The students of Assam of the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati performed Bihu Husori at a function ‘Bohagor Duwardolit’ (a get-together of the student of Assam at IIT Guwahati) in their campus on April 5.
8 Mar 2014 - 4:39pm | AT News
Hundreds of Delhi University students from Assam staged dharna in front of the Assam Bhawan demanding immediate release of Akhil Gogoi a day after the KMSS president was remanded to jail.With banners...
6 Jan 2011 - 10:17pm | editor
Electronic Media Forum Assam (EMFA) has condemned the Asom Sahitya Sabha for serving extortion notices to a number of Electronic Media Houses in Guwahati. A letter printed in ASS pad (vide no 2010-...
12 Apr 2024 - 1:00pm | AT Kokrajhar Bureau
KOKRAJHAR, Assam - April 11: The Baukhungri Hills are gearing up for the 11th edition of the Baukhungri Festival, the grandest celebration in Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). The two-day festival...
3 Jun 2015 - 2:38pm | AT News
Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju is hopeful of the peace process with ULFA. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Wednesday, the junior home minister said that the recent...
Under the aegis of the Sahitya Akademi, JDSG College, Bokakhat, held a one-day National Poets' Meet on November 26 where 23 poets writing in different languages from all over India took part. Dr Kutubuddin Ahmed, retired lecturer of DKD College and a member of the Sahitya Akademi from Asom and Ramkumar Krishak, a senior Hindi poet conducted two separate reading sessions during the meet.The participating poets were Atanu Bhattacharjee, Hridayananda Gogoi, Jyotirekha Hazarika, Mrinal Kumar Gogoi, Ajit Gogoi, Gyan Puzari Bijay Rabidas, Ismail Hussain, Lutfa Hassim, Selima Begum, Monikuntala Bhattacherjee, Rajib Boruah, Nilima Thakuriya Haque (Asomiya poets), Romakanta Basumotari (Bodo),...
Adil Hakim of Australia (in picture) won the boys singles title in the Indian Oil ITF World Junior Ranking Tennis championship at the Chachal Tennis complex on Friday. In the final Hakim beat Lewicki Filip of Poland in straight set 6-4,6-1.In the girls section the final was also an one sided affair and Angelika Aliev of Israel won the title clash defeating Sevil Alieva of Azarbaijan in straight set 6-4,6-2.Meanwhile Poland pair Stefaniak Piotr and Majchrowicz Adam emerged champion in the boys doubles event while Starkova Valentina (Kaz) and Alieva Sevil (Aza) won the girls title.
A dream run in the Indian Oil ITF World Junior Ranking Tennis Championship finally came to an end for Kaushik Das as he today lost the boys singles semi final against Lewicki Filip of Poland at the Chachal tennis court on Thursday. The Assam lad was in his best form in the tournament and even in the semi final too he played superbly but Filip finally managed to over come the challenge of Das. Filip won the match by 6-3, 2-6, 6-3 to move into the final where he will meet Adil Hakim of Australia.In the girls final Angelica Aleiv of Israel will play against Alieva Sevil of Azerbaijan.The result of different semi finals held on Thursday: boys singles- Lewicki Filip (Poland) beat Kaushik Das...
A citizens' meet organised by the Journalists' Forum, Assam (JFA) on Thursday demanded a round-table conference among various ethnic groups in Assam to discuss their demands, which, in some cases, appear to be conflicting.The meeting held at the Guwahati Press Club, was organised in connection with the unfortunate incident of November 24 in the Beltola-Dispur area of the city and its aftermath.The citizens, who included noted litterateur Nirupama Borgohain and veteran journalist Dhirendra Nath Chakravarty, said in a resolution that the demands, if considered separately, might lead to further misunderstanding in an already polarised society. Hence, the plea for a round-table...
Displaying a spectacular performance yet again, Assam lad Kaushik Das reached the semi-finals in the boys’ section of the Indian Oil ITF World Junior Ranking Tennis Championship held at Chachal Tennis Complex on Wednesday. In the last-eight match, Kaushik defeated eight-seeded Amir Dor of Israel in straight sets 6-3, 6-4. Earlier on Tuesday, Kaushik, creating a major upset, defeated third seed Palash Tiwari in straight sets 6-3, 6-3.The result of other quarter-final matches held in both the boys’ and the girls’ section on Wednesday are: Boys singles: Filip Lewicki (Pol) beat Gema Gamazov (Isr) 6-4, 2-6, 6-2, Kaushik Das (Ind) beat Amir Dor (Isr) 6-3,6-4, Gleb Sklyr (Isr)...
The Journalists' Forum, Assam has strongly condemned the unfortunate and shameful incident that took place in Guwahati on November 24, Saturday and called it brutal and inhuman. It calls upon the people to remain vigilant so that such incidents never recurr in future. The Forum is organising a citizens' meet at the Guwahati Press Club at one p. m. on Thursday, November 29. The Forum has requested all the citizens to attend the meeting and join the deliberations. Rupam Baruah Hiten MahantaNavaThakuriaRanen Kumar Goswami
The Assam State Transport Corporation (ASTC) courier service has been performing quite inconsistently, according to the consumers utilizing its service. Bhabananda Kalita, secretary of the Bokakhat Press club, had sent an important news in a compact disc on October 24 through the courier from Bokakhat to Tezpur. But the important matter has not reached Tezpur. The mediapersons have alleged that news of utmost importance have failed to reach their destination due to the poor service of the ASTC courier. KOUSHIK HAZARIKA , BOKAKHAT
Guwahati Regional Centre (GRC) of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) in association with Department of Chemical Engineering , IIT Guwahati and Department of Chemical Engineering of Assam Engineering College is planning to hold a workshop on “Problems and Prospects of Process Industries in North-Eastern Region of India”, during 1st week of February’2008, at IIT Guwahati. Process Industries and entrepreneurs dealing with production plants from Northeastern states of India, can interact with academicians of the two colleges besides eminent consultants to discuss various problems faced by them. Although the region had only a handful of chemical industries in the...
Violinist Sunita Bhuyan performed at the Hindustani music evening of Celebrate Bandra on 24th of November at the Carter Road Promenade, Mumbai. Sunita performed to a packed audience starting with Raag Hangswasdhani followed by Bharat Darshan in Raag Mishra Desh. The recital ended with two light classical folk tunes on the River goddess -Oh Ganga and Ma Reva. Sunita is a disciple of maestro Pandit V. G. Jog and mother - Violinist Minoti Khaund.
The historic Stillwell Road may be reopened by the Centre if the security related aspects are found to be in order.Disclosing this on Monday morning, Union commerce minister Jairam Ramesh said Commerce Ministry, Defence Ministry and Ministry of External Affairs are considering the case and will take a decision soon to this effect. The minister hopes that the north eastern region will make a giant leap in the growing business with the those countries which is considered to be very crucial in the region’s economic development. Also, the center is studying a proposal by the Arunachal Pradesh government for clearing decks to open trade with China and Myanmar, says the minister adding...
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