Assam Association, Delhi has celebrated the 61st Independence day at their Cultural Centre Srimanta Sankaradeva Bhawan located at Qutub Institutional Area. This was the second consecutive year that the association has been celebrating the occasion.
The National Flag was unfurled jointly by the President and General Secretary. Speaking on the occasion, the President Mr. A Barua said that this is a very historic occasion as India celebrates its Diamond jubilee year of independence. It was in the same year a few people from Assam formed the 'Assam Sangha"- which later was renamed as "Assam Association, Delhi". India has made tremendous progress against many odds. It is growing at a very rapid pace and will soon become a 'super power'. At the same he said 'Assam is fighting a battle for survival and is passing through the worst phase. The population of Assamese people have increased to many thousands now. The need of the hour is to build a new Assamese society free from casteism, religious fanaticism, which will embrace people from all races and creeds, on the tenets of Srimanta Sankaradeva.
Mr Sarat Barkakati spoke about the social commitment the well entrenched people in Delhi has for the society where they were born. Mr. Manoj K Das spoke about the advances India made in last 60 years and the road ahead. He lamented the diminishing image of Assamese as patriotic Indians dover the years. He also expressed concern about the 80% Indians living on Rs. 20/- a day. There can be social upheavals or disturbances like the naxalite movement, if the haves don't want to share part of their prosperity with the have nots.
Dr Nilamani Sarmah spoke about the spirit of Indianness and the pains founding fathers have taken to attain freedom. Lastly, Dr Hareswar Deka, who has recently taken over as the General Secretary thanked the audience for turning up on the occasion.
PermalinkSubmitted by OMAR LUTHER KING on Mon, 20/08/2007 - 06:36
The AA Delhi did well in celebrating the 61st Independence day. How I wish I knew about the programme. I would not have missed it if I were told about it.
Much advance publicity should be given to programmes that are planned by AA Delhi so that more and more Assamese resident of Delhi along with their local friends and neighbours are able to attend such functions and make them grand success.
OMAR
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The Assam government is planning some change in the NRC papers. Disclosing this at a press conference in Guwahati om Sunday government spokesperson Himanta Biswa Sarma said NRC upgradation work has been suspended for a very brief period of time. "Let the Chief Minister return from Delhi. We will talk to the various parties and organisation before resuming the project" said the minister.
Sarma said the government has ordered a judicial probe into the recent Barpeta firing where 5 persons does and over 50 injured.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is recovering a day after he was admitted Max Hospital in Delhi when complained of high blood pressure.
According to information, Gogoi's condition is quite stable and is likely to be released on Sunday afternoon. Gogoi, who had gone to New Delhi to attend the National Development Council meeting, fell ill in the morning as he was attending the country's higest policy making body meet. He was rushed to the hospital for constant monitoring and thorough check up.
As the D-Day comes closer, the city of Guwahati prepares itself for the day with round the clock checks, security set-ups and other arrangements. In the spate of the recent bomb blast in Fancy bazar last week, various checkpoints have been set up in different parts of the city to vigilate coming in and around the city.
The venue where Indepence Day is to be celebrated, the Latasil field, have been kept on tight vigil since this month beginning. Policemen have been deployed in and around the field and it has been lit up with lights for better vigil., The policemen keep a 24 hour vigil and conduct checks.
Ananya Bhattacharjee, Guwahati
In a major set back to the Tarun Gogoi government, the Guwahati High Court has ordered repoll in two booths of the Assembly constituency from where Social Welfare Minister Akon Bora had won as a Congress candidate in the 2006 polls.
The historic judgment came up when Justice I. A. Ansari was hearing a writ petition filed by former Asom Gana Parishad minister Atul Bora, directed election officials to hold repoll at the earliest for the two polling stations - No 196 and 164 of the 52 Dispur Assembly constituency.
The AGP candidate, who had contested against the minister, had lost the polls by a mere 813 votes.
Bora had filed a petition with the High Court alleging election malpractices...
A hardcore ULFA cadre died during an encounter with police in Dibrugarh district of Assam on Tuesday. The encounter took place in the morning at Jokai forest area where ULFA cadre Biplab Baruah was killed. Biplab came over ground 2 years back but recent he disappeared and went back to the jungles.
At least six policemen have been injured when an oil tanker hit their vehicle on NH-31 in the outskirt of Guwahati on Sunday. The accident took place in the morning as the oil tanker hit the police van from the rear at Chotsil. The tanker hit a herd of cattle, killing eight cows on the spot.
All the injured policemen have been rushed to Guwahati Medical College and Hospital. The driver of the vehicle has been absconding.
In Its continuing crackdown, Bangladesh has captured one more ULFA leader on its soil on Saturday. According to a section of Bangldesh media, Rapid Action Battalion arrested ULFA leader Ranjan Chowdhury along with one of his Bangladeshi associates in Bhairab upazila of Kishoreganj early in the morning.
An team of the elite force with the help of Rab-9 conducted an operation in Laxmipur area and captured the ULFA leader and his associate Pradip Marak, 55, of Sherpur. A pistol, one revolver, four bullets, four bombs and some bomb-making materials were also found in his possession. They were taken to the Rab headquarters hours after the arrests. The Rab director said the drive was conducted...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday claimed to have improved the state's economy in the last 9 years. Concluding the debate on White paper on Friday in the Assembly, Gogoi said the performance of his government is much better than the AGP who came to power for two terms. "When we came to power, the financial health was ailing. But the things have changed a lot" said Gogoi. The Chief Minister said initially his government stressed on roads and bridges in rural areas and as a result these have improved connectivity across the sate.
One person has been injured when a gang of armed gang of dacoits targeted two youths in Guwahati on Friday. The incident took place at Lokhora Charialiat around 3 in the afternoon when the youths came to deposit a huge amount of money at the State Bank of India. The one who was driving teh car was hurt in the firing. Amid a commotion, the dacoits managed to escape from the spot. The injured person was rushed to GMCH. The due who with at DTO office had Rs.25 lakh with them at be deposited at the Bank.
Police on Friday have arrested two youths near Guwahati charging the duo with killing a minor boy hours after they kidnapped him. According to information, the body of Kundan Das of Dharapur was found on Friday a day after the Calss V student went missing. Further investigation is goign on
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