Union Grants Commission (UGC) sponsored workshop on HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION IN ASSAM is all scheduled to be held on 28th June 2008 with a day long program at ADP College premises Nagaon organized by English Department, ADP College. The agenda of the program starts off with lighting of the ceremonial lamp at 10.30am by Dr. J Balaji D.C Nagaon. A photo exhibition on the them HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATION IN ASSAM will be in display by UB Photos a premier photo news agency of the North East and its director Utpal Baruah will brief the gathering on documentation of those photos and his experience on the subject. Kuladhar Saikia IPS IGP Assam Police will address the house on "Human Rights- HISTORY and REALITY". Former President Editors Guild of India and Veteran Journalist of Assam Dhirendra Nath Bezbaruah will preside over the session. Right activist, Sahitya Akademi awardee and President Bodo Women Justice Forum Anjali Daimary on behalf of the mass people and G M Srivastava DGP Assam Police on behalf of the administration will elaborately speak on 'Issues and Propaganda related to Violation of Human Rights'.
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Ruling Congress lost Silchar assembly seat in the bypolls conducted on Saturday. The defeat was so humiliating that the party candidate Arjun Dutta Majumdar had to remained satisfied with third...
Guwahati: Altogether eight militants of the Adivasi National Liberations Army (ANLA) were arrested in Sivsagar and Golaghat districts in Assam on Monday. These include the main culprit who was involved in the Rajat Agarwalla’s kidnapping case last month. According to information, four militants were arrested when they went to extort money from a businessman at Bimalapur Tiniali under Charaideo sub-division on Monday. The big catch is Ajit Toppo, the prime accused in the kidnapping of Rajat Agarwalla, a 13-year-old boy at Sonari. Golaghat police also apprehended four other militants from the same outfit on Monday wee hours. Police confirm that these militants were arrested from...
Guwahati: It is increasingly becoming difficult for an insurgency-hit Oil India Limited (OIL) to run a steady production which is why the supply of gas to some companies are getting disruptedDisclosing this, Oil India Ltd (OIL) Chairman and Managing Director MR Pasrija told a Assam Legislative Committee that the PSU has not been able to maintain regular supply of gas to some Assam companies including the Assam State Electricity Board (ASEB). “Insurgency has resulted in the shortfall in production. The situation prevailing prevents us from extracting gas to the desired level. We seek support from the Government on this,” said Pasrija, who appeared before a House committee to...
Nazira: A full scale period of murder and mayhem is on the cards along the Assam-Nagaland border if what prevails at present is any indication.Our correspondent stationed at Geleky reports Hundreds of people residing in the area have fled to safer places from Thursday while some others are getting ready to flee with bags and baggage’s apprehending fresh attacks from Naga miscreants.Most of them hail from the Ougurijan Tea Estate which is situated along the Bihubor-Naginimora Road. Some courageous people are maintaining a strict vigil to foil any attack by miscreants on the estate.AASU has indicated that it will not end the economic blockade while the Konyak Union has yet to withdraw...
Itanagar : This is further to our report on the Illegal Immigrants problem in Arunachal Pradesh. People from all segments of life led by the students of Arunachal have come together to protect Arunachalis from the illegal migrants of Bangladesh. Its quit Arunachal by 10th of July or face the consequences and the results are amazing. There was large scale immigration out of Arunachal and where have they taken shelter... Assams Lakhimpur District. Around 10,000 illegal Bagladeshi immigrants moved out of Arunachal Pradesh today and landed in Assam. The move is widely supported by the people of Arunachal Pradesh.The Government of Assam has not commented on this till now. It is felt in Lakhimpur...
New Delhi: HAL is recruiting freshers. Recently, four hundred new management and design trainees have joined Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. This is the 34th batch of trainees to join HAL and the candidates were selected from among 25,000 aspirants, a release said. Mr Sanjeev Sahi, Director - Personnel and Administration, said the company offers an excellent opportunity for those ready to take on the challenges. Vacancies have been posted in all leading job sites and aspiring candidates can contact the Company directly as well.
Our correspondent Atlanta : A leading Indian researcher has suggested that the US abolish the H1B visa and instead issue more green cards to prevent a reverse brain drain. Mr Vivek Wadhwa, an executive-in-residence at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering said this after seeing the startling statistics of a survey headed by him which found that immigrants were key founders in more than a quarter of all the engineering and technology companies set up in the US between 1995 and 2005.
Dubai: For a country which idolizes its cricketers the latest ODI rankings are a rude eye opener. Mahendra Singh Dhoni is the only India to feature anywhere in the top 10 list. Dhoni has been ranked fifth among all batsmen in the world while Captain Rahul Dravid is a distant second in the 15th spot in the latest International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings released here. Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly are nowhere in the list.Australian captain Ricky Ponting is the No.1 batsman and is just one point short of the 800-mark. Shaun Pollock of South Africa has the distinction of being the top bowler as well as the top all rounder. The detailed list has been given below.In the meantime,...
Guwahati : The Guwahati Press Club (GPC) has congratulated three of its members for being selected for the Defence Correspondent's Course (DCC), 2007 organized by the Union Defence Ministry. The three journalists — Luit Neil Don of The Sentinel, Sourav Sharma of Hindustan Samachar, and Sanjay Kumar Ray of The Assam Tribune will attend the month-long course commencing from July 15. The Ministry has selected 35 journalists from all over the country for the course. Starting from Mumbai, the journalists would attend the courses of Navy, Air Force and Army in different locations of Ahmedabad and Jamnagar with an extended tour to Srinagar and Jammu. They would also attend the Nation...
Guwahati : The State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) at Khanapara here has arranged institutional credit of Rs 40.48 crore for assisting 4,206 educated unemployed youth of 1,341 self-help groups (SHGs) to gainfully employ themselves in income-generating activities since November 2005 till June last under the Chief Minister’s Jeevan Jyoti Swaniyojan Yojana.According to SIRD, it has also imparted training to 15,041 youth in management development, skill upgradation and application of technology for capacity building to undertake income-generating activities, the institution’s director K Kalita informed.Further, the institute arranged improved training and exposure visits for...
Delhi: Caught in the controversy, the Uttar Pradesh police on Sunday collected the blood sample of PC Ram’s brother for DNA matching even as the family members of the kidnapped FCI official in the North East pin hope on his hassle-free release. According to information, Dr Ram’s family members are in touch with the FCI chairman who has assured them that he would arrange a meeting with Union Home Minister, Union Home Secretary and Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi. On the other hand, the Union Home Ministry has asked for a detailed report of the kidnapping and reported killing of Dr Ram after his son Prabin’s latest claim that he had received a call from his father saying he...
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