Grahak Suraksha Samiti (GSS) organizes awareness meeting for consumers

Grahak Suraksha Samiti (GSS) organizes awareness meeting for consumers

The Katigorah unit of the Grahak Suraksha Samiti (GSS) organized a meeting of consumers recently at to create awareness among the consumers about their rights and privileges. The meeting was presided over by Kripesh Chandra Das, a senior citizen of.....Complete details here 

SUCI Barak bandh (strike) against the formation of Vidhan Parishad in Assam

SUCI (C ) urges people to make 12–hour bandh (strike) successful

Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) appealed to the people of Barak Valley to make the dawn to dusk statewide bandh on January 3 successful against the formation of Vidhan Parishad in Assam. Addressing a press meet held here today, Ajoy Roy, Cachar district committee, said that the.....Complete details here

Silchar Gaan Mela begins from DSA stadium

Silchar Gaan Mela to welcome 2014 begins

When the entire country is preparing to welcome the English New Year by going to discotheque, club, pub, picnic and by stepping feet in the tunes of Hindi and English songs, the two musical groups of this town have chosen a complete different way to celebrate the......Complete details here 

The Assam News Network (ANN) : The Voice Of Assam

The Voice Of Assam : The Assam News Network (ANN) 

It gives me great pleasure to introduce Print & Electronic Media The Assam News Network (ANN).

Editorial Board:
1. Editor : Bhupen Goswami
2. Technical Editor : Victor Rajkumar
3. Assistent Technical Editor : Dilip Sonowal
4. News Desk : Rabin Saikia
5. Staff Reporter :
6. Cultural Reporter : Anubhab Parasor
7. Photographer : Dhrubajyoti Das
8. Guwahati Correspondent : Sangram Das
9. Dimapur correspondent : Bhadra Gogoi
10. District Correspondent : Purusultan Kalita
  : Porag Goswami
11. Special Correspondent : Lakhmi Prosad Deva Goswami
  : Luit Hazarika
12. Special Support : Mridusmita Goswami
13. DTP : Hemprakash Dutta

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Inter District Football championship between Nalbari and Baksa district, Assam

Inter District Football championship
Indian Army has organized later District football championship between Nalbari and Baksa district under....details here

Gopinath Bordoloi Trophy Football Tournament 2013-14 Green Valley beat ASEB

Green Valley beat ASEB in Bordoloi Trophy opener 
Green Valley SC thrashed former champion ASEB SC in tie breaker in the inaugural match of 62nd Bharat Ratna Lokapriya Gopinath Bordoloi Trophy Football Tournament at Nehru Stadium on....Details here

Cold in Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi of Barak Valley

Cold wind sweeps Barak Valley

Though April is called the cruellest month by a famous English Poet literarily, December has been no different with cold and chilly wind sweeping the three districts of Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi of Barak Valley. The day breaks with dense fog and....Complete details here 

Sara Bharat Krishak Sabha (SBKS) Cachar district committee

Sara Bharat Krishak Sabha (SBKS) Cachar district committee has expressed its serious concern at the various problems faced by the farmers which is becoming critical day by day and blamed the state policy for all the ills afflicting them. Articulating the grievances of the peasantry class, the memorandum addressed to the.....Complete details here 

Security man goes missing

Security man goes missing

A security person went missing with his wife and their son while returning to the duty at Ngaland from his residence located at Sonai of Cachar district after the.....details here

Silchar Government Boys H.S School anniversary celebration

Government Boys H.S School anniversary celebration

The teaching fraternity in an identical manner underlined the importance of quality education in the educational institutes of the country at a discussion held in Government Boys’ Higher Secondary School yesterday as part of its 150th anniversary celebration. A host of.....Complete details here

CFL Match Live East Bengal vs Railway FC Streaming Online Kolkata football league

CFL Match Live East Bengal vs Railway FC Streaming Online Calcutta Football League 

The match between East Bengal vs Railway FC is going to start at 2.00 P.M. IST. Football lovers can watch the match live online streaming here. Kolkata football league is a popular football tournament. Football fans of the city do come to stadium and enjoy the match. Kolkata derby match between East Bengal vs Mohun Bagan is most famous which got FIFA recognition.  

