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 ...
Guwahati: The former Chief Justice of India and currently a member of Rajya Sabha, Ranjan Gogoi faces a defamation suit in Assam for his objectionable views penned in a book relating to Aabhijeet Sharma, president of Assam Public Works (APW). Gogoi termed the APW chief as a threat to Prateek Hajela, IAS, then State Coordinator ...
Guwahati: The role of media is to balance between truth and general welfare of the whole society and it should be the mantra for media personnel as propounded by Devarshi Narad since time immemorial, said Narendra Kumar Dev, Akhil Bharatiya Sah Prachar Pramukh of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) on Saturday, while gracing the annual Maharshi ...
Guwahati: Assam water minister Piyush Hazarika on Thursday visited several places in Cachar district on the second day of his Barak valley visit. Hazarika first inspected the repair work of the dam in Badrighat area of Barak river and then visited Betukandi area. A sluice gate is already being constructed in the area and about ...
Guwahati: Assam’s well known journalist Rupam Barua has been selected for the Prestigeous Devarshi Narad Jayanti award this year, which will be conferred on the nationalist media columnist on Saturday. Barua, who also edits popular Assamese children magazine Sofura, was recently selected for the coveted award, informs Kishor Shivam of Visva Sambad Kendra Assam. As ...
Guwahati: Appreciating Assam government for planning to set up an integrated judicial complex, which is expected to comprise the Gauhati High Court along with CJM & sessions courts of Kamrup (metropolitan) and Kamrup district in one campus, Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) reiterates its old demand for a media centre where the journalists can assemble for ...
Guwahati: Attending the closing ceremony of Gauhati High Court’s platinum jubilee celebration on 14 April 2023 at Srimanta Sankardeva Kalakshetra in the city, Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma revealed in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the State government was planning to construct an integrated judicial complex in Guwahati, which will comprise the ...
Guwahati: Assam’s well-known businessman, film maker and a vivid social media user Luit Kumar Barman has lodged a complaint in the court of Kamrup (metro) chief judicial magistrate on Wednesday against Prateek Hajela, IAS (the former State coordinator for National Register of Citizens), Wipro limited and Integrated System and Services (ISS, represented by proprietor Utpal ...
Guwahati: Expressing concern over the alleged unusual increase of monthly electricity bill after shifting to prepaid bill paying system, a forum of graduate engineers urges Assam Power Distribution Company Limited, a division of the government run Assam State Electricity Board, to clarify its stand as the process of changing conventional electro-mechanical meters (with a rotating ...
Guwahati: Dibrugarh in eastern Assam is hosting Yoga Mahotsav of the Ayush ministry on 7 April to commemorate the 75 days to International Yoga Day. Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal recently visited the Dibrugarh University campus to take stock of the preparation for the important event. He was accompanied by ...
Guwahati: Prateek Hajela, IAS, who faces a number of FIRs in Assam for alleged involvement in National Register of Citizens (NRC) updation scam in the State, has been relinquished by Madhya Pradesh government from the social justice department (also the chief executive officer in Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Good Governance and Policy Analysis) in ...
Guwahati: Assam Governor Gulab Chand Kataria conferred State’s civilian awards namely Assam Baibhav, Assam Saurav and Assam Gaurav on 21 personalities at a solemn function held at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra in the city on Friday. In presence of State chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, the awards were given to those personalities in recognition of their ...
Guwahati: Union ports, shipping & waterways and Ayush minister Sarbananda Sonowal attended the Uddipana award ceremony at Dibrugarh on Saturday during the Sonowal Kachari youth & cultural festival. Handing over Uddipana awards to Mousum Sonowal (Dibrugarh), Panchami Sonowal, Ditimani Sonowal (Dhemaji), Sania Dekari and Tanmay Sonowal (Tinsukia) making significant achievement in their respective fields, Sonowal ...
Guwahati: Sarsanghchalak Dr Mohan Bhagwat and Sarkaryavah Dattatreya Hosabale inaugurated the three-day annual meeting of Akhil Bharatiya Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS) belonging to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) by paying floral tributes to a portrait of Bharat Mata at Panipat in Haryana on 12 March. RSS chief Bhagwat adored a Gamocha, the pride of Assam, while sitting ...
