Much to a major boost for Congress in rank and file in Assam, Prashant Kishore has agreed to help the ruling party in the assembly polls March next year.
The brain behind the grand alliance in Bihar, who held a round of informal talks with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi recently, left New Delhi for Guwahati on Thursday afternoon.
Sources told Assam Times in New Delhi that the poll Chanakya will hunker down with Tarun Gogoi and Rahul Gandhi on Friday to finalise the pre poll strategy when the Congress vice president will on a two days visit to the state on Friday.
"Gogoi recently talked to Prashant at the instance of Rahulji who agreed, in principle, to help Gogoi retain the power in Dispur," said a senior AICC leader.
Notably, former Chief Minister and AGP leader Prafulla Kumar Mahanta met Kishore in the capital on Tuesday evening and discuss the strategy an anti-Congress and anti-BJP wave in Assam. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar helped Mahanta met the poll strategist at the Bihar Bhawan in the evening.
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Senior cardiologist of Apollo Hospitals Chennai, Dr KN Srinivasan conducted the last ‘Evening with a Doctor’ program at Guwahati Press Club (GPC) on Saturday (18 March). Personally checked the blood...
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Guwahati: The Guwahati-Shillong from Bhangagarh to Dispur broke into a sea of humanity when the mortal remains of Tarun Gogoi was taken out from Guwahati Medical College Hospital where the former...
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Assam also joins the census operation which began accross the country on Thursday. A group of the Kamrup district officials deployed in census operation reached the official residence of chief...
The Arunachal Pradesh government has barred all visitors from entering the State from 21 March.
In an order issued on Thursday, the government said that all visitors/tourist inner line permits stand cancelled with immediate effect.
Chief Minister Pema Khandu in a tweet said that as precautionary measure, Arunachal is closing its door to all visitors in view of Covid-19 pandemic.
He said all inner line permits (ILPs) issued earlier stand cancelled. He said the well-being of the people of the State comes first.
Let us be alert & take necessary precautions.
Washing our hands thoroughly & maintaining personal hygiene can help prevent the spread of #coronavirus....
Guwahati: The Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) election, scheduled for 4 April next, has been postponed indefinitely. State Election Commissioner Alok Kumar on Friday informed that the polling for the council is being deferred in the wake of coronavirus outbreak in the country.
Earlier, the Assam government had asked the State electoral authority to defer the BTC polls. The opposition parties too urged the authority to postpone the polling. The Congress along with some other parties sent memorandums for necessary action.
Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi on Friday appealed to the people to whole-heartedly support and adhere to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for voluntary observance...
Guwahati: Ratcheting up control measures against the Covid-19 corona virus, the Assam government on Thursday ordered the temporary closure of all liquor bars, night clubs, beauty parlors and salons immediately as a precautionary measure. All parks in the city including Shraddhanjali Kanan, Nehru Park, TR Phookan Park, Sankardev Udyan, etc have already been closed to the public.
Meanwhile, the State Health department has begun conducting the screening of passengers in different locations of the city. The Kamrup (metro) district magistrate appealed to the public to follow guidelines issued by the Health department. Earlier, the State Secretariat decided not to issue visitor passes...
Guwahati: In a welcome change from previous years, the elections to Rajya Sabha from Assam this time did not throw up any last minute surprises or controversy with all three candidates on Wednesday declared elected unopposed.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Bhubaneswar Kalita, BJP’s ally Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) nominee Biswajit Daimary and the Congress-All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) consensus candidate Ajit Kumar Bhuyan were declared elected as the deadline for withdrawal of nomination ended.
Earlier, nomination papers filed by Kalita, Daimary and Bhuyan were found valid in the scrutiny. Elections for the three RS seats were scheduled for 26 March.
Kalita...
Guwahati: Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has expressed concern that Digjyoti Lahkar, a young and energetic journalist who has garnered considerable experience over the years by serving in several newspapers and TV channels, is presently waging a dire battle with life in a city hospital. Suffering from chronic liver ailments, he has been diagnosed with hepatic parankimal disease, informed Dr Hitesh Barua, managing director of Nemcare hospital where he has been undergoing treatment for past few days.
Since Lahkar's treatment would be an expensive affair, the JFA has urged the State government to support the ailing journalist in meeting his urgent medical costs, while also calling upon the...
Guwahati: Responding to the corona visus scare with a slew of transmission control measures, the Assam government on Sunday announced closure till March 29 of all educational institutions, movie halls, gyms and swimming pools. This is in addition to suspension of all official public programmes and ban on prayer meets, bhaonas etc., announced earlier.
Pointing out that no COVID-19 case has been detected in the State till date, Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna at a press meet in Dispur said that the measures are being taken on precautionary ground. He further urged the people to take all preventive care and not to panic. Earlier on Saturday, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal reviewed...
Guwahati: Assam chapter of All India Patriotic Forum (AIPF) has expressed serious concern over an unhealthy media debates by some journalists relating to the forthcoming elections of Guwahati Press Club (GPC), a pioneer pressmen’s organization in northeast India and urged them to exercise restrain while reporting an event confined to a club election.
Mentionable is that the outgoing secretary of GPC, who is a member of AIPF, has been targeted by a section of media outlets as the club polls were not held for many years. But when there was a full-fledged executive committee, only one person (read secretary) cannot be made accountable for the delay. The general members of GPC too could have...
Here comes the spring with beauty and bounty in nook and corner of Assam. Gurgling steams, blooming buds and chirping birds keep reviving the minds and spirits of millions of the people irrespective of caste, creed and religion. Spring, the time of Rongali Bihu, is synonymous to the handloom sector that still remains a staple livelihood for thousands of weavers whose finished product draws applause in the country and abroad. Gamocha, the name of a traditional tapestry is an embodiment of pride and pizzazz of the entire Assamese across the globe.
Rongali Mela 2020 is coming up showcasing the authentic craftsmanship of the ethnic people in the state engaged in the sector defying all odds a...
Union Home Minister Amit Shah reportedly, has said today that Assam will not be brought under the purview of the Inner Line Permit system .
As per reports the Home Minister told a delegation from Meghalya that the Centre has no plan to bring Assam under the ILP system.
A few days ago the high level commitee constituted by the Centre to suggest ways to implement the Clause6 of the Assam Accord has submitted its report to chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal.
This year, to observe the occasion of World Spay Day, JBF a Guwahati based social welfare organization who does animal welfare, has conducted an awareness program which included regular activity of ABC-ARV (Animal Birth Control and Anti Rabies Vaccination) of street/community dogs at JBF centre, Panjabari, Guwahati where visitors were also welcome to visit the centre and witness the practical works on their own on the mentioned day from 11.00am to 3.00pm. Similarly to spread the word and aware the mass about spay/neuter, JBF has also conducted social media campaign with informative Spay/Neuter creative over different social media platforms. Also JBF members have distributed informative...
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