Dolphin Day observed by Aaranyak at Kukurmara on the bank of Kulsi River in Kamrup district today evoked overwhelming response from the local community of the area.
Dolphin Day was observed by Aaranyak which is recognized as a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO), under its Gangetic (River) Dolphin Research and Conservation Initiative to raise the level of awareness among the community on the urgent need for conservation of the endangered species of river dolphin.
Kukurmara was selected for the purpose as it is located on the bank of Kulsi River where at least 30 species of the endangered national aquatic animal reside and is an important site for river dolphin conservation. The programme was conducted in collaboration with Kamrup West Forest Division.
Today’s awareness programmes also coincided with culmination of Aaranyak’s innovative ‘Dolphin Yatra’ conducted along the course of Kulsi river.
The awareness programme started today with presentation of posters among the students. Over 00 students also took part in drawing competition organised on the occasion in three categories. Three awards were given to student participants in each of the three categories.
Twenty-two members of the community were felicitated on the occasion for their valued support for dolphin conservation efforts especially to boatmen, community youth who actively participated in dolphin yatra programme.
A public meeting was held during 2 P.M. to 4 P.M to discuss issues related to river dolphin conservation. Some more community members were felicitated in the meeting that was very well attended. The programme ended on a high note with staging of a drama that is key to Aaranyak’s Dolphin Yatra that is focused on Brahmaputra River system.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi said on Tuesday that nobody can destabilize his government as claimed by Akhil Gogoi. Talking to reporters in Guwahati the chief minister said that his government is stable and that it will have no threat.
Taking on Atanu Bhuyan, Gogoi denied mounting pressure on Newslive management to sack the chief editor.The chief minister said that Bhuyan should have faced enquiry. Gogoi was reacting to Atanu Bhuyan hours after the senior journalist resigned alleging the attack on the media role on the molestation incident.
Was the Guwahati moleststion case was a part to taint Tarun Gogoi? Akhil Gogoi thinks so. According to the KMSS leader, the entire incident instigated by an off duty reporter of Newslive may be a part of greater conspiracy to tarnish the image of the Chief Minister only to destabilise the government. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Tuesday, he said that channel is owned by the wife of a powerful minister. He said the entire incident had been planned, telecast and uploaded on YouTube by the news channel with a political agenda. He further slammed the Chief Minister was for his failuyre to rein his cabinet clleagues.
Stung by widespread criticism specially after Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's office issuing a press release with the name and photograph of the young girl molested outside a pub in Guwahati, National Commission for Women chairperson Mamta Sharma is likely to visit the state in a day or two. Sarma said that the matter is very serious and that she would personally talk to the Assam Government in this regard.
KMSS firebrand Akhil Gogoi sharpens attack on Atanu Bhuyan hours after the Newslive editor in chief resigned over the molestation incident. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Tuesday, Gogoi welcomed the resignation and called it a good sign for the people of Assam.
He said that Bhuyan seemed more a notorious political leader and less a veteran journalist when he was addressing the media. Gogoi said that another veteran journalist Syed Zarir Hussain should also quit alleging that he was clarifying the channel’s position before the national media. He alleged that Amarjyoti Kalita still receives support from police who have asked him to escape.
The BJP on Tuesday slammed the National Commission for Women alleging that its members were passing irresponsible statements on the molestation incident. Taking as dig at the NCW, partry spokesman Nirmala Sitharaman said that the report should not have been made public even before being approved. She said that the panel has gone to Guwahati and done a disservice to the victim. She further demanded public apology from Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi over the incident and also demanded a statement from the Congress President, Sonia Gandhi for lack of proper attention.
Caught in a barrage of acrimony over the molestation case, editor-in-chief of a controversial satellite news channel quits on Tuesday. Addressing a press conference in Guwahait, Newslive chief editor Atanu Bhuyan who had videographed the molestation of a girl outside a pub in Guwahati, said that he decided to quit the job under pressure from the management. But he claimed that he would be the member of the channel’s board of directors. But he strongly defended reporter Gauravjyoti Neog a day after the off duty reporter was grilled by police for several hours.
The Criminal Investigation Department steps up probe in to the molestation incident a day after Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi handed over the case to the departmnt. Gogoi asked CID to ensure transparency in probe especially after reports claimed that a journalist was involved in the crime.Meanwhile, five more accused where arrested in on Monday night raids taking the total number of persons arrested in the case to 12. The arrested five are Nabajyoti Baruah from Tamalpur area of Baksa district, Debabrata Das from Goreswar in Baksa district, Jitumoni Deka from Hatigaon area of the city, Rupkanta Kalita from Nalbari and Deepak Dey from Shillong.
Dispur steps up probe into the recent molestastion of a teen ag girl in the heart of Guwahati. Altogether 12 molesters have been book while a team of police has been tracing a suspecious phone call in Bhubneswar by the prime accused Amarjyoti Kalita.
In a major development, police team set up to probe the case is preparing to arrest Gauravjyoti Neog after marathan interrogation at the Bhangagarh police station.
On telephone DGP JN Choudhury is understood to have told Union home secretary RK Singh that the whole incident was orchestrated by the journalist who would be arrested.
Singh is understood to have told Choudhury to speed up investigations and arrest all the 14 culprits. The...
A leading businessman was injured at an incident of shoot out in Guwahati on Monday. The incident took place at 11 at night at Fancybazar where the businessman Rajesh Paul was on his way back to his Lalganesh based residence. Unidentified miscreants fired at him leaving him injured on the spot. Police rushed to the spot and he was rushed to the hospital. Investigation is going on.
Police on Monday arrested the tenth molester involved in the Guwahati incident. Identified Dipak Dey, he was arrested from Hatigaon. Earlier Deva Das was arrested from Guwahati on Monday night.He was arrested hours after the eighth molester was captured at Mukalmuwa in Nalbari district. With this, the number of molesters arrested in this connection has gone up to 9. He was indentified as Rupkanta Kalita. Search operations are on in Guwahati and nearby areas, including Meghalaya where the other three other main accused may have taken refuge.
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