Yet another case of racial attack on the north east people in New Delhi touches of seismic wave of shick and anger. The latest incident took place in the Vasant Kunj area where a Mizo women was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Munrika apartment on Friday wee hours.
Police have already arrested her live-in partner Virender Singh. Singh told police that they had thrown a party of five friends and he went to see off his guests at night. But on his return, Juliet was found dead.
A Gurgaon-based call centre executive Julie shifted to the capital five years back and she has been living together with Virender in the apartment for the last couple of months. Delhi police have already questioned the five guests who attended the party.
Paying tributes to one of Assam’s most honoured author, editor, journalist and film makers Dr Bhabendra Nath Saikia on is 87th birthday, Shishu Sahitya Uttaran organized an endearing function at Guwahati Press Club on 20 February 2019.
With various programs relating to the children, two books in Assamese were also released at the function, where senior journalist DN Chakrabarty and top administrative officer VB Pyarelal graced the occasion.
The function was also addressed by journalist Nava Thakuria, author of ‘Jonakat Jilika Phul’ Dr Jagadindra Raichoudhury, writer of ‘Akanir Padya Sofura’ Dipankar Deka etc. A number of young essay writers were also awarded in the function.
“Conservation of wetlands plays a vital role in ecosystem and vegetation development. The wetlands of Kaziranga support spectacular concentration of wildlife like the Great One-horned Rhino, Water Buffalo, Eastern Swamp Deer and various species of migratory and resident birds, fishes and reptiles. Grave consequences for wildlife have been associated with shrinking of wetlands.” said Prasanna Baruah, senior scientific officer of Assam Remote Sensing Application Centre while speaking on the “status of wetlands in Kaziranga National Park: a geospatial analysis” during a conclave held in the Convention Centre of Kaziranga on Monday. “Erosion, siltation, shallowing of wetlands, invasion of tall...
A three-week long international course on applied environmental education concluded with a brief graduation ceremony held in Indian Institute of Bank Management, Guwahati on Sunday. The programme was organised by North East’s leading nature conservation and research organisation ‘Aaranyak’ in association with Environment Education and Conservation Global (EECG), USA and Satpuda Foundation (India). The programme was attended by Dr. L.R. Bishnoy, IPS, Additional DGP of Assam Police, A.K. Johari, PCCF and Member Secretary, Assam State Biodiversity Board; Dr. Sugoto Roy, Coordinator, ITHCP, IUCN, Edward J McCrea, President, EECG and Course Instructor, Dr. Augusto...
Strongly condemning the Pulwama attack, where over 40 soldiers lost their lives, Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) urges the government to take responsive actions against the terrorists so that they can learn a lesion for life. The forum of nationalists however appealed to the aggrieved nation to be careful on expressing angers as it may be misused by the anti-nationals living inside the country.
Media reports confirmed that Pakistan based terror outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) mentored by dreaded criminal Masood Azhar has already claimed responsibility for the attack in J&K locality, which was carried out by Adil Ahmed Dar, a local suicide bomber. Need not to mention that convincing...
Assam Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi condemned the deadly suicide attack on security forces in Kashmir’s Pulwama which left many dead and scores of others injured.
In a statement here today, Prof. Mukhi said that the suicide bomber ramming a car packed with explosives into a CRPF convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar highway though an attack on the security, the country stands united to tackle any exigency. He also conveyed his condolences to the death Moneswar Basumatary from Assam’s Tamulpur area along with others and said that the country is pained by the loss of lives of the martyrs and maintained that every conscientious citizens condemn this heinous crime and express their indignation...
Salesian College Sonada celebrated its second World Radio Day (WRD) on Wednesday,13th February 2019. The programme was organized by Radio Salesian 90.8 FM with WRD 2019 theme: Dialogue, tolerance and peace.
The WRD UNESCO event launched in 2011 marks a time when people around the world celebrate radio and how it shapes our lives.
Radio Journalist Bryan who is also HoD Computer Science anchored the hour long program presented by Radio Journalists of Radio Salesian 90.8 FM - Voice of the Hills.
The program consisted of informative talks, video presentation on community radio feedback from listeners in Mirik, Sukhiapokri, Pokriabong, and Sonada, as well as a cultural fusion...
Herds of wild elephants in Assam's Numaligarh will now stroll freely in the Deopahar Reserve Forest, just like they have done for hundreds of years before it was taken away from them by humans, who constructed a wall around the forest. Now the Assam government has issued an order notifying Deopahar in Golaghat district as a Reserve Forest. Though the Assam government had issued the notice on January 19 it became public only recently. The government's notification came on January 19, a day after the Supreme Court rejected the review petition of Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) against a previous decision which upheld a National Green Tribunal (NGT) order to demolish a boundary wall and...
In a move that defies the Supreme Court order, the Meghalaya Government has issued permission again to transport coals in the state. In it modified order, the NPP-led coalition Government permitted coal transportation triggering protest from the opposition parties and organizations. The apex court on January 15 asked the state to ban on coal transportion after the coal-mine tragedy where as many as 20 miners were believed to have trapped inside a flooded mine in East Jaintia District. The government issued order to implement the top court order. But suddenly on Sunday, the government modified the order allowing the transportation of coal.
Buoyed by the induction of 2 NPP MLAs and 3 BJP leaders, Arunachal Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has sharpened attack the State government charging a section of minister with embezzling the compensation fund meant for the trans Arunachal Highway project. Addressing a press conference in Itanagar, state Congress president Takam Sanjay said the verification report on the Potin-Bopi TAH compensation scam has clear mention of MLAs from Raga, Yachuli and Ziro. He said he had gone through the report where he came to know these names for their involvement in the scam. According to him, RKM Hospital should not be a central jail for the VIPs while Jullang central jail is for the poor people....
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