Nazira police headed by SDPO Ashif Ahmed nabbed one Deep Hazarika from Babupatty area of Sivasagar on charges of blackmailing and demanding rupees 5 Lakh from an officer of ONGC, Lakuwa. Deep alis Ainul the main accused lead a 4 member gang to carry the activity. Three members of the gang, Hiramoni Gogoi, Korobi Das and Partho Protim Borah have also been arrested by the Police.
3 Feb 2018 - 6:56am | AT News
RAJESH MANDAL DHEKIAJULI: More than 10,000 people spilled to the road in Dhekiajuli on Friday demanding capital punishment of the 5 miscreants who gangraped a Class X girl last month. Jointly...
17 Jun 2015 - 6:10pm | AT News
Amid utter confusion over the counter insurgency operation in Myanmar, army accused the rebel outfits of spreading rumours to boost their sagging morale.In a statement on Wednesday, army claimed to...
20 Jul 2009 - 8:45am | editor
Three suspected NSCN rebels were killed in an encounter with a joint force of the Army and police in Lakhimpur district of Assam on Monday. The incident took place in the morning at Harmoti area...
25 Oct 2010 - 2:04pm | editor
Amid brisk preparation for ULFA-government peace parleys, a team of hardcore ULFA cadres has managed to sneak into Guwahati, possibly, to carry out strike. This has forced security forces to fan in...
Guwahati - A university department in northeast India held two day national seminar on mental health and social work practices in Guwahati on April 27 to 28 where as many as 130 people participated at the 17 presentations. Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU) department of Social Work, in collaboration with Psychiatric Social Work Services, Department of Psychiatry, Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) and the Department of Psychiatric Social Work, LGB Regional Institute of Mental Health (LGBRIMH), Tezpur organised at ADBU Tapesia Campus. Incidentally, LGBRIMH is one of the oldest mental health care institutes in India...
GOLAGHAT: Event after unstoppable poaching there has been steep rise in rhino population in Kaziranga if the just concluded census on the world heritage site is any indication. According to the three days rhino census which concluded on Wednesday, Kaziranga is now an abode of 2413 one horn rhino population, 12 more than the figure found two years back. The census started on March 25 with a huge team of 120 comprising forest department officials apart from a few NGO activities who divided the national parks in 36 parts for census by elephants and gypsies. Notably, repeated poaching incidents have been posing a serious threat to the one horn population forcing the...
The mysterious death of Victoria Kharkongor has reached the international human rights platform.The Asian Human Right Commission has written to Dispur asking for a detail report of the incident. The girl from Meghalaya was found dead inside the washroom of Dispur police station on July 5 hours after she was handed over to police by the authorities of International Hospital.
Blooms and bangs marked the exit of 2014 and entry of 2015 at the stork of mid night hour on Wednesday when defying the chill, people in large number came out of their homes bursting fire crackers to welcome the new year.People in urban and rural areas alike had celebrated the 31st December with music and late night party. Some others spend the night sitting riveted on their television sets on the occasion.Cultural programmes are in progress in some places across the state to celebrate the event. Temples are getting a fresh look to facilitate the devotees who are thronging for puja offerings on Thursday.Kamakhya temple along with Assam State Zoo, Regional Science Museum, Sradhranjali...
Each year 2nd February has been celebrated as World Wetland Day around the world. Aaranyak, an organization committed for wetland and biodiversity conservation in Assam celebrated World Wetland Day, 2012 in Dadara of Kamrup District of Assam in collaboration with Sarala Bilra Jyanjyoti School and Sankardev Sisu Niketan, Dadara. This year the theme for World Wetland Day was "Wetlands and Tourism". Keeping this in mind this was celebrated in Dadara and Pacharia village near Guwahati. These two villages have been used by an endangered wetland bird, Greater Adjutant as their nesting ground for last several years and become a wildlife tourist destination. Students of Sarala Birla Gyanjyoti,...
A dead body of an adult rhino was found in Kaziranga on Sunday night. According to the Park authority, it was found near Rajapukhuri forest camp under the Bagori Range of KNP. They also says that the death of the rhino was natural and the horn was recovered. On the other hand nature-lovers says that after the recent flood the herbivorous animals are not getting sufficient amount of food and proper treatment which may be a causes of frequent death of the animals at ‘World Heritage Site’ Kaziranga. It has been recorded that seven rhinos died within 18 days.
Dhrubajyoti Saha, Kaziranga
Angshumita, 13-year girl becomes Novelist in international languageIts not only the blasts and killings that reigned the state but we still hope that good things always not need to be worried in the distress too, like the pen of a young girl, Angshumita Deka. She is cute, energetic and ambitious too. Pining to become an Astronautic individual this girl makes her identity only in this tender years today when she gets her first novel "Hidden Love" released today. She is a student of Holychild school in class VIII and with everyone’s' expectation she is smiling with her book in the stands today. "Its wonderful and unbelievable that she managed to do it so early”,...
Guwahati : The 31st National Highway witnessed a loud roar today when the thousands of students march through it to the District headquarter of the Baksa shouting the lawlessness of the state government as Dr. Samujjal Bhattacharjee, Advisor of AASU, Shankar Prasad Roy, President of AASU along with thousands of All Assam Students Union (AASU) activists taken out a protest rally, Satyagraha, in demand of the immediate stern action for the killing of the AASU leader Tapan Das. Tapan Das was the president of the Champaguri-Koklabari unit of the All Assam Students’ Union, was on his bicycle when the killers waylaid and attacked him with sharp weapons at Golagaon, near Rangajuli under...
Slogans against the Brahmaputra Board roared in the city roads when the activists of Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad taken out a huge protest rally as the Board fails to take appropriate steps towards protecting Majuli from erosion and possible extnction. The student Parishad urges the State Government to maintain a fair policy to save Asia's biggest river island Majuli where half of the soil is under water due to the havoc flood this time. The activists symbolize the Board as a "White Elephant" as it has only reached the status of a department of no use. They took out the mock rally with a replica white elephant and ended it with throwing to the river for its funeral. 30...
Dr. Bhabendranath Saikia is in simple language a legend in Assam whose stories writings and films have left an indelible mark not only in Assamese society for the past four decades but the world over. Authenticity was his signature theme, the hallmark of a genius credited with putting Assamese films well and truly on the national scene. Dr. Bhabendranath Saikia, the man with a indigenous career that dominated the creative spheres of Assam for a good number of year bid adieu to his mortal world three years ago 13.08.2003. He was born on 20th February, 1932 in Nowgaon district. He obtained his Ph.D in Nuclear Physics from London University. From studying Physics in Cotton College he moved to...
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