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Golaghat Press Club office inaugurated

The permanent office of Golaghat Press Club was formally inaugrated at VIP Road, Golaghat on Wednesday. The Chief Adviser of Golaghat Press Club Dwipen Dutta, President Apurba Ballav Goswami along with other members of of the organisation were present in the ceremony. Traditional Naam Prasanga and several other events were held on this occasion.

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Sounds of dhakis seem to have gripped the people of Golaghat as the entire district is preparing for the Durga puja from Wednesday. The idols of the goddess Durga are getting finishing touch before being installed in the various pendals. Puja pendals are joining an undeclared race for decoration with colourful electric lights to pull huge crowd. These include Golaghat Puja Samity, Sarwajanin Taruni Vallabh Dev Goswami Station Road Puja Samity, Golaghat Sanatan Dharma Samaj, Kalibari Puja Samity, G.F Road Puja Committee, Sri Sri Ramkrishna Sewa Samity,Golaghat Town Puja Committy , Hindi School Road Puja Commity, Junakinagar Sarwajanik Puja Samity, Junakinagar Tiniyali Sarwajanin Puja...
The Junior Science Congress concluded in Golaghat on Sunday suggesting lots of scope for uplift of the scientific skills among the school students. Organized in Negheriting, many students district participated in the event and demonstrated their projects. Out of 32, only 10 projects were selected for the state level event in Titabor. These include two from the Golaghat Jatiya Vidyalaya. The projects belonged to Gitashri Barua, Debangona Goswami, Bhaswat Bhushan, Biswadip Saikia and Aditya Shankar Nath.  
A pall of gloom descends in Golaghat when a bus rammed into a biker in the outskirt of the town on Saturday. The accident took place in Padumoni the speeding bus bearing No AS05-B-5309 hit the biker Mridupawan Hazarika who was on his way to Dergaon on his bike. Midupawan died on the spot and the bus driver managed to flee from the spot fearing mob attack.  
The Golaghat police are all set to ensure peace and normalcy during the Durga Puja celebrations. The policemen in the town conducted a mock drill at the Golaghat Sadar Police Station on Friday. Police officials told Assam Times that every possible measure would be taken to avert untoward incident during the puja celebration. 
There has been steep rise in the number of theft cases in Golaghat town leaving the police force red faced. Five bikes have been stolen in this town during the last four days. But not even a single person has been caught so far.  
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Golaghat BJP unit workers hit the streets in the town on Thursday alleging scams, corruption and misgovernance by the Congress government in Assam. Hundreds of protesters took out a rally starting from the Bezbaruah HS School playground to the DC office premises where they staged dharn for nearly two hours. Jorhat MP Kamakhya Tasa along with party leaders Dilip Moran, Ajoy Konwer took part in the rally. 
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