Four persons were killed at a tragic road mishap in Nagaon on Saturday. The accident took place when a vehicle carrying four persons collided its head on an ASTC passenger bus at Amguri in Kaliabor on the National Highway No 37 where the four passengers inside the Indica car were killed on the spot. They were identified as Prachurya Phukan, Latu Kalita, Mrinal Saikia.
MARGHERITA: The three days biannual session of the Margherita Journalists Union in Tinsukia district concluded on Sunday with an open session attended by local legislator Bhaskar Sarma in Maulung.The speakers in the open session presided over by Assam Union of Working Journalists Keshab Kalita stressed balanced journalism to upkeep the genuine standard. The local residents in large number helped the journalists make the event a success with their participation in many programmes.
GUWAHATI: RSS on Sunday proved its might of manpower as it held a huge rally in Guwahati where more that 50,000 people patiently listened to Mohan Bhagawat. The rally in the gateway to the north eastern region assumes significance in the run up to the assembly polls in Meghalaya, Tripura and Nagaland. Titular tribal heads from Hajong, Tiwa, Garo, Jayantiya, Mising, Karbi, Naga, Khasi and Hajong along with nearly ten heads of the neo Vaishnavite monasteries shared the dias with the RSS chief as he talked of culture to be revered and respected. All Assam BJP leaders including chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal attended the rally to galvanise the party into a huge political force...
GUWAHATI: RSS is born and brought up purely for social cause and it wants to spread its culture and vision among millions of the people living in this country. This was more or less of what Mohan Bhagawat said as the RSS chief was addressing a mammoth rally in Guwahati on Sunday. In his speech, the Sangh chief flanked by many of his Assam leaders and BJP leaders and legislators said the time has come to respect the country’s diversified culture which will stand tall on this planet. Many BJP leaders and ministers, nearly two dozen titular tribal kings and Vaishnavite monastery heads shared the dias as nearly 50,000 people poured in the first...
Kokrajhar: Preparations are afoot in Kokrajhar to hold the biennial conference of the Assam Satra Mahasabha at Rashmela ground from January 26 with 3 days colourful programme scheduled. Talking to www.assamtimes.org, Jitendra Nath Pradhani, president of the Assam Satra Mahasabha and Doneswar Goyary, BTC executive member and chairman of reception committee said the preparations have gathered momentum to make the event a success. He said the delegates and participants from across the state are arriving in a day or two. The conference will discuss Satra Mahasabha's development and its working spirits towards building of healthy state in the three-day long programme. On the...
GUWAHATI: The United Liberation Front of Asom(I) has urged the various organizations not to invite the Delhi based political leaders and bureaucrats to lecture them on Assam and its history. The appeal came out in a statement to the media a day after GK Pillai called the proscribed rebel outfit and its military head Paresh Baruah outdated. The outfit has reiterated its commitment to carry out the armed struggle for an independent Assam. ULFA(I) called the former Union home secretary's statement childish and disgusting who does not know the history of Assam and its people. They said ULFA(I) needs no longer any certificate from any Delhi-based political leaders and bureaucrats. ...
GUWAHATI: Good news for the north region on its agriculture front. Nova Biotech opened its organic bio-fertilizer plant recently in Guwahati fetching hopes to millions of farmers in the region. Noted social worker Ridhkaran Surana opened the plant at a function near Lokhra in the city on Friday. In his address, agriculture commissioner and secretary Amlan Baruah said that Nova Biotech had come forward to join hands with the State governments for encouraging organic farming in the region. The plant is expected to provide bio-fertilizers, bio-pesticides and organic nutrients to the farmers. Experts and farmers hope that the plant would go a long way to enhance crop productivity and...
BY PRANTIK KR DEKA GUWAHATI: Pabitra Kumar Deka's name is forever etched in the state's cultural scenario. From making writings on cinema or theatre an integral part of journalism in this part of the world, particularly in the vernacular media, to publishing the pioneering cultural magazine 'Roopkar' or instituting the first film awards in Assam way back in 1975, the Roopkar Awards, he broke new ground with each of his enterprise. Before he channelled his energy and activities towards cine-journalism and script-writing, before he became an immensely respected name in the cultural world, he was once a leader of the people's cultural movement, a leftist activist, famous satirical litterateur...
BY PRANTIK KR DEKA GUWAHATI: Pabitra Kumar Deka's name is forever etched in the state's cultural scenario. From making writings on cinema or theatre an integral part of journalism in this part of the world, particularly in the vernacular media, to publishing the pioneering cultural magazine 'Roopkar' or instituting the first film awards in Assam way back in 1975, the Roopkar Awards, he broke new ground with each of his enterprise. Before he channelled his energy and activities towards cine-journalism and script-writing, before he became an immensely respected name in the cultural world, he was once a leader of the people's cultural movement, a leftist activist, famous satirical litterateur...
Hojai: Smiling faces kept shinning in the SOS village in Hojai when they participated an art competition jointly CII supported by TATA Sustainability Group on Saturday at Telibasti MV School. Altogether 124 promising children participated in this competition to be divided into three groups:- Group A (Class 3 to 7),Group B (Class 8 to 10) and Group C (SOS Children). The topic of painting was child protection, women empowerment, environmental issues and child rights, participants were allowed to choose from any of the above topics. Speaking on the occasion, Director of SOS Children's Village Paresh Badyakar, said,"It is an initiative of CII in collaboration with SOS Children's...
GUWAHATI:Guwahati is holding a huge RSS rally on Sunday forcing the authority to step up security in the face of an escalating criticism from a section of political parties and organizations. Security forces have been guarding the venue in Khanapara where RSS chief Mohan Bhagawat is addressing the rally. Talking to www.assamtimes.org, organizers said more than one lakh people from Assam apart from the neighbouring Meghalaya would be attending the rally. "Nearly a dozen of community heads or titular kings and monastery heads have confirmed participation in the event where thousands of families in the city of Guwahati have come forward to receive the gathering with food," said an...
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