The people of Guwahati, along with the Tai Ahom people, will come together to celebrate the historic recognition of Charaideo Moidams-the Mound-Burial system of the Ahom Dynasty as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The event will honor the key individuals whose tireless efforts contributed to achieving this prestigious milestone.
The event will be held at Karmashree Hiteswar Saikia College Guwahati, with Dr. K.C. Noriwal, a renowned historian, and other eminent personalities gracing the occasion as chief guests.
As part of the program, a detailed presentation showcasing the significance of the Moidams will be screened.
GUWAHATI: More than 200 peasants are leaving for New Delhi to unite their counterparts in eastern, northern and southern states in the capital to demand immediate release of Akhil Gogoi who has been languishing in jail under the National Security Act. Over 150 peasants organizations from across the country are meeting on Monday and Tuesday to launch a statewide massive agitation to free the KMSS leader whom the Assam government arrested under NSA for urging the people to remain prepared for an armed struggle if need be. "Definitely, we have found a huge platform to raise our demand. This conclave will force government to read the pulse of the peasant fraternity,"said Khagen Tamuly from...
GUWAHATI: Former chief minister Tarun Gogoi strongly criticised the government for the move to delay in the publication of the NRC since the government does not want it. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Friday, Gogoi said the Centre's affidavit before the Supreme Court, beyond doubt, has once again proved thr government's utter reluctance. "NRC will mark an to BJP's politics on religion. This is simply the reason why NRC is delayed," said Gogoi adding that he was emotionally attached to NRC. He said,'I brought up ig as I was the chief minister. It gradually grew up. But Sarbanabda Sonowal has not been properly taking care of it." On the question of the controversy...
The Centre has come in for sharp criticism a day after it moved the Supreme Court seeking yet another period of 6 months to publish the NRC draft. Many frontal parties, organizations and individuals have charged the NDA government at the Centre with trying to induct the names of Hindu immigrants in NRC resorting to delaying tactic. AASU general secretary Lurinjyoti Gogoi said the Centre is trying its best to amend the Citizenship Act to safeguard the interest of the Hindu immigrants before the finalization of the draft. AJYCP leader Palashjyoti Changmai said the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre wants NRC draft only after an amendment of the Citizenship Act to ensure...
One person died in Guwahati a couple of days after he sustained serious injury in leopard attack. Identified as Anowar Hussain, the local resident of Dhirenpara area died early in the morning on Thursday. A leopard, which came down from the nearby hills in search of food unleashed a reign of terror in Dhirenpara area with serial attack on four local resident before being captured inside a school building. Anowar, along with three others were undergoing treatment at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital where he was released two days later. His family members have blamed it all on the doctors for releasing him in a haste.
SIVASAGAR:Security forces claimed to have captured a dreaded ULFA-I rebel during combing operation in Sivasagar on Tuesday. Identified as Debojit Gogoi alias Putul Asom, the Myanmar trained rebel was captured from a remote village of Sapekhati as he was undergoing treatment at a hospital. Acting on his revelation during interrogation, army, police and para military forces have launched a huge counter insurgency operation along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border which is going on.
GUWAHATI: Amid the crucial probe into the APSC scam, the Gauhati High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail petition moved by chairman Rakesh Paul who has been languishing in jail for the last several months. A disappointed Paul and his legal team now has no option to pin hopes on the Supreme Court for respite. His lawyers, sources, say are moving the apex court challenging the ruling on Tuesday. A division bench of the court ruled that since the probe into the nefarious cash for job scam has reached a crucial stage, the bail is not advisable for the chairman. Paul who two months back procured bail from the Supreme Court was rearrested acting on a fresh bribery case registered against him...
Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA), while observing an increasing number of flat (apartment) owners/residents in the city, urges the government to formulate a specific law to safeguard the interest of both the apartment dwellers and local residents. The forum insisting on specific guidelines (may be like those in Maharashtra State Apartment Association Act 1970) emphasizes on a healthy media debate over the matter. It may be noted that the pre-historic city of Guwahati has witnessed a haphazard growth of multi-storey residential buildings in the recent past and the trend continues in ascending direction involving more families every passing day. The forum argues that the concerned authority...
NEw DELHI: Amid an escalating protest over the Centre' preparedness for Nagalim settlement even by compromising territorial integrity with Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, Sarbananda Sonowal hunkered down with Rajnath Singh in New Delhi on Monday where Nagalim issue was believed to have dominated. Sonowal learnt to have apprised the Union home minister of the increasing protest in the nook and corner of the against the alleged move to create the Nagalim at the cost of Assam. He further tried yo convince Singh of his government's stand on the issue. NRC issue also cropped up in the 30 minute long minute between Sonowal and Singh where the chief minister elaborated his...
GUWAHATI:The police team probing the APSC scam got remand of Rajarshi Sen Deka for fourteen days after they produced the Baska circle officer before a special court in Guwahati on Monday. Deka, the son of former m ok minister Nilomoni Sen Deka, went underground hours before the police launched the massive crackdown against the accused officers who managed their selection resorting to forgery in the answerscripts. Deka, early in the morning surrendered before the police in Kahilipara to be arrested immediately. Then he was produced before the special judge who remanded him to 14 days police custody like the 21 other officers.
JORHAT:Over three thousand Congress leaders and workers hit the streets in Mariani on Monday opposing the alleged move to allow Nagalim to expand to some parts of Assam. Led by Congress MLA and former chief minister Tarun Gogoi, Kaliabor MP Gaurav Gogoi, Mariani MLA Rupjyoti Kurmi, Nazira MLA Debobrata Saikia, the crowd of Congress thronged in Donikona area alleging a conspiracy to leave if to Nagaland in the light of the two year long peace framework reached between Centre and NSCN-IM. Raising slogans against the secret and undisclosed deal, MP Gaurav Gogoi said they will not allow even an inch of land to go to Nagaland. "We won't allow it to happen. We will foil the attempt," said Gogoi...
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