Golaghat: Last Wednesday, an insightful sensitization workshop addressing the detrimental effects of tobacco use was organized at the conference hall of the District & Sessions Judge’s office in Golaghat. The event witnessed the presence of key figures in the fight against tobacco consumption, including Secretary of DLSA Golaghat, Smt. JyotiSmita Sarma, Dr. Sunita Ekka from District Tobacco Control Cell, Golaghat, and Rudhir Prakash Sarma, Divisional Coordinator of Upper Assam Division from The UNION. Officials from the DLSA office and the health department also actively participated.
The workshop commenced with a warm welcome address, followed by an insightful discussion on the provisions of the COTPA Act 2003 by the Secretary of DLSA. Dr. Ekka provided an in-depth analysis of the tobacco burden in Assam and the diverse health implications arising from tobacco use. She took the opportunity to shed light on the achievements of the District Tobacco Control Cell in Golaghat, expressing gratitude to colleagues and stakeholders for their unwavering support.
Rudhir Sarma from The UNION emphasized the importance of a united front to combat the tobacco menace and encouraged collective efforts towards achieving a tobacco-free generation. He urged the attendees to utilize and share information about the toll-free National Tobacco Quitline Services (1800-112-356), established by the Indian government to offer counseling services for individuals keen on quitting tobacco.
The workshop culminated with the Secretary of DLSA, Golaghat, urging all present to refrain from tobacco use, prioritize their health, and disseminate the knowledge acquired during the workshop to their colleagues, friends, and family members. The event showcased a collective determination to work towards a healthier, tobacco-free community.
More trouble awaits Gopinath Das who is absconding after police registered a rape case against the Boko AIUDF MLA.A child right protection organization has written to Assam Assembly Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi for his immediate disqualification for keeping minor girls as his domestic help.Speaker Gogoi is likely to step in very soon. The organization demands his disqualification three days after police rescued yet another minor domestic help from his house in Guwahati.The Boko MLA is waiting for Gauhati High Court’s breather when it would hear his anticipatory bail plea on Monday. Das allegedly raped his minor domestic help inside his car forcing her to move police demanding justice. Under...
Properties worth one crore were reduced to ashes when at least ten shops caught fire in Goalpara district on Saturday.The incident took place at Balapara area where the fire originated at a shop and then started spreading to the adjacent shops. Fire tenders were deployed to deal with the huge inferno. But by then the fire engulfed as many as ten nearby shops.“The extent of damage stands nearly over one crore. The reason of the fire has yet to be ascertained. Preliminary investigation suggest electric short circuit. Details are yet to be learnt,” said a police officer who arrived in the spot to assess the situation.
Two local businessmen went missing from Mancachar on Saturday. Popularly known as Akidul Islam and Billul Miyan, the duo were suspected to have been kidnapped by militants from across the interstate border. Security forces have stepped up search operations in Chandguri from where the duo went missing.
Police have stepped up operation against Gopinath Das who has been remaining untraced after police registered a rape against the AIUDF MLA a couple of days back. Boko police on Saturday carried out simultaneous raids in five places in search of Das who allegedly raped his minor domestic help inside his car.A team of Boko police raided a house in Goalpara in search of Das who was not available. Then another team picked up his two bother in laws to be questioned in this connection.His last hope remains on the Gauhati High Court who is take his anticipatory bail plea on Monday.
The opposition Asom Gana Parishad will hold protest rally on September 19 opposing the Centre’s move to give refugee status to the non Muslim Bangladeshi and Pakistani nationals in India.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Saturday, party president Atul Bora said the party leaders and workers will stage sit in demonstration on September 16 in all districts.Bora said,”we cannot bear the burden of 2 lakh Bangladeshi immigrants. We won’t allow it to happen.”“Days are not far. Like Tripura, we the people of Assam would soon turn into minority if the Narendra Modi government at the Centre is allowed to proceed with the deal,” said the AGP president. ...
The calm is uneasy in Churachandpur after the recent orgy of violence where 8 people lost their lives when Manipur assembly passed three controversial bills.Women groups have been staging dusk to down protest in eight public places across the restive district to deal with possible mob violence.
The Manipur High Court has summoned Bihar political leader Papu Yadav for forcibly halting a New Delhi bound train in Bihar recently in search of Manipur passengers. The court issued the notice when it took up a public interest litigation filed by Manipur JD(U) president M Tombi. The court further sent notice to the Bihar government in connection with the incident where Yadav and his supporters stopped the train to seek Manipuris which disrupted normal flow of railway traffic.
A brief halt in violence fails to bring down the anger in Churachandpur. The relatives of those killed in the recent orgy of violence have refused to accept the bodies till the controversial bills not withdrawn by the government. Nine bodies have been waiting in the coffins at the morgue of the Churachandpur Civil Hospital to be received by the relatives who are not prepared to do so in protest against the bills. Buckling under the mounting pressure, eleven tribal MLAs from the area have put in their papers so far.
Vandalism, arson, police-picketer clash have marred the 12 hours statewide Assam bandh on Saturday called in protest against the refugee status for on Muslim Hindu and Pakistani nationals in India. The paralyzing bandh began at 6 in the morning across the state where supporters in many places enforced the call by burning tyres on the vital roads to restrict the movement of vehicles. A student sustained serious injury when two groups of students clashed with each other in Hojai over the bandh call. Same situation prevailed in Baihata Chariali where bandh supporters clashed with policemen. Some other student workers blocked the National Highways in many places to stop the...
A serious allegation of medical negligence has forced the authority to suspend a premier nursing home in Guwahati triggering shock and anger among the patients and doctors engaged in it.The nursing home, now in the centrestage of controversy, is Pratiksha Hospital. In a notification, the health department suspended the license of the hospital for one month from Friday. During this period, the outpatient department will not function. The treatment will confine to the in patients only who were admitted before Friday.The authority resorted to this course of action acting on a complaint of professional negligence where a gynecology department patient had to bear the brunt. But the response of...
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