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.
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Prior to India ’s 61st Independence Day, Guwahati Press Club has invited the veteran freedom fighter Paniram Das, 92 as its Guest of the Month. The program will take place on August 10 at 12 noon.A brilliant student, Das passed out Matriculation in 1937 from the Kolkata University with first division, but soon joined the freedom movement. He had to serve jail terms for two times.During the program at press club, Das is supposed to narrate thrilling stories of the struggling period of his life.Member-journalists are requested to attend the same.
In Assam every second day some boys and girls from various student organizations bring out processions demanding the ousting of Bangladeshis from Assam, sealing the Indo-Bangla border etc. But, these so called student leaders or different social organizations donot realize that the people of Assam are not aware at the grassroot level.In order to prove my point let me site the example of Orissa. In Orissa, no student organization has to fight Bangladeshis or any infiltrators because the grassroot or Oriya villagers are aware. If any Oriya villager sees a Bangladeshi, they shoot the infiltrators with bows and arrows and never enter Orissa.But in Assam once the procession or dharna is over,...
The Centre has put the Assam Government on alert apprehending ULFA's massive strike during the Independence day celebrations on August 15. According to information, acting on some specific inputs that ULFA is drawing up a blue print for a massive strike during the Independence Day programme, the Centre has alerted the Dispur to be extra vigilant. According to information, the Union home ministry has told Dispur to intensify security measures especially around vital installations as ULFA militants have been targeting these places in support of their demands.The Centre further has asked Dispur to deploy adequate security personnel in all towns and Guwahati city as there have been recent...
The quick deportation of Kamaluddin acting on the landmark judgement of the Gauhati High Court has touched off a seismic wave of reaction across the state. AASU, AJYCP, BJP have endorsed it while NCP would have been happy if he was interrogated for obtaining some vital information in terms of illegal influx from across the border. But the AUDF has made it plain that they will not remain mute if the genuine Indian citizens are harassed in the name of detecting the illegal Bangladeshis.Nagaon police on Tuesday have picked up five Bangladeshi immigrants from Doboka area after being detected by the Gauhati High Court. According to Nagaon police superintendent Nitul Gogoi these people will be...
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A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to sacked Assam education minister Ripun Bora, Delhi Based businessman Ramesh Maheswari and journalist Mukul Pathak who were arrested by CBI on June 2 charging them with trying to bribe one of its officials.According to information, hearing the bail petition on Tuesday Judge RK Yadav at the Patiala House they were granted bail on a personal bond of Rs 3 lakh each. CBI on July 31 filed chargesheet against the trio under Section 120-B of the IPC and the Section 12 of the Anti-Corruption act.
The Gauhati High Court on Tuesday ordered exemption of ULFA leader Dibakor Moran from the National Security Act. A division bench of the Court comprising Chief Justice J Chalemeswar and Justice Ashok Putsangbash was hearing a petition filed by Maran’s family members challenging the arrest of Dibakor under the NSA. The order for arresting Dibakor under the NSA was issued by Tinsukia Deputy Commissioner D K Dwivedi.
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We, the undersigned urge the people of Assam to celebrate the 61st anniversary of our Independence Day on August 15 in a befitting manner.We, the people of the State have inherited the spirit of the freedom-fighters who had made immense sacrifices to make us a free nation. The great patriots like KushalKonwar, Kanaklata, Mukunda Kakoti, Tilak Deka, Bhogeswari Phukanani and many brave hearts laid down their lives to free the country from the clutches of colonial rulers.We therefore, call upon the people of the State to express their gratitude in memory of those patriots and martyrs, and hoist the National Tricolour on the Day atop their houses and also to organize community celebrations in...
The recently detected illegal Bangladeshi national Kammaluddin has been deported to his country on Monday. This was followed by the arrest of ten more illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators on Tuesday at Doboka in Nagaon distirct.According to information, before pushing Kammaludding back to Bangladesh, he was rushed to the Border Security Force personnels at Mahisashan checkgate along the Indo-Bangladesh border on Sunday. His Bangladeshi identity was confirmed by the Guwahati High Court recently and a bench of Justice Biplab Sarma ordered his arrest to be pushed back to Bangladesh. The court further talked tough with the government for its inability to detect and deport the illegal Bangladeshis...
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