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Saaf kotha | Bi-lingual News Megazine of North-East  

Saaf kotha is an initiative by some working journalists under the aegis of News 15 Printing and Publications Cooperative Society Limited independent of their professional affiliations to cater to the interests of the.....Complete details here

Bomb blast at Chiri bridge, Lakhipur sub–division

High level probe into blast demanded

Cross–sections of people across Lakhipur sub–division have demanded a high level probe into the bomb blast at Chiri bridge that took place in the night of November 26 which created panic among the residents living in and around the town of Lakhipur, Fulertal and......Complete details here 

Railway bridge at Moinarbond in Silchar–Jiribam route over Madhura river

Inhabitants demand footpath along Madhura railway bridge

The people of Gosaipur village and its adjoining areas under Udharbond constituency pitched for footpath facility along the railway bridge at Moinarbond in Silchar–Jiribam route over Madhura river. The inhabitants of the area demanded.....Complete details here

Kennel Club to organize dog show in Silchar

Kennel Club to organize dog show

Silchar Kennel Club, the first of its kind and pioneer in promoting dog sports in the region, is going to hold its 20th and 21st “championship dog show” on January 5 here. The Club has also decided to.....Complete details here

’Ethnicity more important than other identities’ Kalinga Tudor Silva

’Ethnicity more important than other identities’
“Ethnicity is more important than all other identities, particularly in respect of politics in Sri Lanka and India,” pointed out Prof Kalinga Tudor Silva, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, a renowned academician and sociologist, while delivering the....Complete details here

East Bengal vs Army XI Calcutta Football League Match Live Streaming Online CFL

East Bengal vs Army XI CFL Match Live Streaming Online Calcutta Football League 

The Calcutta Football League match between East Bengal Football Club vs Army XI is going to be held in Yuba Bharati Kriyangan at 4 PM Today. The match is available live online streaming here. East Bengal is in good position to win the CFL title as they are in better position in the league standings. East Bengal Club's record in CFL is far better than others and they are a strong contender in the I-League too.

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East Bengal vs Army XI CFL Match Live Streaming Online here

East Bengal vs Army XI CFL Match Live Streaming Online here

The Calcutta premier league match between East Bengal and Army XI will be held in Salt Lake stadium, Kolkata. The match is important for East Bengal because it needs to win and move ahead of others in the CFL league table. Calcutta Football league is a popular league in kolkata because it is shown live at tv channels. You can watch the match live online streaming here. East Bengal needs to win against Army XI and other matches to win the CFL for a record time.

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Himanta Biswa Sarma urged for upgradation of Lakhipur PHC

Health Minister urged for upgradation of Lakhipur PHC

During the recent visit of Himanta Biswa Sarma, Minister of Health and Education, to the sub divisional town of Lakhipur, the municipal board of the area submitted a memorandum to him, urging him for upgradation of Lakhipur Primary Health Centre......Complete details here 

Rajdip Roy on erosion by river Barak at Panchgram area of Hailakandi

BJP spokesperson alleges State of being ?reluctant? on Panchgram soil erosion

Assam BJP spokesperson Rajdip Roy alleged that the Tarun Gogoi led Congress government in the State is not in a mood to stop the erosion by river Barak at Panchgram area of Hailakandi district along NH–53......Complete details here

Harinagar in Barak Valley and Jatinga in Dima Hasao district known for production of quality and tasty oranges

Punjab and Nagpur oranges flood Barak markets

It is most paradoxical that Harinagar in Barak Valley and Jatinga in Dima Hasao district known for production of quality and tasty oranges are scarcely available in the fruit markets across the....Complete details here

Citizens’ Rights Preservation Committee (CRPC) on 1966–1971 stream of foreigners

CRPC for extension of registration time for 1966–1971 stream of foreigners
As highlighted by Citizens’ Rights Preservation Committee (CRPC) of Assam, many of the foreigners in the stream of 1966–1971 have been unaware of getting their names registered with the authority concerned of their respective areas. As a result of which, police has served notices on them for.....Complete details here 

Yuva Morcha on suspension of Katigorah Circle Officer Khaleda Sultana

Yuva Morcha demands suspension of Katigorah Circle Officer

Members of Cachar Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha today staged a protest demonstration in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner, Gokul Mohan Hazarika, demanding suspension of the Katigorah Circle Officer Khaleda Sultana for her partisan activities and.....Complete details here 

SKDC inaugurated at Lakhipur, Cachar

SKDC inaugurated at Lakhipur

Prithvi Majhi, Minister for Revenue and Disaster Management inaugurated a Skill Knowledge Development Centre (SKDC) at a function held at the Binnakandi Tea Welfare Centre, Kalapul at Lakhipur sub–division on.....Complete details here 

