Assam Governor Shiv Charan Mathur has recommended Bhupen Hazarika's for the Gandhi Peace Prize of 2008. According to a an official release, Mathur recommended Hazarika for the award as he is not only a great poet, lyricist, singer, author and an educationist but also held many important positions in the state as well as at the national level.
The prestigious award, instituted by the Union ministry of culture, is given to individuals and institutions for their outstanding contribution towards social, economic and political transformation through non-violence and other Gandhian methods. The awardee is selected every year by a jury under the chairmanship of the prime minister. Earlier recipients include Nelson Mandela, Baba Amte, Ramakrishna Mission and Grameen Bank of Bangladesh
Excellent recommendation by Assam Governor. Bhupen Hazarika is truly a social reformer through non-violent means. He has contributed lot to poetry,lyrics,songs and other literary writings. He should definitely be awarded the prestigious Gandhi Peach Prize. People of Assam should stand together for this cause
12 Jan 2018 - 7:20pm | AT News
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KOKRAJHAR: The police nabbed three people with 91 Kgs of Ganja on Karigaon national highway in Kokrajhar on Wednesday..
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Home ministry’s confusion over the move to deport 3 Hindu Bangladeshi immigrants draws no less flak from Congress and AGP leaders. Talking to Assam Talks in Guwahati, a senior Congress leader who...
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Irom Sharmila is still firm on her stand on the Arms Forces (Special Powers) Act. She is dead oppose to the Act which empowers the security forces only to ride roughshod on the common people in the...
The talks on ST status for six communication in New Delhi with P R Kyndiah has proved to be a meaningless one as baring a few dark horses, the leaders of all the six communication boycotting it on Tuesday.The Ahomes were represented by Daya Krishna Gogoi, Naba Phukan and Ajoy Borgohain while the Koch Rajbanshis were represented by Congress leader Dr Durlabha Chamua.Meanwhile, All Assam Tai Ahom Students Association has claimed that the Tai Ahom Council which participated in the talks with Union tribal development minister P R Kyndiah in New Delhi has no base in the state. Two of its leaders are servicemen while the remaining one is a worker of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee.All Assam...
The dying fishes floating on the water besides the Kamrup Deputy Commissioner’s office in the river Brahmaputra is touching off a seismic wave of reaction in several quarters across the state.It’s a picture that is more than described. Fishes in large numbers are languishing in dying agony. All they became visible from early in the morning on Tuesday. As the news spread like wildfire people in large number start gatecrahing the bank of the river Brahmaputra to see the dying fishes in the river water beside the Kamrup Deputy Commissioner’s Office. All they found it strange to see the fishes floating on the river water. But nobody was there to find out the reason behind this...
Both NSCN factions in Nagaland are in talk to regroup for restoration of peace in the state. Talking to a private TV channel on Monday over telephone, NSCN Khaplang home minister Wanting Naga said the top guns of both the faction recently met at New Land in Dimapur to discuss the regrouping bid. He further said it will help restore permanent peace in the north eastern state adding that the incidents of violence is decreasing after the meeting. He however, denied the emergence of new militant outfit in the state.
The government bid to pacify the six striking communities for ST status is likely to go in vain as they are all set to boycott the meeting with Kyndiah slated for Tuesday in the capital.All the six communities have already announced their boycott decision saying it will not serve the purpose. But the government is trying its best to make the bid a successful one in the run up to the panchayat polls.According to information, the officials of the Chief Minister’s office, top official of the WPTBC department, one leading MLA from Upper Assam are in constant touch with the agitating leaders of the six communities.WT message were issued and Assam House and Assam Bhawan in Delhi were...
Four people injured while the CRPF jawans was firing at the non Rabha people in Goalpara's Krishnai area while they were picketing at around 10-45 in the morning. Tension still prevails in the areas. Top ranked police and civil officials are rushing the spot. Details are awaited.
The HSLC/AHM (Regular/Private) examination, 2008 and compartmental examination 2007 will begin from February 15. The theory papers will get over on March 5. The practical examination will be conducted at the selected centres/venues, informed the Board of Secondary Education, Assam.
The first Guwahati Home Fair 2007, organized by the Assam Real Estate and Infrastructure Developers Association (AREIDA), will be under way from December 24 next at the State Veterinary College ground at Khanapara in the city. The event is being managed by Epitome Communications. AREIDA, the apex body of the builders and promoters of real estate in Assam, has conceptualized the Home fair, the first of its kind in this part of the country, for the entire gamut of people engaged in the booming real estate business in the Northeast.The fair is aimed at three different groups of people – who already own a house but is looking for a makeover, who wants to purchase a flat, and who wants to...
Three people were killed in two separate incidents in the city on Monday in Survey and Lakhi Mandir areas respectively.According to information, a speeding truck hit an auto rickshaw in the Survey area at around in the morning, leaving Ibo Pishak Singh dead. The driver of the auto rickshaw with Sanathan Tati, who was also inside the three-wheeler. In another incident, a moving truck skideded off a motorcycle borne youth in Lakhi Mandir area at around 12:30 am. The decasaed has been identified as Gyanendra Kalita.
Two policemen died and five others injured when the militants of Jewel faction of Dima Halam Daoga attacked the 17th company of the 8th APBN in NC Hills' Phaiding areas at around 4-15 in the morning on Tuesday. The militant group operating in the hills district has already claimed the responsibility of the attack. Update: About 30 to 40 members of the DHD Group, popularly known as the Black Widow Group indiscriminately attacked on the 17 No. Platoon camp of 8th Assam Police Battalion engaged for the protection of the Indian Construction Company working for the making of VIIth tunnel of the newly constructed in Fiding under Maibong Police Station, 80 KM away from Halflong, NC Hills...
Its a significant development in Assam politics inn the run up to the panchayat polls. The All Assam Muslim Council (AAMC) has withdrawn its support from the Asom United Democratic Front (AUDF) alleging that the leadership has been running the party in a most autocratic style.The council is among the 13 organizations which formed a common platform — the Coordination Committee of the Minority Organizations (CCMO) — as the launching pad to float the AUDF just before the last Assembly elections in the State.AAMC general secretary Omar Rashid alleged that the AUDF leadership had not only neglected the council leaders but also conspired to destabilize the organization of the council.
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