A new Anchalik AASU Committe of Nazira was formed in a general meeting on November Sunday. Hemanto Saikia and Sakir Ahmed were selected as the president and secretary of the committee. Manik Gogoi, president of the AASU, Sivasagar district and Manab Hazarika were also present in the meeting as observers.
1 Feb 2012 - 3:46am | editor
Ledo is all abuzz. The Assam Sahitya Sabha is holding the special session from Wednesday. Power Minister Pradyut Bordoloi will inaugurate the special session to be concluded on February 5. Sahitya...
16 Feb 2012 - 7:48pm | Anup Arandhara
A cultural show of All Assam Mech-Kochari National Council, of Assam will be held at public play ground of Haripora-Kochari Gaon of Sivasagar district under Hahsora Mauza from February 22. In...
16 Nov 2009 - 2:25pm | Jayanta Kumar Das
The regular employees of JNV Darrang, Kalaigaon observed a token strike on November 16 under the banner of joint action committee of ‘Employees Forum of Novodaya Vidyalaya Samiti’...
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Two hardcore ULFA cadres were killed during a Police and Army join operation in Upper Assam’s Dibrugarh district early in the morning on Tuesday. According to information, the joint operation...
Giving importance to the aspirations young writers, a new Assamese monthly magazine titled "Prothyabanor Somoi" was launched in Nazira on last Sunday. Raj Axom Laskar is the editor of the magazine.
NGOs in Sivasagar district have come down heavily on ONC’s Assam Asset for improper utilization of the Corporate social responsibility fund. A section of local NGOs moved the higher authority with this complaint seeking their intervention. They blamed a circle senior ONGC officers alleging that they have a slew of hidden interest. They have been favouring a section of unknown organisations and NGOs.
One after another scam seem to have rocked ONGC where a circle of officials and contractors have picked up the first buck. The things have gone to such an extent that a section of contractors have managed award of contract even by producing fake documents. But is it possible without the support of the ONGC officials? A recent contract triggers no less controversy in the ONGC Assam Asset office after the authority awarded it to a firm on the basis of the a set of documents which lack veracity.Identified as M/S Construction Guild the firm managed to get the contract Rs 10 crores in the name of a huge project.According to allegations, the oil giant invited tenders for its Civil...
Congressmen hit the streets in Nazira along with other parts of the state on Monday raising a number of issues confronting the people.Congress protestors in Nazira told Assam Times that the Centre has not implemented the Food Security Bill. Moreover, they said that the NDA government at the Centre has not been able to rein in the price line.Thousands of Congress workers participated in the rally and shouting slogans against the government. They further alleged the curtailment of central funds to the state government to allow the state to suffer in developmental works.aLater they submitted a memorandum to the Prime Minister through the SDO(C) of Nazira Sub division asking him to...
Nazira erupted in massive protest a day after four miscreants, allegedly aided and abetted by a policeman, killed a driver on Friday. Local residents in the upper Assam township spilled into the roads and restricted the movement of the vehicles demanding stern action against the culprits now in police custody.The incident took place on Friday night when a gang of 4 miscreants, who are allegedly involved in the crude oil pilferage, killed an oil tanker driver, Bablu Khan. A section of local residents told Assam Times that the gang who traveled on the car owned by police ASI Hari Narayan Dutta caught Khan to be killed on the spot.The Nazira police station, however, registered a case bearing...
A six year old boy in Nazira is battling for life at the Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh after he was hit by a car on which civil SDO was travelling on Friday.The incident where Abonit Sahu sustained injury took place at Nazira town in the morning when he was trying to cross the road to be hit by the car bearing No AS 04 L 0004 owned by the senior administrative officer.
Noted historian and leading citizen in Nazira Akhil Paniphukan passed away on Friday. The end of the 90 year old Paniphukan came in the wee hours at his own residence in Nazira town. He is survived by three sons and three daughters.MLA Debobrata Saikia, former minister Dr. Hemoprabha Saikia, left leader Durpod Borgohain, Nazira Press Club, Freelance Journalist Association of Nazira along with many local organizations condoled his death and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family.
Nazira MLA Debobrata Saikia has blamed it all on the Centre for the deplorable road condition in the constituency.Talking to Assam Times, Saikia said the Hindu nationalist party-led NDA government curtailed the funds to the state which is why, the state government is not in a position to repair the roads and bridges.
Along with the rest of the state Nazira observed the 89th birth anniversary of Dr.Bhupen Hazarika with day long songs and dances on Tuesday. The focus of attraction was the Nazira Natiya Mandir where the day long programme pulled huge crowd.
Good news for kidney patients from from Sivasagar, Jorhat, Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Golaghat, Dhemaji and Lakhimpur districts. Courtesy the Assam government. Medicines are available at the Assam Medicine College Hospital for the patients.Any patient from these districts are free to collect their medicines from AMCH from 11 morning to 1-30 in the afternoon on every Tuesday. The patients can contact the All Assam Kidney Transplant Forum for identity card required to avail of the benefit.The forum will discuss the difficulties faced by the kidney patients at 11 in the morning on September 15 in front of the medicine stores.
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