| Influential Congress leader is conspiring against Gogoi: NSUI |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 1: The Assam unit of the National Students’ Union of India (NSUI) has alleged the involvement of one of the State’s influential Congress leaders in the recent Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) violence that has claimed lives of around 50 people and rendered lakhs of people homeless.
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| Number of cases piling up before Human Rights Commission |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 1: Number of human rights related cases is piling up before the Assam Human Rights Commission.
Sources said about 182 human rights cases had been registered by the Assam Human Rights Commission from December 2011 to July 31, 2012. Till May 22, 2012, only 10 human rights related cases had been disposed off by the Commission, said the sources. ... |
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| Tourism activities in KNP hinge on SC's final hearing |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 1: The chances of tourism activity in the world renowned Kaziranga National Park (KNP) in Assam are hinging on a final Supreme Court hearing on the banning of all the tourism activities in the core areas of tiger reserves of the country. Following the Supreme Court ban, the Department of Forests in some States of the country have stopped all tourism activit... |
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| World Photography Day |
GUWAHATI, Aug 1: The Photographic Society of Assam will organize a photography exhibition to commemorate the World Photography Day at the State Art Gallery here from August 19 to August 24, stated a release.
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| AXX team visits BTAD area |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 1: A team of the Axom Xahitya Xabha (AXX) visited the strife-torn Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) to take stock of the present situation. The AXX team members met the BTC Chief Hagrama Mohilary and the inmates of few relief camps in the BTAD area. The AXX team also advised Mohilary to make all efforts to bring permanent peace in the BTAD. The AXX... |
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| NCCPA members stage dharna |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 1: Members of the National Coordination Committee of Pensioner’s Association (NCCPA) staged a dharna in front of Meghdoot Bhaban here on Wednesday for their various demands including pension. In the dharna, DOT and BSNL pensioners also took part.
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| Debate competition |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 1: Parag Kumar Das All Assam Inter-College Debate Competition will be held here on August 26. The main theme of the debate is ‘flood and erosion problem in Assam’.
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| Bandana Barman - A tribute from her colleagues |
Bandana Barman: An enchanting flower whose gentle fragrance lingers even after it has been snipped away by the Divine Gardener. A caring, sweet-natured, affectionate person who enriched and brightened the lives of everyone who knew her. We mourn her death because she personified life.
Her family, friends and colleagues are yet to come to terms with Bandana’s tragic and untimely de... |
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