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.
One after another dissident Congress legislators start leaving the move to join BJP. Kripanath Malla along with another have written to the party leadership that they would stay with Congress. On the other hand, Kamalakhya Dey and Siddique Ahmed told Congress president Sonia Gandhi that they would not join BJP. Of the nine dissident legislators, four have reposed faith on the leadership. In yet another development, three more MLAs are in touch with APCC leadership to follow the suit.
The ongoing impasse over PIL in Gauhati High Court on Wednesday touched an all time low when a section of the agitating lawyers tried to prevent the acting Chief Justice from entering into the court premises.The high voltage drama took place at around 10 in the morning when acting Chief Justice K Sreedhar Rao arrived in the court premises. On seeing his car entering into the court premises, the lawyers on strike prevented him at the entry gate reiterating a slew of serious allegations against him. An angry Justice Rao has no way out immediately but to call up police authority to contain the situation. Police commissioner Mukesh Sahai rushed to the court premises with security...
The city based media persons today remembered senior journalist Hiten Mahanta, who has passed away on 29 August 2015 in GNRC hospital, in a meeting held at Guwahati Press Club. Paying tributes to the honest, brave and impartial journalist, the journalists along with Mahanta’s well-wishers termed him as one of the committed journalists of the State.The attending journalists also decided to publish a book with articles on Mahanta’s life and activities. They also resolved to launch an annual award in Mahanta’s memory. The participants including Mahanta’s younger brother Sailen Mahanta, senior journalists Hemanta Barman, Ranen Kumar Goswami, DN Singh, Nava Thakuria, Khagen Kalita, Pranabjit...
The violence in Manipur erupts an escalating protest in New Delhi where tribal people from the north eastern state came out opposing the three legislations cleared by the assembly on Monday. Under the banner of the Manipur Tribals Forum in New Delhi, the tribal people thronged the Jantar Mantar in the afternoon where they staged the dharna demanding prime minister’s intervention. They further threatened to launch a massive agitation if their grievances are not redressed. The dharna ended in the evening after they sent the memorandum to prime minister’s office. Heres' the memorandum the sent to the Prime Minister at the end of the darna on Wednesday. ...
Rumours have always been the billows that fan conflagration in the restive Churachandpur district. That has forced the authorities to smartly block the mobile messaging and internet services.As a result, the entire north eastern state remains disconnected from the rest of the virtual world much to a major inconvenience of the common people. On the other hand, a section of protesters have not allowed restoration of surface communication by feeling trees on the road.The violence erupted on Monday after a section of hills people set ablaze seven ancestral houses of ministers and MLAs at Churachandpur hours after the assembly ensured the passage of three crucial bills paving the way for...
Surface communication remains heavily disrupted in Assam along with other parts of the country following the 12 hour general strike by the trade unions on Wednesday.Called in protest against the anti people or anti worker policies of the NDA government, the general strike began in the state at 6 in the morning. Leaders and workers blocked rails and roads across the state in many places in the morning forcing the authorities to reschedule many trains in Guwahati.
The incessant rains that lashed Guwahati and its adjoining areas are likely to result in landslide soon. Local residents in Amingaon, Thirteenth Mile, Nineth Mile, Maligaon areas fear the tragic rerun of landslide incidents in near future. The district administration has yet to keep the denizens on alert in view of the incessant rains to be followed by massive landslide. Notably, a woman and her 2 year old daughter died a tragic death when a huge rock slipped into the hut where they were sleeping in Amingaon area on Tuesday wee hours.
After a brief halt, massive waterlogging wreaks havoc in Guwahati disrupting surface communication on Tuesday.A huge portion of the National Highway has come under the water logging forcing Nagaon-Guwahti buses, trucks and other vehicles to divert the route through Chandrapur area in the outskirt of the city.Many areas in the city have been flooded following the incessant rains in the afternoon. The worst-hit areas include Lachitnagar, Anil nagar, Nabin nagar, Chandmari and the busy RG Baruah Road.
Women in restive Churachandpur taking out procession on Tuesday a day after their male counterparts turned violent after assembly passed three crucial bills to ensure safety of "indigenous people".
Amid growing blamegame over the Louis Berger scam between Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and former GMDA minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, a Canada delegation is on a fact finding visit to Guwahati on Tuesday.The four member US team asked for a number of documents to cross check the bribery allegations against a section of ministers and GMDA officers. They are set to collect a set of papers to gather evidence of bribery in the crore rupee deal. It is learnt that the senior officials are examining the documents for ascertaining the kick back allegations. The scam took place twelve years back when the Canada-based firm was forced to bribe a section of powerful ministers and GMDA officers for...
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