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.
6 Jul 2017 - 5:07am | AT News
In a bid to bring awareness on various career options and opportunities, Utopian Academy at Silapathar organised a day-long career awareness programme for its students on Wednesday. The programme was...
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The blazing forms of captain Mohender Singh Dhoni and Yuvraj Singh have pave the way for the Team India’s victory in the First Indo-Pak ODI series on Monday in Guwhati.The boys in blue won by 5...
11 Sep 2016 - 7:11pm | AT Kokrajhar Bureau
Three persons died and another sustained serious injury when a vehicle rammed into them at Dangaigaon on the National Highway No 31 in Chirang on Sunday. The angry local residents in large number...
12 Jul 2013 - 10:11pm | AT News
Flood situation turns grim as surging waters engulfed 30 more villages
in Bongaingaon district. Over 60 houses have been washed in Morigaon
rendering scores of people homeless. The river...
Eight Bangladeshi Nationals namely Md Nurnabi (14 yrs) P.S- Nageswari, Kurigram (BD), Ali Rabbani (15 yrs) P.S- Nageswari, Kurigram (BD) and Azab Ali (80) of Fulbari, Kurigram (BD) with his entire family comprising of his wife, 01 daughter and 03 sons from the border area of Seoti under Dinhata police station (WB) at about 0100 hrs today. It is learnt from the preliminary questioning that they had illegally entered into Indian Territory and had been working in a brick kiln at Sonepat (Haryana) for last one year. But as the kiln have shut down due to rains, they (BD nationals) planned to return to Bangladesh with the help of an Indian tout namely Hafiz Ali of Dinhata who himself had...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, his wife Dolly Gogoi and son Gaurav Gogoi, Secretary, Youth Forum on Foreign Policy visited Nehru Centre, London on 11 am, June 26, 2013. They paid their tribute to Dr. Bhupen Hazarika's picture. They also meets Lord Swraj Paul at House of Lords along with Rini Kakati, NRI Assam Co-ordinator for UK.
ULFA top leader Anup Chetia will be back to his home by July 15. Talking to Assam Times, home ministry sources said in Delhi that diplomatic efforts are in final stage to extradiate the ULFA top leader. The date would be finalized in a day or two. Chetia of late, movea the Bangladesh government to deport him withdrawing his pending plea for political asylum.
Pro-talk ULFA wants Anup Chetia's early extradition to boost the on going peace process. The pro talk ULFA leaders demanded steps for early extradition of the jailed top leader from Bangladesh when they held yet another round of peace talks with the centre on Wednesday. Led by chairman Arabind Rajkhowa the 25-member ULFA team told Union home minister Sushil Kmar Shinde that they want their demands to be met before the Lok Sabha polls.Later talking to Asam Times, ULFA leaders said that the parleys were positive. They further hoped that Chetia's homecoming would be a big boost for the peace process. Union home secretary RK Singh, peace interlocutor PC Halder along with state home department...
An early extradition of Anup Chetia is set to dominate yet another peace talk between centre and ULFA in New Delhi on Wednesday. Led by chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa, the pro-talk ULFA leaders are expected to mount pressure on the centre to bring the jailed secretary back from Bangladesh. The meeting is scheduled at 11.30 in the morning to be led by union home secretary RK Singh. Notably Chetia, of late, wants not to proceed with political asylum move and wants to be back to home.
As I was trying to park my car, I banged into a Wagon-R. Realizing the damage to be huge, I prepared myself to face the consequence. In Delhi a defaulter has to go through a series of verbal abuses before finally paying for the actual damage. The frequency and tune of abuses sometimes varies depending upon appearance and attitude of the stakeholder.“It’s ok, don’t worry, there is only a minor brush….Chill” owner of the Wagon-R came smiling towards me. “My visit to the workshop is due, shall get it repaired next week” the owner introduced himself as Mr Li Pong from Meghalaya, shook hands with me and left. For a while I could not believe my eyes and ears. I entered my home relaxed and...
NDFB chairman Ranjan Daimary walks free on Sunday two days after he procured bail in all crucial cases. Immediately after walking out of the Guwahati Central jail, Daimary left for his home place Udalguri to be welcomed by the local residents. The CJM granted him bail after the NDFB boss procured no objection certificate from the investigation agencies citing his preparedness to join the peace process.
A physiotherapy camp for the member-journalists of Guwahati Press Club has been organized by Indian Association of Physiotherapists (Assam branch) on Wednesday (June 26). The camp, organized with supports from College of Physiotherapy and Medical Sciences, a unit of Purbanchal Educational Welfare Society and Guwahati Press Club is scheduled to start at 10.30 am and will continue till 3 pm. Six physicians namely Dr Ujwal Bhattacharya, Dr Pallabi Goswami, Dr Lopa Das, Dr Kundan Kumar, Dr Abhijit Kalita and Dr Pranjal Gogoi will attend the camp, where they would give consultations and short term treatments on neck pain, back pain, shoulder...
Rituraj Phukan, Secretary General of Green Guard Nature Organization attended the Climate Reality Leadership Corps training with former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore at Istanbul, Turkey on June 14-16, 2013. Among other dignitaries were the Turkish Deputy Prime Minister, Climate Reality Project CEO Maggie Smith, ambassadors, actors, artists, academics, activists and corporate leaders representing 97 countries.
One person is arrested by Nazira police in connection of ATM theft case. According to police Ghanshyam Sharmah (38) stolen the ATM Card of Dilip Das of Nazira and withdrawn Rs.26000/- by using this card. A case is registered in this regard in Nazira police Station under IPC 379.
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