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 huge road blockade on a vital road in the outskirt of Guwahati heavily disrupted transport services on Saturday. Thousands of people in Kukurmora area near Boko blocked the National Highway No 37 a day after the Sarbananda Sonowal Government rejected erstwhile Gogoi Government’s move to create the South Kamrup district. Trucks, buses along with other two and four wheelers on the road were forced to remain standred for several hours as the protesters refused to disperse from 10 in the morning. A crucial cabinet meeting on Friday evening abandoned the idea of creating East and South Kamrup districts considering the lack of adequate infrastructure much to the major disappointment...
Durga puja festivity grips Assam as the premier north eastern state is celebrating the annual Hindu festival from Friday. Dressed in traditional attire, devotees from early in the morning started offering pujas to the goddess of strength acorss the state. Many Durga puja committees are holding huge cultural functions in the evening apart from drawing, dancing and music competitions among the children. The authorities have asked the puja committees to install CCTV cameras at the pendal to ensure better safety and security during the festival. The goddess of strength along with her children would be immersed in the river and waterbodies Tuesday.
Prolific writer Arundhati Dutta passed away on Saturday after prolonged cancer ailment. The end came at a hospital in the morning in New Delhi where she was undergoing treatment for the last couple of months. Her husband and noted social activist Deven Dutta was beside her when she breathed her last. Many organizations and individuals have condoled the death of the promising writer who died a premture death and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members.
A local court in Lakhimpur remanded Akhil Gogoi to judicial custody for 14 days after the police produced the KMSS leader on Thursday. The court rejected Gogoi’s bail petition in connection with a case registered against him in 2011-12. Thousands of KMSS leaders and workers thronged in front of the Lakhimpur CJM Court when their leader was brought to produced before it in the morning. They demanded immediate release of the peasant leader saying that the Sarbananda Sonowal Government has been trying to gag the voice of protest. Notably, Gogoi was arrested from his office a couple of days back charging him with inciting the protest against the eviction drive in Kaziranga where two...
The city based Nemcare hospital will conduct the next evening clinic at Guwahati Press Club (GPC) on 15 October next. Dr Nareswar Barman (Cardiology) and Dr Bikash Das (Medicine) will be available for free healthcare consultations to the GPC members along with their close relatives. Dr Hitesh Baruah, the chief of Nemcare hospital and a popular cultural personality, will supervise the Saturday evening OPD starting from 5 pm and scheduled to continue till 7 pm. The participants will also get the opportunity to check their weight, sugar and blood pressure. It may be mentioned that Dr Amit Saha of Swagat hospital attended the last ‘Evening with a Doctor’ program at press club premises on 1...
The Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has urged the Union Information & Broadcasting Minister and the Prasar Bharati Board to introduce a fool-proof system to ensure timely payment to the casual news workers and also introduce strict accountability so that officials responsible for delayed payments get the punishment they deserve. In a memorandum, signed by its president Rupam Barua and secretary Nava Thakuria and sent to the Minister, the Prasar Bharati chairman and other officials, the JFA said that since they are casual and unprotected, nobody is worried about their remunerations. It is nobody’s business that they should get paid and that too timely. Till October 04, 2016, they were...
NorthEast United FC kick-started their campaign in the 3rd Hero Indian Super League (HISL) on a winning note with a 1-0 victory over Kerala Blasters in Guwahati on Saturday.After a barren first session where NorthEast United dominated for long spells, Katsumi Yusa scored the all-important goal in the 54th minute.NorthEast United were determined to get a positive result from the opener and fielded an attacking line-up with Nicolas Velez, Holicharan Narzary and Emiliano Alfaro in attacking positions. Kerala, on the other hand, were content in soaking up the pressure which they did well in the first 45 minutes but succumbed to NorthEast’s might in the second session.NorthEast United started...
Former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta had a narrow escape when his convoy met with a road mishap in Golaghat on Saturday. The mishap took place just a stone’s throw distance from the Golahat town where he was on the way. Suddenly, the vehicle carrying met with the mishap where he sustained mild injury. According to report, Mahanta is out of danger and he was required only preliminary treatment.
Manipur rights activist Irom Sharmila said that peace would come to the restive north eastern state through political effort. In her address at a function in Delhi University, she said that if voted to power she would spare no pain to restore peace to the north eastern region where the draconian Act like the Arms Forces Special Powers Act would have no place. “I broke my fast to politically fight for the people. Peace would come only through political initiatives,” said Sharmila. “I hope people would be support me in my mission of peace,” said the rights crusader. She made it plain and simple that she would not join the Aam Admi Party. “I would neight join AAP and nor have a plan to float a...
Kaziranga National Park opens up for the tourists on Saturday. Forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma formally opened the abode of one horn rhino at a brief function at Kohora range in presence of dozens of foreign tourists who arrived in the area three days back. Brahma said the government has opened up the world heritage site beforehand tis year to allow the tourists to enjoy the real taste of the park.
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