Guwahati: As if, it was not enough to malign the image of Professor Muhammad Yunus, the lone Nobel laureate of Bangladesh, by repeated legal harassments from various government agencies, now the pioneer of microfinance and social business has been summoned to appear before the anti-corruption commission on 5 October 2023 against a money laundering case. ...
Guwahati: Three-day Pragjyotishpur Literary Festival 2023 is concluding today at Asom Sahitya Sabha bhawan and district library premises as the valedictory function is scheduled at 4.30 pm where eminent personalities like Samudra Gupta Kashyap, Diganta Biswa Sarma, Sudeshna Bhattacharjya etc will be present. Organised by Sankardev Education and Research Foundation (SERF) with the theme ‘In ...
Guwahati: An intellectual and interactive treat for the literary enthusiasts, cultural connoisseurs and budding writers is waiting to emerge as Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2023 (PLF) which will unfold a series of literary activities for three days in the historic city. The three-day literature festival, organised for the first time by Sankardev Education and Research Foundation ...
Guwahati: Bharat Raksha Manch (Save India Forum, a non-government organization pursuing for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) with base year of 1951 across Bharat) reiterates its demand for clearing all dues to nearly 7000 data entry operators (DEOs), who worked as part time employees in the NRC updation process for Assam (May 2014 to ...
Guwahati: Nearly 100 Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) personnel were recently sensitized on preventing wildlife crimes and illegal wildlife trade in a workshop organized by the Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB) and biodiversity conservation group Aaranyak at Salonibari of Tezpur in eastern Assam. “A group of 99 senior as well as junior officials/personnel of India’s elite ...
Guwahati: As assumed, senior Indian Administrative Service officer Prateek Hajela, former State coordinator to National Register of Citizens (NRC), was approved by Assam government to proceed with the voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) application with effect from 1 August 2023 under All India Services Rules 1958, even though with some conditions. Two criminal cases are pending ...
Guwahati: As one more first information reports (FIR) was lodged against the corruption and money laundering by concerned officials while updating the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in Assam and the petitioner, Gitika Bhattacharya, a Guwahati-based social worker, in her complaint at Dispur police station demanded legal actions against the government officials along with the ...
Guwahati: Bharat Raksha Manch (Save India Forum, a non-government organisation) reiterates its demand for the National Register of Citizens (NRC) with the base year 1951 across the country. The recently concluded its national executive meeting at Jammu (J&K) also extended support to the Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The nationalist forum also appealed for peace in ...
Guwahati: A week long summer theatre camp, organized by KimDaula Media in association with Jirsong Theatre (JT) for the first time in Dima Hasao district in central Assam, concluded successfully at Haflong with the presentation of three short plays in Hindi and Dimasa languages by local artistes. Presented by Swapna Daulagupu on behalf of KimDaula ...
Guwahati: Emphasizing on a correct National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the State, Assam branch of Bharat Raksha Manch (Save India Forum, a non-government organization) demands a complete reverification of the NRC draft and also appropriate actions against all the individuals who were involved in intentional inclusion of illegal migrants’ name in the draft list ...
Guwahati: A city-based Assamese daily newspaper has been trolled in social media for using a fake photograph to narrate the horrible story of Manipur in the front page of 19 June 2023 issue. The social media users slammed the editor of Amar Asom for using a photograph, which has been lifted from Myanmar’s influential Mizzima ...
Guwahati: The continuous violence that is going on in Manipur for the last 45 days is extremely worrisome. The violence and uncertainty that started in the Satte after the protest rally organized in Churachandpur on 3 May 2023 at the time of Lai Haraoba festival is to be condemned,” said Dattatreya Hosabale, Sarkaryavah of Rashtreeya ...
It’s shocking to report that a number of Guwahati-based scribes and RTI (right to information) activists have been facing interrogation and even arrest by Assam chief minister’s special vigilance cell following the allegations of Sewali Devi Sharma, the prime accused in Rs 105 crore State council of educational research and training (SCERT) scam, as being ...
Guwahati: The complainant, whose case relating to (National Register of Citizens) NRC updation scam in Assam was not entertained by Kamrup (metropolitan) chief judicial magistrate’s court citing the reason that it lacks the jurisdiction to investigate the allegations or direct the police to file a first information report (FIR), decides to re-approach the court with ...
First thing first. I never imagined to be a journalist (not to speak of a sports reporter) but destiny had a special script (prepared in a bad mood) for me. After appearing in the final year examination in Assam Engineering College (1990), I went to meet our unique Physics Professor Surendranath Medhi (many believe him ...
