Thousands of people took to the street on Wednesday, July 10, to celebrate Lord Jagganath Rath Yatra in Haflong. The festival of Lord Jagganath was organised by Jagganath Bari Mandhir in collaboration with ISCKON, Radha Gobinda Mandhir of PWD colony and Gaorimooth Mandhir of Nutun Basti.
The Rathayatra commenced from the Jagganath temple located in the heart of the town in the afternoon around 2 pm. Three RATHs(Chariots) were pulled by hundreds of devotees, chanting "Harey Krishna, Harey Krishna, Harey Krishna, Harey Harey".
This year's Rathayatra procession drew the largest number of crowd in the town. A large number of women devotees also participated along with kids to pull the pious chariots.
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Assam bandh called by AASU & other organisation protesting Citizen Amendment Bill 2016 on Tuesday effected Dima Hasao. In Haflong, Maibang and many other places people kept their shops closed and refrained themselves from attending offices in support of the strike. Many student bodes & associations like DSU, Indigenous Student Association extended there support to the bandh.
Enthusiastic students of Dibarai High School planted saplings to celebrate World Environment Day on Thursday.
Blue Hills Society(NGO) in collaboration with Dibarai High School organised a programme to mark the occasion of World Environment Day. The programme was coordinated by the NGO President, Dr.Amit Phonglo; Vice Presidnet, Mandao Johori and General Secretary, Joshirngdao Phonglo.
The programme involved a plantation drive in which a great variety of trees were planted in the school premises by the students, teachers as well as NGO members. Ms. Ambalika Difoesa, on behalf of the teaching staff, planted a special sapling. The principal of the school, Krishna...
Hills State Democratic Party(HSDP) leaders: Depolal Hojai(Ex-CEM), Suraj Naiding(President), Jayanta Nunisa(Secretary) along with other party activists pose for photo during the 12-hour Road Blockade Programme against non-completion of the renovation/repair work of D.D Road (between Lower Haflong to Diyungbra) and Parsi Garampani Road(between Umrangso 13 kilo and Diyungbra) on Thursday in Haflong.The party also made it clear that if the Govt. fails to complete the repair work of the two roads immediately, they will further organise agitation programme such as 3-day Road Blockade in the near future.
Commuters in the town had hard time as Auto Bandh enters second day in Haflong on Thursday. Auto Drivers have been protesting against what they say "police atrocities and unnecessary fines levied on them on various pretext", since yesterday morning. To press their demand, leaders of Auto Drivers Association discussed with the council authority this afternoon. According to the report, they have been directed to meet Deputy Commissioner of Dima Hasao, Shri Barun Bhuyan, tomorrow to settle the matter.
Auto Association of Haflong announces Chakka Bandh on Wednesday in protest against the new Officer-in-Charge of Haflong Police Station, Amjad Ali Khan, for levying heavy and unnecessary fines on Auto Drivers on various pretexts. The Chakka Bandh has greatly affected general public of Haflong town, as Auto Rickshaw is the only cheap means of transport available to the people in this hilly capital town of Dima Hasao District. Commuters of the town have expressed anger at police for overcharging the auto drivers and causing inconvenience to everyone. Auto drivers have said that they will continue their protest until the authority take necessary steps to curb corruption in...
Hundreds of students participate in the protest rally against bad road condition in Umrangso town in Dima Hasao on Friday 2 August '13. The protest rally was organised by SUBU(Save Umrangso Build Umrangso), DSU(Dimasa Students Union), KSA(Khelma Students Association), AABYSF(All Assam Bengali Youth Students Federation), NSU(Nepali Students Union), KSU(Karbi Students Union), DJH(Diyungmukh Jalai Hoshom) and other NGOs.The protesters demanded immediate repair of Umrangso-Lanka road, Umrangso-Jowai road, Umrangso-Haflong road and other roads connecting the town with different parts of the district.Speaking to the media, the president of SUBU said, “On behalf of the whole populace of...
Dimasa Students Union along with Haflong Govt Collelge Students Association organised a sit-in-demonstration in front of the Secretariat Office, N. C Hills Autonomous Council on Monday demanding solutions to various burning problems of the students' community in the district. More than 300 students were denied admission into Haflong Govt College this year due to lack of seat in the institution.About four-hundred students, including students from Sambudhan Jr College, Govt. Boys Higher Secondary and Govt. Girls Higher Secondary Schools took part in the demonstration.After three hours of sit-in protest in front of the council office, Mr. Thalendra Debragede, the president of DSU submitted a...
Several in-patients undergoing treatment at the Haflong Civil Hospital were seen bathing with muddy water in front of the Children's Ward recently. The water containing a high degree of iron content and other contaminants appeared not suitable even for sanitary use. Hospital staffers revealed that the water was supplied from a well drilled in the hospital campus. The unhygenic condition of the water was due to lack of proper water treatment facility in the hospital, they disclosed.
Hundreds of people protested at Langting in Dima Hasao on Saturday, terming the recent election process at Borolalbong polling station as " unfair and illegal". Six(6) more ballot papers were found in the ballot box, they claimed. According to them, the box was actually sealed with 924 ballot papers instead of 930. In the protest he general public today stopped two passenger trains- "Hill Queen" and "Agartala" at Langting railway station. The indefinite bandh was called soon after the election result for Langting constituency was declared on May 24 by the returning officer, Barun Bhuyan. However, there is every possibility of polling officers committing error while taking account of the...
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