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.
Sadhana Das (69 years), wife of a benevolent social worker of Jorhat Jiten Das has left her mortal body on 21st June, 2007 at Dispur Hospital, Guwahati. She has left behind her husband, her only son Mr. Jyotimoi Das and her two daughters along with many other relatives.
A 24-hour Kamrup Bandh was called by the co-ordination committee of different trade bodies and chambers of commerce protesting the recent bomb blast at Athgaon. The bandh has evoked good response within Guwahati as well as the suburbs. The State unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Asom Gana Parishad had also supported the bandh.Shops and commercial activities inside the city limits remained closed and the public transport system was near non-existent with a skeletal bus service run by the ASTC.The bandh that started at six in the morning witnessed a dharna on the MG Road at Fancy Bazar, where a good number of representatives of civil society were present. They all urged the State and the...
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