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.
Sammasati, a 3-days Osho Meditation Camp will be held in Guwahati on April 21-24. The proramme will be facilitated by Swami Anand Tathagat ta Simanta Sankardev Kalakshetra, Guwahati. For details, please contact: Swami Anand Bhairav-9864148024 Swami Ravi Batra-9435010985 Swami Dhyan Nirav- 9435731074.
Launching massive poll campaigns in eastern Assam for the State Legislative Assembly elections scheduled for 4 and 11 April next, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday chanted the slogan ‘A for Assam’. “Assam was one of five advanced States in the country during the time of independence, but today the natural resource rich State is identified as one of the five backward provinces in India,” said PM Modi, while addressing a massive poll rally at Tinsukia in the morning hours. Starting his speech in Assamese, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrity campaigner elaborated that Assam is full of natural resources including plentiful of water. He assured that once the State gets a young...
Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE) Guwahati and Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce (FICCI) jointly organized an Interactive session with a 35 members delegation from Royal Institute for Governance and Strategic Studies (RIGSS), Bhutan on 23rd March, 2016 at IIE Auditorium. The meet was a platform for sharing of possible scope and opportunities for mutual benefits for both the countries in trade and commerce, particularly with emphasis on NER, the immediate neighbor of Bhutan. A welcome remark was given by Manoj K Das, Director, IIE. He mentioned that Bhutan has a higher Per Capita Income and more happiness than India. NER and Bhutan coexisted since time immemorial. This...
Eminent Kannada writer Professor Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa, who is widely regarded as one of modern India's foremost novelists, will attend the ‘Guest of the Month’ program of Guwahati Press Club [GPC] on 28 March 2016. The interactive session with the Saraswati Sanman awardee is scheduled to start at GPC auditorium by 3 pm. Padma Shri Prof Bhyrappa, who is coming to Guwahati to receive the Mamoni Raisom Goswami National Literature Award 2016, constituted by Asom Sahitya Sabha, will also be felicitated by the GPC. Member journalists of the press club are requested to participate in the program.
Dear Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Regarding the Indo-Naga Peace Talks, the effort to end the war for between India and Nagaland, the Naga International Support Center, NISC, just sent an open letter to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. This letter deals with the legitimacy of that Kingdom, then Great Britain, of transferring all of Nagaland to India and then Burma. In that letter we requested the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to show the Naga Peoples with conclusive evidence that indeed the British Government transferred all of Nagaland to the Union of India and to what was then Burma. We asked that because we know that around 65% to 75% of all Naga lands were never...
A video compact disk tiled Tomake Napale Jaan Oi comprising new Assamese songs by popular singer Debojit Saha was released on Sunday at Guwahati Press Club. Legendary singer Sudakshina Sarma, national award winning filmmaker Manju Bora, academician Usharanjan Bhattacharya, writer Dilip Bora, journalists Nava Thakuria and Gautam Sarma graced the occasion and appreciated the SaReGaMaPa Challenge 2005 winner for coming out with the CD on the even of Rongali Bihu. Produced by DS production, the CD has its music by Tarun Tanmoy and choreograph by Uday Shankar where the cast include Debojit and Pallavi. All the speakers termed Debojit as a cultural link between the Brahmaputra and the Barak...
The United Liberation Front of Asom(I) reiterates its pledge to get back a sovereign land of historic truth where natural and organic resources will matter. In a joint address to their fellow rebels on Wednesday on the occasion of the Army Day, the outfit's chairman Abhijit Asom and Commander in Chief Paresh Baruah said that they have no place for arrogance. Here is the full text of speech. __________________________________________ 16-03-2016 Joint Speech by Supreme Commander & Chief of Staff On the Occasion of Army Day 2016 [Translated version of the original statement in Assamese] Our dear freedom fighters of Assam, Please accept our hearty congratulations on observance of this...
Dhenkulus is composed and sung by Rupam Bhuyan and Tridip Basumatary, Guitar by Sumit Baruah, Drums by Biraj Baishya, Bass by Chandanjyoti Hazarika, Percussions by Bidyut Bordoloi, keys and overall design by Rakesh Baro. This beautiful song portrays a woman named Jomuna who is betrayed in love by a rich man and her strength to give birth to the child of that man without marrying him.
The Kamrup Election District Administration has started mass EVM awareness campaign throughout the District to give the firsthand knowledge of the process of EVM voting. As a part of this EVM awareness progranme was held at several places of Chaygaon LAC on Tuesday. The programme will continue in coming days to cover all areas of the District.
Sankardev Sishu Niketan of Jamugurihat had organsied a career planning workshop its students on 14th march. The objective of the workshop was to provide information on various career options and opportunities, importance of career planning, importance of different skills. Inaugurating the workshop, Gouri Hazarika , Headmistress of schools told te students the importance of career and how one need to have a vibrant career developing the society . She also mentioned that students must chose and plan right career on right time to become responsible citizen and successful person in life. This workshop was moderated by Ranjan K Baruah of North East Youth Foundation and he focused on...
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