| Replica of Parliament House awaits city pandal hoppers |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 17: In Durga Puja this year, every puja organizing committee in the city is putting their best efforts to score over one another in terms of pandal theme, beauty of Durga idol, pandal illumination and other minute details to attract the attention of the pandal hoppers.
The Gitanagar Sarbajanin Durga Puja, one of the prestigious pujas in the c... |
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| City to witness grand Vijayadashami fest |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 17: The Asom Vijayadashami Mahotsav Samiti will organize the Vijayadashami Festival at the Nehru stadium from 4 pm onwards on October 24. The Vijayadashami Festival celebrations are being held every year for the last three years.
This year, the programme will feature staging of Ramleela, eye catching fireworks and burning of the effigies of R... |
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| Awards to Jitu-Tapan & Ajit Bhuyan |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Oct 17: Celebrated Assamese music director duo Jitu-Tapan jointly bagged the Leo Expo Shilpi Sanman for 2012 and eminent journalist Ajit Kumar Bhuyan has been awarded the Leo Expo Sangbadik Sanman for 2012. The names of the recipients of the Leo Expo Shilpi Sanman and Leo Expo Sangbadik Sanman 2012 were announced at a press meet held here on Wednesday. |
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| Pathak appointed Additional Solicitor General |
GUWAHATI, Oct 17: KP Pathak has been appointed by the President of India for the second term as Additional Solicitor General of India with exclusive jurisdiction over entire Northeast region, West Bengal, Orissa, Sikkim and Bihar from the date of assuming his office, stated a release. Pathak is the son of late Justice MC Pathak, retired Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court.... |
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| AIUDF to go alone for panchayat polls |
GUWAHATI, Oct 17: The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) on Wednesday said it would contest the January 2013 panchayat polls in the State alone. Addressing reporters here on Wednesday, party’s working president Aditya Langthasa said, “We want to contest on our own and with the kind of organizational structure we have built in last few years we are confident of seeing a huge incr... |
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| Is your heart safe? |
GUWAHATI, Oct 17: Heart diseases rank first on the scale of causes of death worldwide. A total of 17.3 million people all over the world died from cardio vascular diseases (CVDs) in 2008, representing 30 per cent of all global deaths, stated a release.
Over 80 per cent of these deaths take place in low and middle-income countries. In India, 24 per cent of total deaths (due to communicable and... |
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| Gauhati University PGSU poll today |
GUWAHATI, Oct 17: The election to the Gauhati University Post Graduate Students’ Union (GU PGSU) will take place on Thursday at the varsity’s Prasanna Narayan Chowdhury Boys’ common room from 10 am to 4 pm. Counting will take place on October 19. A total of 3,200 voters will cast their votes in the Gauhati University PGSU poll.... |
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