Thowra MLA Sushanta Buragohain gets home department a week after he took oath as parliamentary secretary. Rupjyoti Kurmi was given power portfolio while his counterpart in health department is Dr Rumi Nath. Aarti Kachair gets social welfare department while kamalakha Purkayastha will look after the water resources.
The chief minister has given animal husbandry department to Sanjay Raj Subba. Manika Bora will look after the revenue department while Hemanta Talukdar will be the parliamentary secretary for agriculture.
PermalinkSubmitted by SANDEEP LANGTHASA on Wed, 23/09/2015 - 12:02
This is a ploy of Congress government giving portfolios before the Assembly elections. It means that Congress is giving a chance to its MLA to loot the money as much as possible before the elections so that they can cover up the bank balance as Congress is going to lose the upcoming election in Assam.
Union commerce and industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman has left Guwahati ending her day long trip to the premier north eastern city on Monday. Apart from attending two separate conference in Guwahati, she met the party workers before wrapping up her day long visit.Earlier in the morning, she landed at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport and straightly left for the Assam Administrative Staff College where she attended a conference organized by the Tea Board of India.Then she rushed to the NEDFi House in Dispur to participated in another conference. This was followed by her meeting with the party workers where she told them to be prepared for the Assembly polls in 2016....
All of a sudden, Guwahati has become a hot destination for the film stars, cricket stars, industrialists. One after another VVIPs and VIPs have landed at the Indira Gandhi Atheletic Stadium in Sarusajai on Monday afternoon.Former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar arrived in the city as his team Kerala Blasters are taking on John Abraham’s highlanders who landed in Guwahati in the wee hours. Accompanied by Anjali Tendulkar, the master blaster landed in the city by a chartered flight at 2-30 in the afternoon to enjoy the second ISL match from 7 in the evening.This would be followed by the arrival of Reliance head Mukesh Ambani. Accompanied by his wife ISL chairperson Nita Ambani and son, arrived in...
A joint team of army and police had a narrow escape in Sivasagar district on Wednesday when suspected ULFA militants attacked them with a grenade.The incident took place at Nimonagarh in Charaideo sub division when the militants threw a powerful hand grenade at a joint team of police and army during a combing operation in the wee hours. But the grenade did not explode much to the major relief of the security forces.Combing operation is in progress to nab the perpetrators who left the spot immediately after the abortive attempt. No outfit has so far owned up the responsibility. But sources called it a handiwork of ULFA’s Paresh Baruah faction which is active in this area bordering Arunachal...
Guwahati dresses afresh. The spotlight falls on Sarusajai. A section of footballers is camping in the premier north eastern city for the second ISL football matches begining from Wednesday.The stadium dazzles with dressing rooms of international standard for the players apart from tunnels, dug outs, huge screens with Lets’ football ringtones. The stages are for the thrilling ISL matches.The countdown began at 4 in the afternoon in presence of thousands of football fans who are waiting to see the clash between 8-1 United and Kerala Blasters. The glittering event got underway with the performance of Angarag Mahanta and Zubeen Garg.Sachin Tendulkar, John Abraham are among the personalities who...
Come Wednesday. Three prominent figures from the cultural fraternity are likely to join BJP. The ruling party at the Centre has yet to formally announce it. But sources told Assam Times that singer Krishnamoni Chutia along with actor Jatin Bora and producer Pabitra Margherita are fully prepared to join the party. The trio are set to open the new chapter at a function in the party headquarters in Guwahati on Wednesday. BJP is trying to take some other prominent figures on the board with only one year is left for the assembly polls. They, mostly, belong to the cultural front who are in touch with the party president. The singer is believed to have got assurance from the party to be...
After ULFA and NDFB-S, ANLA militants start unleahsing terror among the people n Sonitpur district in the form of extortion and kidnapping. Suspected ANLA militants kidnapped businessman and associates in Sonitpur district on Sunday forcing the authority to launch combing operation to nab the perpetrators.The incident took place at Maujuli area on Sunday where the militants entered the house of Naba Sarma who owns a grocery store near Majuligarh Tea Estate and abducted him along with his employee Sandu Newar. A search operation was launched to rescue the two.The family members are not aware of any demand calls so far. But a section of local people claimed that Sarma had received an...
HANTIGIRI NARZARY, KOKRAJHAR: Kanakeswar Narzary’s contribution for the Bodo people came up for a livelier discussion when ABSU observed his 11st death anniversary in Kokrajhar on Sunday. Organized by Ramfalbill anchalik committee of ABSU, the death anniversary was attended by Hirabai Narzary, widow of late Narzary, who paid floral tribute to Narzary on the occasion. Lawrence Isalry,president of Kokrajhar district unit of ABSU graced the function chief guest and addressed recalling contributions of late Narzary during Bodoland movement as well as chief of BAC in his political career among the poor people. Narzary died October 12,2003 at a private nursing home in Kolkata.
Tripura police remains clueless a day after suspected NLFT militants abducted 11 including 5 from Assam persons from Amchurmukh at gunpoint. Operation is going on to rescue the workers. But there workers and militants are still clueless. The incident took place a jeep carrying them was stopped at gun-point at Amchurmukh. Then they took away 11 workers leaving five others in the jeep at around 9 at night.
Social worker and journalist Nazira Syed Khairul Hassan won the best youth organiser award of Sivasagar district for the year 2014 sponsored by the Nehru Youva Kendra under the ministry of youth affairs and sports. He would receive the prestigious award on the National Youth Day slated for January 12, 2015. Hassan has been involving in a number of social service on welfare and poverty allivation, women empowerment, income generation ,Environment conservation, health awareness etc. under the It may be mentioned that under the banner of a social organisation PRAGATI.
HANTIGIRI NARZARY, KOKRAJHAR: Kokrajhar joined the 150th birth anniversary of Lakhminath Bezbaruah at Rashmela ground along with other parts of the state on Saturday. Hundreds of people participated in the birth anniversary by paying floral tribute to the Rasraj organised by Kokrajhar district unit of All Assam Students Union(AASU). Sahitya Akademy awardee and writer Haricharan Boro and Prof Nabajyoti Sarma,Bodoland University attended the function as guests. A poem recitation and song competition compose of Rasraj was also organised on the occasion among students.
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