ABVP congratulates its national president and general secretary

Barak ABVP congratulates its newly elected president and GS

Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi district committees of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad congratulated its newly elected national president and general secretary. At a meeting at Mumbai held recently, Prof P Murali Manohar (Hydarabad) and.....Complete details here 

Questions on Bomb blast in Lakhipur

Questions galore over blast in Lakhipur

Questions have been making round in administrative and security circles over a powerful blast of high intensity on a bridge over the river Chiri in Lakhipur sub–division and very close to the district headquarters last evening around 7. NH 37 that links this valley with Imphal passes through.....Complete details here

United SC held to a goalless draw with Bhawanipore Club

United SC held to a goalless draw with Bhawanipore Club

United Sports Club played out a 0-0 draw against Bhawanipore in a Kolkata league fixture played in Saltlake Stadium today. Eelco Schattorie, the coach of the side had to field a second string outfit against due to the number of injury.....Complete details here

Zakat money distributed

Zakat money distributed

At a public function, organized by the Dibrugarh Zakat and Imdad Foundation Trust (DZIFT), here at the Grahambazar Girls’ High School today distributed Zakat money among the poor and needy people of the.....Complete details here 

The Girl Pledge Campaign for Girl Child Protection

The Girl Pledge Campaign for Girl Child Protection

A unique event at the Bogaigoan on December 22, where we witnessed the launch of the Girl Pledge campaign for Girl Child Protection in Assam. This nation–wide campaign is being organized by the Art of Living with the support of UNICEF. In India today, where girl child and.....Complete details here

Presence of Army personnel along border

Presence of Army personnel along border

The Manipur Home Minister Gaikhangam Gangmei disclosed to reporters last night that the government has taken a serious view of the series of provocations by the personnel of Myanmarese Army along the Manipur-Myanmar border stemming for the contentious constructions of .....Complete details here

Myanmar government seals international border

Myanmar government seals international border

In an appalling development, the Burmese government has sealed off the international border from this morning. Indian traders and tourists who had ventured into Namphalong and Tamu towns had to make a hasty retreat. Besides, the Burmese Army had encouraged some persons to.....Complete details here 

Ex–BTF Welfare Society submits memorandum

Ex–BTF Welfare Society submits memorandum

The Kokrajhar District Committee of Ex–BTF Welfare Society submitted a memorandum to the BTC Chief Hagrama Mohilary here at Gandhi Nwgwr, Gossaigaon in the open session of 5th Annual Conference of Bodoland People’s Front (BPF)......Complete details here 

Hill State Democratic Party (HSDP) Dima Hasao Committee hits out at the Assam Government

HSDP hits out at State government

Hill State Democratic Party (HSDP) Dima Hasao Committee hits out at the Assam Government and Congress–I–ruled North Cachar Hills Autonomous Council for the delay in completion of the renovation works even of the main roads....Complete details here

KMSS stages dharna in protest against deforestation

KMSS stages dharna in protest against deforestation

More than hundred members of Bhadoi regional unit of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) have staged dharna today from 11.30 am to 12.30 pm at Bhadoi Nagar in.....Complete details here

Effigies of Tarun Gogoi and Rajib Lochan Pegu burnt

Effigies of Tarun Gogoi and Rajib Lochan Pegu burnt

Effigies of the Chief Minister and Minister of the Department of Welfare of Plains Tribe and Backward Classes, Rajib Lochan Pegu, were burnt here today by activists of the district unit of Asom Anusuchit Jati Yuba Chatra Sanstha (AAJYCS). The demonstration was done in.....Complete details here

Shija Eye Care Foundation

Shija Eye Care Foundation

A team of Shija Eye Care Foundation was flagged off by K Govindas, Minister– Commerce and Industry and Sericulture, Government of Manipur at 10:00 am today. The team of 11 members under the banner of Mission Myanmar for Sight will perform 200 plus cataract blindness surgery at General Hospital Monywa, capital of Sagaing Division, Myanmar. Cataract is the gradual opacity of the lens inside the.....Complete details here 

Tarun Gogoi kick–starts self–defence camp for women

Tarun Gogoi kick–starts self–defence camp for women

Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday inaugurated a 10-day self-defence training camp for women and girls at Mirza, on the outskirts of the city. Organized by the North East Girl Students’ Association (NEGSA), the camp will have experts from the Assam Judo Association imparting basic judo skills to.....Complete details here 

