Foundation stone of Athkhel weekly market laid down by the Jorhat MP B K Handique on May 18. The total cost of the plan is Rs.25 lakh which will be provided by the Zilla Parishad under 13th Finance commission. In this connection a public meeting was held, where local MLA Debobrat Saikia, border magistrate of Nazira Richand Ahmed were present alongwith other dignatories .
“History is the back-bone of a nation and no nation can thrive without its history,” said Mayur Bora, a well-known writer in a seminar organized by Nazira Press Club on its 26th Foundation Day on Saturday at Nazira. The seminar on “Study of History and the identity crisis of the ethnic people of Assam” was organized in the memory of journalist Pabonath Sarmah and Nilo Guhain with a day-long programme that saw distinguished gathering. Mayur Borah and Rajdip Bailung Baruahwere the chief guests. Both the speakers dwelt at length on the negative effects of globalization and free market economy that has been depriving the ethnic people of their rights on their own land. Hiranya Kumar Bhattachaya...
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