Akhil Gogoi arrested

A high level enquiry has been initiated against some officials of Assam Transport Department for their alleged involvement in illegally collecting money from trucks. Based on the memorandum submitted by some truck drivers and truck owners a few days ago, the office of the Honorable President of India has ordered the Chief Secretary to the Government of Assam, Jitesh Khosla to institute an enquiry to the matter. The Commissioner, Transport Department will head a high level enquiry into the allegation. It will be worthwhile to mention here that a group of influential Enforcement Inspectors of the Transport Department has been involved with the illegal money collections from the goods...

Dissidence brews in all major parties including ruling congress and BJP across the state with the declaration of the date of ensuing Local Bodies’ elections. The municipalities and town committees’ elections will be held on February 9 next. Amidst the poll preparationsall the political party faces dissidence and in-fighting. Meanwhile, a countable number of congress and BJP leaders along with their supporters resigned from their respective party portfolios. Subsequently, they quit their parties too expressing displeasure over the selection process of candidates by their party leadership. The state president of the BJP’s Tea Women Cell, BinaBhumijquit the party a few days ago resenting...

Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA), on the occasion of the forthcoming National Press Day on November 16, raised voice for a powerful media council in India comprising both the print (newspaper) and electronic media. The empowered media council, in the line of Press Council of India (PCI) which emerged on November 16 of 1966, should work as a moral watchdog to ensure the press/media freedom as well as quality journalism in the country, said a statement issued by the JFA. Officially speaking, the National Press Day symbolizes a free and responsible press in India. On this day, the Indian press council started functioning as a moral watchdog to ensure that not only did the press maintain the high...

Art is a very effective and powerful media to depict/highlight various issues of people’s interests. Aaranyak, a society for biodiversity conservation in northeast India, on its glorious Silver Jubilee Year organizing a state level art competition,“Conservation through Colours” from May 18, 2014 in different parts of the State. The closing competition of this series will be held at Maharishi Vidya Mandir, Shilpukhuri, Guwahati on June 15, 2014. The competition will be held in three categories. Category I, Class I-III; category II, class IV to VIII and category III, class IX to XII. Interested students those who have not participated in this competition in first phase may contact at Aaranyak...