Despite a chilly Wednesday, the North East Games gets underway at a colourful fuction organised at the Sarusajai Sports Complex where Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi took salute of the march pass by the eight north eastern state teams. Sports Authority of India director Ratan P Watal attended the meeting as the guest of honour. As many as 2000 sports men are participating in the event to be concluded on February 2. The inauguration of the entire event was marked by a colourful march pass participated by the eight north eastern states. Altogether 240 players are from Manipur while Meghalaya has 224 players. It is followed by 175 sportsmen from Mizoram. Nagaland had 146 players while Sikkim had 224. Tripura had 203 followed by 280 players in the the home team. In women football, the Assam beat Nagaland by 3-0 while Sikkim defeat Mizoram by 2-1 goals.
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In an attempt to create awareness regarding barrier free environment, the students of Assam Institute of Management organised a seminar on the topic “Barrier Free Environment”. The seminar was held...
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Caught in deep mud, a full grown rhino seems to have been battling for life during the last 24 hours in Kaziranga.The one horn animal is languishing in dying agony at a pit in Kohora range of the...
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DoNER minister General VK Singh Friday disassociated flood problem from his ministry saying that it is for the water resources ministry to do whatever is necessary. Addressing a press...
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The Central Assam AIIMS Demand Committee ( CAADC ), an umbrella organisation of several organisations demanding for AIIMS in Central Assam, has announced a three hours rail blockade from 9 a.m on...
On June 26th, 2008, Nehru Centre, the cultural Wing of the High Commission of India in London presented a stunning confluence of semi-classical of violin recital “jugalbandi” with Minoti Khaund, the award winning violin maestro whose musical career spanning 50 years and her daughter Sunita Bhuyan, the recipient of the Indira Gandhi Priyadarshini award for music and has been giving performances both solos and duets with her mother on the world stage. Sunita is one of the few musicians who balances a full time HR career along with her inherited passion for music. She is the Head of Learning and Development at Syntel, a global ITES company which entails her to train managers on...
Activists of All Asom Shikshak Karmachari Aikya Mancha staged a dharna regarding their demands of the provincialisation of non-provincialised educational institutions and other issues at Dispur Last Gate in Guwahati on 14-07-08 at the inaugural day of the 5-day-long Summer Session of Assam Assembly. Pix by UB Photos
Golaghat correspondent of a Guwahati based vernacular daily allegedly tried to treat a female employee of a printing press at Golaghat with mischievous gesture. According to the owner of the press, the said correspondent with a bad intension came to the press during the lunch hour as he figured it that during that time the owner and the staff used to go out except the girl who is a computer operator there. One must salute the courage of the girl who strongly resisted the evil motivated correspondent and crying loudly made the alleged culprit to flee.In this connection the owner of the press lodged a complaint with the Golaghat Journalists’ Association. The Association in its emergent...
Childrens enjoying the water bath to cool themselves during a scorching hot Sunday afternoon at the water amusement park Accoland on 13-07-08. Pix by UB Photos
Local women sit in protest at New Lambulane on 13-07-08 in connection with the extra judicial killing of Thangtinsei Kipgen and Limlenber Thangshing by the Police Commandos on Friday evening at Sanjenbam, Imphal East. Pix by UB Photos.
Ace Quiz Master Barry O' Brian asking questions to the Quiz participants in the NEDFi Brain Jam Open Quiz 2008 Competition held at ITA Machkhowa in Guwahati on 13-07-08 evening. Pix by UB Photos.
Mahadev Deka Runner Up of Mr Universe being felicitated with a traditional sorai by senior citezen Jyotish Das. The event was orgainsed by Santipur Athletic Club at Santipur, Guwahati on Sunday 13th July 2008.PIX BY UB PHOTOS
Bangladesh Rifles handed over three members of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) and one smuggler to Border Security Force at Dalu in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya on 12-07-08. Later the persons are being handed to the Assam Police by the BSF Personnels.Remarkably, BSF sources said this is the first time the BDR has taken such step and that the neighbouring country had been earlier denying the presence of Indian insurgents in its territory.Pix by UB Photos.
Lakhimpur District Students Union (AASU) taking out rally “Sangram Dhuwani” on issue of expelling of illegal migrants of Bangladesh from Assam State at Lakhimpur on 12th July 2008. Photos: UB Photos.
Amid water tight security arrangement, the Assam Assembly is ready to begin its summer session from Monday. The city police administration has already intensified checking in the city areas and also in its entrance and exit routes.According to information, more than two thousand additional security personnels will be deployed to man the city areas during this brief session. City police have made some changes in the routes of traffic movements from Monday. According to the traffic section of the City superintendent of police, movement of all types of vehicular traffic on the road from Supermarket point to Dispur Last gate will remain close. Vehicles coming from Basistha Chariali towards...
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