Indira Gandhi Stadium at Sarusajai in Guwahati breaks into a sea of humanity on Saturday hours before the ISL match where North East United FC takes on FC Pune city.
The match begins at 7 in the evening. But the stadium started teeming with football fans from 1 in the afternoon. Thousands of fans had to remain upset after they failed to procure ticket for the match on Saturday. On line bookings closed a couple of days back. Open sale also closed in the morning.
To, Shri Sarbananda SonowalHonourable Chief Minister of AssamDispur, Guwahati Subject: Rhino Horn Verification Process Dear Sir, Namaskar. We, on behalf of Nature’s Beckon and Journalists’ Forum Assam, would like to appreciate you for various new initiatives taken by Assam government under your strong leadership to protect the wildlife in general and conserve the one-horned rhinoceros in particular. We also express happiness that the process of rhino horn verification is undergoing to identify the fake horns under the custody of State forest department and various treasuries in Assam. As the one-horned rhinoceros is not merely an environmental issue for the people of Assam, we want to...
Emphasizing on preventive healthcare initiatives for mediapersons along with their close relatives, Guwahati Press Club has initiated a special programme titled ‘Evening with a doctor’ at the press club premises on every Saturday evening. The first program of the series begins on 20 August 2016, where Dr Kashyap Kr Das (Department of Medicine, Dispur Hospitals) is attending the OPD clinic for providing free consultations on healthcare issues to the participants. They also get the chance to check their blood pressure during the period. It may be mentioned that Assam’s well known Dispur Hospitals Pvt Ltd under the leadership of Dr Jayanta Bardoloi took the initiative to raise a doctor’s...
Veteran political leader Banwari Lal Purohit will soon take oath as Assam Governor. President Pranab Mukherjee has cleared the name of the former Congress veteran and now BJP leader on Wednesday. Gauhati High Court Chief Justice will soon administer him the oath of office and secrecy at function in Raj Bhawan. The veteran Congress leader from Nagapur was elected to the Lok Sabha. But in 1996 he was re elected as BJP candidate. In 2009 also he contest the Lok Sabha polls. But he was defeated.
ULFA-I was believed to have deployed some students to carry out armed attack in Tinsukia district to disrupt the Independence Day celebrations. The startling revelations have surfaced when policemen in the trouble-torn district grilled two school boys. In their confessional statements, the duo confessed to have planted the bombs in four places in the district from August 11. The students confessed to have received the bombs from a 4 member ULFA-I team to be planted in the specified spots in the run up to the Independence Day. Notably, 5 explosions rocked Tinsukia and Charaideo districts on the red letter day where there was no report of any casualty. ULFA-I claimed the responsibility of...
A college student died and 4 others injured when a four wheeler rammed into a motorcycle in the outskirt of Guwahati on Wednesday. The incident took place at Campo in Boko where one of the biker student died on the spot after a Santro car hit his bike on his way to the college. The critically injured students have been battling for life at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital.
A full grown female rhinoceros was found dead in Orang on Wednesday. According to the Rajiv Gandhi National Park authorities in Orang, the 45 year old animal breathed her last in the morning after suffering from physical disorder for the last couple of weeks. The horn was found intact. The officials called it a case of natural death.
AJYCP takes serious note of the incidents of alleged attack on the villagers in Mayong area in Morigaon district by a circle of doubtful citizens. In a statement issued in Guwahati on Tuesday, AJYCP president Biraj Kumar Talukdar said,”there is nothing to be surprised at these incidents where the indigenous lots are assaulted, and their properties were damaged by the doubtful citizens who are allowed to stay here.” AJYCP has demanded a thorough probe into the incident to find out the culprits for an exemplary punishment. “Those living doubtfully in the entire area should be detected and deported. It must be ensured that these incidents do not take place in near future,” said Talukdar. He...
Women experts from the north east will rub shoulders in Guwahati on August 22 to discuss in detail the peace and conflict in the region which has already took a heavy toll over the last couple of years. Jointly organized by the Manipur Women Gun Survivors Network, Control Arms Foundation of India & Northeast India Women Initiative for Peace, the conclave will share the information on the conflict-related incidents to be deliberated in detail. Many experts have already confirmed their participation in the conclave in Guwahati Press Club. According to Binalakshmi Nepram, the region that borders five countries and comprises the eight beautiful states—Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur,...
Union home minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday reviewed the law and order situation in Assam a day after ULFA scorned the security forces with a series of blast amid the Independence Day celebrations. National Security Adviser Ajit Doval and home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi along with top IB officials apprised the minister of the security scenario in the north eastern states of Assam and Manipur. Sources told Assam Times in Delhi that the minister asked the officials to ensure peace and normalcy at an earlier date. ULFA-I rebels exploded a series of bombs in Tinsukia and Charaideo districts on Monday when the state joined the countrywide Independence Day celebrations. But there was report of...
A full grown elephant from Assam died in Bangladesh on Tuesday a couple of days after it reached the neighbouring country by travelling on the river Brahmaputra. The elephant was learnt to have passed away early in the morning making futile all efforts to save the animal which slipped into the mighty river two months back. According to the experts, the animal was took weak after it was repeatedly tranquilized and therefore, the treatment did not work. The incident took place when a team of forest officials was on its way to visit Bangladesh to take the elephant in their possession.
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