“History is the back-bone of a nation and no nation can thrive without its history,” said Mayur Bora, a well-known writer in a seminar organized by Nazira Press Club on its 26th Foundation Day on Saturday at Nazira. The seminar on “Study of History and the identity crisis of the ethnic people of Assam” was organized in the memory of journalist Pabonath Sarmah and Nilo Guhain with a day-long programme that saw distinguished gathering. Mayur Borah and Rajdip Bailung Baruahwere the chief guests. Both the speakers dwelt at length on the negative effects of globalization and free market economy that has been depriving the ethnic people of their rights on their own land. Hiranya Kumar Bhattachaya, Hemakanta Sarmah, Keshab Borgohain and Prasanta Dutta were felicitated by the Nazira Press Club on the occasion.
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Eminent scientist and educationist Dr Kulendu Pathak will attend the 'Guest of the Month' programme of Guwahati Press Club tomorrow (June 26). The programme will begin at 1 pm. The former Vice...
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Local correspondent of a television channel of Lakuwa and organising secretary of the Simaluguri Press Guild Bipin Hazarika was attacked by two unidentifyed gunmen on his way home at 9.30 p.m. on September 24. According to information, while Hazarika was on his way home by his motorcycle on Lakuwa-Rajgarh road suddenly two young men came on a blue coloured motorcycle and forced him to stop. They misbehaved and try to shoot with a pistol. Fortunately at the same time an oil tanker came and the miscreants flead away by threatining him to kill within 15 days. Hazarika filled an FIR at Simaluguri police station in this regard and investigation is going on.
Gargaon college of Sivasagar district will organize the 20th Tanu Kunwar Memoial Annual All Assam Inter College Debating competition on September 28, 2011. The topic of the competition is: ‘Corruption in all walks of life can be weeded out only by enacting a powerful act in force’.
Late Tanu Kunwar was the founder principal of Gargaon College and former MLA of Nazira constituency.
In support of t Gandhian leader Anna Hazara, mass movement against corruption is going on in different places of Sivasagar, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia and Golaghat districts of upper Assam. Large numbers of people including senior citizens and freedom fighters are taking part in hunger strike, fasting in support of Jana Lokpal Bill.
Alongwith the rest of the country the 64th Independence Day has been peacefully observed in different parts of Sivasagar district with traditional glory & flavour. At Sivasagar, main programme were held at Bording Field with a day-long programme. At Nazira, central ceremonial function were held at Nazira Playground.
The ONGCL, Assam Asset continued to remain upbeat when it comes to achiving all the targets in the first quarter of the current fiscal (2011-2012) inspite of several diffulties.
The Assam Asset is one of the oldest assets in ONGC with a very high rate of reservers depletion, has been able to over achive all the targets in 1st quarter of the current year except for gas sales which suffered a minor set back due to the lack of consumers.Expressing his satisfaction this is disclosed by B.K.Barua, Executive Director of the Assam asset, in a Press Meet on last August 10. He added, in this period the oil production has been over achived at 105.2% (0.302 MMT) against the planned out put of 0....
28th all Assam Inter district Tae-kwon-do championship and 1st all Assam Inter district Poomsae Tae-kwon-do Championship will be held at Rohiteswar Saikia Memorial Indoor Stadium, Nazira from July 27 to 30. A committee has been formed under the chairmanship of MLA Debobrat Saikia.
People of Nazira sub-division are suffering due to insufficient numbers of doctors at Nazira subsidiary health centre. This centre was established during the British rule in 1944 and is one of the oldest hospital of the Sivasagar district. Although departmently it is a SHC, it acts as a full-fledged hospital for the people of Nazira. At present, only 2 doctors are serving here instead of allotted 3 nos. Nurses and other staff are also not sufficient. Despite t existence of several PHCs in the sorrunding areas of Nazira, like Panibill, Kheluwa, Patsaku, Santok, Tengapukhuri, Namti etc. people of these areas came to this hospital hoping for better treatment.
In the last asssembly election, the Asom Gana Parished was unable to get a single seat in upper Assam along with other 12 district of Assam. Under Golaghat district - Sarupather, Bokakhat, Khumtai and Golaghat LACs are captured by the INC. It is mentionalbe that the Golaghat is the birth place of AGP. In Jorhat district all 6 LACs are own by the congress. In Sivasagar all 6 LACs, in Dibrugar 6 out of total 7 LACs and in Tinsukia district 4 out of 5 LACs were gone to the Congress Party. In entire Upper Assam only Dibrugar and Dumduma LAC own by the opposition BJP. AGP lost in Sarupather, Khumtai, Dergaon, Amguri, Tingkhang, which were in their hand after the Assembly election of 2006. In...
Sivasagar district: In Sivsagar constituency INC candidate Pranab Gogoi defeted his rival AGP candidate Ramu Chaliha by 17 thousand votes. In Nazira constituency INC candidate Debobrat Saikia defeted his rival of CPI Durpad Borgohain around 30 thousand votes. INC candidate anjan dutta won by 327 votes defeating nearest rival AGP candidate Pradip Hazarika in Amguri.
In Thoura LAC Sushanta Borgohain, Sarat Borkakoti at Charaideo LAC and Sarat Saikia at Mahmora LAC won - all INC candidates.
World Nurse Day was oganised at Nazira May 11 by voluntary organisation Pragoti. In this occation a public meeting was held under the presidentship of Syed Kharul Hassan, where senior journalist Anuj Rajkhuwa, Bulu Chetia, vice-president of Progati Nirjumoni Gogoi were present. Basudev Upadhay, employment officer of Nazira attended the event.
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