As many as sixteen people have been injured while a powerful bomb exploded in Tinsukia town at around 1 pm on Saturday. According to information, the blast took place at the busy GNB Road in front of a grocery. The injured people have been rushed to the hospital. High level police and civil officials have arrived in the spot to start operation. Meanwhile, one more crude bomb have been recovered just before a while. Details are awaited.
PermalinkSubmitted by Mousum on Sat, 08/03/2008 - 15:53
The Bangladeshi supporters have masterminded this blast. I am sure their plan is to kill the bihari labours and replace them with Bangladeshi parasites.
1 Aug 2020 - 5:33pm | Mayuri Purkayastha
Growing up in Assam was different in a lot of ways. It was far removed from the concept of the concrete jungle in many ways, one could see green hillocks from their houses, the sheer joy of draping a...
5 Jul 2009 - 3:29pm | editor
The overall flood situation remains unchanged in Assam where one person was swept away in Majuli. The Brahmputra and its tributaries are flowing above the danger mark, affecting over five lakh people...
12 Apr 2012 - 12:27am | editor
A mild tremor struck Assam triggering fresh panic among the people on Wednesday.
Tremors were felt at around 2-16 in the afternoon across the state. There was, however, no immediate report of...
30 Aug 2014 - 3:53pm | AT News
Is the Tarun Gogoi Government shirking responsibilities from two serious issues sending shockwaves across the country? Yes, if one goes by BJP MLA Prasanta Phukan. The BJP MLA from...
The Electronic Media Forum Assam has condemned the attack on journalists by a section of junior doctors of Assam Medical Collage, Dibrugarh last night. The forum has appealed to the authority to take stern actions against those guilty as the journalists and camera persons representing various television channels were on duty, and urged the government for adequate compensation to those injured media persons at the earliest.
tve biomovies is a film competition - in its second year - open to anyone aged from 9 to 99 around the world with access to a camera. Now in its second year, the event offers a chance to have their say on the most pressing environmental issues facing our planet today. All filmmakers worldwide are invited to submit proposals for short films on the global environment. A judging panel will select 10 of the ideas to go into production, with the finalists each receiving US$300 to make their one-minute film. In addition to competing for viewers on the online movie sharing portal YouTube.com, the 10 finalists will also be screened at the Climate Change debate at COP17, the international climate...
The Opposition Asom Gana Parishad demands Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s resignation charging him with making frequent foreign tours at the cost of the state exchequer.
Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Sunday, party president Chandra Mohan Patowary said Gogoi may justify saying that he visited the nations to get a first hand information about the latest technology. Patowary said if if really thinks so he should refrain from wasting public money.
He further lambasted Gogoi for autocratic style of functioning after he retained Dispur for third consecutive term. “We demand his resignation and a special session of the assembly", said Patowary.
The regional...
The Electronic Media Forum Assam has congratulated Marigaon based journalist Dalim Phukan for his selection of the district level Prachar Bharti award 2011. Phukan is reporting for Doordarshan, AIR and the Press Trust of India. Emphasizing on quality reporting from rural Assam, the EMFA expects that the award would encourage more district correspondents around the State to dedicate more time and space for their field of activities.
The recent earthquake with its epicenter in Gangtok, Sikkim has once again raised the question of how safe is Northeast India. The earthquake zoning map of India divides India into 4 seismic zones (Zone 2, 3, 4 and 5). Out of these four zones, Zone 5 expects the highest level of seismicity and is known as the very high damage risk zone . Northeastern India falls in this Zone 5 and hence there is always a chance of more earthquakes here than in other parts of the country.
The effect in Gangtok and other parts of Sikkim has been tremendous. Chunky Dadul while speaking to us from Gangtok enumerated how the whole family had to spend their night in the streets on the day of the earthquakes....
Indian Chamber of Commerce is organizing the NE MSME Summit 2011 on September 23 at Guwahati in association with Bombay Stock Exchange. This summit would be a unique event having a multi level approach to assist small businesses in NE Region to understand the latest trends in the business environment, marketing their products and services, act as a platform to bring consultancy organizations, training institutes and agencies to transact business with small enterprises.
The event will include a one day conference where eminent speakers from government departments, large corporate houses will address the delegates and share their “project details and requirements” and also...
Sanjoy Hazarika will be speaking at a seminar on the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act at the Delhi College of Arts and Commerce on Monday, September 26 at Delhi College of Arts and Commerce Auditorium at 12 P.M. The event will include the screening of the documentary "My Body My Weapon" produced by the "Why Democracy?" organization. The other panelists are Mr. Bung Bung Rojesh ( Just For Peace, Manipur), Professor Y.K Ranjan (Department of Political Science, DCAC), Ms. Padmaja Joshi (Correspondent, Headlines Today).
Guwahati born Senjam Raj Sekhar has been named among the 100 most influential communicators in the world, by Holmes Report, regarded as the Bible of global Public Relations industry.
This is the first ever ranking made by the New York headquartered publication of 100 senior corporate communicators based on external nominations along with its own editorial research. Some of the criteria used include thought leadership in the global public relations industry, reputation for innovation and status & respect within the organisation and peers.
This prestigious list includes global communication heads from some of the world’s biggest companies like Apple, AT...
Dispur College organised an All Guwahati Inter College quiz competition on 16th September. This competition has been started in 2009 and this year it was for second time which was attended by different colleges of the city. After the preliminary round it was participated by 6 teams. The team from Cotton College comprising Deep Jyoti Deka and Uddipta Hazarika bagged the first position while team from Gauhati Commerce College comprising Bhaskar Sarma and Uddipta Narayan Bora bagged second and team from B Borooah College comprising Debabrate Saikia and Subrata Talukdar bagged third position.
The competition was conducted by Ranjan K Baruah of North East Youth Foundation. Winners were given...
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