The announcement of Sonari district to be curved out of Sivasagar draws overwhelming joy. People in large number came out to the road to celebrate the announcement assoonas it came simultaneously from Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi from Guwahati and education minister Sarat Borkotoky from Sonari on Saturday.
Borkotoky who claimed to have been demanding Sonari as a full fledged district for the last 15 years started shedding his tears assoonas he announced it.
Till midnight people in many places in Charaideo celebrated the announcement bursting fire crackers followed by feasting till late night.
Political experts told Assam Times that the veteran Congressleader ensured it keeping in view of the career of his son whose son is in the race for ticket from the constituency.
“His son if allowed to contest would be able to win the assembly polls early next year. That’s the only reason why Borkotoky has been demanding Sonari or Charaideo as a full fledged district six or seven months before the assembly poll,” said Suresh Chandra Gogoi who teaches political science with a local college.
An aged Congressleader called it an intelligent move of the education minister to ensure the popularity of his son who is one of the ticket aspirants from Sonari in lieu of his father who is expected to retire.
Guwahati: Assam’s premier health care institute, Barthakur Clinic organized a media OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club on 1 June 2019, where practicing physician Dr Jury Das was available for free consultations to the participants. Nurse Lucy Songbai from the city based hospital helped over 30 scribes to get their blood pressure checked in the camp.
Next media OPD clinic for the benefit of working journalists along with their families will be conducted by a newly launched super specialty healthcare institute Excelcare Hospitals on 8 June at the press club premises.
The tenth Manash Borah Memorial North East Inter Institutional Debating Competition was concluded successfully on 31 May 2019 at Pragjyoti ITA, Machkhowa, Guwahati. More than twenty teams from across the state participated in the hard fought competition. The Competition is sponsored by the Manash Borah Memorial Trust (MBMT) and is organized by Old Boys Association, Sainik School Goalpara (OBASSG), the apex body of the alumni of Sainik School Goalpara, a premier residential school of the region. Manash Borah was an alumnus of SSG and was very instrumental in the formation of OBASSG. It is noteworthy that the Competition has completed a decade of glorious organization (2010-2019).
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Guwahati: One of the oldest nursing homes of Assam, Barthakur Clinic will conduct the next media OPD clinic at Guwahati Press Club on 1 June 2019 for the benefit of its member-journalists.
The participants will get the opportunity to consult with experienced doctors from the city based hospital and also blood pressures checked in the camp (between 3.30 pm and 5 pm).
In yet another deadly attack Naga rebels killed 2 soldiers in Mon district on Saturday.
The incident took place at Tobu in Mon district of Nagaland at 1.45 in the afternoon where 2 Assam Rifles jawans died on the spot and 3 others sustained serious injury.
According to reports, as the soldiers reached Tobu the rebels were hiding on the roadside lobbed a powerful grenade at the vehicle and this was followed by indiscriminate firing.
The rebels fled from the spot before the arrival of army, police and para military forces. The injured have been shifted to the hospital.
A massive combing operation is in progress to apprehend the rebels.
The incident took place hardly a...
Guwahati: The ruling BJP is taking huge lead in the state where Congress is talking initial lead only in 2 seats.
AIUDF is leading in Dhubri and Karimganj while AGP is leading in Barpeta. BJP is leading in Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Nagaon, Diphu, Lakhimpur, Tezpur, Mangaldoi and Silchar.
Congress is leading in Kaliabor and Guwahati while AGP is taking a comfortable lead in Barpeta.
Itanagar: At least 10 people including an assembly poll candidates from NPP were believed to have died when suspected NSCN(K) rebels exploded a powerful bomb in Tirap district of Arunachal Pradesh on Monday.
The incident took place around 11.30 when Khonsa West MLA and BJP candidate Tirang Aboh accompanied by his personnel assistant and security guards were on a trip. As Aboh and his convoy reach Birdoria area the Naga rebels who were waiting on the roadside ambushed the team where the entire team members were said to have died.
Security forces reached the spit and cordoned off the entire area to nab the culprits.
The NPP is extremely shocked and saddened by the news of the...
Guwahati: Over 100 people sustained injury and properties worth thousands of crores have been damaged as a ravaging storm lashed 3 Upper Assam districts on Sunday.
The storm ravaged thousands of houses started at 9 in the evening lasted for around 15 minutes leaving a trail of devastation in Jorhat,Sivasagar and Dibrugarh districts.
"As we were having dinner at around 9, the huge storm started and within 5 minutes many houses in our villages have been damaged. Uprooted trees have blocked the roads in many places," said Sarat Saikia, a local resident of Basbari area in Sivasagar district on Monday.
"The storm was very brief but strong where none of the houses in my village has...
Guwahati: Down Town Hospital, northeast India’s pioneer healthcare institute, conducted a free hemoglobin screening camp at Guwahati Press Club on 18 May 2019, where the participants also got the opportunity to consult with experienced doctors.
Organized under the series of media OPD (out-patient department) clinics at the press club premises, the camp was graced by Dr Hrishikesh Bora, Dr Gaurav Kedia and Dr Rohini Kumari.
Ideally, the hemoglobin test measures the amount of hemoglobin (Hb or Hgb), which is a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to various organs & tissues and also transports carbon dioxide back to the lungs. If the hemoglobin level is lower than normal,...
The inauguration Programme for 9th National Conference on Education for Teachers for 3 days organised by the Education Department, of Don Bosco Institute was held at 9.00 am in the Amphitheatre in Don Bosco Institute, Kharghuli, Guwahati on 16th May 2019. The program was graced by Rev. Fr. Januarius Sangma, SDB, Provincial of Guwahati province, Fr. Biju Michael, Dr. Fr. P. D. John, Mr. Anand Pillai and Sr. Magdaline Gonmei, FMA.The Conference which is scheduled till 20th was officially marked open with a host of eminent dignitaries and other eminent personalities from the field of education was attending the inaugural program.
The program began with welcoming the guest...
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