The shoot out in Sonari on Friday is believed to be handiwork of ULFA where the militants attacked a local trader for refusing to pay ransom.
According to information, the militants served him extortion notice and threatened him of dire consequences.
Identified as Golap Lunawat, the local trader in Sonari was killed hours after miscreants sprayed several rounds of bullets on his womb on Friday evening.
He breathed his last at 8-30 in the evening two hours after he was rushed to the Aditya Hospital.
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BJP’s central leadership has appointed senior leader Mahendra Singh as the in charge of the party’s affairs in Assam. The party has formally announced the appointments on Friday. Senior leader and...
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Hundreds of students participate in the protest rally against bad road condition in Umrangso town in Dima Hasao on Friday 2 August '13. The protest rally was organised by SUBU(Save Umrangso Build...
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Nine Haj pilgrims from Assam sustained serious injury at the Mecca stamped on Thursday. Identified as Jahanur Begum, she as been battling for life at the Al Jadid Hospital. This was stated by...
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The All Assam Students Union on Saturday demanded governor JB Patnaik’s intervention into the Assam-Nagaland border flare up. Led by AASU adviser Dr Samujjjal Bhattacharya, a delegation of the...
Guwahati: All Assam Engineers Association (AAEA) appreciates the latest initiative taken by both the Union government in New Delhi and the State Government in Dispur to encourage the use of green fuel in all kinds of automobiles and urges the concerned authorities to launch a public awareness campaign about alternative fuel for the benefit of automobile users across India.
It may be mentioned that Union road transport & highways minister Nitin Gadkari has been advocating for ethanol mixed fuel (mostly with patrol/gasoline) for the vehicles. The minister recently asked carmakers across the country to introduce flex-fuel engines on a large scale. He argued that the ethanol mixed patrol...
A webinar on “Career Options After Engineering Degree” was organised by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Don Bosco College of Engineering and Technology, Assam Don Bosco University on 31st January,2022. The webinar was conducted by renowned career counsellors of the state and Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Dr. Buljit Buragohain. Apart from clearing the doubts of the students while choosing the right career path, Dr. Buragohain also responded to all the questions. He gave detailed explanation on how with hard work and dedication, all the engineering branches students can mould a successful career for themselves and also informed them that he is available for career...
Raijor Dal leader and MLA Akhil Gogoi have condemned the police shoot-out incident in Nagaon on Saturday, where one Kirtikamal Bora was injured.
Gogoi demanded suspension of Nagaon SP Gogoi and also urged the government to initiate a judicial probe..
We condemn the police attack on Kirti Kamal Bora. The attack is a grotesque validation that Assam is under “Police Raj” n the situation is worse than “Secret Killings”of late 90’s.We demand the suspension of the Nagaon SP n arrest of the police officials involved in the incident. pic.twitter.com/XksY7jQCFV— Akhil Gogoi (@AkhilGogoiAG) January 23, 2022
The Climate Group, collaborating with the Swaniti Initiative, plans to train a cohort of climate fellows in selected Indian states as part of the “State Climate Fellows” initiative.
Fellows will champion climate strategies in their respective states and push the levers necessary to align state climate goals with those of the national government.
Each fellow will have experience working on climate issues and will work at relevant state departments for a year.
The key contact for the State Climate Fellows will be the Senior Project Officer – Government Engagement, India.
This is a full-time position, with an expected start date of mid-February 2022, based on nodal...
As part of the international webinar series on Different facets of Sankaradeva Studies, organized by Society for Srimanta Sankaradeva, Geetha Sivangala Thandi, a Kuchipudi dance practitioner, California, USA delivered lecture on “Comparison between Sattriya dance and Kuchipudi dance” on 9th January, 2022. It was moderated by Dr. Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti, author and scholar of Sankari culture, who is also President of the Society for Srimanta Sankaradeva.
Geetha Sivangala Thandi in her lecture compared two classical dance forms of India, Kuchipudi and Sattrīyā, belonging to Andhra and Assam regions, respectively. The context selected was the enactment of the play Pārijāta Haraṇa. It is...
Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi inaugurated the Platinum Jubilee celebration of Gauhati University in a programme held at the university premises here today. It may be noted that the year-long celebration of the programme will end on 26 January 2023.
Speaking on the occasion, Governor Prof. Mukhi said that as the university embarked on the Platinum Jubilee Year, it was a matter of satisfaction that the University continued to provide excellent education along with policy inputs in geostrategic areas. The university’s academic exchange programmes and partnerships with the universities of several neighbouring countries continue to be the way for the nation’s Act East Policy. He also said that...
Natural disasters like floods are devastating. Women are the worst sufferers during disasters. The impact of flooding on health varies among populations and depends primarily on vulnerability and the kind of events experienced. It severely disrupts livelihoods and has a significant impact on the health of pregnant women, lactating mothers and children. It is important that pregnant and lactating mothers have adequate access to an appropriate dietary intake as both mothers and children are disproportionately affected in crisis.
Under the humanitarian response programme of the North-East Affected Area Development Society (NEADS), a local grassroots organisation has been extending essential...
Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, wishes all media workers around the world a happy, secure and prosperous new year. The bygone year witnessed the killing of 79 media employees by assailants in 29 countries marking an improvement in the journo-murder index by 14% (where 92 were killed in 2020).
PEC recently confirmed the death of Burmese journalist A Kay Sai (also known as Sai Win Aung) due to serious head injuries from a shell operated by the Myanmar military junta in the Maekheewar village of Karen State on 25 December last. Sai (38) was trapped in the crossfire between the junta forces and KNLA rebels before finally being hit by artillery from...
RAHA: The candidates of the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) claimed a sweeping victory in the students' union election held at Raha college today.
AASU had an overwhelming win in all 12 seats for the 2021-2022 session.
AASU candidates Brajarani Devi , Jyoti Sankar Nath were elected as the president and vice-president while Amar Jyoti Nath was elected as general secretary, and Bishal Dey as the assistant general secretary.
Similarly, Bishal Das as the secretary for games, Lakhyajeet Nath as the editor, Magazine, Abinash Das as the cultural secretary, Pragyandweep Goswami as the debating secretary, Jayanta Nath as the secretary of social services and Tennis...
RAHA : Jongal Balahu Garh fish farm in Raha has become the first in state to start pearl farming. The largest fish farm in the state has started pearl farming in an experimental basis in its ponds that have been earlier used only for cultivating Indian major carps.
The project was inaugurated by Nagaon deputy commissioner Nisarg Hivare , IAS , on Sunday. He also chaired the function organised on the occasion at the farm premises.
Hivare , in his speech lauded the initiative taken up by the fishery department and believed that the new culture could bring a change to the fish farm and play a major role in spreading awareness of pearl culture , especially among the...
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