All India Patriotic Forum, Assam branch on Saturday remembered Umesh Chandra Devchoudhury, who joined the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) under the leadership of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in 1943 and fought many battles for the motherland. Probably the last INA soldier from Assam, Devchoudhury passed away on December 11, 2013 at his residence in Patacharkuchi of lower Assam. A Lieutenant of INA, Devchoudhury maintained an active life till his demise at the age of 97.
In a formal memorial meeting held in Guwahati Press Club various speakers highlighted the spirit of patriotism shown by Devchoudhury and his colleagues who led an eventful struggle in various south and southeast Asian places like Singapore, Rangoon, Arakan front etc. With his sincerity and commitment, Devchoudhury elevated himself up to the level of Lieutenant in INA and led his troop against the British imperial forces mostly on the India-Myanmar border in 1944 to make India an independent nation.
Speakers including freedom fighters Jatin Goswami & Ganesh Chandra Das, Prof Rabin Devchoudhury, Ajay Dutta, Jaharlal Saha, Umakanta Bhattacharya, Jagadindra Raichoudhury, Rupma Barua, Hiten Mahanta, Nava Thakuria, KN Devchoudhury, Pramod Kalita etc paid their heartiest tributes to the departed soul.
Before the meeting, floral tributes were also paid to Devchoudhury and two patriotic songs ‘Bande Mataram----’and ‘O Mor Aponar Desh ----’were also sung by the participants in the memorial meeting.
Swagat Super-specialty Surgical Institute will conduct the next Saturday evening OPD at Guwahati Press Club for the benefit of its member-journalists along with their close relatives. Dr Amit Saha (Medicine) from the Maligaon based hospital will be present for free healthcare consultations from 5 pm to 7.30 pm on 1 October. The participants will also get the opportunity to check their blood pressure & sugar. Earlier on 24 September, Dr Nazmul Haque from Narayana Super-specialty Hospital conducted the ‘Evening with a Doctor’ program at press club premises. He was supported by health workers Anil Kumar Roy and Shahin Akhter Hussain. The next OPDs will be conducted by doctors from Nemcare...
Assam Legislative Assembly Speaker Ranjit Kumar Das supports a special protection law for scribes on duty. Interacting with the media persons at Guwahati Press Club on 27 September, the Speaker also emphasized on an insurance coverage to all media employees of the State. Organized by the Electronic Media Forum Assam (Emfa) and titled ‘Prangon, the Emfa’s Courtyard’, the program witnessed the soft spoken journalist turned politician speaking from his heart to the participants. Speaker Das also expressed hope that the new government at Dispur would fulfill its promises for the benefit of the people of Assam. He also expected the media’s support in various welfare activities carried out by...
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is all set to appear before a lower court in Guwahati on Thursday in connection with a defamation case pending against him. The Nehru-Gandhi scion will be appearing before the court at 11 in the morning to defend his statement holding RSS responsible for killing of MK Gandhi.
The closing ceremony of the golden jubilee celebrations of the science stream of B. Borooah College was celebrated at the College premises on September 24. Tezpur University’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri was the chief guest for the program. Prof. Chaudhuri enlightened the audience with his enthralling speech in which he congratulated B. Borooah College for being awarded ‘A’ grade by NAAC and also urged the students and the faculties to inculcate the feeling of Patriotism and accountability amongst themselves. The general meeting was presided over by the Principal of the College Dr. Satyendra Nath Barman. Dr. Rekha Deka, ex Principal of B. Borooah College and Dr. Jagadindra...
An exhibition of portraits of many distinguished personalities in water colour at State Art Gallery Guwahati attracted the attention of art connoisseurs on Sunday. Organized by Tinsukia Durgabari Music College, the show included 114 artworks of energetic portrait painter Sankarshan Parua. Eminent artist Noni Borpuzari inaugurated the exhibition titled Tulikar Parasat Jiwanta Dapon, where painters Manoj Roy, Champak Borbora, Rajen Khound, Bankim Chandra Gogoi, singer Rumi Goswami, journalist Nava Thakuria were also present.
The north Guwahati based Narayana Super-Specialty Hospital will support the tomorrow ‘Evening with a Doctor’ program at Guwahati Press Club (GPC) on 24 September 2016. Dr Nazmul Haque (Medicine) will be available for free healthcare consultations in the evening OPD, where the GPC member-journalists along with their close relatives will also get the opportunity to check their blood pressure & sugar too. The last evening OPD was conducted by Dr Rajib Das (Cardiology) and Dr Bikash Rai Das (Heart Surgeon) from GNRC Group of hospitals. The physicians were assisted by health workers namely Sister Iva, Guna Kataky with Mrinal Ali Hazarika and Mamoni Goswami from the prestigious healthcare...
The city based Dispur Hospitals plan to observe the World Heart Day on 29 September with various programs. The popular private hospital of northeast India decides to take out a walkathon on Thursday morning in the city streets for enhancing awareness about various heart ailments. Mentionable is that the heart day is observed every year across the globe with an aim to raise awareness about cardiovascular diseases, which emerge as the number one killer of human beings worldwide. The statistics reveal that various heart disease & strokes claim 17.3 million lives every year around the world. However, 80% of those premature deaths can be avoided with necessary precautions. Geneva based...
The All Bodo Students Union(ABSU) strongly protested government’s step-motherly attitude towards indigenous tribal educational aspects across the state as indigenous tribal students deprives from getting admission into MBBS/BDS courses in the state.The students union activists burnt copies of Medical Colleges of Assam and Regional Dental College,Guwahati(Regulation of Admission into First year MBBS/BDS courses) Rules,2015 at Kokrajhar along RNB Road in Kokrajhar today. Students union activists slammed the education department for anti-tribal policy as tribal students are deprived from getting doctorial admission in higher studies across the state.Students union activists and citizens...
Appeal to withdraw the proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016. From: Dr. Kamal Kumar Tanti <kamaltanti@gmail.com>Date: Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 12:44 PMSubject: Request for Withdrawal of proposed Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016To: jccab-lss@sansad.nic.in To, Satyapal Singh, MP Chairman Select Committee on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi Subject: Views and Suggestions on Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Sir, As citizens of this country we register our deep anxiety and distress at the proposed amendment of the Citizenship Act under consideration of the Joint Select Committee of Parliament. Whatever humanitarian consideration prompted...
In yet another incident that strike statewide shock and sensation a couple and their son and daughter were believed inside a Guwahati-based hotel where the family checked in on Tuesday. The incident took place at Hotel Suncity where their bodies were recovered on Wednesday. Police investigation is going on.
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