A new branch of the All-India Anglo-Indian Association, representing the States of the North-East with its headquarters at Guwahati, was inaugurated by Barry O’Brien, Anglo-Indian MLA, West Bengal and regional representative of the governing body of the All-India Anglo-Indian Association, New Delhi.
According to information, at a well organised meeting held in Guwahati on July 13, a new ad hoc executive committee was constituted by him with Milton Queah as president, Donald Jobe, Michael Brooks and Winston Gomez as vice-presidents and Valentine Brooks and Jennifer Brooks as secretary and treasurer respectively.The other committee members are Louis Pereira, Phillip Thipthrope, Dennis Pereira, Geraldine Smith and Linette Pereira. Later on two more members, viz William Stokman and Lawrence Anthony, were co-opted in the committee.
13 Feb 2017 - 10:14pm | Sanjoy K Kakati
The All Assam Students Union in Nagaon paid tribute to the Assam agitation martyrs Shankar Kotoky and Poroj Bora on Sunday. Shankar’s mother Makhani Kotoky and Poroj’s mother Surabhirani Kaur along...
8 Apr 2016 - 8:59pm | Shajid Khan
AGP took out a bike rally at Kalaigaon LAC in support for candidate Muknda Ram Choudhury on Friday . More than 2000 bikers took part in the rally which was flagged off by Choudhury. Speaking on the...
6 Aug 2012 - 2:45am | editor
The Assam government has set up a group of ministers to oversee and coordinating the relief and rehabilitation measures in the affected districts on his direction.
According to sources, the GoM...
New Delhi: In a day when a series of blasts have rocked the two main cities of Assam- Jorhat and Guwahati, finally there is some good news. The 53rd National Film Awards have been announced today and the Assamese film KADAM TOLE KRISHNA NACHE by Suman Harapriya has been declared the best film in regional languages. The Award carries a Rajat Kamal and a cash award of Rs 50,000 with a plaque. The other notable achievement is that Actor Anupam Kher has won the Special Jury Award for his role in the film 'Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara” which has again been directed by a famous by Assamese Director, Jahnu Barua. The other noteworthy winners from Northeast are -1) Best Feature Film in each...
Ganeshguri : A bomb blast occurred at Ganeshguri Chariali in front of Kamrupa Hotel at 8.15 pm on Tuesday. 2 people have been injured and five cars have been damaged seriously.The injured persons have been identified as one Karuna Kalita (22) and one Dino (40). Three vehicles were also damaged in the blast. DIG (CWR) GP Singh suspected the hand of the ULFA behind the blast. “The ULFA militants might have kept the IED in the dustbin,” Singh said
Nalbari : Suspected ULFA militants blew up a powerful bomb at Rampur near Mukalmuwa in Nalbari district at about 11.40 PM on Tuesday. Two people were injured in the blast. The bomb was planted in a scrape depot of a businessman. Police immediately rushed to the spot and recovered at least 15 detonators from the spot. Details of the incidents are awaited. ULFA had threatened to intensify subversive activities on or before India’s Independence Day on 15 August.
Jorhat : There was a bomb blast at Jorhat in front of Sadar Police station at 6.45 PM on Tuesday evening. The bomb was planted in a pan shop. Total 3 people have been killed, 18 are injured, out of which 2 people are serious. The person who have been killed have been identified as Pranjal Gogoi who is also the Vice President of the Youth Congress, Dabajit Bora of Melang and Ajit Bora, an ex-servicemen. The injured personnel have been sent to the Assam Medical College Hospital.Four policemen are among the eight injured in the blast. They are sub-inspectors Tapan Chakraborty and Jiten Gogoi, constables Lakhidhar Panging and Ramen Bora and civilians Santanu Phukan, Jaan Ahmed and Hemen Bora
Bokajan: Suspected AANLA militants on Monday night killed one woman Nirmala Medhiat of Japarjan village under Bokajan police station. Police said that some miscreants fired through the window pan when Nirmla was asleep with her husband. The reasons for the killing are unknown. It may be mentioned that on 22nd July, another woman had been killed at Neperpeti also under Bokajan police station.
Guwahati: The Karbi Autonomous Council has decided to prohibit land rights to any new settlers with an immediate effect. Principal Secretary of Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council issued an order regarding this ban a few days’ back. Sale, transfer of ownership in any means including gift, lease, permission to use, mortgage or to bond out any lands owned by non tribals in Karbi Anglong to any non tribal was banned by this (No: KSC/REVENUE/LRD/306/2003-04/6645(a), Dated 13 July, 2007) order under any circumstances.By this order Karbi Anglong Autonomous District Council has categorically denied land rights to all non-tribal people, who have been living there since the formation of...
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Poachers have killed two more rhinos near World Famous Kaziranga National Park on Monday taking the total number of rhinos at the world heritage site falling prey this year to eleven. Poachers shot dead a one-horned rhino near Bonkowal and escaped with its horn, nail, tail and ear at about 3.30 AM, park authorities said. At 5.30 pm another rhino have been killed near Paharline, under Dolamara rage of North Karbi Anglong Wildlife Sanctuary. One Caracas was recovered from the park area last week. Three more rhinos were killed in different parts of Upper Assam in the last seven months. The rhinos were believed to have gone out from the park searching for food during the last year, as there has...
Renowned Hindi Film and theatre personality Naseeruddin Shah and his wife, also an actress, Ratna Pathak will perform a stage show at “Pragjyoti”, Machkhowa, Guwahati on Monday evening. They will take part in a play “Ismat Apa Ke Nam” at the conclusion day of the Natasurya Drama Festival. On Sunday they had performed at Rabindra Bhavan in a play “Collaga-2”. The couple is camping at Rajbhavan since Saturday morning with their troop.
Dr.Bhabendranath Saikia’s National Award-winning Assamese film Agnisnan will be screened in London on August 14 to commemorate his 4th death anniversary. Saikia won two National Awards for best film and best screenplay for Agnisnan in 1985. The film will be shown at the Nehru Center auditorium, situated in the campus of the Indian High Commission in London. Seven of his movies — Sandhya Rag, Anirban, Agnisnan, Kolahal, Sarothi, Abarton and Itihas — won the Rajat Kamal award for best regional films. Saikia died on 13 August 2003. He had done his PhD in Nuclear Physics from London University.
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