all the residents not to burst crackers and create pollution by any other means, in...
Atletico de Kolkata hit back in spectacular fashion to floor NorthEast United FC 2-1 in an entertaining Hero Indian Super League battle at Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati, on Friday. NorthEast United seemed destined to stay at the top of the table when Emiliano Alfaro provided the hosts with a first-half lead. But Atletico de Kolkata struck back in the second session with goals from marquee player Helder Postiga and Juan Belencoso in the 82nd minute. The win took Atletico de Kolkata to the top with 12 points at the end of their first-leg matches while NorthEast United have to settle for the third spot with 10 points after losing their last two matches at home....
A workshop on “Sustainable management of the Brahmaputra River System, India in a changing climate for water security and disaster resilience’’ for researchers, practitioners and media personnel will be held at Indian Institute of Bank Management, Khanapara, Guwahati from November 15-18. Interested candidates are requested to contact Bijoyinee Sarma (bijoyinee@aaranyak.org, 88765-50804) and Dr. Partha J Das (partha@aaranyak.org, 94351-16558) before November 5 to confirm.
The banned armed outfit Karbi People's Liberation Tigers (KPLT) declared unilateral cease fire for six months. The militant outfit, remained active in Karbi Anglong district of central Assam, has already sent a letter to the Union government in this regard. It may be mentioned that the KPLT rebels are engaged in various disruptive activities like extortion, kidnapping and even killing in the hilly district for some years. The outfit also lost many of its leader and cadres in numerous counter-insurgency operations carried out by the security forces.
NDA has received a marginal shot on its arm in the move to amend The Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2016 when the Bodo Peoples’ Front has come in full support of the Bill that triggers statewide protest. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday the coalition partner president Hagrama Mohilary said that they have reasons to support the move. “We support the move to amend the Bill to accept the Hindu migrants. It would have no adverse impact on Assam,” said Hagrama. But we don’t endorse the idea of accepting the Muslim migrants,” said the BTAD chief who arrived in the capital on Monday to formally give his party’s stand on the crucial issue. BPF’s position assumes importance at a...
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