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: 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...
GUWAHATI:In yet another bizarre incident that sends huge shockwaves across the animal lovers, three wild elephants were electrocuted to death in two different incidents in the state on Monday. The first tragic incident took place in Amguri where two full grown female elephants were electrocuted as a herd of elephants which cane down from the nearby hills in search of food landed at Tiphuk Tea garden in the wee hours. Local tea garden workers spotted the body in the morning. "Very tragic, pathetic indeed. Both the female elephants perhaps were moving under the high voltage wires," said Vinit Munda, a local tea garden worker. The second one incident of elephant electrocution took...
GUWAHATI:The more officers are believed to have been preparing to surrender before police probing the APSC scam where altogether 22 officers have already been arrested. According to sources, Nishamoni Deka, Rumi Saikia and Rakesh Gupta are likely to surrender at any moment from now one week after they went underground. Early in the morning, Mushalpur circle officer Raharshi Sen Deka surrendered before the police at Kahilipara in Guwahati to be immediately arrested. Later in the day, he would be produced before the special judge who remanded other 20 officers to 14 days police custody.
GUWAHATI:Finally Rajarshi Sen Deka surrenders before the Dibrugarh police probing the nefarious APSC scam. Deka, the circle officer posted in Mushalpur in Nalbari district came to Kahilupara and surrendered in the wee hours week after hiding at an undisclosed location. The investigating officers then immediately arrested the son of former minister Nilomoni Sen Deka. He would be produced before a special court last today which sent others to 14 days police custody to be interrogated in connection with the cash for job scam.
GUWAHATI:After a huge gap of one year tiger terror is back to haunt Guwahati. Four persons sustained injury when a full grown tiger which was believed to have come down from the hill side in search of food launched a series of attacks in Dhirenpara area in the morning. Local denizens with the help of forest officials managed to keep the animal confined to a local school building for a couple of hours. Later it was tranquilized and rescued. The injured people have been undergoing treatment at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital. Tigers have been striking panic in the premier north eastern city at regular intervals during the last couple of years.
DIPHU:A major train mishap was averted much to a major respite for hundreds of people who were to Guwahati in Nagaland Express on Saturday. The Guwahati bound train from Dimapur suddenly stopped near Nilang in Diphu since the driver raised doubt over a portion of rail lines. After halting the train for a while he talked to the authority and security forces who spotted a damaged portion on the tracks. "Unidentified miscreants took away some plates from the tracks just before the arrival of the Nagaland Express. The mishap was averted only because of the driver," said a Northeast FrontierRailway over telephone from Guwahati. Workers from Diphu, Dimapur and Guwahati rushed to the spot and...
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