Army distributes free bicycles to school girl students

Army distributes free bicycles to school girl students

The Army camp, Diphu distributed bicycles free of cost to the school students under Operation Sadbhavana at Dengaon and Deithor in Karbi Anglong.....Complete details here

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have agreed to maintain status quo

Assam and Arunachal Pradesh have agreed to maintain status quo on the decades-old inter–State boundary issueAssam and Arunachal Pradesh have agreed to maintain status quo in letter and spirit till the Supreme Court delivers its verdict on the decades-old inter–State boundary issue.....Complete details here

100th Birth Anniversary of Balasaheb Deshpande

100th Birth Anniversary of Balasaheb Deshpande

The 100th Birth Anniversary of Balasaheb Deshpande, founder of Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, will be celebrated by Akhil Bharatiya Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram, Dakshin Assam Prant, on Sunday with colourful procession of.....Complete details here

Chandrani Purkayastha’s book released

Chandrani Purkayastha’s book released

The first book of the young poet of this valley Chandrani Purkayastha was released last evening at 

Silchar book fair. The name of the book is.....Complete details here 

Former general secretary of Assam University Students’ Council Ratan Das

Former GS alleges gross violation of UGC guidelines in AU
The former general secretary of Assam University Students’ Council Ratan Das has alleged that the varsity has violated the UGC regulations 2009 regarding the admission of the PhD students in this session......Complete details here

Silchar Government Boys’ Higher Secondary School has a tradition of glory and pride

’Decline in academic values has to be reversed’

“Silchar Government Boys’ Higher Secondary School has a tradition of glory and pride and it is the responsibility of both teachers and students to keep it alive and going,” said Dr Ardhendu Dey, Minister of Irrigation and Soil Conservation, while addressing the inaugural session of the 150th Anniversary Celebrations of the.....Complete details here

Golden jubilee celebration of Jokai High School

Golden jubilee celebration of Jokai High School

The golden jubilee celebration of Jokai High School will conclude with a three–day programme at the end of this month.Jokai High School was established in.....Complete details here 

Christmas fervour grips Dibrugarh

Christmas fervour grips Dibrugarh

Christmas was celebrated with prayers and festivities by Christians here today. Churches were decorated with stars, wreaths and lights ahead of the festival. The scene of Jesus Christ’s birth in a manger was....Complete details here 

Christmas in Kokrajhar and Chirang

Christmas celebrated across Kokrajhar and Chirang

The Christians of Kokrajhar district, along with the rest of the world celebrated Christmas, the birth of Jesus Christ in their respective churches throughout the district on Wednesday. The churches in Kokrajhar town were.....Complete details here 

Christmas celebrated in Dima Hasao

Christmas celebrated in Dima Hasao

Christmas, the festival of peace and harmony was also celebrated in Dima Hasao along with the rest of the world with pomp, gaiety and religious fervour, not just the Christian faithful, but people belonging to many other.....Complete details here

Christmas - A Spiritual Perspective by Dr Jayadeba Sahoo

Christmas - A Spiritual Perspective by Professor (Dr) Jayadeba Sahoo

The Season of Goodwill: family–and–friends reunion, exchange of gifts, sumptuous meals, the solemn, unifying ‘night mass’, Christmas Tree decorations, ‘Santa Claus is coming to town’…a complete and perfect end to the year, isn’t it? For that day or week, we make a good attempt to let by–gones be by–gones and enjoy ourselves. But for a.....Complete details here 

Justice Ketulhu Meruno, former Judge of Gauhati High Court passed away

Justice Ketulhu Meruno: A tribute

Justice Ketulhu Meruno, former Judge of Gauhati High Court passed away on December 4, 2013 at Dimapur in Nagaland. Justice Meruno was born on December 11, 1952 at Khonoma village in Dimapur. His father was Sabu Meruno and mother name was Rosa Meruno. He had his early education at Kohima.....Complete details here

Indo-Bangla land swap deal

AGP’s statewide protest against Indo–Bangla land swap deal

Protesting against the Indo-Bangla land swap deal, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) will visit Delhi to meet the President, Prime Minister, and the Home Minister and seek their intervention in the land swap issue......Complete details here

Pawan Hans resumes services in Tawang district, bordering China

Pawan Hans resumes services in western sector

After a break of 31 months, chopper service re–introduced in Tawang district, bordering China with the Pawan Hans Helicopters Ltd (PHHL) resuming its passenger services between Naharlagun, Guwahati and Tawang......Complete details here

BJP in Arunachal Pradesh has demanded policy to improve the living condition of people residing along Indo–China border

