Amid the height of dissidence, the ministers and MLAs camping in New Delhi to lobby for Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi have left the capital on Sunday.
The senior ministers including Rockybul Hussain, Pradyut Bodoloi, Nilomoni Sen Deka left the national capital after Gogoi asked them to go back to Guwahati.
Gogoi in a statement which is available to Assam Times made it clear that he had not invited anybody to New Delhi to lobby on his behalf.
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“Cinema Cinema, a new book by eminent cultural journalist Utpal Mena was released on Tuesday at a function organised at Studio Dreams, Guwahati.
Popular singer Tarali Sarma and some other distinguished person graced the occasion. Journalist Mena, who once contribued to the popular Assamese monthly magazine as a reporter from Mumbai has penned this book out of his long time practical experience. In the function he said about his experience as a cultural journalist.
This book is about Indian cinema and a number of film stars. Mena also worked in different Assamese dailies over a one and half decades.
Born to renowned Assamese artists Digen Mahanta and Progati Manahanta, the brother duo of Manmit and Mandeep Mahanta perform together as the band MbrothersH. Music runs in the veins of the duo as their entire family – with the likes of celebrated artists like late Khagen Mahanta, Archana Mahanta, Papon, Digen Mahanta and so on - has immense contribution to the art and cultural world of Assam.
Manmit and Mandeep have both been performing professionally since the past 15 years and have gathered their own fan base across the region as well as other parts of the country. Besides performing in numerous TV shows, they have also made a mark in music direction, composing and programming in...
Guwahati : In a first, AASU leadership has reined in Samujjal Bhattacharya saying that the yet to be inducted adviser is not competent to make any statement on behalf of the state's influential student body.
AASU general secretary Sankarjyoti Baruah said that the executive body has yet to confirm his assignment.
"For the time only president and general secretary can issue any statement," said Baruah.
The statement is widely considered to be the fall out of a simmering tussle between Bhattacharya with a section of AASU leadership after the former took time to confirm his decision on retirement. He announced his retirement but in the Duliajan session he bought time to confirm...
Celebrated Assamese dramatist Sewabrat Baruah is no more. One of the finest dramatists of the contemporary era, Baruah passed away last night after a prolonged illness. The news has saddened all Assamese drama-lovers. His demise is mourned by many. A few months ago, he suffered a brain stroke.
Baruah penned a number of memorable plays with dexterity in creating characters. He has also translated Samuel Beckett's wonderful creation “Waiting For Godot” and staged it.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has, on Saturday, doled out land pattas to the 1 lakh families of the indigenous people of Assam. Addressing a massive rally at the historic Jerenga Pathar, the Prime Minister exhorted the people of Assam to do work for the uplift of the state. Meanwhile, the media department of the Assam state BJP has today achieved a milestone on social media. Informing this Devan Dhrubajyoti Maral, the convenor of the Assam BJP's state media cell said in a press release that its twitter account could draw more than 57 thousand tweets at the national level. “It is an achievement that our #AssamwithPMModi has garnered more than 57 thousand tweets at the national...
A Dimapur-Guwahati bus has, on Saturday, met with an accident at Golaghat.
As per reports the bus while heading to Dimapur accidentally veered off the main road in the wee hours at Garampani. Fortunately, all passengers were safely rescued.
The driver and the handiman of the bus ran away after the accident, sources said.
The United Liberation Front of Assam(Independent) Assam has claimed the responsibility of the blast that occurred at upper Assam town of Digboi, near an army camp.
Taking the responsibility, the banned outfit's has issued statement.
In the statement signed by its publicity department's in-charge self-styled Captain Deep Asom said, “At around 6-45pm on January 22, 2021 a bomblast occured at the camp of the 3rd Garhowal regiment of the Indian Army. The blast was done by the ULFA(I). The blast occured on the eve of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Assam and Meghalaya visit.
In a tragic accident, six migrant workers from Assam, reportedly, died in a forest area in Meghalaya after falling into a pit. The NDTV has reported that the accident occured in East Jayantia Hills.
Meanwhile, in a facebook post senior journalist Patricia Mukhim has said that the mortal remains of the miners are kept in the morgue at Khliehriat.
In the post Mukhim lamented saying, “ Just out: 6 miners have died due to an accident inside an abandoned coal mine in East Jaintia Hills..All 6 are from Assam. Bodies lying in the morgue at Khliehriat..And we say there's no mining???””
Two innovative food processors namely a ‘Solar Drier’ and an ‘Electrical Smoker’ developed jointly by Assam down town University (AdtU) and North Eastern Regional Agricultural Marketing Corporation Limited (NERAMAC) were inaugurated at National Agri Horticultural Show 2021 on 21 January being held at Bokakhat, in Golaghat district of Assam by Atul Bora, Minister of Agriculture, Horticulture & Food Processing, Animal Husbandry & Veterinary, Govt of Assam.
The processors were developed under an MoU signed between these two leading organisations.
Talking to Assam Times, Dr Sunandan Baruah, Dean of Engineering & Technology and head of the innovation team of AdtU...
Rajya Sabha MP Ajit Kumar Bhuyan, on Thursday claimed that the Congress-AIUDF grand alliance will win 88 seats in the upcoming Assam assembly elections.
Slamming the ruling BJP, the Rajya Sabha MP also said that the alliance will perform beyond its expectation. “We will able to win in 88 seats. The BJP will fall well short of its target of winning 100 seats,” Bhuyan added. A few days ago the Congress forged pre-poll alliance with five other parties including the Badaruddin Ajmal-led AIUDF.
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