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PPFA urges govt to reopen Lakshminath Bezbarua road

Guwahati: Expressing dismay over the fate of an important road, named after Assam’s pioneer  litterateur Sahityasamrat  Lakshminath Bezbarua, the Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) urges the concerned authorities to reopen the road connecting Guwahati Railway station with Nehru Park/Gauhati Town Club point on MG road. The forum of nationalist citizens argues that  LNB road should ...

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PPFA demands a rock-hard policy against illegal migrants

Guwahati: Understanding the grim situation, created by illegal migrants (precisely from Bangladesh) across Bharat, a regional forum of nationalist citizens urges the Union government to adopt a rock-hard policy to detect and deport all the intruders as early as possible. Patriotic People’s Front, Assam (PPFA), in a statement, lamented that successive governments in New Delhi ...

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Assam minister Jayanta Mallabaruah chats with senior media persons on urban issues

Guwahati: After assuming charge of the housing and urban affairs department, Assam minister Jayanta Mallabaruah hosted an interactive session titled ‘Bartalap’ with a group of senior editor-journalists from various media houses on 21 December in the city. This platform facilitated discussions on the key priorities and initiatives of the concerned departments and also public health ...

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Pragjyotishpur LitFest ’24 concludes with a high note

Guwahati: Curtain came down for the Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2024 at Madhavdev international auditorium of Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra premises in the prehistoric city of northeast India. Organised for the second time by Sankardev Education and Research Foundation (SERF) with the theme ‘In Search of Roots’ on 13, 14 and 15 December, the closing ceremony also ...

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Pragjyotishpur Literature Awards 2024 announced 

Guwahati: Pragjyotishpur Literature Festival 2024, a three-day celebration of literature, culture, and intellectual discourse, is underway at Srimanta Sankaradeva Kalakshetra in Guwahati. The LitFest organising committee has  announced the second Pragjyotishpur Literature Awards to be conferred on veteran Nepali-language author Bidyapati Dahal for his significant contributions to the literature. The Pragjyotishpur Young Literature Award 2024 ...

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‘Samatar Chandere Jivanar Joigaan’ to pay homage to Ambedkar

Guwahati:  Valmiki Sangeet Vidyalaya, run by the city-based Dr Hedgewar Memorial Trust, organises a spectacular cultural event  titled  ‘Samatar Chandere Jivanar Joigaan’ (Joy of Living with Rhythm of Equality) on Sunday (8 December 2024)  starting at 4 pm in Assam Cricket Association stadium,  Barsapara. With an aim to honour the revered constitution-maker  Dr Bhimrao Ramji ...

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Loka Jagaran Mancha sends memorandum to Muhammad Yunus

Guwahati:  Loka Jagaran Mancha’s Guwahati Mahanagar unit had submitted a memorandum to Professor  Muhammad Yunus, chief adviser of the interim government of Bangladesh, on 3 December 2024, where it expressed serious  concern over the atrocities committed against the religious minorities in the south Asian country. The document, sent via Kamrup metro district authorities of Assam, ...

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Avoidable by-polls increase more burden on taxpayers

The recently concluded by-polls for 48 legislative assembly constituencies in 14 States (along with two Parliamentary constituencies in Kerala and Maharashtra) divulged an important fact that no less than  41 assembly seats needed  the special elections as those were vacated by the respective legislators after they were elected to the lower house of Indian Parliament. ...

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Way forward after Asomiya gets classical recognition

Gauhati: A function to commemorate the completion of 53 years by the Directorate of Cultural Affairs (under Assam government) turned a serious and fruitful event to cherish the recognition to Asomiya (Assamese) as a classical language and also highlight the future course of actions for the government, concerned organisations, literary personalities and common people using ...

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Polling for 6 assembly constituencies in Assam, Meghalaya ends  largely peacefully  

Guwahati: The voting under by-polls in six assembly constituencies of Assam and Meghalaya, conducted to fill up the vacant seats (as the respective legislators had shifted their focus to the national politics after winning the recently conducted Lok Sabha polls), ended largely peacefully on Wednesday evening with a satisfactory over 70% voters’ turn out. The ...

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Bharat fostering brotherhood among different nations

India (Bharat) has been relentlessly pursuing global harmony and as a nation it continues to spread spiritual values and cultural heritage to foster universal brotherhood and friendship among different nations,  commented Assam Governor Lakshman Prasad Acharya while addressing  the 4th National Sanatan Conference on 26 October 2024 in the prehistoric city of Guwahati. Governor Acharya ...

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Experience 50 Unique Films Celebrating Indian Heritage at the 8th Chalachitram Festival 2024

Guwahati:  With an aim to foster nationalism through film-works and pay homage to India’s thousands years old civilization, culture and heritage, 8th Chalachitram National Film Festival – 2024 will kick start on Saturday in the far eastern part of Bharat. The two-day festival at Jyoti Chitraban premises in  Kahilipara locality of the prehistoric city will ...

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AAEA urges govt for promoting rain water harvesting

Guwahati: All Assam Engineers’ Association (AAEA), a forum of graduate engineers in northeast India, appreciates Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat for making  an fervent appeal for caring the nature and protect Mother Earth. The RSS chief, while delivering his annual address on the occasion of Vijayadashami, urged everyone to conserve water, avoid ...

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RSS Samanvay Baithak concludes at Palakkad

Guwahati: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) stated that there should be no compromise when it comes to women’s safety. The issue was extensively discussed during the three-day RSS Samanvay Baithak held at Palakkad of Kerala. The discussion was particularly in the context of the recent rape and murder case involving a young female doctor in West ...

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When journalists turn traitors to own community    

It was midnight of  31 August 2019, as an extraordinary bureaucrat unfolded the mystic National Register of Citizens (NRC) to the people of Assam in presence of a large gathering of over enthusiast media persons in Guwahati.  The then State NRC coordinator Prateek Hajela, who not only explained various features of NRC to the attending ...