During celebration of India's 60th independence, Nehru Centre (the Cultural Wing of the High Commission of India) is going to screen Jahnu Barua's Kushal Konwar - The great martyr of Assam on 27 August, 2010. Quit India Movement in Assam is a saga of patriotism of such martyrs as Kushal Konwar, whose birth centenary falls this year.
Multi National Award winner, Jahnu Barua’s films have won over 20 awards at international film festivals including Silver Leopard at Locarno. His films brought Assamese cinema and culture to the international audience.
On 13 August, 2010 - Basundhara : The earth written and directed by Hiren Bora will be screened. The film is about conflict between man-elephant in the forested area of Sundarpur, revealing the ecological disaster wrought by the loss of habitat for the elephants due to illegal trafficking of wood, an unlicensed stone quarry and uncontrolled poaching.
“Basundhara-The Earth” has won much critical acclaim. The film has had an impressive showing at the Kolkata Film Festival and the “Third Eye Asian Film Festival” in Mumbai. It was the first Assamese film to be released in 2010. It also won nine state awards.
Hiren Bora, stage actor turned film maker, story & script writer, depicts the socio-economic development issues through celluloid. It has been organised by Rini Kakati, NRI-Co-ordinator for UK.
A delegation of Assam BJP on Saturday called prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh in Delhi and apprised him of the problems confronting the state for decades. The delegation comprising Bijoya Chakrabarty,Kabindra Purkayastha, Rajen Gohain is understood to have told Dr Singh that the Gogoi government has failed to deliver the goods. Notably, an AGP delegation on Friday met President Pratibha Patil and sought her intervention into the Assam Accord implemention by detection and deportation of Bangladeshi immigrants.
The simmering situation in upper Assam's Sivasagar district takes a grip turn when SP Akhilesh Singh had narrow escape as he was visiting the spot bordering Arunachal Pradesh. The incident took place at around 2:30 in the afternoon on Friday when suspected NSCN(IM) cadres targeted the Sp and his convoy forcing Assam Police to retaliate when one policeman was injured. The incident took place a day after Assam Law Minister Pranab Gogoi hold talk to 2 senior Ministers of the neighboring state to defuse tension.
A day that is of immense significance in the lives of every Indian. The entire country wakes up on this particular day to celebrate their state’s independence. The day is a national holiday in India and widespread jubilation is witnessed amongst people of different religion, caste and creed. Besides the government-sponsored celebrations, people from different walks of life get to together to celebrate their being Indians, when more focus is given on strengthening the bond of brotherhood rather than on fighting amongst themselves for petty differences.
The scenario in Northeast India, especially in Assam, is a bit different, with most of the people being forced to stay indoors...
The All Assam Students Union is paying homage to the 855 Assam agitation martyrs by lighting 855 earthen lamps on Sunday evening in all the disrict and subdivisional headquarters. AASU on Sunday morning ended is 24 hour long hunger strike alleging non implementation of the 25 year old Assam Accord.
Tamil Nadu rescued eight child labourers from Assam from a textile mill on Sunday. According to information, acting on a tip off, a team of revenue officials on Saturday visited the mill in Suburban Asokapuram area and rescued the labourers -- all aged between 17 and 21. A hunt was on for the mill owner who is absconding.
The rescued labourers told the officials that the owner had promised to pay them Rs 100 as daily wage besides free food when they joined the mill three months ago. They were provided free residential sheds inside the mill.
It is learnt that for the past one week no salary was paid to them and when they questioned the mill owner he allegedly thrashed eight of the...
Senior Assam minister Dinesh Prasad Goala fainted for a brief period halfway through his address at the Independence day function in Silchar town. Delivering address at the District Sports Association (DSA) ground, Goala suddenly passed out and appeared to slouch.
A father and son duo were killed in a clash arising out of land dispute in Lakhimpur district on Sunday. According to information, the duo were killed over construction of a boundary wall on their land at Santapur. His wife was seriously injured in the clash and admitted to hospital for treatment. The accused disappeared immediately after the incident. Police investigation is going on.
Braving militant diktat, Assam on Sunday observed 64th Independence amid tight security throughout the state. Acting chief minister Dr Bhumidhar Barman led the state in hoisting the national tricolour and taking salute of the army, police and para military forces at the Latasheel Playground in the morning.
In his speech, Dr Barman stressed peace to ensure all round development in the state. He claimed that the state is progressing on all front.
Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma unfurled the national tricolour in Amingaon in the outskirt of the city who claimed that the state was progressing on all fields.
Dibrugarh also observed 64th Independence Day as power and industry minister...
The main opposition Asom Gana Parishad demands president's intervention in the state's NRC upgradation process. The resolution was passed when the regional party was holding its executive body. Chaired by president Chandramohan Patowary, the meeting decided to hold the general council meet on August 20 to take some election specific crucial decision.
Tension grips in Sonari a day after some armed miscreants atacked a police barrack built up in in Charaipung bordering Arunachal Pradesh on Friday. According to information, the miscreants, with black cloth tied around their faces and dressed in battle fatigue, swooped on the empty broken barrack, about 5km away from Charaipung police outpost, and broke it down early morning.None was injured in the attack as the location is an isolated one and nobody was present in the barrack.The involvement of encroachers is suspected, as militants would not be benefited from making attacks in the area lying along the inter-state border.
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