The city police has picked up three youths from Guwahati on Sunday late night for their alleged involvement in the physical assault on an Adivashi girl protestor in Beltola on Saturday. Police say these three people has already confessed that they undressed the girl which was more shocking in the string of violence on Saturday.
4 Sep 2015 - 8:59pm | AT News
The Gauhati High Court on Friday set up a special panel to look into the allegations against acting chief justice K Sredharan Rao. Taking up two different petitions against the Justice Rao a division...
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A hardcore ULFA cadre was killed at an encounter with army at Dirak Reserve Forest early in the morning on Friday.According to information, ULFA's 28th battalion cadre Sahaknka Baruah alias Ananta...
29 Sep 2008 - 5:41am | Nava Thakuria
On the occasion of World Heart Day, the Cardiological Society of India ( North East Chapter) in association with theGuwahati Press Club had organised a heart check up camp on September 28, 2008 at...
12 Feb 2016 - 9:15am | Hantigiri Narzary
Police arrested two gang of Bike lifter from Gutipara area under Bagribari police station in Kokrajhar district today. A police team of Bagribari police station able to arrest the bike lifter with...
A new group of travel and tourism professionals comes up in Guwahati with a travel agency. Named as Natural Holidays at Guwahati the outfit aims at serving the demand of tourists in Guwahati.The new venture was inaugurated by ATDC Ltd chairperson Dr Hemoprova Saikia with the various package tours at a function.Apart from local tours, Natural Holidays also offers package tours to Shillong, Cherrepunjee, Kaziranga, Majuli, Bhalukpung, Bomdila, Tawang.Conducted tours to Hajo, Sualkuchi, Madan Kamdev and Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary are also in the pipeline, informs the outfit.
The Jayjayanti Kala Kendra and the Dilip Sarma-Sudakshina Sarma Cultural Academy, is organizing a cultural programme at the Vivekananda Kendra in the city on Friday evening.Organisers here say students of Jayjayanti Kala Kendra and Dilip Sarma-Sudakshina Sarma Cultural Academy are going to present Rabindra Sangeet, Jyoti Sangeet, Bishnu Rabha geet and dances based on these songs.Dilip Sarma and Sudakshina Sarma are also schedule to perform in the function.
Shillong is all abuzz.As soon as the clock strikes at 6 in the cold evening, the town atop the abode of cloud begins its much vaunted Shillong Autumn Festival. And that too with a record-breaking event when over 2,000 guitarists who vie for a page in the Guinness Book of World Records for the ever biggest guitar ensemble.Guitarists from across the country are performing Bob Dylan's classic "Knocking on Heavens Door" at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium here to mark the beginning of the grand 10 day festival.Titled "Rhythms of Meghalaya", the session will be looking to crack the world record by 1,721 guitarists from the United States, performing "Smoke on the Water" by...
The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) serves show cause notice to MP Kirip Chaliha alleging his conspiracy against Chief minister Tarun Gogoi.According a report by a vernacular daily from Guwahati, signed by the party’s disciplinary panel convener Dr Haren Das, the notice asks Mr Chaliha to show cause is given ten days why action will not be taken against him. Mr Chaliha, however, was not available for his comment. The decision to this effect was taken on October 12 while the panel met at the Rajiv Bhawan after taking up the allegations of conspiracy against the Chief Minister.Also, a section of the party leaders urge party high command to take drastic action against the MP from...
The Assam government talks to the All Assam Students’ Union leaders on Friday in Dispur before clearing the modalities to update the National Registrar of Citizens (NRC).Speaking to Assam Times, senior officials here say chaired by principal secretary with home and political department, the meeting is attended by AASU adviser Dr Samuzzal Bhattacharjee, president Sankar Prasad Ray and General secretary Tapan Kumar Gogoi and other top ranked leaders.The students’ body has already submitted its proposals before Dispur anmd Delhi citing the acceptable modalities for updating the NRC.An all party meeting gave the government go-ahead to draft the modalities to update the NRC with 1971...
Army topguns are drawing up a set of massive strategies to make its crackdown against United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) more effective even as several top cadres are all set to surrender.Chief of Army Staff Deepak Kapoor hold a series of meeting with top ranked security officials at the 4 Corps headquarters in Tezpur on Wednesday and Thursday and reviews the operations against the proscribed outfit in the state.Several crucial issues relating to the offensive against the militant outfit came up for discussion and he instructed his senior officials to make the operation more elaborate and effective.General Kapoor further visited the Indo-China border areas in Arunachal Pradesh on...
A mammoth security arrangement is on the cards to make to ensure peace during Durga puja commencing from Thursday.According to information, top ranked security officials are constantly monitoring the situation in view of possible militant activities during Durga puja.Dispur passes a strict instructions to strengthen security arrangement to avert any militant activities.District administrations across the state are also in constant touch with the puja celebration committees to ensure peaceful celebration of Durga puja.Our Jorhat Correspondent adds: The police recovered an improvised explosive device Chinamora at 11 in the morning on Sunday.According to information, the bomb had cells and was...
The Institution of Engineers here has arranged to celebrate its year-long golden jubilee starting November next.According to information, a number of programmes have been lined up, like science exhibition, international seminar and outreach for the schoolchildren.The Institution of Engineers (India) is the largest professional body in the world with almost 5 lakh corporate and non-corporate members. It is a premier organisation of engineers in the country engaged in the pursuit of promotion and advancement of science, practice and business of engineering.The decision to set up the Assam State centre of the Institution was broached at the 409th meeting of the council held at Shillong on...
The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) appeals to its former leaders and workers to come to the main fold back to strengthen regionalism.Addressing a function organised to mark the party foundation day in Mirza on Sunday, AGP president regionalism parties should come up with an agenda todevelop the state.Mr Goswami also stressed renewing the peace process with the ULFA saying the onus was on the Centre to restart the peace talks.Reiterating support to the demand for ST status by the six ethnic communities of the State, the AGP president said the status would further strengthen the unity and bonhomie among the indigenous people.According to Mr Goswami, the government must update the NRC and implement...
Assam's students bodies blame it all on the OIL chairman MR Pasrija for the sealing of its office in New Delhi. The leaders of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) here demand proper inquiry into the whole incident and that the report should be made public.They also demanded to turn the Duliajan administrative office of the company into a full-fledged corporate office.President of All Moran Students’ Union Birinchi Moran, expressed deep anguish over the incident saying the headquarters of public sector companies such as the OIL and ONGC should be shifted to Assam.Duliajan regional unit of the AASU says normal functioning of the office has been severely hampered due to the...
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