Pall of gloom in Golaghat
Pall of gloom descends in Golaghat following the untimely demise of Prabin Gogoi on Monday. AGP leaders along with many local organizations and individuals thronged the former minister’s residence at Chandan nanagar and deeply condoled his death.
AGP President Atul Bora, AASU Assistant General Secretary Manowar Hussain, BJP Golaghat District President Debajit Bora, Senior journalists Apurba Ballav Goswami and Rohit Gogoi along with several others have conveyed their deep sympathies to the bereaved family. The local residents said that they will remain grateful to Gogoi for his untiring effort to ensure sustainable development of the district. His contribution is best in the sport corner of the district.
Apurba Balllav Goswami told Assam Times that his death is a great loss for regionalism and also for the society.
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Sounds of dhakis seem to have gripped the people of Golaghat as the entire district is preparing for the Durga puja from Wednesday. The idols of the goddess Durga are getting finishing touch before being installed in the various pendals. Puja pendals are joining an undeclared race for decoration with colourful electric lights to pull huge crowd. These include Golaghat Puja Samity, Sarwajanin Taruni Vallabh Dev Goswami Station Road Puja Samity, Golaghat Sanatan Dharma Samaj, Kalibari Puja Samity, G.F Road Puja Committee, Sri Sri Ramkrishna Sewa Samity,Golaghat Town Puja Committy , Hindi School Road Puja Commity, Junakinagar Sarwajanik Puja Samity, Junakinagar Tiniyali Sarwajanin Puja...
The Junior Science Congress concluded in Golaghat on Sunday suggesting lots of scope for uplift of the scientific skills among the school students. Organized in Negheriting, many students district participated in the event and demonstrated their projects. Out of 32, only 10 projects were selected for the state level event in Titabor. These include two from the Golaghat Jatiya Vidyalaya. The projects belonged to Gitashri Barua, Debangona Goswami, Bhaswat Bhushan, Biswadip Saikia and Aditya Shankar Nath.
A pall of gloom descends in Golaghat when a bus rammed into a biker in the outskirt of the town on Saturday. The accident took place in Padumoni the speeding bus bearing No AS05-B-5309 hit the biker Mridupawan Hazarika who was on his way to Dergaon on his bike. Midupawan died on the spot and the bus driver managed to flee from the spot fearing mob attack.
The Golaghat police are all set to ensure peace and normalcy during the Durga Puja celebrations. The policemen in the town conducted a mock drill at the Golaghat Sadar Police Station on Friday. Police officials told Assam Times that every possible measure would be taken to avert untoward incident during the puja celebration.
There has been steep rise in the number of theft cases in Golaghat town leaving the police force red faced. Five bikes have been stolen in this town during the last four days. But not even a single person has been caught so far.
A pall of gloom descends in the Debraj Roy College premises in Golaghat after an employee committed suicide on Friday. He was Sanjay Adhyapak who committed suicide by hanging himself inside the college campus to be discovered in the morning. In his suicide note he blamed grim financial crisis for his extreme step.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India’s Golaghat District Sports Association is organizing Under 23 CK Naidu Trophy at the Golaghat Stadium from Saturday. Under 23 Assam team are taking on the Railways in the opening match at 8-30 in the monrning, said GDSA secretary Sanjeev Handique and Cricket Secretary Biswajyoti Barua.
Golaghat BJP unit workers hit the streets in the town on Thursday alleging scams, corruption and misgovernance by the Congress government in Assam. Hundreds of protesters took out a rally starting from the Bezbaruah HS School playground to the DC office premises where they staged dharn for nearly two hours. Jorhat MP Kamakhya Tasa along with party leaders Dilip Moran, Ajoy Konwer took part in the rally.
Four buildings were reduced to ashes when a devastating fire broke out in the heart of the Golaghat town on Friday. Originated from a lamp at a prayer room at a residential building at Court Road in the afternoon, the fire rapidly spread to three adjacent houses belonging to Narayan Ghosh, Ajay Ghosh, Govind Ghosh and Ranjit Ghosh. All they deal in clothes.Local residents helped them managed to recover some clothes they stored for the Durga puja shopping. But belongings worth lakhs of rupees were ravaged. Fire tenders took it nearly three hours to bring the situation under control. Local residents blamed the fire tenders for late response. They said that the extent of loss could...
The Asom Gana Parishad observed its 30th Foundation Day across the state on Wednesday. The central function took in Golaghat in presence of all top leaders. Amid a pall of gloom following the recent demise of Prabin Gogoi, the party flag remained half mast. On this day in 1985, the regional party was born at a huge conclave in Golaghat to take on Congress after the tripartite Assam Accord was signed. In his address, party president Atul Bora said,”our party will be able to put up a good performance in the upcoming Assembly election. We are trying our best to regain our strength. We are preparing for a brave fight against Congress and BJP.”The party leaders condoled the death...
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