Two Assamese books were released in a glittering function held at a city hall on 15 May 2016, where audience from different walks of life graced the occasion.
The chief editor of Niyamia Barta, an Assamese daily, and also a celebratedwriter Phanindra Kumar Debchoudhury, a motivation worker Dr Minati Barthakur and journalist Nava Thakuria officially released both the books.
Published by Maram Kumar on behalf of Maramland, the first book tiled Kalam is a collection of various articles. The author of the book is Dr Birendra Nath Patgiri, who is a dentist by profession and social worker turned writer by passion.
The second book is a translated piece titled Maadhukari Geetanjali, where nonagenarian Sunanda Patgiri took the pain to go for translation. He was also present on the occasion to bless everyone there.
The Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) expresses serious concern over the bomb threats to Manipur editors. JFA condemns the militants for their misdeeds. The forum argues that targeting media persons by triggering explosion would not serve any purpose, rather it will complicate the situation. Local media reports narrated that a bomb explosion took place in front of the residence of Hueiyen Lanpao newspaper editor, H Ningomba and ISTV news channel editor, B Ningomba in Imphal on Sunday evening. Later the Manipur police recovered a live bomb from the locality. All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union has already condemned the incident. Manipur goes to polls in two phases on March 4 and 8 for its...
An eerie silence prevails in Meghalaya a day after the police killed United A’chik Liberation Army (UALA) chief Singbirth N. Marak alias Norrok X. Momin during an encounter. Operation is still on to find out his elusive associates who sustained injury in the gun fight at Matronggre forest. Police further claimed to have recovered an AK-rifle along with a pistol and a grenade from the spot. Acting on a tip off police on Saturday afternoon conducted an operation inside the forest where the armed rebels started firing at the commandos. The dreaded rebel leader who was preparing a massive blueprint to unleash terror with the help of NDFB in Assam died on the spot. Norrok surrendered before...
Arunachal Pradesh is soon set to start yet another boomtime in chapter of hydro power front. The Centre of late, has evinced keen interest to start the pending projects. According to sources in Delhi, power ministry officials have recently apprised of the government decision to Chief Minister Pema Khandu. The ministry is leant to have identified seven doable projects to boost the economy of the north eastern state. An official statement released from the pow ministry hoped that these projects would restore confidence of the investors.
An Assam police team from Dibrugarh grilled Gautom Roy on Monday for a couple of hours in connection with the APSC scam where jobs were sold for money.Led by SS Panesar, the police team in the Kahiliprar based SB office premises was believed to have extracted statement from the former minister on his alleged involvement in striking secret deal with a section of candidates because of his close association with chairman Rakesh Paul, who is yet to come out of the jail.Roy allegedly brokered the deal with a number of senior Congress leaders to ensured jobs for their candidates for lakhs of rupees. The senior political leader from Barak valley helped Paul get the top chair in the state public...
Film maker Jahnu Baruah is planning a new documentary film where the relevant issues confronting the jail inmates would echo. These people languishing in jail even after some of them have no dearth of talents in art and culture. Baruah recently visited the inmates in the Golaghat Central Jail and talked to them for a couple of hours to be impressed with them. Baruah got the project from Krishna KantaHandiqui State Open University to be screened in the Brojen Baruah Memorial Documentary Festival in the jail premises. Baruah, KKHSOU Dean Dibyajyoti Mahanta along with several others were present in the brief function inside the jail where the open varsity study for the prison inmates in...
The People’s Party of Arunachal has raised doubts over the sincerity of a section of BJP leaders in Itanagar and Delhi in the probe into the Kalikho Pul’s revelations. Talking to Assam Times in Itanagar, PPA leaders alleged that those named in the Mera Vichaar are still moving without any hindrance. They said,” the BJP leadership have not taken any action against these party men indicted by the former chief minister. Despite evidence the BJP high command keeps mum.” They further charged Prime Minister Narendra Modi with maintaining stoic silence and keeps talking of a corruption-free country. A senior PPA leader rued that if BJP refuses to go tougher they would have no other option to...
The United Liberation Front of Asom (I) has strongly opposed NDFB general secretary who called Chaolung Sukafa and saint Shankardev the enemies of the Bodo people.In a statement the outfit’s central publicity head Arunodoi Asom on Sunday said Sukafa’s immense contribution needs no narration to the formation of the greater Assamese society who wooed the indigenous lots after he and his men arrived in Assam.Same contribution has come from the saint Shankardev who made no less contribution to unite the people of all castes, creeds and beliefs. A single group of people can't help the emergence of a greater community or society.The ULFA-I leader maintained that these comments would only divide...
The toll in Meghalaya road mishap has gone up to seventeen with the report of one more person in the hospital where 40 others are battling to survive at the hospital.The mishap took place in the morning near Nongspung village on West Khasi village when a truck carrying around 80 people to a church rammed into the boundary of a concrete bridge after the driver lost control over his vehicle.The churchgoers, mostly, fell into the deep gorge where 13 people died on the spot. Local residents in large number came out and rushed the injured people to the hospitals with the help of police.Four others succumbed to their injuries in the hospital while 40 others have been undergoing treatment....
Hundreds of activists from All Assam Bengali Youth Students Federation staged economic blockade at Srirampur along 31 C National Highway in protest against kidnapping of Ranjit Dutta, a businessman of Bhawanipur. Dutta was kidnapped by unknown miscreants on Tuesday last in Kokrajhar district. The students federation staged economic blockade with banner, play cards demanded early recovery of Dutta without any delay. Although six days left after kidnapped, yet no any information about has so far reached to the family.
At least 16 people were killed at a tragic road mishap in Meghalaya on Sunday. The accident took place in West Khasi hills district in the morning where all these 16 people were killed on the spot where several others sustained grave injury. Details awaited.
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