People from Assam, who have made Kuwait their second home, are all set to celebrate Rongali Bihu this year with even more fanfare than ever before, under the aegis of Asom Association Kuwait, which was established and registered with the Indian Embassy, Kuwait, in 2009. This Organization formalized the celebration of Bihu in the State of Kuwait, and became instrumental in showcasing the rich culture & tradition of Assam. In the 3rd AGM held on 12th February 2011, a new Executive Committee was formed with Sri Anup Bora as Hony. President and Sri Bijan Goswami as Hony. General Secretary, to lead the activities of organization through the year 2011-12.
Over the past few years, the Assamese community in Kuwait had the opportunity to enjoy the enthralling performances by the likes of Zubin Garg and Manas Robin, who brought lot of glitz and color to the festivities here in in this part of the middle-east. This year the community is all set to sway to the music and melodies of yet another great singer from Assam – Shmti. Shanta Uzir. She will be accompanied by her Music Composer husband Sh. Bhupen Uzir. The cultural evening set for the 13th May, will be enriched by her Bihu songs along with her other famous hits. The venue for the ‘Shanta Uzir Nite’ will be the famous “Al Murjan” Banquet hall of “Hotel Crowne Plaza”, where performances from the local Assamese community will add variety, color and enthusiasm amongst the community.
Earlier, the onset of Bohag was celebrated by the Assamese community here by organizing a day long festivities of ‘Khel-dhemali’ and ‘ Bhoj’ in the Fintas Park, located in Mahboula, Kuwait. Members along with their children participated in the fun games and contests and the winners were suitably awarded with prizes and gifts.
Among the notable fresh initiatives of the Asom Association Kuwait, was the formal launch of a website www.kuwaitotasom.com to showcase and highlight the activities of the Organization. Members have enthusiastically responded by making this virtual forum a window to all that the organization stands for. Appropriately, the Assamese community has strived to create what the name of the website suggests Kuwait-ot-asom i.e an Assam in Kuwait.
Milestone has created in the Tai-Ahom history by launching "Patkai TV" a cable channel from Gargaon, Sivasagar. The channel is starting online weekly video news bulletin as "Patkai News" on every Sunday from January 7, 2012. According to Anup Arandhara, the proprietor of Patkai TV, the channel is also telecasting, daily 15 minutes English news bulletin. The Channel is available online at www.pakaitv.tk, also available at YouTube and Google as Patkaitv.
The 20th biennial conference of All Sonowal-Kochari Students Union will start from Friday january 20 at Margherita. All the preparations are completed for the conference, which will be held at North-Margherita Auditorium.
A Japanese team is conducting an operation to exhume the remains of 11 soldiers at the Guwahati war cemetery on Wednesday. A team of three Japanese officials arrived is in Guwahati to take back the remains of the soldiers and perform their last rites in their own country. The Japanese government had approached the Centre to take back the remains of the soldiers and the exhumation was being carried out accordingly.
The operation to exhume the remains was carried out in presence of officials of Commonwealth War Graves Commission. The remains found in the graves were collected by the Forensic Science Laboratory and would be handed over to the Japanese authorities after the required tests...
Security forces seized a huge cache of explosive materials at Lumding Railway station on Wednesday amid speculations of an impending string of attack in the run up to the Republic Day.
Four bags were spotted by the security forces at the platform No 2 at around 9-30 in the morning. These contained 600 geleatin sticks, 600 pieces of detonators and 12 packets of fuse wires were kept inside four bags.
Dr. Abani Chandra Goswami, a scientist who retired as the Head of the Department of Chemistry from Jorhat Institute of Science & Technology passed away this morning at his Jorhat residence. Dr. Goswami donated his Eyes to Jeuti Eye Bank and his body to Jorhat Medical College Hospital for further studies. He believed in life and pledged to help others live even after death and his promise went fullfilled. After noted social worker Suchibrata Raichoudhury I think Dr Goswami is second one who donated his body to the society.
Biswajyoti Barkataki, Jorhat
The fourth Biennial conference of Sivasagar district commitee of All Gurkha Students Union (AGSU) will be held at Sapekhati March 24-25. The decision has done, in the recently held annual executive meeting of district unit, at Eleven Star Club at Sonari, which is Presided by the President of the district committee, Purukhuttam Subba.
Over one hundred and fifty hardcore militants are all set to surrender before chief minister Tarun Gogoi at a function on January 24.
These militants would represent altogether nine outfits operating in Assam. These outfits include Adivasi Cobra Military of Assam, BCF, STF, APPA, ANLA, Hmar Peoples’ Convention, Kuki Liberation Army, UKDA, KRA. The surrender would pave the way for talks to end insurgency problems in Assam.
Suspected NSCN(IM) cadres are still unleashing a reign of terror along Assam-Nagaland border in Sivasagar district.
A five member group of miscreants looted fifty thousand rupees in cash from a businessman in Charaideo on Tuesday. The incident took place at Namtola area in the evening when the miscreants took away the money from Pancham Shah at gun point and beat up him mercilessly. Even they unleashed terror with blank firing. Meanwhile, security forces are carrying out combing operation to nab the culprits.
At least five persons have been injured at a sensational incident of robbery at a passenger train in Barpeta district on Tuesday.
The incident took place at the Alipurduar bound Siphung Express in between Barpeta and Sorbhog. A gang of ten dacoits who were travelling in the train in the guise of passengers unless terror and took away money, gold ornaments, mobile handsets from the passengers at gun point. Five passengers have been injured. They were identified as Dulumoni Dutta, Khaneswar Roy, Pradeep Chaudhury, Jiban Saha and Manik Mahanayak who were administered preliminary treatment at Sarbhog.
The Gauhati refinery authorities claimed that the recent fire was not an ULFA sabotage. But all eyes are fixed on the soon to be filed enquiry report of a panel set up by the government.
According to the enquiry report the refinery authorities received on Tuesday, the fire was an accident and not a sabotage by ULFA as the outfit claimed minutes after the fire broke out on January 10.
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