A video compact disk tiled Tomake Napale Jaan Oi comprising new Assamese songs by popular singer Debojit Saha was released on Sunday at Guwahati Press Club. Legendary singer Sudakshina Sarma, national award winning filmmaker Manju Bora, academician Usharanjan Bhattacharya, writer Dilip Bora, journalists Nava Thakuria and Gautam Sarma graced the occasion and appreciated the SaReGaMaPa Challenge 2005 winner for coming out with the CD on the even of Rongali Bihu. Produced by DS production, the CD has its music by Tarun Tanmoy and choreograph by Uday Shankar where the cast include Debojit and Pallavi. All the speakers termed Debojit as a cultural link between the Brahmaputra and the Barak valley of Assam, where few expressed hope that Debojit would try to sing some of the classic Assamese songs in Bengali as well.
President Pranab Mukherjee is on a two days visit to Assam and Meghalaya. Mukherjee landed at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in the afternoon.Assam Governor J B Patnaik along with senior ministers received Mukherjee at the Lokopriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport.Then he straightly left for Shillong by a helicopter. Then he attended a function at the Meghalaya State Legislative Assembly in the evening.On Tuesday morning he is scheduled to inaugurate the Innovation Club and attend the North-Eastern Hill University convocation.Mukherjee is scheduled to inaugurate a national seminar `Continuing Legal Education and Children' and 'Protection of Children from...
Violence refuses to recede in Goalpara district in the name of protest against Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council polls. Protesters on Monday set on fire a lower primary school at Puthimari during the bandh called by the Garo National Council and 10 non-Rabha organisations.Two mini buses and a car were also set ablaze in Kasomari and Torangthap area. The bandh called from 5am on Sunday affected normal life in the Garo and non-Rabha areas of the district. The Council polls are slated for three phases between November 13 and 25.
Prominenet regional parties in the north east will fight the Lok Sabha poll under the same unbrella. Float as the North East Regional Political Front, the regional parties are set to mount pressure on Centre to solve the common and vital issues of the region. Led by AGP, 11 parties on Monday held a workers’ convention at Machkhowa where hundreds of regional party workers vowed to keep Congress and BJP at bay. These include AGP, Nagaland People's Front (NPF), MizoNational Front (MNF), Sikkim Democratic Front, Manipur State Congress Party (MSCP) and several other parties from Meghalaya,Arunachal Pradesh and Tripura. The front has also left its doors open for other regional forces.The idea...
One month has passed. But the kidnappped NHPC general manager is still remaining clueless. Police dealing with the high profile case have arrested two linkmen of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)-Songbijit faction in this connection. But Anil Kumar Agarwal is still clueless. The two linkmen - Sureng Hajoary and Raju Basumatary - arrested yesterday in the district had given information to the abductors on Agarwal So far five persons have been arrested in connection with the abduction of the NHPC official.Assam police with logistic support from its Arunachal Pradesh counterpart are on a special operation to rescue the abducted General Manager who was kidnapped from 12 Mile area...
KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi has been courted arrest on Monday for staging demonstration in front of a lower court in Guwahati opposing anticipatory bail for three alleged land mafias.Flanked by over one hundred activists, the KMSS leader started staging demonstration opposing anticipatory bail for Suresh Prithani, Sanjoy Lohia and Ramavtar Burhakiya when he was taken to the Panbazar police station.
Guwahati seems to have wore a fresh look. But why? Roads are being repaired, street lights in the city start dazzling in broad day light. The answer is simple. President Pranab Mukherjee is on a two days visit to the north east beginning from Monday.Official sources told Assam Times that Mukherjee is scheduled to land at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi international airport at 2-30 in the afternoon to be received by Governor JB Patnaik along with senior ministers.After a brief halt, Mukherjee will leave for Shillong where he is scheduled to visit the Don Bosco musum. After spending the night at the Raj Bhawan, he is scheduled to attend the convocation ceremony of North East Hills University...
Top regional parties of the north eastern region are holding a two days' convention in Guwahati on Saturday to revive regionalism just six months before the Lok Sabha polls. Convened by AGP, the conference began at the Hotel Brahmaputra Ashoka in the morning. Apart from SAP leader Surjit Singh Barnala, Nagaland chief minister Neiphu Rio and former Meghalaya chief minister Dr Donkuper Roy and former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta attended the convention. The close door meet of the regionalism torchbearers are understood to have formulate strategies to take on Congress and BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
A huge storm left the entire west Jorhat completely ravaged uprooting many trees and disrupting surface communicationonSaturday midnight. The storm that struck Pulibor, Dohotia and Cinamora ravaged hundreds of houses leaving thousands domestic animals dead. Falling of huge trees, electric and telephone posts on the roads heavilly disrupted the communications. Efforts are on to restore the communication network.
The move to hold Rabha autonomous body election triggers a fresh orgy of violent protest in the Rabha Hasong areas of Kamrup and Goalpara districts. Thousands of non Rabha people in these areas have come out to the streets to launch the civil obidience movement in protest against the autonomous body poll slated for next month. Protesters in large number stopped the trains in Krishnai. Some others burnt tyres to block the movement of traffic from early in the morning. Over a dozen of vehicles have been set on fire by the non Rabha protesters. Bandh supporters at Boko blocked the Chilarai Express for several hours.
Ending all differences the Congress legislatures on Saturday vowed to unitedly fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Dispur. Talkinp to reporters at the end of the CLP meet, Gogoi said that the differences among the ministers and MLAs were sorted out adding that the time has come to stand united to put up a rare performance in the upcoming general polls. "We do target the all 14 seats in the polls," said a visibly relaxed Gogoi flanked by Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma and Rockybul Hussain who later took Gogoi to Koinadhara. Contrary to what was expected, the CLP meet ended peacefully in presence of APCC chief Bhubneswar Kalita in Dispur which contined till 2PM....
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