The Early Birds, an organization for animal care recently conducted a free veterinary vaccination cum treatment camp around the Pobitora Wild Life sanctuary on 27th and 28th Oct'07. Altogether 487 cattle were covered in the villages of Kholabhuyan, a fringe area. Medicines worth Rs five thousand were also freely distributed. Three veterinary final year students Sri Rupam Bhattacharya, Sri Anil Deka and Joy Prakash Sharma took part while two life members Sri Mukul Talukdar and Sri Pulakesh talukdar coordinated and liaised with the forest department. Early Birds eco-club members from Mayong also assisted the team. The D.F.O (WL) and the R.F.O , Pabitora offered field support . These vaccination camp was the 27th at Pobitora in last 14 years and 109th for all the Wild Life areas of Assam and Meghalaya covered by Early Birds.
28 Jul 2007 - 5:24am | Rituparna Goswami Pande
It’s happening again! With the persistent fury of the rain gods many parts of Assam is reeling under flood waters for the umpteenth time. Year in and year out we witness the damage and...
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Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma pins hopes on fresh mandate as BJP candidate from Jalukbari. But there is a chance for by poll in Jalukbari. Talking to Assam Times, constitutional expert Dr CJS Das said...
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KOKRAJHAR: The first ever inter-college sports meet of Bodoland University has been kicked start from Monday at Bodoland University ground with three-day colourful programme scheduled in...
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Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday strongly lambasted BJP alleging gross injustice to Assam during the NDA government at the Centre.Releasing the white paper on the central assistance to the state...
Former Assam Chief Minister Prafula Kumar Mahanta is unhappy with the state's rice production which he says is taking a downward trend.Addressing a press conference on Friday, the former Chief Minister said the state government has been failing to properly utilise the fund meant for the agriculture sector which will have an adverse impact on the state's rural economic scenario.If it so happens, said Mahanta, the state will no longer be able to feed the growing population. He is worried that the state attained self sufficiency in food grain production a few years back but now once again taking a backseat.He cited the official documents to justify that Assam's rice production figure was 39....
Young social activist and Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti president Akhil Gogoi received the prestigious 2nd Shanmugam Manjunath Integrity Award from the Magsassay awardee Kiran Bedi at a function held on Friday at the IIT Seminar Hall, New Delhi. Giving away the award Magsassay Award winner encouraged Mr Gogoi for his relentless and untiring efforts to ensure transparency between public life and government functionings. Mr Gogoi who hails from upper Assam’s Golaghat district has been awarded for his fight against corruption.The award is dedicated to encourages those who work to uphold the values of truth and honesty in Indian corporate, government and public life.The award has a...
Noted young social worker Akhil Gogoi has been nominated for the coveted Second National Manjunath Swanmugam Integrity Award for his relentless work for transparency in public life and government functionings. Instituted by a trust of the former Indian Institute of Management with the Indian Express, the award carries a cash Rs 1 lakh and a citation. Mr Gogoi will receive the award on Friday at a function in New Delhi.
Rapid Action Battalion [RAB], the most notorious Para military forces in Bangladesh, which is known for its atrocities through extra judicial killing, abduction, rape and collecting ransom, has finally shown its nasty fang with Weekly Blitz editor, Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury. Internationally known award winning [recipient of PEN USA Freedom to Write Award in 2005; AJC Moral Courage Award in 2006; Monaco Media Award in 2007 and Key to Engleewood City and Honorary Citizenship - USA in 2007] anti Jihadist journalist Shoaib Choudhury was kidnapped by a heavily armed gang of RAB led by Captain Shafiq on Tuesday evening. When RAB stormed the Weekly Blitz office, they locked the editor including...
The Asom Gana Parishad on Wednesday has contradicted Assam Chief Minister's Tarun Gogoi's statement that the government is ready send Chandramohan Patowary to Bangladesh if Opposition leader wants to ensure talk with ULFA. Addressing a press conference in the city Opposition leader Chnadra Mohan Patowary said Mr Gogoi has no right to do so.But Mr Patowary maintained that if need be he is ready to leave for Bangladesh only after the Union home ministry's permission. Mr Patowary said,"Gogoi said me to leave for Bangladesh. Why I should do it only if Gogoi says. I can leave for Bangladesh only if the union home ministry asks."The regional party has also countered the Chief Minister's...
Renowned artist "Guruji" Adya Sarmah addressing the media people in a press meet during the "Guest of the Month" programme organized by the Guwahati Press club at the press club premises in Guwahati on 26-03-08. Pix by UB Photos.
Four people were killed when th Black Widow militants exploded a powerful grenade at the Harangajao rail station on Monday night.According to information, three of the deceased were railway employees. Several others have also been left injured in the incident that rocked the railway station, 50 kilometer away from Haflong township.Police and Army joint operation is on to nab the culprits involved in it..
The All Assam Students Union has served the March 31 ulimatum for the Government to seal the porous Indo-Bangla border. This was disclosed by AASU central leaders while they were staging the ten hour hunger strike at the Latashil Playground in the city on Tuesday along with other parts of Assam. They demanded an early preparation of the National Registrar of citizens saying they will further intensify the agitation if the government fails to listen to them. They said it's the govenment who wants these be rmain so. "We will not remain mute and also we will not allow these to continue," said AASU general secretary Tapan Kumar Gogoi and blamed the Government for the porous Indo-Bangla...
Protesters thronged in thousands with anti-government slogans in Dispur Last gate on Tuesday demanding government steps to address the problems they have ben facing for years. As many as one thousand state anganwadi workers from across ther state were staging dharna raising the 8 point charter of demands. talking to reporters they rued that rigth from 2004 they have been doing lots of protest demanding some basic facilities to run the anganwadi centres. But they said nothing has come out. "What is more painful is that as per discussion on November 5, last year the social welfare minister agreed to pay them Rs 300 as salary per month for the anganwadi workers with Rs 200 for their...
Two top ULFA rebels have been arrested from the city's Japorigog with two other linkmen during a police operation on Monday night. According to information, a hand grenade has also been recovered from their possession. The ULFA militants are Bhawani Nath and Abhijit Kalita while the names of the linkmen have yet to be confirmed. They have been suspected to have arrived in the city for strike.
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