Senior most Gauhati High Court judge Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei will take overas the Chief Justice on October 21. Assam GovernorPBAcharya will administer Vaiphei the oath of office and secrecy at a function in the Raj Bhawan on that day.
President Pranab Mukherjee appointed him to replace acting Chief Justice Kazarian Srecdhar Rao who is retiring on that day.
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AIDS was first discovered in USA in the early 1980s. From then it was spreading like a wild fire all over the globe. Golaghat, a quiet small town in upper Assam, has topped the list of HIV affected...
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Security forces are fanning in the nook and corner of Chamdang Tea garden area in search of the militants who exploded a powerful grenade in the wee hours. Immediately after the explosion police and...
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GUWAHATI: Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the office building of Assam Police Cyberdome project under Moitri at a programme held at special branch headquarters in Kahilipara, Guwahati on Saturday. The Cyberdome Project of Assam Police aims to empower police forces to use information and communication technology for better service delivery, create digital repository of its available databases on crime insurgency, terrorism and related cases. The project also aimed at constant capacity building of the police personnel for better policing of the cyber space and issues affecting the general population at large. The project has been conceptualized to provide advanced platform for...
GUWAHATI: Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal inaugurated the office building of Assam Police Cyberdome project under Moitri at a programme held at special branch headquarters in Kahilipara, Guwahati on Saturday. The Cyberdome Project of Assam Police aims to empower police forces to use information and communication technology for better service delivery, create digital repository of its available databases on crime insurgency, terrorism and related cases. The project also aimed at constant capacity building of the police personnel for better policing of the cyber space and issues affecting the general population at large. The project has been conceptualized to provide advanced platform for...
Guwahati: An amazing 1966 British film, Born Free will be screened at Guwahati Press Club tomorrow (6 June 2018) from 4.30 pm. Directed by James Hill and produced by Sam Jaffe & Paul Radin, the movie is based upon Joy Adamson's 1960 non-fiction book Born Free. Starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers as Joy and George Adamson, a real-life couple who raised an orphaned lion cub to adulthood and later released into the wilderness of Kenya, the movie has music by John Barry and cinematography by Kenneth Talbot.
In recognition to the extraordinary talent and her meteoric rise in the sprint circuit, Assam Governor Prof. Jagdish Mukhi felicitated Hima Das at a function held at Raj Bhavan today. Fresh from her record breaking feat in the 58th National Inter-State Athletics Championship, at Indira Gandhi Athletics Stadium here at Sarusajai, Hima won 2 gold medals in 200 metre and 400 metre sprint. I am happy to have run my personal best at my home track and I am privileged to have been felicitated by the Governor. It is special," expressed Hima. Hailing the feat of the athlete, Prof.Mukhi said, “The nation in general and the state in particular is proud of the enviable record of Hima Das. In 2016,...
A historic novel titled 'Mahanayak Lachit Borphukan' based on the life of great heroic character, Lachit Borphukan who fought against mighty Mughal, penned by Dr Jagadindra Raychoudhury, educationist and writer was released on 1st July, Sunday at Guwahati Press Club. Gracing the occasion senior journalist D.N. Chakraborty said while the heroic exploits of Chatrapati Shibaji and Maharana Pratap Singh had widely been discussed through text books and other writings in many languages, there had been little discussion and publicity about the incomparable heroism and unique leadership of the great Assamese warrior Lachit Borphukan. Another speaker, Padmashree Ajay Dutta, ex MLA and social worker...
Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expresses shock at the murder of Syed Shujaat Bukhari, a Srinagar based journalist on Thursday evening and demands necessary actions to nab the culprits at the earliest. The Assam based scribe’s forum also lamented that Shujaat becomes the fourth journalist killed in India this year. It may be noted that the chief editor and proprietor of ‘Rising Kashmir’ Shujaat was shot dead in Srinagar by a group of militants. Starting his career in ‘Kashmir Times’, Shujaat later shifted to ‘The Hindu’ as its Kashmir correspondent. Lately he established the English daily ‘Rising Kashmir’. His two security guards also sustained severe injuries in the incident. A...
The All A'chik Youth Federation (Assam State Zone) strongly condemned the inhuman killing of Nilotpal Das and Abhijeet Nath, who became victims of rumour mongering, in the hands of unruly mob at Dokmoka in Karbi Anglong. The student organization in a press release called for maintaining peace in society and demanded exemplary punishment for each of the culprits involved in the incident.
Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expresses profound grief at sudden demise of Kohima based senior journalist Xavier Rutsa this morning, who suffered a massive stroke after the midnight. He was rushed to the nearby hospital, but the attending doctors declared him brought dead. Engaged with a national newspaper Xavier, 45, was also president of Kohima Press Club. He was also associated with various social organizations of Nagaland. The media fraternity along with Nagaland Governor PB Acharya, Sate chief minister Neiphiu Rio, opposition political leader TR Zeliang with others expressed grief over his death. The JFA conveys its deepest condolences to his family and all members of the...
Guwahati: Assam Sports Journalists Association in association with Guwahati Press Club is going to organize a memorial meeting on 5 June (Tuesday) at the press club premises where the media fraternity will mourn the untimely demise of senior sports journalist Sanjib Kumar Sarma Thakur. A sportsperson himself, Sarma Thakur was also recognized as a commentator of All India Radio and Doordarshan. He faced an accident on 5 May at his city residence and died under hospitalization on 30 May. Both the organizations have requested the scribes to participate in the meeting which will start at 3 pm at press club auditorium.
Guwahati – Singer Zubeen Garg recently called for an end to the ritual of animal sacrifice at the Kamakhya Temple in Assam. According to reports, while performing at a function near the temple, he expressed his anguish over animal sacrifice and said that the practice must end. For this act of compassion, he'll receive a Hero to Animals Award from People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India. "All religions call for compassion, no religion requires killing or eating animals, and hacking animals to death with weapons is just plain cruel," says PETA India Associate Director of Celebrity and Public Relations Sachin Bangera. "We commend Zubeen for being a voice for animals and...
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