Incidents of racist attack on the north east people refuse to die down. Goons in Gurgaon assaulted two youths from Nagaland on Thursday a day after a Manipur student was beaten up by local youths in Bangore.
The fresh incident took place at Gurgaon where over ten local goons caught Awang and Chester in Sikanderpur area and mercilessly beat up with cricket bats and hockey sticks.
According to the complaint, a few youths took them to a nearby market at around 1 midnight to be beaten up. Their hairs were cut off and asked them to leave the area along with their friends. Later the duo were rushed to a nearby Civil Hospital where they have been undergoing treatment.
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The outstanding contribution of Amrita Pritam came up for a livelier discussion at the Guwahati Lit Fest on Sunday.Participating in an interaction with author Arupa Patangia Kalita, noted poet and...
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The Assam government will soon hold a discussion with concerned officials and MLAs from the border areas to solve various issues. Accepting a request from AGP MLA Prafulla Kumar Mahanta in the...
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BJP’s prime ministerial candidate L K Advani makes a clarion call for the people of Assam to favour his party to help the state bail out of the problems confronting the state for decades....
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Assam Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik conferred the Anairam Nunisa Award to the well known Journalist Kanak Sen Deka at a function in Guwahati on Saturday. The Anairam Nunisa award is an annual award...
KPLT has freed all the workers 24 hours after they kidnapped at gunpoint from Kaziranga. The five remaining workers reached Kohora on Sunday nights. Seven have been released a few hours after they were forcibly taken away to the jungle. The reason is yet to be confirmed.
There is no trace of the four workers a day after KPLT kidnapped them at gunpoint from Kaziranga. According to information, the Karbi militants kidnapped altogether 11 workes from Kaziranga on their way to lift bamboos with a local trader. Hours after 7 workers have been released. But thd remaining others are still untraced. Police operation is in progress.
Assam paid glowing tribute Lachit Barphukan across the state on Sunday. People of all walks gave salute to the great Ahom General for his heroic and untiring deeds at the battle of Saraighat. Senior district administration officials laid floral tribute to the great hero at the statue in Jalukbari. Some other organizations in Guwahati also observed the Lachit day with pomp and gaiety. Noted actors Nitish Bharadwaj and Rajesh Khanna attended two functions in the city.
A major train mishap eludes Guwahati on Sunday when security forces caught two thieves who were trying to steal slippers from railway tracks in the city. According to information, the duo were caught near Jalukbari where they were removing the slippers hardly before the arrival of the Saraighat Express. The security forces on petrolling duty saw them but the started running away. But they were overpowered. They the duo were handed over to police where interrogation is underway.
Normal functionings have yet to resume in BCPL a day after local AASU unit forced shut down of the Lepetkota based gas cracker project alleging move to recruit outside candidates. Hundreds of AASU activists on Friday staged dharna in front of the BCPL campus demanding cancellation of the written test slated for Sunday to select 60 candidates. AASU leaders told assamtimes that the BCPL authority was in a move to recruit outside candidates. But there no was no dearth of local talents. They further told that many youths from outside the north east were invited for the interview to be recruited which would not be tolerated. Then the agitating Aasu activists forced shut down...
Noted tukari maestro Umakanta Boiragi and Borgeet maestro Jogen Dutt borbayan bring pride and glory for the state. Both the artists have been selected for the prestigious Sangeet Natak Academy award. The country's top art and cultural organization announced it on Saturday. Boiragi is a famous tukari maestro who is known for his mesmerizing performance while Dutta is a relentless worker of satriya culture. Various parties and organizations have greeted the duo after the were selected for the prestigious award.
Militancy seems to have reared its ugly heads again in Dima Hasao district. In yet another shocking incident, armed militants shot dead an engineer inside his office chamber in Haflong on Friday. According to police, two youths armed with sophisticated weapons stormed into the irrigation department office at around 11.30 in the morning and sought executive engineer Rajiv Pathak whom they shot dead inside his chamber from a point blank range. Then they managed to vanished from the scene. Pathak, who hailed from Barpeta who rushed to the hospital. But only to be declared dead. Later in an e-mail statement, DHD-A owned up the responsibility of the deadly attack.
Dr Irshad Ali, former professor of Anthropology in Gauhati University has exhibited some of his paintings in a solo show at State Art Gallery, Guwahati. The exhibition (18-22 November 2013) has included over 40 artworks, mostly in acrylic medium.Presented by Nabakanta Barua Foundation in association with the Directorate of Cultural Affaires Assam, the exhibition was inaugurated by eminent Assamese folklorist Dr Birendranath Datta on Monday. The inaugural function was also addressed by Sharodi Saikia, secretary of Shrimanta Shankardev Kalakshetra, educationist Usharanjan Bhattacharya, journalist Nava Thakuria etc.The self taught artist has adopted the human as his focal areas in creations....
Good news for Guwahatians. Onion would be available for Rs 55 per kg. Potato would be available for Rs 21 per kg. Courtesy KMSS. The peasant body officials told assamtimes over phone that they would open atleast 10 outlets accross the city. Notably, despite government instruction, onion and potato prices have not come down. Talking to assamtimes, Guwahatians have called it a sigh of relief.
Assam has every reason to celebrate. The reason is Uddhab Bharali. The entertrising scientist from Lakhimpur district once again has made the state proud. NASA has selected Bharali's name for a special award. Bharali"s name has been shortlisted along with 9 others from among 80 00 aspirants. NASA shortlisted Bharali for inventing a special chair for the psychiatric patients. This is for the second time Bharali would receive NASA award.
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