Chhat Puja celebrated in Namrup
The largest ancient Hindu festival, dedicated to Lord Surya and Chhathi Maiya (known to be the wife of Surya), Chhath Puja is unique to the states of Bihar, Jharkhand, Eastern Uttar Pradesh and the country of Nepal. It is the only Vedic festival that is dedicated to the Sun God. The festival was celebrated in Namrup and it's neighbouring area with flavours on Tuesday.
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NAMRUP: The Namtola Police and Sonari Army Camp under DAO Division in a joint operation apprehended one ULFA (I) Linkman from Namtola area on Friday. Acting on a tip-off the security forces carried out an opeartion and swooped on one Romen Borgohain(34) son of Tarun Borgohain a resident of Hathi Camp under Namtola police station in Charaideo district. Nine live rounds of ammunition of 7.65mm calibre and 11gm Brown sugar were also recovered from the possession of the ultra. The militant revealed that he was involved in supply of drugs to various insurgent cadres along with collectong extortion money.
NAMRUP: A 4 -day-long Jyoti Rabha and modern song workshop concluded in Namrup Music College auditorium on Wednesday .The workshop is organised by Namrup Music College in synchronisation with Tezpur Jyoti Bharati . It was held in college auditorium from July 8 in which around 50 students took part under guidance of Sri Alimpon Choudhury . The concluding session was inaugurated by Rohini Kanta Sarmah BVFCL ( H.R.) DGM, attended by BVFCL Chief Administrative officer, Pranab Kumar Bhattacharjee as a guest of honour. The workshop was conducted with the aim of promoting the classic songs among upcoming generation . In the...
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