A second Assam agitation is on the threshold if the All Assam Students Union leaders are to be believed. AASU leaders on Saturday disclosed their preparedness to launch a massive movement to stop Centre from making Assam a dumping ground of immigrants.
Participating in Gana Satyagrah programme in Barpeta AASU advisor Dr Sammujjal Bhattacharjya said that the second Assam agitation is imminent and that that is the best possible way to deal with the Centre who is trying to make Assam a safe haven for the Bangladeshi immigrants. “But we are not anti-Muslim and not anti Bengalis. We oppose Bangladeshi immigrants,” said the AASU leader.
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Despite deteriorating health, Mahendra Das is firm on fast unto death inside the Jorhat Central Jail. Das, whose fate hangs in balance due to an unfinished death sentence, said on Thursday that he...
Down Town Hospital in association with Guwahati Press Club has organized a health check up for scribes on 2nd February ,2013. The check up will be start at 10-30 am in the press club premises and will continue till 3 pm. During the check up the journalist will enjoy the facilities to test their blood sugar and heart function. Member journalist are requested to participate in the health camp.
People thronged in thousands at the Bhupen Hazarika Samannay Kshetra in Barpeta Road as the 72nd session of the Asam Sahitya Sabha is underway at. The main venue, this time, has been named after Dr Bhupen Hazarika while the main entrance has been erected in memory of the first prose writer Bhattadev. Book festival venue has been named after Mamoni Raisom Goswami and the art and science exhibition venue has been named after Sobha Brahma and Guru Prasad Das.Visitors line up to get a glimpse of the the auditorium and the main stage named after Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwala and Kalaguru Bishnu Rabha. Bangladeshi aesthete, danseuse, dance pioneer, teacher, choreographer Lubna Mariam will...
Police constable Abhijit Baruah once again makes Assam proud when set new record of hitting the highest number of punches in a minute on the boxing pad on Thursday.The 23-year-old cop hit 387 punches in Delhi to break the record he himself set a couple of moths ago in Jorhat. The attempt was made at the Assam Bhawan in the national capital in presence of observers from the Asian Book of Records. Earlier in October last year, he broke record with 329 punches on a boxing pad at an event held in Jorhat stadium. It was recognised by the Asia Book of Records as well as the India Book of Records as the most hits on a boxing pad in a minute. Abhijit also holds the World record of running barefoot...
The Centre has raised the margin money for khadi and village industries from Rs 66 cr to Rs 100 cr for the next financial year 2013-2014.This was confirmed by none other than Union Minister of State for MSME (Independent) KH Muniyappa in Guwahati. He said that the decision was taken at a meeting with Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and senior officials . According to him, his ministry wants to reach out to the young and educated people to set up new enterprises, for which it has adequate funds. The Union Minister urged Gogoi to instruct the deputy commissioners to prepare the list of beneficiaries within a set time-frame of three months for extending loan assistance.
The Ahomes observed Me-dam-me-phi across the state on Thursday to offer tributes to ancestors . People of all walks of life participated in the rituals in several places.Ahome religious pujas were performed on the occasion. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi attended a Me-dam-me-phi celebration and participated in the rituals in Guwahati. Me-dam-me-phi is the manifestation of the concept of ancestor worship that the Ahoms share with other peoples originating from the Tai-Shan stock. According to popular historical beliefs, when Lengdon sent two of his grandsons Khunlung and Khunlai to earth by a golden chain, they were advised by Gasingpha, the God of knowledge, to perform Umpha,...
Jorhat breaks into a sea of humanity when thousands of people are thronging the Kachari Moidam to pay last respect to the eminent Vaishnavite scholar, educationist and freedom fighter Sonaram Chutia who died in the Jorhat Medical College Hospital on Wednesday.The award winning scholar would be cremated in Jorhat on Friday with full state honour. Chief Ministyer Tarun Gogoi and his cabinet colleagues are expected to attend the funeral function. A renowned scholar of Sankardeva studies, Chutia had several books to his credit and was also the Chief advisor of the Srimanta Sankardeva Sangha, a religious and charitable organisation. A prominent freedom fighter, Chutia was actively...
Renowned vaishnavite veteran Sonaram Chutia passed away after a brief ailment on Wednesday. Chutia died at the Jorhat Medical College Hospital at 9.15 in the evening. He was 98 and was accorded with cabinet rank 3 years back. Born on June 8 in 1915, Chutia cleared his graduation in science from Cotton College. His cremation is taking place on Thursday with full state honour.
In major breakthrough, Dhemaji police intercepted a truckload of IMFL coming from Arunachal Pradesh suspected to be distributed among the voters just before the polling of panchayat elections.The truck carrying 4000 litres of IMFL in bottles were seized by the excise department at Laluk last night by the district administration.The truck driver claimed that the liquor bottled at Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh and were being transported to that state's East Siang district through the only road between the two places which runs through Lakhimpur district.
Karimganj police on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of a youth for torturing a five-year-old girl. The five-year-old girl, who went missing on January 28 evening, was found lying in a paddy field with severe injuries near her house at Pinnagar village on January 29. Her father alleged that she was raped by the youth, who was arrested by the police on the basis of the allegation. But the youth claimed that he was asked by the girl's father to take her home but she entered a wedding function on the way and went missing from there. Medical examination revealed that she was tortured and severely beaten up but whether she was raped or not was yet to be ascertained.The girl is undergoing...
Barring a few stray incidents polling for the first phase of panchayat election are over registering a huge turn out in 8 districts on Wednesday.The polling began at 7 in the morning and ended at 3 in the afternoon where 28,680 candidates are in the fray in eight districts. Among them, 643 have contested for the post of zilla parishad member, 2,801 for anchalik panchayat member, 3,099 for gaon panchayat president's post and 22,137.The first phase include Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Golaghat, Kaliabor, Nagaon Sadar, Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts.
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