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New monthly from Nazira

Giving importance to the aspirations young writers, a new Assamese monthly magazine  titled "Prothyabanor Somoi" was launched in Nazira on last Sunday.  Raj Axom Laskar is the editor of the magazine. 

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Nazira All Assam Minority Students Union felicitated the newly  elected ward civic body members at a function on Sunday. Presided over by AMSU President Farukuddin Ahmed, the speakers hoped that the new members would spare no pain to deliver the goods. The senior citizens asked the newly elected ward members to work in a constructive way for the all round development of the town. BJP got 6 seats while Congress   got only 4 in Nazira and the BJP will form the next municipal board of Nazira.
Municipal elections along with the rest of the state were also held for 10 seats in Nazira and 8 seats in Simaluguri on February 9. The candidates now eagerly await the results scheduled for February 12. The Tarun Gogoi led Congress government is confident of winning all the 18 seats while the BJP on the other hand too is sure of capturing the same. While this appears to be an overstatement by one of the parties or both, the public are of the view that the Congress are all in shape to form the next municipal body in Nazira and Simaluguri. 
Civic polls passed off peacefully in Nazira on Monday. The Sivasagar district sub division held civic polls for Nazira and Simaluguri towns.The turn out is In Nazira  above 60 per cent which ended at 4 in the afternoon without any untoward incident.
The Nazira Press Club in association with the Freelance Journalists' Association of Nazira organized a programme on Wednesday in an effort to interact with all the municipal candidates who are contesting in the forthcoming civil elections. Around 300 people gathered in front of the Nazira Natya Mandir to understand the views and plans of the contesting candidates.
Nazira is all set for the forthcoming Municipal Election in February 2015. Election against 10 seats of the Nazira Municipal Board and 8 seats of the Simaluguri Town Committee will be held on February 9. The main electoral battle will be between the candidates of the Congress and BJP. Contesting independent candidates will play a vital role in the elections to ensue. Candidates representing the Congress filled their nomination papers today. Present to boost their morale the MLA of Nazira, Debobrate Saikia.
Villagers recovered a dead body of a 16 year old girl Tuesday morning from the Nahorhabi Tea Estate in Lakwa. The girl identified as Rashmi Munda went missing since January 25 under suspicious circumstances. Villagers claim the girl was raped before murder. A case was registered in this connection at the Lakwa police station.
The weather in Nazira was agog with activities for 66th Republic Day celebrations along with other parts of the country on Monday. The arrangement passed off smoothly. The clock struck at 9 in the morning. Civil SDO Mauchumi Baruah proceeded to unfurl the tricolor. But the bizarre incident took place much to the major embarrassment of the administration. As she tried to unfurl the tricolor, the flag refused to flutter leaving the senior administrative officials red faced. Then they brought another flag which started fluttering in the sky. Talking to Assam Times, the local residents blamed it all on the administration for utter carelessness which was why the SDO was left red...
A full grown leopard who created terror in Mazenga, Hudupara and its sorrunding rural areas in Nazira for the last several months was killed by the villagers on last Wednesday. After brutally killed the tiger people took away its flesh.On the other hand the forest officials lodge a case in Nazira police station in this regard a case is registered in Nazira police station bearing case No-15/15, under IPC 9/50/51 of Wild Life Protection Act.
Well known socio-Cultural organisation M.C. Club organised two days Seratun Nabbi programme in Nazira on Saturday and Sunday.It was organized on the occasion of the Fathea E Duwas Daham- the birth anniversary of the Peophet Mohammed the Seratun Nabbi where life and noble works of the Prophet Mohammed was discussed. Competitions of different Islamic rituals were organized on the occasion. Eminent Scholar Dr.Debobrate Sarmah said that Islam means peace. He said thousands of Assamese Muslims joined the Freedom struggle.According to him, Islam is the greatest enemy of the capitalist clique and that an international propaganda is being spread against IslamNazira Municipality Ex Chairman Abdur...
Over 100 AAMSU workers hit the streets in Nazira in protest against NDFB’s serial attacks in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Sonitpur where 68 people were killed on Tuesay.The workers of the All Assam Minorities Student  Union thronged the Nazira town and burnt the effigy of the NDFB-S shouting slogans against the massacre of the innocent people. They further demanded strong measures to deal with the insurgent outfit.