BJP demands development of border area

BJP in Arunachal Pradesh has demanded the State government to frame a need–based policy to improve the living condition of people residing along Indo–China border.....Complete details here

Facebook Milestone For Shillong Lajong Football Club

Facebook Milestone For Shillong Lajong

Shillong Lajong Football Club have taken several initiatives to promote football across the country and it is truly a proud moment for the Club who have been working continuously hard in reaching out to their fans globally, after hitting One Lac likes on their official facebook page which is the number one.....Complete details here 

Airtel I-League Takes a Break

Airtel I-League Takes A Cheerful BreakNEW DELHI: The aforementioned teams remain the top four in their respective order as we are into the Christmas break. Airtel I-League debutantes Bengaluru FC have done the unexpected as they have garnered 30 points from 15 outings so far, and as a result, they are on the top, leaving all the other 12 teams behind......Complete details here

Assam News

Dr Bhupen Hazarika Trophy to commence on March
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1st Kamrup District Choi Kwang Do championship concluded
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Tennis Ball Cricket Tournament
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The 24th Children’s Adventure Orientation Camp, 2013, under the auspices of Assam Mountaineering Association
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State Wushu Team announced
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All Assam Kyokushin Karate Winter Camp
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Shillong celebrates Christmas

Shillong plunges in Christmas fervour

The weather Gods also seemed to have conspired with the Christmas fervour as the sun shone brightly right from the morning Christmas was celebrated with joy and gaiety throughout the State today, even as sermons delivered by the clerics emphasized on the concept of reconciliation, peace, and brotherhood. These sermons assumed significant in view of the volatile situation in the state due to.....Complete details here 

Rare animals sighted in Pakke Tiger Reserve

Rare animals sighted in Pakke Tiger Reserve

Much to the delight of wildlife lovers across the country, four rare melanistic (black) golden cats (Captopuma Temminckii) along with rare Chinese pangolins were sighted at Pakke Tiger Reserve in East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh......Complete details here

Civic amenities alien to Guwahati?

Civic amenities alien to Guwahati?

Despite a commendable job of the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) and Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) to carry out the beautification process within the city, but the priority need for civic amenities still remains unhindered. On one side, where wall sculptures and rotaries adore the city, on the very contrary open garbage and.....Complete details here

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Delhi govt.

Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Minority Rule in Delhi

The deadlock in Delhi arising from the failure of any political party to have a clear majority and to stake legitimate claims to form a government has been ended by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) finally staking a claim to form the government. Unfortunately, the results of the Assembly election for Delhi were such that no party or coalition.....Complete details here

Attempt by the CPI (Maoists) to make inroads in the Northeast

Attempt by the CPI (Maoists) to make inroads in the Northeast

Given the attempt by the CPI (Maoists) to make inroads in the Northeast by exploiting its pockets of poverty and backwardness, China — belligerent as it is against India and, as some of its strategic experts have said, eager to see India splinter into several independent states — cannot be expected to stay idle. The Maoists already have a pact with the.....Complete details here

AAP has Altered Indian Political Discourse: Give Them a Chance

AAP has Altered Indian Political Discourse: Give Them a Chance

There are no dearth of experts critical of the Aam Aadmi Party and its leaders. Much before Arvind Kejriwal could step into the chief minister’s office, they aired views ranging from scepticism to downright condemnation. No other political party in recent history has.....Complete details here 

The United Manipuri Association of Assam (UMAA)

UMAA expels its four office–bearers

The United Manipuri Association of Assam (UMAA) has expelled four of its office–bearers, Ch Bijando Singha, Ksh Kundal Singha, I Dijendra Singha and M Santi Kumar Singha, for their anti organizational activities, stated Jiten Singha, chief–adviser, UMAA at a press–meet held in the premises of the.....Complete details here 

Meghalaya for the introduction of inner–line permit

YASE calls convention against Meghalaya bandh

Frequent bandhs called by different organizations in Meghalaya for the introduction of inner–line permit have affected normal life in Barak Valley adversely. Bandhs not only disrupt the communication links with the.....Complete details here 

Government Boys’ Higher Secondary Silchar

Government Boys’ Higher Secondary readies for 150th Anniversary Celebrations

The four–day–long programme of 150th Anniversary Celebrations of the premiere Silchar Government Boys’ Higher Secondary School begins from December 26. In order to make the celebrations eventful and memorable, the celebration committee has chalked out a detailed programme, pointed out the Principal and its.....Complete details here

