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.
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The Bangladeshi supporters have masterminded this blast. I am sure their plan is to kill the bihari labours and replace them with Bangladeshi parasites.
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Security forces apprehended four cadres of National Democratic Front of Boroland-Songbijit faction(NDFB-S) from Audang bazar area under Bishmuri police outpost on Tuesday in Kokrajhar. Getting an...
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The general election of All Guwahati Achik Students' Association (AGASA) has been conducted on May 1, 2012 at Meghalaya House, Guwahati. The election was presided by outgoing President Saljagringrang...
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Media fraternity of Udalguri district remembered late Kamala Saikia on his twenty fifth deat anniversary at Udalguri on August 9 with day long programme.Udalguri District Journalists' Union in...
A 'Long March' by hundreds of Bangladeshis protesting the Tipaimukh dam project at the trijunction of Assam-Manipur-Mizoram has forced the authorities to put BSF on alert. According to information, BSF have been put on alert as 12,000 agitators from Bangladesh advanced towards the country's borders. The 'Long March' was kicked off in Dhaka on Saturday. The marchers are heading to Sylhet, 272 km northeast of Dhaka, where they would reach on Tuesday and then proceed to the Indian border. Sylhet district borders Assam and Meghalaya.
A citizens’ meet at Guwahati Press Club on Friday called upon the people of Assam to write letters in the form of an appeal to the Chief Justice, Gauhati High Court to constitute a special investigation team (SIT) to go into the Parag Kumar Das murder and find out the culprit. The meeting, organized by the Journalists’ Forum, Assam (JFA) and presided over by JFA president Rupam Baruah, also requested the letter-writers to appeal to the Chief Justice to consider their letters as public interest litigation. The citizens urged the High Court to monitor the SIT probe, keeping in view the loopholes left by the CBI in its charge-sheet.
In yet another appeal, the well-attended...
Forty five shutter-bugs from India and abroad, ninety-four stunning pictures from different wings of photojournalism and one and only steady chief minister of the state, (in present Indian political context) at the venue of Rabindra Shatabarshiki Bhawan, this was the scenario of the inauguration ceremony of “Moments” – 1st ever attempt of International Photography Exhibition at Agartala, the capital of Tripura by Tripura Photojournalists Associtaion on Friday morning. “I am amazed to see such beautiful works of the photojournalists. Photos are evidences of history. We should be careful to maintain this culture.” –reacted Manik Sarkar, Chief Minister of...
The winners of Birsingh Majhi Memorial and ERD Foundation fellowships were felicitated at a brief function held at the Guwahati Press Club on Thursday. Both the fellowships were being conducted by the press club.
The fellows were handed over the first part of their assured money in today’s function by Prithibi Majhi, who was present in the function with his wife Tarulata Kakati Majhi. Similarly representative of ERD foundation Rose Mahanta handed over the first part of the assured amount to Jishnu Medhi of NE Television, who will study various aspects of pavement dwellers (primarily beggars) of Guwahati under the fellowship sponsored by the ERD Foundation.
The first chain of...
The short term fellowship to study various aspects of pavement dwellers (primarily beggars) of Guwahati has been awarded to Jishnu Medhi of NE Television. Conducted by Guwahati Press Club with the support from ERD Foundation, Guwahati the one & half month fellowship is expected to provide space for the fellow to go for an in-depth study (and report) about the issue. The fellow will try to analyze the reason behind their homelessness, categorization and also the security aspect of the homeless persons in the city. The fellow Jishnu Medhi will receive a part of his fellowship money in an informal meeting at 3 pm on August 6 in the press club from the ERD Foundation chiarman M.Haque.
Journalists’ Forum, Assam has organized a meeting to discuss the post verdict (of Parag Kumar Das killing) scenario in Assam. The meeting, to be held in Guwahati Press Club at 1 pm on August 7, will also analyze various options to go for higher court seeking justice in the sensitive case. Mentionable that the acquittal of the accused in the case by the district and sessions court, Kamrup had created huge public resentment. Surprisingly, a section of the society has tried to incite the mass to ultimately defy the judiciary of the country with wrong perception that it was the end of the judicial process. The conscious citizens of Guwahati are requested to participate in the meeting and...
View of 10 ha demonstration plot of Hybrid rice ( Sahadri) in Punia Village under Bhakatpara Agriculture Development Circle, Udalguri district on 01-08-09.
PHOTO: UB PHOTOS.
Please look at the 1946 photo from the London Parliamentary Archive --- the individual standing, with left face seen in the photograph, with clenched fists on the table, is Gopinath Bardoloi. Please look at the scare on the face of the Member of the British Cabinet Mission.
Partition of India in August 1947 is an unforgettable tragedy where a million innocent people lost their lives and belongings.
British Administration put up two plans, one after the other, for Partition of India. The first plan, known as "Cabinet Mission Plan" (AKA "Grouping Plan") was presented by a British Cabinet Mission in March 1946. One Indian leader, Gopinath Bardoloi, known as "Gopinath of Assam", thwarted...
The name of Birsingh Majhi memorial fellowship winners have been declared. Conducted by Guwahati Press Club and sponsored by Prithibi Majhi and his family, the fellowship covers the study of tea industry with fish production and women journalism in Assam. The fellowship on the ‘Economy of Tea Plantations (of Assam)’ has been awarded to Ranen Kumar Goswami, a Guwahati based senior journalist. Goswami will make a comprehensive study about the tea industry of Assam, for which he will be offered a financial support of Rs. 40,000/- (Rupees forty thousand only).
The next fellowship on the tea plantation workers addressing the administration, welfare and other socio-cultural issues...
Eminent scholar of Assam, Dr Sivanath Barman will attend the ‘Guest of the Month’ program of Guwahati Press Club (GPC) on August 1. The interactive program will begin at 2 pm. Retired from Arya Bidyapith College as HoD of Physics, Baman is recognized as a serious social thinker. Some of his outstanding literary works include ‘Asmoiya Akhar Jotani’, ‘Na Manusyate’, ‘Janajati Samasya’, ‘Tanka Mamar Anka Sadhu’ etc. Member-journalists of the press club are requested to participate in the program.
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