Major fire in Golaghat town
Four buildings were reduced to ashes when a devastating fire broke out in the heart of the Golaghat town on Friday. Originated from a lamp at a prayer room at a residential building at Court Road in the afternoon, the fire rapidly spread to three adjacent houses belonging to Narayan Ghosh, Ajay Ghosh, Govind Ghosh and Ranjit Ghosh. All they deal in clothes.
Local residents helped them managed to recover some clothes they stored for the Durga puja shopping. But belongings worth lakhs of rupees were ravaged. Fire tenders took it nearly three hours to bring the situation under control. Local residents blamed the fire tenders for late response. They said that the extent of loss could have been minimized had the fire tenders arrived in time.
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Vishwa Dharma Chetna Manch and Sri Brahmarishi Ashram Ramapuram Tirupathy is jointly organizing a free yoga and naturopathy health camp at Maheswari Bhawan in Golaghat Sunday. The day long camp will begin from 7 in the morning. Organizers told Assam Times that a team of doctors lead by Dr Awantika Sharaf and Dr Bino Stuvert from Jeevandham in Guwahati will attend the patients. A Seminar on Art of Living will be conducted for the patients.
Golaghat boxers are gearing up for the inter district competition slated for Friday and Saturday in Guwahati.Talking to Assam Times, the Golaghat District Sports Association general secretary Sanjib Handique said that the district team comprises Padma Chetri ,Jyotsna Dolley, Fumala Dolley, Janhvi Baruah, Nilotpal Bora, Navjyoti Kalita and Maneshwar Burman .
The Golaghat District Sports Association will organize an inter district swimming competition on November 7 and 8. Talking to Assam Times, the organization’s general secretary Sanjib Handique said that two days event is slated to take place at the local swimming pool in Golaghat. He said that at organizing committee has been formed to host the event.
The Golaghat district administration on Tuesday asked the tea garden managements to clear the bonus to the workers by October 5. Deputy Commissioner Anarul Haque on Tuesday issued the order after a meeting with the various tea group owners. He ordered the owners to discuss the bonus amount with the workers to resolve the issue amicably.
One after another expose seem to have left the Golaghat police red faced. After the stunning extortion near Dergaon the other day, a section of policemen draws more ire from a number of organizations. The Hindu Jagaran Manch on Monday has accused a section of policemen of aiding and abetting the cattle thieves. In a statement, the organization’s president Jayanta Goswami and General Secretary Achyut Nath warned the policemen of dire consequences if they are found to be associated with the cattle thieves.They further demanded stern action against the cattle lifters and the policemen who have allegedly been helping them.
The move to give shelter to non Muslim refugees from Bangladesh and Pakistan draws sharp reactions across the state with the various organisations criticizing the centre these days. The Hindu Yuva Chhatra Parishad asked the Centre to start the settlement in Gujarat at the earliest.Addressing a press conference in Golaghat on Monday, the organization president Bolen Baishya that the decision will leave 2 lack bighas of agricultural land vacant in Bangladesh. On the other hand, the land deal has already made Bangladesh richer. He said it will be a threat for Assam which they won’t allow it to happen.
Assam Sahitya Sbaha president Dr Dhrubajyoti Bora received the Syed Abdul Malik award at a function in Golaghat on Sunday. Instituted by the Golaghat branch of Asom Sahitya Sabha, the award was given away to Dr Bora for his novel Swargadopi dealing with the life and contribution of Biju Vaishnav, the martyr of the independence struggle hailing from the Numaligarh tea garden area.Several prominent persons attended the function at the Amateur Theatre Hall in Golaghat.
A huge public meeting in Golaghat on Sunday vowed to keep the Birochan Chutia alive in the pages of history.Speakers after speakers in the open meeting at Jamuguri Public Hall expressed grave concern over the conspicuous ignorance of the historians which is why, a section of real hero has been missing from the golden pages of history.Same it took place in the case of Veer Birochan Chutia who was the last station head of Sokialting of Jamuguri who was killed by the British rulers in Rongpur for refusing to abide by them.Now the local people have realized his sacrifice forcing them to pay tribute to the martyr on Sunday.Those who spoke on the occasion include Motiur Rahman, Radhika Ballav...
The Assam College Teachers' Association (ACTA)'s Golaghat Zone Women Cell in association with Golaghat Commerce College have jointly organised a Group Discussion Competition at Golaghat Commerce College on Saturday. Participants from eight colleges took part and discussed several relevant topics such as Digital India: A Drive Towards Mobile Governance, Role of Students in Creating Awarness Against Witch Hunt, Need for Media Censorship in the Present Day Context, Impact of Semester at Under Graduate Level etc. The competition was conducted by Lecturer Meghali Saikia. Many students took part in the same .
The people in a huge area of Golaghat district on Sunday are all set to revive the real contribution of a forgotten hero whose name is missing in the history because of the conspicuous ignorance of the local historians.A gathering at the Jamuguri Public Hall will assess the sacrifice of Birochan Chutia who was killed by the British rulers at Rongpur when he was the station head to be disobeyed the rulers. The local people will commemorate his sacrifice at the function beside releasing a book Chutia's life and workings.
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