| Need for greater control over collecting agents |
From a Correspondent
Jorhat, Oct 7: The recent slash down on the price of green tea leaves have become a matter of concern for the Tea board and ABITA.
Small tea growers in the State have been staging agitation in this regard but the problem is yet to be settled. In order to arrive at a decision, a meeting was held in the premises of Upper Assam commissioner here on Saturday, l... |
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| Fighting on for boxing |
Subhalakshmi Gogoi
DIBRUGARH, Oct 7: Many of his trainees now reside in the two centers of Sports Authority of India (SAI) in the State. Some of them have won medals at national boxing championships. Yet, Babul Gorh of Ledo in Tinsukia district remains unacknowledged.
The former boxer is the force behind Ledo Sports Academy, which was set up in 2005. He has played a big ha... |
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| 925 rhino deaths in KNP in last 10 years |
From a Correspondent
Jorhat, Oct 7: The one-horned rhino, identified as the symbol of Assam, is under the threat of poachers. About 15 rhinos have become victims to ruthless poachers in the last 9 months.
In an RTI filed by an activist, the Forest department disclosed that a total of 79 rhinos had been killed by poachers in the last 10 years.
The report revealed that t... |
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| District administration distributes Anandaram Barooah Award |
From a Correspondent
Diphu, Oct 7: Karbi Anglong district administration gave away the Anandaram Barooah Award to the district toppers of HSLC examinations on Saturday. All successful candidates, securing 60 per cent and above in the examination have been given a laptop each. The award function which was held at Diphu Club, was chaired by Deputy Commissioner of Karbi Anglong, Prashanta ... |
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| Hard times taught me the art of survival, says Engti |
From a Correspondent
Diphu, Oct 7: Veteran Congress leader and MP, Biren Sing Engti said that Karbi people have left no stone unturned in preserving their tradition and heritage over the years. Engti said this during the guest of the month programme organized by Diphu Press Club. In his brief interaction with mediapersons, Engti recalled his earlier days and said he had to work ha... |
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| Environmental awareness programme held |
From our Staff Correspondent
Dibrugarh, Oct 7: ‘Ed-en’, a society for environmental education conducted four environmental awareness and community programmes from October 1 to October 6 in different schools of Dibrugarh and Tinsukia. The programme was conducted in Joypore Jatiya Vidyalaya, Vivekananda Academy Digboi, Shiksha-the Gurukul, Borhapjan and Bura Dangoria Prathami... |
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| Public meeting on illegal infiltration |
From our Correspondent
BILASIPARA, Oct 7: A public meeting on illegal infiltration, NRC update, deportation of illegal migrants and to stop harassing genuine Indian citizens in the name of detecting illegal migrants was held here on Saturday. The meeting also discussed on rehabilitation of refugees of BTAD violence and sealing the Indo-Bangla border. The meeting was held under the aegis of Na... |
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| Fire breaks out at maternity ward |
From our Correspondent
DIGBOI, Oct 7: The patients at AOD Hospital, Digboi had a narrow escape as a fire broke out at the maternity ward of the hospital this evening. There was no major casualty, except for minor injuries sustained by a few. One Sakuntala Rao, mother of a newborn baby and Sita Thapa, a hospital employee received minor burns in the accident. Joyshree Kalita, a trainee nurse al... |
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| CPI (M) distributes blankets among BTAD refugees |
From our Correspondent
BILASIPARA, Oct 7: The CPI (M), Bilasipara district committee on Saturday distributed blankets among victims of ethnic violence, camping in different educational institutions of Bilasipara. Fifty-seven families camping in Beltali relief camp and 285 families taking refuge in Bangalipara relief camps received blankets. The meeting was attended by party members like Heme... |
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| Arrangements for Sudhakantha's first death anniversary |
From a Correspondent
SARUPATHAR, Oct 7: The first death anniversary of the great music maestro Dr Bhupen Hazarika would be observed in a befitting manner on November 5 next at Barpathar. Arrangements have been made in this regard by the Barpathar Press club in co-operation with the local people. The decision for this observance was taken in a public meeting held recently in the Barpathar Adar... |
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