Shreemoyee Asomiya Mahila Samiti (SAMS) organized ‘Zubeen nite’ at Bunt’s Centre, Navi Mumbai on Novembver 28. The event was inaugurated by the chief guests, The Chief Adviser of SAMS & Deputy Resident Commissioner of Assam Bhawan Sri Debasish Sharma, Sri Abani Das, Dr. Tapan Saikia & Sri Shyama Prasad Borthakur , the vice president of Assam Association Mumbai, by lighting the lamp.
Mrs Nibedita hazarika (gen secretary,SAMS) started the evening with the welcome speech and informed the people the cause of the event. The money raised from this event will be spent for the welfare of the society specially for underprivileged women and children. Zubeen Garg, the famous bollywood playback singer and music director of Assam has always taken part in these kind of charity programmes.
Zubeen Garg recently won the 55th National award for best music director for the film ‘Echoes of silence’. He was felicitated by Mrs.Bina Saikia( President, SAMS) with a ‘gamucha’ and a bauquet.
The anchoring for the event was done by famous Assamese actress and dancer Mrs. Barsha rani bishoya.She was felicitated by SAMS joint secretary Mrs. Indrani Borpujari with a bauquet.About 25 cancer patients staying at Assam Bhawan were invited by SAMS to the programme. Zubeen’s performance was rocking and touched the heart of all the audience.
Along with Zubeen’s performance , there was a dance performance ‘Mangalacharan’ by Kumari Bhavya , Comedy programme by famous Mr. Narendra Bhansali and songs by Miss Prarthana Chowdhry. Both of them were felicitated by Mrs Krishna khaund and Mrs Anjana Saikia. The members of SAMS worked really hard for making this event successful. It was a great team work and SAMS is planning to organize more charity shows in the future.
13 Jul 2014 - 11:22pm | Daya Nath Singh
Problem-torn state of Assam for several years is now passing through a critical situation on which the Congress Party-led state government seems to have turned deaf ears and eyes-shut, despite hectic...
25 May 2016 - 7:51pm | AT Kokrajhar Bureau
A general meeting was held at Baruapara playground with Mafial Haque Choudhury in the chair where over 200 delegates participated from different districts of the state. An ad-hoc committee was formed...
29 Aug 2007 - 6:25am | editor
Guwahati : The Cape Town-Kuala Lumpur Merdeka Expedition 2007 convoy arrived in Guwahati in Assam under tight security provided by the Indian army.The Bernama journalist who followed the expedition...
27 Feb 2017 - 2:25pm | Suvansu Bora
A two-day training on Search and Rescue for volunteers was organized on February 17 and 18 by the District Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), Golaghat in association with the Assam State Disaster...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is landing in more trouble if All Assam Students Union is to be believed. The state's powerful students body has urged the prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to order CBI probe into the allegations against five cabinet minister of the Tarun Gogoi Government.Talking to reporters on Tuesday in the city, the AASU leaders said they called on Dr Singh in the capital on Monday and urged Dr Singh to order CBI probes into the allegations raised against five cabinet ministers citing some specific allegations against them namely health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, water resources minister Bharat Chandra Narah, excise minister Gautom Roy and power minister Pradyut...
Gauhati University has announced the results of the B.A./B.Sc./B.Com. Part-II examinations-2008 conducted by it on Monday evening. According to information, in the BA exam, 13,966 candidates out of a total of 27,167 were successful, with the pass percentage being 51.41. In the B.Sc. exam, 1,655 candidates out of a total of 2,494 passed, the percentage being 66.36. In the B.Com exam, 2,378 out of a total of 3,186 passed, with the pass percentage being 74.64.
Three hardcore ULFA cadres were killed and a lady cadre has been apprehended in two separate encounters in the state on late Monday last night. According to information, ULFA leader sergeant Aditya Naidu was killed at a fierce encounter that took place at Timon tea Estate under Kakotibari police station in Sivasagar district early in the morning on Tuesday.Acting on some specific inputs, Army's 66th Field Regiment Jawans launched an operation in the area at around 5 in the morning which led to this encounter and ULFA's 20th Battalion B Company sergeant Aditya died on the spot. A lady cadre has also been apprehended in the encounter. Aditya, an explosion expert is known to be the close...
Former Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta has urged the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh to look into a number of problems confronting Assam. Mahanta on Monday called on Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi and apprised him of the state’s law and order situation and alleged that the Assam Government has been failing to deal with the situation.He also urged the Prime Minister to expedite the implementation of the Clauses of the historic Assam Accord in letter and spirit. He rued before Dr Singh thaty several central government project have been remaining idle. He further submitted a memorandum before the Prime Minister citing the deplorable failures of the Gogoi...
The 12 hour statewide Assam bandh that disrupted normal life has ended on Monday evening. The bandh was by and large peaceful. Barring a few stray incidents, the situation was by and large peaceful. Police arrested as many as 100 AGP and CPI bandh supporters while they were picketing on the streets in Morigaon, Jagiroad, Tezpur, Jamugurihaat. Some supporters in the city tried to make the bandh call success by burning down tyres on the streets. The Assam state secretariat registered thin attendance during the bandh hours that began at 5 in the morning and ended at 5 in the evening. All shops, hotels, markets, offices and banks were remaining closed during the bandh hours. Roads were...
A special CBI court on Monday has rejected the bail petitions moved by sacked education minister Ripun Bora and his associate Ramesh Maheswari. Hearing the arguments placed in favour of Bora and Maheswari in the afternoon, judge S P Garg rejected the plea while Mukul Pathak’s case for bail did not came up in the court due to his absence in the court.
A security personnel trying to keep away the tires that have been seen burnt by the bandh supporters in the midst of the street in Guwahati on 09-06-08 during the 12-hour Assam Bandh called by the various parties regarding the price hike in the fuel products like petrol, diesel and LPG cylinder. It is mentionable that government few days back raised the petrol price by Rs 5 per liter, diesel by Rs 3 and LPG by Rs 50 per cylinder and came under heavy attack from its allies as well as opposition parties. Pix by UB Photos.
Normal life across the state of Assam has come to a grinding a halt on Monday following a 12 hour bandh call by the Opposition Asom Gana Parishad backed by some other parties and organisations.Streets are remaining bare and all shops, hotels, offices and other financial institutions are remaining closed from early in the morning as the bandh has began at 5 am.Barring the vehicles of police and para military forces, no other vehicles are plying on the streets. Our Correspondents from all district headquarters have informed that the bandh is total and peaceful and there is no report of any sporadic incidents of violence from any parts of the state.Train services are also being disrupted...
A weaver bird carefully building its nest on top of a coconut tree with straw and thatch collected surreptitiously from households as well as forlorn forests. Monsoon is the mating season of the weaver bird, known for its skill in quickly constructing nests, in Eastern India. Pix by UB Photos.
Assam's overall law and order situation is improving a bit if the recent Home ministry report is to be believed.The report says there is slight decrease in the violent scenario in Assam adding that the state has registered only 152 cases till March 31, 2008 as compared to the corresponding period of the last year when the number of such incidents was 156.The report, however, has attributed it to the sustained counter insurgency operations against militant outfits. It says till March 31, 2008, 293 militants have been killed or arrested or surrendered 146 of whom were from ULFA. activists.Attacks on railway personnel and property continued in North Cachar hill district by 'Black Widow', an...
Comments
Pages
Add new comment