North East Diocesan Social Service Society has organised two days capacity building programme under SHELTER project on March 11-12. This programme is a part of capacity building programme under SHELTER project which is supported by Indo Global Social Service Society. Training was on Right to Information Act and how RTI Act can be used to seek information from various government departments. Ranjan K Baruah of North East Youth Foundation facilitated the training programme and shared his experiences and other case studies related to RTI Act. He had mentioned in details how the act has evolved and what are the processes to seek information from various government departments. He has appealed to participant to prepare well when they work with community and seek information as most of the corrupted officials or businessperson try to disturb activist who seek information through RTI Act. The other sessions includes Public Interest Litigation, Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act and Food security Act 2013 and was facilitated by Saito Basumatary . This two day training programme was inaugurated by Fr Varghese Velickakam, Director of NEDSSS. Participants were from project partners associated with SHELTER projects spread in different parts of the region.
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Dr. Dipshikha Bhagawati's new book "Literature and Film: From Mute to Motion" was launched at a ceremony held at the Rudra Barua Auditorium in Guwahati. The book was introduced by scriptwriter Akash Aditya Lama at the ongoing Chalachitram National Film Festival, which also featured the presence of notable film critic Utpal Datta and other film enthusiasts.
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Young , hard working and gun trotting cop Bhaskar Jyoti Nath is known more as writer than a cop . Especially, in the aftermath of the publication of his debut book of literary criticism Path aru Bikshyan, he has received critical attention from prominent literary luminaries of the state . As a cop he fights the dreaded militants in far flung forested himalayan foothills at Indo Bhutan border located fifty kilometre away from the district headquarters of Kokrajhar with his assault group of black cat Assam police commandos . When he gets time he pens critically acclaimed essays of literary criticism , translates the finest gem of world literature into Assamese. One would see him...
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In a setback to the people who oppose the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 one more leader of the movement has joined the ruling BJP. Arunjyoti Moran, the outgoing president of the All Assam Moran Students' Union, on Wednessday formally joined the ruling party.
Along with him, some Congress workers also joined the BJP in a meeting organised at its office. State BJP president Ranjit Kumar Dass welcomed the new comers to the party.
Das claimed that the opposition parties are spreading misinformation about the ruling party and people could understand it on and on.
Guwahati: The Gauhati High Court has rejected the bail petition of Akhil Gogoi much to the major disappointment of the Raijor Dal which is holding its state convention in Moran on Thursday.
A division bench of the court comprising Justice Kalyan Rai Churana and Justice Ajit Barthakur rejected the petition in the morning.
Gogoi, the peasant leader (KMSS), the parent body of the Raijor Dal won’t be able to come out of the bail where he was remanded last year during the anti CAA stir.
In Assam, usually flood and erosion displace human populace. But what is happening with the people of Mikir Bamuni, a nodenscript area near the green Karbi hills is different. The tribal and adivasi people inhabited area falls under the Nagaon district. The people in the area largely depend on agriculture. In this way, they pass their days happily. But this time they are facing eviction from their own land. Fear is growing that the eviction will render them homeless and displaced.
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