Oil India Limited dethroned defending champion Assam State Electricity Board in the Assam Club Championship at Bokakhat on 23rd DEC with a 4-1 victory in a rematch of last year's final. Looking to avenge the defeat at the hands of the ASEB in the previous final, the OIL team played smart football and dominated the game throughout.The OIL think tank chose the 1-4-5-1 formation to the ASEB's 1-4-4-2 pattern and it proved to be a winning strategy. OIL took the lead with captain Birjab Mushahary's winger off a corner as early as in the sixth minute. Durga Boro scored the second goal three minutes later. After missing several scoring opportunities, ASEB bounced back in the 39th minute through captain Suresh Das. The first half ended with a 2-1 score.Mushahary gave OIL a good start with a goal in the ninth minute of the second half. Mintu Boro scored the fourth and last goal for OIL in the 20th minute to take the match beyond ASEB. ASEB goalkeeper Mintu Sonowal again failed to put up a good performance, which compounded his team's woes. ASEB's Suresh Das was adjudged the best player of the meet, Manash Manjit Chetia of Nepathya Club of Jorhat was the top scorer and Jintu Chetri of OIL the best goalkeeper. Salbagan Sports Club won the fair play trophy. Former national player Amal Changmai, sports joint secretary Pranab Kumar Bora, Golaghat SP P.C. Saloi, Bokakhat subdivisional officer (civil) Ranjit Hazarika, Assam Football Association vice-president Jatin Bora, joint secretary Tapan Hazarika and senior officials of the Numaligarh Refinery Ltd were present at the prize distribution ceremony.OIL had blanked out Salbagan Sports Club of Gossaigaon 2-0 on its way to the final, while ASEB defeated 9th APBN 2-0 and Assam Rifles 7-6. As many as 23 teams competed in the tournament. The champion squad will get to play in the National B-Division league.
Once again the Gauhati university campus buys a bad name. An uneasy situation is prevailing in the varsity camp when a boy committed suicide on Wednesday evening. According to information, identified as Debojit Talukdar the youth committed suicide beside a girls hostel. His body was found hanging in the evening. The reason has yet to be ascertained. Police have already registered a case in this connection.
A workshop on citizen journalism and new media was held on March 23 at Handique Girls College, Guwahati. The workshop was organised by Assam Times in collaboration with North East Girl Students Association (NEGSA). Students of Handique Girls College, Krishna Kanta Handique State open University were participated in this event. Talking about new media Babul Gogoi, editor of Assam Times said that it helps common people spread news and information easily. He said that people without professional training on journalism can now use new media tools to inform one another. Banamallika Choudhury of from Action Aid, Guwahati, and photo joutrnalist Utpal Baruah, and Suresh Ranjan Gaduka, editor of...
Media Archives-cum-National Reference Library on the North East (Media Trust, Assam) has organized a five-day ‘Workshop-cum-Intensive Training on Preservation of Rare and Old Documents’ in the city. The workshop to be held on the premises of Media Trust, Assam at Rupnagar will start from March 24.
Organized in collaboration with National Library, Kolkata (under the Indian Cultural Ministry), the workshop will be inaugurated by TG Baruah, Chairman of the Tribune Group of newspapers.
The keynote address will be delivered by Dr MV Nair, Director, National Research Laboratory of Conservation, Lucknow. The inaugural session will also be addressed by Alaka Buragohain, Honorary Director, Media...
Eminent painter, cartoonist and film-maker of Assam, Pulak Gogoi will attend the ‘Guest of the Month’ program of Guwahati Press Club on March 22 (Monday) next. The program will start at 1 pm in the press club auditorium.
Hailing from Jorhat, Gogoi joined ‘The Assam Tribune’ in 1962 as a cartoonist and slowly stepped into the world of oil painting. His works of art were displayed in many places in the country. Later he tried his hands with film-making also. His debut ‘Khoj’ was well appreciated by the film goers in Assam. Some of his other films include ‘Srimati Mohimamoyee’, ‘Maram Nadir Gabhoru Ghat’, ‘Sadori’,...
It was believed that in ancient days, during the forefather’s time, the entire world was enveloped with total darkness and day and night could not be differentiated. The darkness was so thick that people could not even go out for collection of firewood and water.
They remained inside their homes for six days and by then they ran short of everything.
In order to keep the fire burning inside homes, they burnt every available thing and when nothing was left they were compelled to burn even horns of buffaloes, mithuns and cows that were hung in front of their houses.
On the seventh day the light can as usual. The people of the earth became extremely and by way of giving thanks to...
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday tabled state budget for 2010-11 announcing a slew of measures to the voters a year ahead of the assembly polls. The budget has a huge Rs3464.46 crore deficit figure but is teeming with populist measures. Gogoi, who also holds the finance portfolio said the state's rate of growth touches 6 per cent. He said the government will set up a machinary to regulate the market which he said will help them rein in priceline. This is Gogoi's last full fledged budget in his second term.
Gogoi announced 10 kg free rice per month for BPL families. Besides he proposed slash in the entry tax in garments, steel, and waived entry tax on fish and eggs. The chief...
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi is all set to table the state budget for 2010-11 just a shortwhile from now. This will be his last full fledge one in his second term. According to sources, to be tabled by Gogoi, who hold the finance portfolio, the budget has no fresh proposal for tax and there is no harsh measure in it in view of the next assembly polls.
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