The much awaited boxing carnival 4th Asian Women Boxing Championship got off to a colourful start at the Karmabir Nabin Chandra Bordoloi Indoor Stadium in the Sarusajai Sports Complex here yesterday evening in Guwahati. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi inaugurated the boxing extravaganza. Beijing08' Olympic bronze medal winning famed boxer Vijender Kumar along with his teamates Jitender Kumar and Akhil Kumar were the star attractions of the inaugural function.Though 12 counntries had confirmed participation but altogether 11 countries are taking part in the meet leaving Indonesia who did not turnup. The participating country teams - China, DPR Korea, Kazakstan, Korea, Macao, Mongolia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Chinese Taipei, Vietnam and host India - took part in the march past programme in the function while thrice world champion MC Mary Kom took oath on behalf of all the participants. India made a bad start as local girl Pranamika Borah lost to her Chinese opponent Dong Cheng 1-4 at the KNCB Indoor Stadium in the Sarusajai Sports Complex .. The bronze medallist in the Turkey world invitational meet in 2005, Pranamika even went pointless in the first and third round.Earlier in the opening bout of the championship Mala Rai of Nepal was beaten by Pin Meng Chien of Chinese Taipei 1-5 in the 46kg category. The boxing meet ends on 28th Sept. 2008. World class infrastructure of the sporting venues after the 33rd National Games has helped Assam to host international events in the city.
PermalinkSubmitted by Anish on Thu, 25/09/2008 - 09:38
Come on India, you can win it!!! Hopefully the national media takes interest in this event so that non-cricket sports are promoted in our country.
Best of luck girls!!!
The students of Delhi woke up today against the serial blasts in Assam. A large number of students took out a protest rally in Delhi University, North Campus and traversed the whole Delhi Univesity Enclave this evening.The march started at around 4.30 pm and went infront of locations such as Kirori Mal College, Ramjus College, Hansraj College, Delhi University Faculty of Arts, Gywer Hall and the Vice Chancellor's residence. They returned to the Vivekananda Statue where they lit candles and prayed for blast victims. This was a crowd of more than 700 students which consisted of students from all parts of India. They raised slogans in Assamese and Hindi against the Assam government and...
After the serial bomb blast at various places of Assam,various organisation has decided to protest against the government's failure.The blast was so devastating that it can be termed as Bloody Thursday,taking away the lives of many innocents.Today, BJP has called for the 12 hrs Assam Bandh in connection with the serial blast which completely rocked the state.In Nagaon,all the shops and business centres including educational institures remained closed.Though in some areas, shops were open but the Bandh activist closed them.The national highway remain deserted for the Bandh.News and Photo : Diganta Talukdar, Nagaon
"Who will marry my daughter who has diabetes?" asks Ram Anuj, a native of Ganga Jamuni village, Bahraich district in India. Ram Anuj's 14 years old daughter Munni (name changed) has type 1 diabetes and needs daily insulin injections.The family members stopped sending Munni to school when other children made fun of Munni when she took her insulin. In a village-setting, giving insulin injections to Munni, is a public knowledge. Munni often gets scorned for being a burden on the family. Munni's family doesn't have enough money to take adequate care of her and provide the treatment she needs.Stigma-related to diabetes, is particularly more pronounced for girls. Stigma in response to...
A terror group named ISF (IM) takes responsibility of the serial blasts yesterday. According to a satellite channel News Live, they have received a SMS from the number 98646-93690, ISF (IM) which read as: "We, ISF(IM) take responsibility of Thursday's blasts. We warn all of Assam and India for situation like this in future.We thank all our holy members and partners...Amin'. According to the channel, the number is registered to one Nazir Ahmed of Moirabari in Morigaon district of Assam.
The death toll in Assam’s serial blasts has gone up to 77 on Friday with 11 more people succumbing to their injuries overnight. Confirming this official sources here said eight people died in Guwahati, which now alone accounts for 41 deaths. Three others succumbed to their injuries in Barpeta taking the toll there to 15. Our Kokrajhar correspondent informs that the death toll in Kokrajhar remained at 21.Although its is widely believed to be the handiwok of the HuJi terrorists along with other jehadi outfits, police do not rule out the hand of ULFA behind the serial blasts. Home ministry sources said some northeast groups having "external linkages could have done it an apparent...
The Centre on Friday expressed grave concern over the serial blasts in Assam a day after the state was rocked by serial blasts leaving 75 dead and over 470 injured. Rattled by the state’s biggest ever serial blast in Assam, the Centre held a cabinet meeting which asked Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil to leave for Guwahati on Friday itself. Talking to media persons after the meeting, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said, "The Cabinet meeting expressed serious concern over the incident and extended sympathy to the next of kin of those who lost their lives, The Home Minister has been requested to take immediate necessary steps.” Home minister Shivraj Patil is leaving for to...
The Centre has announced a financial assistance of Rs.1 lakh each to the next of kin of those killed in the serial blasts.According to PMO release, the ex-gratia relief has been sanctioned from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund and that a sum of Rs 50,000 would be given to those seriously injured in the blasts.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the government would take all possible steps to bring the perpetrators to justice."We will take all possible steps to maintain peace and bring the perpetrators of such acts to justice," he said in a message."I am confident that the people of India will rise unitedly against these attempts to disturb peace and harmony and to...
The serial blast on Thursday has touched off a seismic wave of reaction throughout Assam. The Assam government is remaining clueless while the United Liberation Front of Asom(ULFA) has straightly denied its role in these strings of blasts. Boxed by the circumstances, chief minister Tarun Gogoi was hurried to talk to the media men admitting the failure of the intelligentsia network. Also, Gogoi said right now it was impossible to ascertain the culprits behind it.On the other hand, the banned insurgent outfit says the serial blasts that sent shockwaves across the state is not their handiwork. In statement released by the proscribed outfit hours after the blasts, it said they have been blamed...
The serial blasts that shook the north eastern state of Assam on October 30, 2008 should be condemned by one and all. The inhumane act of injuring and killing the innocent people should be denounced and every act that damages the social fabric and disturbs peace and harmony of the nation should also be condemned. Let us pray for the bereaved families of those who have lost their lives in the incident and hope that communal harmony and peace will be maintained not only in northeast but also in every part of India.Omar Luther KingB-60, Parijat Apts.West EnclavePitampuraDELHI 110034
Deepawali is the festival of lights which is celebrated all over India . It marks the advent of the winter season and signifies peace and prosperity and the victory of truth over evil. This year's Diwali (it falls on 28th October) is a bleak one indeed.As I peer hard through the darkness of hatred and violence, I struggle to find a single ray of bright hope. The atrocities committed by the British Raj on the Indian citizens during its rule in India are now being re enacted by another Raj - the megalomaniac, self styled leader of the Marathas. He seems to be holding the common people to ransom with nary a soul daring to lift a finger against him. The seeds of hatred (between different Hindu...
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