Bike Riders taking part in the "North East Moto Cross Challenge 2008" organized at the Assam Engineering Institute Field, Chandmari in Guwahati on 22-06-08.
25 Feb 2014 - 3:03pm | AT News
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi launched scathing attack on Narendra Modi alleging that the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate was on a mission to divide the people.In his welcome address at the youth and...
27 Dec 2014 - 9:54pm | Hantigiri Narzary
The NDFB-S carnage brews blamegame between BPF and BPPF. BPPF president Rabiram Narzary lambasted Hagrama Mohilary on Saturday a day after the BPF boss accused ABSU and BPPF of instigating the...
28 Dec 2014 - 3:13pm | AT News
Authors and publishers at a session in the Guwahati Lit Fest on Sunday agreed that a good content management is the secret of a good book. Moderated by veteran publisher Manas Pratim Saikia, the...
6 Oct 2008 - 1:27pm | editor
Udalguri and Darrang districts are still burning on Monday. Its spreading to make the situation more volatile. Three persons died, several others have been injured when police resorted to firing...
The Karbi Anlong district Teachers' and Employees Association (KATEA), Howraghat zone will organize a day-long educational seminar on "Skill of motivation" with an aim to stimulate Educational Environment in the class room on April 10 at Dokmoka Higher Secondary School premises.A reception committee has been forme comprising — Kharsing Engti, HAD Minister, Asom, Mongalsing Engti, CEM, KAAC, KAAC Education EM, Bidyasing Rongpi including, Chairman, Dokmoka Town Committee, Mensing Taro, Langtuk Kiling, president, Village Development Committee (VDC), Samelangso, ITDP and head masters and headmistress under Howraghat zone High School Teachers' Association are constituted as chief...
Activists of PCPIA blocks the National Highway in Dharapur outskirts of Guwahati on 04-04-08 demanding the immediate release of PCPIA leader Lachit Bordoloi and starting of Peace talks. Pix by UB Photos.
Police on Thursday have picked up three people in connection with the killing of a correspondent of the Asomiya Pratidin Muslimuddin on April 1. The arrested people have been identified as Qutubur Rahman, Mohammed Tuta Miyan and Mohhamed Joynul Haque.Muslimuddin, a correspondent of the vernacular daily was killed with lethal weapons by a some miscreants for a series of reports that he had filed about anti-social and criminal activities in the Morajhar area of Hojai sub-division on April 1.He died on Wednesday morning while he was rushed to Guwahati with injuries. Muslimuddin was on his way on a bicycle from Morajhar bazaar to his residence at Barpukhuri, when the group, numbering about six...
Bokhat MLA is mired in a land grabbing allegation as police have registered a case against Bokakhat MLA Jiten Gogoi in Dispur following a complaint lodged by one Sashindra Das of Hengrabari area in the city. According to allegation, Mr Gogoi and Sarupathar MLA Binod Gowala tried to grab a plot in upper Hengrabari area owned by an assistant of the state secretariat Sashindra Das and his neighbour one Dipamoni Rohang on Wednesday.It is alleged that the MLA duo with some hired goons reached Ushanagar on Wednesday and asked the two families to leave the spot. They further physically assaulted a few people on the spot including Mrs Rohang and the younger brother of Sashindra Das. Also the hired...
In yet another case of mushroom consumption, four people died on Thursday morning in upper Assam’s Dergaon area. According to information, the incident took place at Badulipara area when four members of the same family consumed mushroom. Details are awaited. Notably, five people of a same family recently died in a similar case in Rajmai area in Sivasagar area.
The Gauhati High Court has allowed prominent cardiac surgeon Dr Dhaniram Baruah to proceed with his research works which was barred by the state health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma.According to information, hearing a writ petition on Wednesday a bench of the court said the health department's order imposing restrictions on Dr Baruah was one sided.It may be noted that addressing a recent press conference in the city, the minister threatened to arrest Dr Baruah if he fails to stop his research in the form of administering vaccine to to the human body. But Dr Baruah opined that he had already received permission in 2005 by the same department.
It’s once again the boundary dispute which is bound to embitter relationship between Assam and its neighbouring Meghlaya with both states mired in accusations and counter accusations. Meghalaya Home Minister H S Lyngdoh on Wednesday said he would soon go to New Delhi seeking an amicable solution to the vexed issue adding that Assam has been illegally a vast plot of Meghalaya land in the Ri Bhoi district. He said retrieving the "encroached tracts" will his government’s top priority..He further said he is not averse to talk to Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on the disputed Block I and II areas of the state.On the contrary, the Assam Government was cornered on the floor...
Noritada Morita, chairman and CEO of Asia Strategy Forum (ASF), Thailand seen speaking on a topic "EMERGING ASIA: 21st CENTURY AND BEYOND- Role of Sub Regions" in a public lecture organized by North eastern development Finance Corporation ltd. (NEDFi) at Vivekanada Kendra in Guwahati on 03-04-08. Pix by UB Photos.
Assam's problems: Governor to talk to Centre Assam Governor Lt general (Retd) Ajoy Kumar Singh on Wednesday said he would soon take the Assam's problems to the Centre for an amicable solution. He invited the All Assam Students Union leaders for talks to the Rajbhawan and discussed the formation of a task force for protection of the state's wild life. Some other burning issues were also figured in the discussion. Other issues included the Assam Accord implementation, sealing of the Indo-Bangla border, upgradation of the National Register of citizens and erosion and flood problems.
A 12 hour statewide Assam bandh has disrupted normal life in some parts of the state on Wednesday. Sponsored by the Atul Ray faction of the All Assam Koch Rajbanshi Students Union in protest against the Government's failure to ensure ST status to six communities, the badh evoked mixed response on Wednesday throughout the state. The bandh began in the 6 in morning to end in the 6 afternoon. according to information, the bandh was total and peaceful in North Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Goalpara, Kokrajhar districts where the educational institutions and other business establishments remained closed. Transport services were affected in all districts as government and private buses could not run...
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