A historic novel titled 'Mahanayak Lachit Borphukan' based on the life of great heroic character, Lachit Borphukan who fought against mighty Mughal, penned by Dr Jagadindra Raychoudhury, educationist and writer was released on 1st July, Sunday at Guwahati Press Club. Gracing the occasion senior journalist D.N. Chakraborty said while the heroic exploits of Chatrapati Shibaji and Maharana Pratap Singh had widely been discussed through text books and other writings in many languages, there had been little discussion and publicity about the incomparable heroism and unique leadership of the great Assamese warrior Lachit Borphukan.
Another speaker, Padmashree Ajay Dutta, ex MLA and social worker also paid tribute to Lachit Borphuan for his great leadership during the great battle of Sarighat..Writer Raychoudhury on his speech, narrated the contribution of father of Lachit Borphukan, Momai Tamuli Borborua for building up character of Lachit Borphukan.
Guwahati Press Club secretary, Nava Thakuria also spoke on the occasion as a guest of honour.The meeting was addressed by Bipul Sarma, Chandrajit Saikia and Rupam Baruah. The meeting was anchored by Namrata Dutta and vote of thanks was given by Ramkrishna Sarma. The book was published by Chandra Prakash
MRIDUSMITA DAS, BARPETA Cases of Japanese encephalitis refuse to die down in Barpeta. Yet another patient lost his life in the district creating panic among the people of all walks of life. Idetified as Jumi Begum, the resident of Durgapur in Bhella died of this dreaded disease recently when she was undergoing treatment at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital. The death of the pregnant woman sent shockwaves across the district. Another resident of the same district Rajnikanta Das died after suffering from the same decease on June 28. With this, the death toll in Japanese encephalitis has gone up to 3 in the district. However, a number of patients hailing from Bahari, Sarthebari, Bhella...
Both Tarun Gogoi camp and the dissidence group are deposing before the AK Atony panel in New Delhi on the recent Lok sabha poll debalce in the state. Led by Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, the dissident faction is all set to blame it all on Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for for the electoral defeat. But Gogoi and his loyalists are equally blaming the dissident ministers and MLAs for the poll route alleging that the group was trying its level best to ensure the poll defeat in order that Gogoi is ousted. Antony panel, however, wil not look into the dissidence within the Congess legislature party. The panel has been studying only the reasons behind the poll defeats in the states. Chief Minister Gogoi...
The overall flood situation starts improving on Sunday following the halt of rains in the catchment areas of Arunachal Pradesh. The water level of the Brahmaputra and its tributeries are gradually receding during the last 24 hours. “The waterlevels of the mighty river are expected to recede further during the last 24 hours,” water resources development department officials told Assam Times on Sunday. Surface communications that came into a grinding halt in Jorhat, Sivasagar, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji have been restored after flood waters damaging crops in several hectors in Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts.
Assam is most unsafe for women. The state tops the list of crimes against fair sex in the entire north eastern region. According to the National Crime Records Bureau report the state remains in the seventh place in the all India level. Assam jumped to 17,449 cases of crimes against women in 2013 as against 13,544 in 2012. Assam leads the list for all recorded crimes against women, including rape, kidnapping and abduction, dowry deaths and cruelty by husband and his relatives. The state reported 1,937 incidents of rape in 2013 as against 1,716 in 2012 to be followed by Tripura, where 233 cases were registered as against 229 in 2012. again Assam tops the list with 170 deaths reported over...
The Centre will resume the Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Project only after consultations with the people of Assam. This was what Union minister of state for power Piyush Goel told Union Minister of State for Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports Subanshiri Sarbanda Sonowal. No Construction will be undertaken till the matter is sorted out. Goyal informed it to Sonowal when the state BJP president met in New Delhi on Saturday and apprised him of the concern of the people of Assam relating to the Subansiri Hydroelectric project. During their discussion, Goyal told Sonowal that a meeting of various stake holders will be called shortly to discuss their...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi seeks more trains for Assam in the upcoming rail budget. In a letter to railway minister Sadananda Gowda on Saturday, Gogoi stressed a super fast weekly express train between Dibrugarh and Pune. This is apart from daily inter-city express trains between Guwahati and Murkongselek, Guwahati and Naharlagun, Rangiya and Naharlagun, Rangiya and Dibrugarh. He further urged Gowda an alternative railway line stretching from Coochbehar in West Bengal to Abhayapuri in the railway budget, to be presented in parliament on July 8. Gogoi has requested the Centre to introduce a passenger train between Guwahati and Mendipathar in Meghalaya's Garo Hills and fast daily express...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and APCC president Bhubneswar Kalita are understood to have been preparing to urge Sonia Gandhi to resolve the dissidence within the Congress legislature party.Both Gogoi and Kalita are set to hand over an APCC resolution adopted recently to Sonia Gandhi urging the high command to resolve the issue at an earlier date.
Top Congress leaders are all set to hunker down in New Delhi on Sunday to disccuss the debacle in the recent Lok Sabha polls. To be attended by Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi, the meeting is expected to be attended by APCC president Bhubneswar Kalita along with new MPs Gaurav Gogoi, Biren Singh Engty, Sushmita Dev. Sources told Assam Times in the capital that the state Congress leadership is likely to blame the dissidence issue as the major reason for the defeat.
The soon to be resumed NHPC work is expected to put the Assam BJP leadership in trouble in the face of the stiff resistance from many parties and organizations. KMSS, who has been spearheading the protest threatens to go for a mass agitation if the authorities fail to halt. AASU also strongly criticized the Centre for move in haste. The students’ body threatens to stage satyagraha on Monday in protest against the move. Asom Gana Parishad is also up in arms against the steps to resume work in Gerukamukh. The has called it an act of deceit on the people of Assam. Caught in this confusion, Union minister and state BJP president Sarbananda Sonowal sauid that power ministry would resume it...
A brain storming AICC session is expected to decide the fate of Tarun Gogoi as chief minister on Sunday. Gogoi and state Congress president Bhubneswar Kalita are set to attend the meeting to analyze the real reasons of poll debacle. Apart from senior party leaders, the newly elected party MPs are also expected to attend the meeting. Both Gogoi and Kalita will brief AK Antony on the reasons behind the party’s debacle in the recent Lok Sabha polls Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi are scheduled to hold separate talks with Gogoi. The Gandhis are going through the findings of the Malikarjun Kharge who visited the...
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