Protest in Golaghat against illegal immigrants
AASU activists taking out a torch rally in Golaghat demanding immediate expulsion of illegal Bangladeshi immigrants.
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Today the town of Golaghat came to a stand still when nearly ten thousands people all ages marched to the town from Doyang Tengani region which is situated at a distance of 30 Kms from Golaghat town, bearing the scorching heat to attend a mass rally organized by KMSS (Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti). Addressing the rally Akhil Gogoi, secretary of KMSS severely criticized the role of the state govt. in providing land rights to the forest dwellers of the state. He said that the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has already issued direction to the Chief Ministers of every state as per the provisions of Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 to...
It is really very unfortunate that Bihar has to face nature's fury in such a devastating manner and we all are sympathize with the victims. Assam has also played the role of a good samaritan by offering all possible help to the flood victims of Bihar. But the BIG question is that Assam has always faced the mighty challenge of flood year after year and hundreds of people lost their live and thousands of people are rendered homeless every year. But still it fails to draw the attention of the nation towards this disaster as if flood in Assam is some common yearly festival. But whereas, this year when nearly 50 people in Bihar lost their lives in the flood, the whole nation seem to be mourning...
In the last few years many Assamese students gone out of the state to pursue higher education, few of them were found dead under suspicious circumstances. Recently the death of Ehsan Rizvi (21), son of Abdul Bashir Rob of Golaghat town, in Bangalore is the latest instance to such incidents. He was found dead in his room in Bangalore on 21 August. According to the sources, Ehsan was pursuing his studies in Information Technology in Bangalore since 2005. Few days back he called up his parents in Golaghat saying that he was not feeling well. Immediately his father rushed to Bangalore but Ehsan was already dead. The incident was being investigated by Bangalore police and they have arrested two...
AIDS was first discovered in USA in the early 1980s. From then it was spreading like a wild fire all over the globe. Golaghat, a quiet small town in upper Assam, has topped the list of HIV affected person in Assam with a total of 106 number of HIV positive cases till date. In this rate Golaghat will soon become the epicenter of AIDS in Assam. After Gauhati Medical College and Assam Medical College, district wise Golaghat has highest number of AIDS patients. While talking to this correspondent, Kalpana Devi, Counsellor of Golaghat ICTC told that from 2003 to 2006 there were 18 numbers of death cases of AIDS patients including 11 male, 7 female and 2 children. The major portion of HIV...
The birth centenary of Padmashree Dr. Robin Banerjee, a naturalist of international repute was celebrated in Golaghat on 12th August with a day-long programme. A painting competition among the students of various schools was also oranised on the occasion. Dr. Banerjee was born on 12th August, 1908 at Behrampore in Murshidabad District: of West Bengal. After completing his education from Edinburgh University in the year 1936, he joined the British Navy (1937) at Liverpool. He first visited Assam as a Locum-tenens to a Scottish Doctor in 1952 in Chabua Tea Estate, Assam as Chief Medical Officer.He first visited to Kaziranga in early 1953. He was so much influenced by the lush greenery of...
In the wee hours of 10th August police killed two robbers named Jalaluddin and Rahimuddin when they were robbing a Manipur bound night super bus at Deopani Jengai under Santipur P.S. in Karbi Anglong district. Three robbers named Ajiruddin Laskar, Raju Das and Motiur Rahman were also arrested by the police. According to the sources a ten member team of highway robbers stopped a Manipur bound night super bus bearing No. MN-01/1781 at Deopani Jengai and started robbing cash, ornaments, mobile handsets etc from the passengers. The santipur police on getting the information about the robbery immediately arrived at the spot and the robbers started firing at the police. Two robbers were killed in...
A seminar titled “How safe is journalism in Assam” was held on 9th August at Golaghat Press Club in memory of late journalist Kamala Saikia. The seminar was presided over by Sri Devojit Phukan, vice-president of Golaghat District Journalist Association. Speaking on the occasion noted journalist Sri Keshab Saikia said that political leaders of our country always try to keep the journalist fraternity in their grip. If any one tries to break away from their clutch then they were threatened. He said that journalist community in Assam is not safe in these days. He further told that contrary to the present scenario journalism was much safer during the pre-independence period. Senior...
Balak Singh Teron, a dreaded poacher involved in the killing of rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park has surrendered before the forest department on 6th August. It is worth mentioning here that on the previous day another poacher named Lansingh Terang has also surrendered before the forest department. According to sources these surrenders was the result of incessant efforts made by the forest officer Iqramul Mazid in association with local Karbi people and Burapahar forest based Natun Danga Eco Development Society. The surrendered poachers assure the forest department of their full co-operation in any operation against poachers.
In an incident happened in the evening of 5th August, 4 CRPF jawans were caught red handed when they were trying to molest some local girls coming from college at Balijan area, near Furkating in Golaghat district. At the time of the incident the jawans were in plain clothes and in a drunkard condition. As the local people got to know about the incident, the angry crowd beaten jawans black & blue. The injured Jawans were rushed into the Baruagaon Public Health Centre. The situation remain tense after the incident and the police was deployed to prevent any untoward incident.
A children drama workshop was organized by Sisur Umola Chora at Golaghat town from July 6 to 26, 2008. The workshop was attended by noted drama personality of Assam, Sri Gunakar Deva Goswami. About 46 children participated in the workshop. As told by Jafrul Imtiaz of Sisur Umola Chora, this workshop was fourth of its kind. He further told that they also organized a Satriya dance workshop earlier. Sisur Umola Chora is trying to infuse the children with the rich culture and heritage of our folk culture, he added.On July 26 the children participated in the workshop staged two plays named “BHOI” and “NO”. Bhoi was based on tales of Panchatantra. It was scripted and...
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