Nazira paid tribute to the late Aboni Borthakur, a distinguished educationist and former Principal of Nazira College, with a memorial meeting held on Sunday. The event, organized at the Nazira M.C. Club, was presided over by Atul Gogoi, a former Principal of another college.
The gathering saw the presence of several notable figures, including retired professor Dr. Provat Borah, renowned writer Juri Borah Borgohain, Nazira MLA Debabrata Saikia, and CPI leader Kanak Gogoi, among others. The speakers reflected on Borthakur’s contributions to education and society, celebrating his legacy as a thinker and academician.
A highlight of the meeting was the unveiling of a memorial book that explores various facets of Aboni Borthakur’s life and work, offering a fitting tribute to his enduring impact. The event underscored the deep respect and admiration the community holds for the late educationist.
The killer AIDS seems to have taken a deep grip in Assam with 928 new HIV cases. According to the statistics available with the Assam State AIDS Control Society (ASACS), the disturbing scene has come to light when more and more people have come for test. Kamrup (Metro) alone has the highest HIV positive cases which stands at 38 per cent to be followed by Cachar, Dibrugarh and Nagaon districts. ANC attendees basically hail from Karimganj, Tinsukia and Karbi Anglong while Cachar and Sonitpur —record more than one per cent HIV prevalence. According to the experts, since Assam is the gateway to the north east, obviously it is the highly vulnerable for HIV transmission where many young...
The police team set up to probe the APSC scam have been interrogating three ACS officers and an APS officer on probation in Guwahati to extract more clue on the scam. The three extra assistant commissioners along with the Deputy Superintendent of Police appeared the SIT in Kahilipara on Tuesday night where they have been facing marathon interrogation. More ACS and APS officers are expected to be grilled by the SIT to probe the scam where APSC chairman Rakesh Paul along with a few of his members and officers allegedly made money.
At least four people died and several others sustained injury when the bus carrying them collided its head on a truck in Dergaon on Wednesday. The accident took place at 2 in the wee hours when the passenger bus from Guwahati reached Ronganati near Dergaon where the driver was believed to have lost the control over the bus. But local residents blamed the fog for poor visibility. Three people died on the spot while the injured passengers were sent to the Jorhat Medical College Hospital.
A local court in Guwahati on Tuesday remanded Basanta Doley to 14 days police custody a day after the APSC member was arrested in connection with a selection scam. The police team probing the scam produced Doley before the court in the afternoon and sought him in their remand for further interrogation. Then the court allowed the police to take the APSC member in their custody for the next 14 days. Doley was arrested after 10 hours of interrogation in this connection. Dutta caught the attention after he damaged some official documents in the office premises a couple of days after chairman Rakesh Paul was arrested by Dibrugarh police.
The Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expressed grief at the demise of Sukhendu Bhattacharya. Bhattacharya breathed his last on Sunday. The former PTI scribe was suffering from various ailments for some time. He was cremated on Monday afternoon. Bhattacharya, 52, left behind his mother, wife, two children and a host of friends. He worked for PTI from Guwahati and Kolkata since 1988. Lately he took voluntary retirement from the news agency and started living in the city permanently.
Newly elected Lakhimpur MP Pradan Baruah took the oath in Lak Sabha on Tuesday. Baruah won the recent Lok Sabha bye polls and took the oath from Lok Sabha Speaker.
The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday granted bail to Akhil Gogoi in two cases more than a month after the KMSS leader was sent to jail. Both the cases are related to the incident at Jakhalabandha police station where he allegedly took the lead of a protest against the eviction drive in the Kaziranga National Park. But Gogoi won’t be allowed to come out of the jail as another case is pending against him where he has yet to procure the bail in Lakhimpur district.
The police team probing the APSC scam has arrested yet another member of the state autonomous body that selects candidates for the various Government departments. Identified as Basanta Doley, he was picked up on Monday charging him with destroying some crucial official documents after the police arrested chairman Rakesh Paul. A team of senior police officers has been interrogating Doley accusing him of destroying the evidence by setting on fire a heap of crucial documents saying that these were unwanted. More APSC officials are likely to be arrested in this connection.
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-I) has dared Union minister Rajen Gohain to make Assamese a compulsory subject in the high school level. In a statement issued by ULFA-I on Monday, chairman Dr Abhijit Asom deplored that in some pockets of Nagaon district a section of the Assamese people have stopped talking in the native language. He slammed the railway minister for his recent assertion that the Bengali Hindu refugees would be forced to adopt the Assamese language.
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA-I) announced it preparedness to continue the struggle for an independent Assam with an appeal to the people to take an united stand. In a statement issued by ULFA-I on Monday, chairman Dr Abhijit Asom said that the need of the hour to discourage the anti-Assam circle. The rebel outfit made it clear that Assam is never safe at the hands of those who are loyal to the Delhitis.
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