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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NEW DELHI: AB Mathur will broker peace between Centre and the United Liberation Front of Asom. The home ministry has already appointed the former RAW special secretary to resume the peace...
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An accidental firing rattled Itanagar early in the morning on Tursday. That too before the prime Minister’s maiden visit to the land of rising sun. According to information, a policeman on duty...
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With the requests like 1.to cancel the decision to extend Hill Queen Express up to Silchar, 2. to depute 2 (Two) more personnel in the Ticket Counter at the Haflon) Railway Station, and 3.to cancel...
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The flash flood has taken lives of around 540 animals in the Kaziranga National Park. Around 75 percent area of the famed park has been inundated by the flood. According to information, the victims...
In a bizarre incident that rocked the entire state, two criminals broke into the Morigaon district Chief Judicial Magistrate's court and stole files relating to criminal cases on Thursday night. Police arrested the duo on Friday.The windows were broken and 30 files were stolen to be thrown away in a nearby drain. One of the criminals Bimal Hazarika, however, left behind his wallet from where his driving license was found by police this morning. Police immediately tracked him along with his accomplice Asim Bordoloi and arrested them. The 30 files were recovered from the drain and returned to the court.
The Aam Aadmi Party gets is Assam unit with the formation of the first preparatory committee. The party will put thrust on establishing participatory democracy in the northeast.The Assam committee will put in efforts to constitute committees in all districts of Assam within 20 days. Within 20 days from Thursday, the preparatory committee of AAP in Assam will complete the process of forming district committees.The 14-member preparatory committee comprises Pranjal Bordoloi and Bhaben Handique as coordinator and joint coordinator respectively. Significantly, Bhaben Handique was a key member of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti before joining AAP. The party will project its candidates for the 2014...
Down Town Hospital in association with Guwahati Press Club has organized a health check up for scribes on 2nd February ,2013. The check up will be start at 10-30 am in the press club premises and will continue till 3 pm. During the check up the journalist will enjoy the facilities to test their blood sugar and heart function. Member journalist are requested to participate in the health camp.
People thronged in thousands at the Bhupen Hazarika Samannay Kshetra in Barpeta Road as the 72nd session of the Asam Sahitya Sabha is underway at. The main venue, this time, has been named after Dr Bhupen Hazarika while the main entrance has been erected in memory of the first prose writer Bhattadev. Book festival venue has been named after Mamoni Raisom Goswami and the art and science exhibition venue has been named after Sobha Brahma and Guru Prasad Das.Visitors line up to get a glimpse of the the auditorium and the main stage named after Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwala and Kalaguru Bishnu Rabha. Bangladeshi aesthete, danseuse, dance pioneer, teacher, choreographer Lubna Mariam will...
Police constable Abhijit Baruah once again makes Assam proud when set new record of hitting the highest number of punches in a minute on the boxing pad on Thursday.The 23-year-old cop hit 387 punches in Delhi to break the record he himself set a couple of moths ago in Jorhat. The attempt was made at the Assam Bhawan in the national capital in presence of observers from the Asian Book of Records. Earlier in October last year, he broke record with 329 punches on a boxing pad at an event held in Jorhat stadium. It was recognised by the Asia Book of Records as well as the India Book of Records as the most hits on a boxing pad in a minute. Abhijit also holds the World record of running barefoot...
The Centre has raised the margin money for khadi and village industries from Rs 66 cr to Rs 100 cr for the next financial year 2013-2014.This was confirmed by none other than Union Minister of State for MSME (Independent) KH Muniyappa in Guwahati. He said that the decision was taken at a meeting with Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and senior officials . According to him, his ministry wants to reach out to the young and educated people to set up new enterprises, for which it has adequate funds. The Union Minister urged Gogoi to instruct the deputy commissioners to prepare the list of beneficiaries within a set time-frame of three months for extending loan assistance.
The Ahomes observed Me-dam-me-phi across the state on Thursday to offer tributes to ancestors . People of all walks of life participated in the rituals in several places.Ahome religious pujas were performed on the occasion. Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi attended a Me-dam-me-phi celebration and participated in the rituals in Guwahati. Me-dam-me-phi is the manifestation of the concept of ancestor worship that the Ahoms share with other peoples originating from the Tai-Shan stock. According to popular historical beliefs, when Lengdon sent two of his grandsons Khunlung and Khunlai to earth by a golden chain, they were advised by Gasingpha, the God of knowledge, to perform Umpha,...
Jorhat breaks into a sea of humanity when thousands of people are thronging the Kachari Moidam to pay last respect to the eminent Vaishnavite scholar, educationist and freedom fighter Sonaram Chutia who died in the Jorhat Medical College Hospital on Wednesday.The award winning scholar would be cremated in Jorhat on Friday with full state honour. Chief Ministyer Tarun Gogoi and his cabinet colleagues are expected to attend the funeral function. A renowned scholar of Sankardeva studies, Chutia had several books to his credit and was also the Chief advisor of the Srimanta Sankardeva Sangha, a religious and charitable organisation. A prominent freedom fighter, Chutia was actively...
Renowned vaishnavite veteran Sonaram Chutia passed away after a brief ailment on Wednesday. Chutia died at the Jorhat Medical College Hospital at 9.15 in the evening. He was 98 and was accorded with cabinet rank 3 years back. Born on June 8 in 1915, Chutia cleared his graduation in science from Cotton College. His cremation is taking place on Thursday with full state honour.
In major breakthrough, Dhemaji police intercepted a truckload of IMFL coming from Arunachal Pradesh suspected to be distributed among the voters just before the polling of panchayat elections.The truck carrying 4000 litres of IMFL in bottles were seized by the excise department at Laluk last night by the district administration.The truck driver claimed that the liquor bottled at Naharlagun in Arunachal Pradesh and were being transported to that state's East Siang district through the only road between the two places which runs through Lakhimpur district.
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