The mortal remains of Anjan Dutta were consigned to flames on Friday a day after the APCC president died of cardiac arrest in New Delhi. After last respect to the lifeless former minister in Guwahati and Sivasagar, Dutta’s body was taken to Gaurisagar where he was cremated with full state honour in the afternoon. Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma, MP Ripun Bora were prominent among those who were present at the cremation ground. Before that thousands of bereaved Congress men received Dutta’s body at the Jorhat Airport in the morning and was taken to Sivasagar to facilitate his fans to pay their last respect in Sivasagar town and his birth place Gayan gaon.
Dutta died of cardiac ailment on Thursday morning at the All India Institute of Medical Science a couple of weeks after he was rushed to it. The party in rank and file have condoled his death and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members.
Senior journalist of northeast India and a member of Guwahati Press Club, Naba Sarma (79) passed away on 3 May 2016. Sarma, who worked both in regional and national media outlets, breathed his last at Gauhati Medical College Hospital on Tuesday morning after a massive heart attack. He left behind his wife Anima Sarma, only daughter Karishma Sarma and a granddaughter. A resident of Guwahati, Sarma hailed from Dibrugarh of eastern Assam. He started his journalistic career from Dainik Asom of Assam Tribune group of publications and later worked with Janambhoomi group, Economic Times, Hindu Business Line with few others. He was also involved with All India Radio as a news reader theatre...
Eminent Sattriya dance exponent of Assam, Padmashri Jatin Goswami will attend the ‘Guest of the Month’ program of Guwahati Press Club (GPC) on 3 May. The interactive program will start at 11 am and conclude by 1 pm. Born at Adhar Sattra of Dergaon in eastern Assam on 2 August 1933, Nrityacharya Goswami received his basic cultural education at home under the guidance of his father. Later he learned Sattriya dance from Maniram Dutta Muktiar and Roseswar Saikia Bayan. Moreover he got the opportunity to learn Assamese folk songs & dances under the guidance of Kalaguru Bishnu Prasad Rabha. The Sangeet Natak Akademi awardee performed Sattriya cultural items in various sessions of Asom...
A book named ‘Pratay and Annekhsan: Dulal Royor Sadhana’ has been released in a function in Guwahati on Monday. The book speaks volumes of illustrious life, works and achievements of the noted drama personality who is associated with amateur theatre for the last 53 years.Dr. Sailen Bharali, noted critic and litterateur, said Roy’s contribution towards the arena of Assamese drama is highly commendable. He said the veteran drama personality is a harbinger of new trend in the field of drama in the state. Noted poet Harekrishna Deka said that Roy has created a revolution in the field of Assamese drama as well as amateur theatre.Dulal Roy, an alumnus of National School of Drama and FTII in Pune...
As a maiden event for the Cotton College State University, the Cotton university Students’ Union (CUSU) in association with Roots Institute and Guidelines Institute, Panbazar organised the first ever Cotton College State University All Assam Inter Institutional Debate Competition 2016 on 30th April, 2016 at the Sudmerson Hall of Cotton College. The chief Guest for the debate competition was Mayur Bora along with the Vice Chancellor of CCSU who delivered the Inaugural speech. The topic for the debate competition is as follows: In the opinion of the House, “Religion, today, is only a ploy to further the economic and political self interest of the society's elite".The event saw the...
Assam Press Correspondents’ Union (APCU) observed its foundation day at its newly opened office on Saturday and honored popular Assamese writer-journalist Anuradha Sarma Pujari for her contribution to the local media. Earlier the new office of APCU at Bhetapara locality of the city was inaugurated by distinguished journalist Ajit Kumar Bhuyan in presence of APCU members & well wishers. The city based Dispur Hospitals also supported the organization with Hepatitis-B vaccination program for its members on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Author Anuradha appreciated the initiative taken by the APCU to empower the rural reporters of the State for more than two decades. The editor of...
Dr Arati Barua from Assam who is an Associate Professor, Philosophy, Deshbandhu College, University of Delhi & the Founder Director of Indian division of the Schopenhauer Society (IDSS) under the main International society in Germany, was conferred with the prestigious national award “ Bharat Excellence 2016” by FFI at New Delhi on April 25. Dr. Barua has been conferred with the National award of Bharat Excellence 2016 in recognition to show that she is a great achiever who has done something extra – ordinary for her country and countrymen and has attained greater excellence in his/her field of activity and enhanced the image of India. Earlier Dr...
National Service Scheme (NSS) of Dimoria College in association with Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development conducted 5 days Training of Trainers (ToT) on Employability Skills for NSS Volunteers and other students from 23rd April to 27th April at its campus premises. It was organised to make a team of young pool of resources as trainers on employability and also to enhance their employability skills. Different topic like employability skills, personality development, resume writing, developing positive attitude, group discussion, interview skills , understanding employment ,skills & assets for employability ,understanding communication, understanding team work, problem...
Electronic Media Forum Assam (Emfa) expresses shock & dismay at the audacity of a popular Assamese personality to diktat terms for the electronic media. The forum also asks singer Angarag Papon Mahanta to keep away from such unwanted activities in future. It may be mentioned that Papon, while performing at a Bihu function in Pathshala last night, engaged in debates with the news channels’ camera persons (on duty) and indirectly scolded them for focusing over an unwanted incident that took place among the audience. Honoured with various national and international awards, Papon also addressed the media persons in negative terms and asked them to do coverage according to his wishes. “...
Prominent editors and media figures as well as intellectuals, activists and scholars from India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Australia, the UK, US and Sri Lanka have called for the release of Himal editor and prominent Nepali journalist Kanak Mani Dixit who was arrested on April 22 in Katmandu by anti-graft officials. The following is the text of the statement: It is with deep concern that we have learned of the arrest of Kanak Mani Dixit, the widely respected founder-editor of Himal Media and a courageous voice for transparency, freedom of expression and democratic rights in Nepal and across South Asia. The charges are related to alleged corruption but Kanak Dixit says it is part of a...
Journalist and democracy expert Bidhayak Das, who is presently based in Yangon, the former capital of Myanmar, emphasized on better tie with the neighboring country. Delivering a talk on the changing political scenario of Myanmar at Guwahati Press Club today, the media personality from Assam also expressed hope that the Union government in New Delhi would play a pro-active role in framing policies to deal with Indo-Burma issues. Das observed that Myanmar has been adopting a kind of democracy which would be beneficial for the people of northeast India to get involved with bilateral trade with the southeast Asian country. He opined that the last general elections held in November 2015 had...
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