An unhealthy competition for breaking news seems to have raised doubts on the overall credibility of media these days. This was more or less of what Ranjeet Sekhar Mushahary said when he was opening a satellite news channel in Guwahati on Saturday in Guwahati. Set up under the petronage of Jivan Surakhya Group, the bilingual satellite news channel is being manned by a team of journalists under the leadership of Manjit Mahanta and Pranjal Phukan.
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KOKRAJHAR: National Wushu gold medalist Sanma Brahma of Kokrajhar district has been facing financial hardships.
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The overall flood situation deteriorates further. Some more villages have come under water. With these, the number of villages under water in Dhemaji, Chirang and Lakhimpur districts has gone up to...
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KOKRAJHAR: Noted singer Zubeen Garg has appealed to the ULFA-I to release the two officials of Quippo on humanitarian ground.
"Please do not play of politics on human life. People wish to...
Guwahati: A slogan by a section of AIUDF supporters to receive a delegation of party leaders in Silchar airport creates no less confusion and controversy in the state’s pre poll political landscape.
Ministers Himanta Biswa Sarma, his close aide and junior minister Piyush Hazarika alleged that a section of AIUDF workers greeted Badaruddin Ajmal and his party leaders at the airport on Thursday with Pakistan Zindabad slogan.
“Look at the brazenness of these fundamentalists anti-national people who are shouting PAKISTAN ZINDABAD while they welcome MP Badruddin Ajmal. This thoroughly exposes INC India which is encouraging such forces by forging an alliance. We shall fight them tooth &...
Guwahati: Mixed reactions are pouring in from different quarters after the Mumbai police arrested Republic TV editor in chief Arnab Goswami in connection with a 2 year old case.
People, mostly, in social media have supported the arrest saying that the journalists are not above the law.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, senior cabinet Himanta Biswa Sarma have called it an attack on democracy.
State BJP has also vehemently condemned his arrest.
A Black Day for Indian demoracy.
I strongly condemn the assault on senior journalist #ArnabGoswami by Mumbai police. Vendetta politics should be stopped and freedom of press should be maintained in Maharashtra by releasing Mr Goswami...
Guwahati: Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is stable.
According to Guwahati Medical College Hospital authorities, the former CM who was rushed to ICU on Sunday midnight is properly responding to treatment.
Noninvasive ventilation system has been removed from him.
According to GMCH principal Gogoi is doing physiotherapy in the hospital and a team of doctors has been monitoring him.
His son and Kaliabor MP Gaurav Gogoi has arrived in the city of Guwahati and visited his father. He told media that his father's condition was improving.
Guwahati: Altogether 42 illegal Bangladeshi intruders were pushed back to their neighbouring country on Monday months after they were detained in the various places.
They were pushed back at Sutarkandi along the Indo-Bangadesh border.
According to information, 20 of these illegal migrants were caught at the Guwahati Railway Station two years back and were sent to detention camps.
Guwahati: Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is stable. But still he is in ventilation support.
According to Guwahati Medical College Hospital authorities, the former CM who was rushed to ICU on Sunday midnight is responding to treatment.
His son and Kaliabor MP Gaurav Gogoi has arrived in the city of Guwahati and visited his father. He told media that his father's condition was improving gradually.
Guwahati: A piece of paper that has gone viral in social media has touched off a seismic wave of anger and acrimony among the media fraternity.
The unsigned piece of paper has details of cash transactions with some media houses and piece officers to safeguard the illegal coal trade.
Strangely enough, no media houses in question has yet denied the allegations.
These news paper and news channel authorities have maintained studied silence over the allegation of the nefarious deal. Nobody is prepared to deny or look into the allegations.
Same it happens in the case of the senior police officers.
Jorhat: Congress is gearing up for the 2021 assembly polls. The poll mood in the party gathers steam with the week long visit of AICC state in charge Jitendra Singh.
On day maiden visit to the state in this capacity, Singh held a brain storming meeting of the party's tea community leaders in Dibrugarh.
The party is trying it's best to consolidate the tea community votes. This was what Singh said as he met the tea community leaders from 40 assembly seats on Sunday.
Singh said that if Congress comes to power the tea workers would get Rs 350 as daily wage.
He is attending another party meeting in Jorhat on Monday. During his week long visit Singh...
Guwahati: In a tragic incident that sends no less shock waves across the state, five of a family in Kokrajhar committed suicide on Sunday.
The incident took place at Tulsibel in Gossaigaon where local resident Nirmal Paul along with his wife and three daughters were found hanging inside a room.
According to a section of local residents, Paul was caught in debt trap. He has been facing tough time to run his family and borrowed a huge amount of money which they could not repay in time.
Guwahati: Schools and colleges across the state are resuming classes on Monday 8 months after the nation wide lockdown to avert a worsening endemic.
The classes are resuming in two shifts in all schools, colleges and varsities and each of the of the shifts comprise 50 per cent students and teachers.
Barring pre primary to Class VI, the classes have started at 8.30 in the morning to end at 12.30 and the second shift will start at 12.30 to end at 3.30 in the afternoon.
Teachers and staff have undergoing COVID19 test and have been asked to ensure that no crowd takes place.
The guidelines are also applicable for the private schools.
Guwahati: Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has been admitted in the Guwahati Medical College Hospital again after he fell sick on Sunday.
Gogoi, who left the hospital a couple of weeks back was rushed to GMCH at 10.30 evening after he complained of breathing complications.
Gogoi is undergoing treatment at intensive care unit to be attended by a team of senior doctors.
Gogoi was rushed to GMCH after he tested COVID positive on August 26. But testing negative he had post COVID complication. An AIIMS doctor was monitoring the line of treatment.
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