Debojit Saha starts political career with Congress

Music icon Debojit Saha spells out his political mission

After attaining the height of fame as a music icon following his spectacular performance in Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma show, Debojit Saha, a boy of this town, has now decided to join politics and, in fact, has begun spadework in all seriousness. In conversation with The Sentinel here today, he said encouraged and enthused by the overwhelming support of people of Northeast and across the country to scale the zenith of success in the......Complete details here 

Annual children theatre fair in Silchar organized by Chorus

Chorus’s theatre fair to begin from December 26

Chorus, a socio–cultural organization of this town, is going to organize its 11th annual children theatre fair on December 26. This time the two–day long fair is being organized in the memory of Debojit Das aka Moni, an active member of the organization who passed away a few......Complete details here

CPI (ML) Silchar on National Highway 53 from Silchar to Sonapur, Silchar-Lumding BG and Mahasadak

CPI (ML) submits five–point charter of demands

The members of the Cachar district unit of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) submitted a memorandum to Cachar Deputy Commissioner Gokul Mohan Hazarika recently in support of their five point charter of demands which included immediate completion of Silchar-Lumding BG and Mahasadak, reduction of prices of essential goods, immediate repairing of National Highway 53 from Silchar to Sonapur, installation of a.....Complete details here 

CPI (ML) Cachar on Silchar-Lumding BG and Mahasadak, National Highway 53 from Silchar to Sonapur

CPI (ML) submits five–point charter of demands

The members of the Cachar district unit of Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) submitted a memorandum to Cachar Deputy Commissioner Gokul Mohan Hazarika recently in support of their five point charter of demands which included immediate completion of Silchar-Lumding BG and Mahasadak, reduction of prices of essential goods, immediate repairing of National Highway 53 from Silchar to Sonapur, installation of a.....Complete details here 

Indians branded as ’D’ voters and foreigners by Assam Government

’Indians branded as ’D’ voters and foreigners under pressure from higher police officers’

Branding Indians as ‘D’ voters and declare them as foreigners are not unusual in the State of Assam. But, the way Shantanu Dutta of Patharquarry, Guwahati, and Ainul Mia of Lathigram village of Cachar, despite their being genuine citizens have been declared illegal migrants from Bangladesh has exposed how some superior police officers in their overdrive to prove their efficiency in....Complete details here

APICON conference at Silchar Medical College and Hospital

APICON’s conference underway

The scientific conference of APICON, Assam, is underway at Silchar Medical College and Hospital. In the three–day–long conference, which began on Friday, different sessions on the varied subjects of medicines and the series of workshops will be......Complete details here 

History of Barak Valley by Dr Apurbananda Mazumdar

NECAS throws light on ancient civilization in Barak Valley

A new dimension has been added to the history of Barak Valley by North East Centre for Advanced Studies (NECAS). A team of research scholars under the guidance of Dr Apurbananda Mazumdar with the support of Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) have found evidences of a civilization in the valley that dates back to pre–medieval age. So far the history of this valley shows the emergence of Silchar as a.....Complete details here 

ABYSA on Silchar-Lumding broad gauge line conversion project

ABYSA submits memo to President on BG, threatens to boycott Lok Sabha polls

All Barak Youth Students’ Association (ABYSA) threatened to boycott the next year’s parliamentary elections if the Silchar-Lumding broad gauge is not completed by 2014.The members of ABYSA submitted a memorandum addressed to the President of India on Friday in New Delhi, seeking firm assurance from Pranab Mukherjee that broad gauge would be completed by the......Complete details here

Bengaluru FC vs Salgaocar I-League Football Match

Bengaluru FC vs Salgaocar I-League Football Match in Bengalore

Three penalties were converted at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Saturday, as Bengaluru FC pulled off a thrilling 2-1 win over Salgaocar SC with an injury time goal, in the 16th round of the Airtel I-League. With this win the hosts retained their spot at the top of the points table. Bengaluru FC now have 30 points from 15 matches, whereas Salgaocar are on 18 points from 14 encounters......Complete details here

Sporting Clube de Goa vs United SC I-League Match

Sporting Clube de Goa vs United SC I-League Football Match in Goa

Sporting Clube de Goa latched on to an early goal to edge past United Sports Club and finish the first leg of the Airtel I-League in an encouraging second position.Rojen Singh scored a rare fourth minute goal to propel Sporting Clube ahead and the hosts managed to cling on to that lead till the end of the final whistle for a 1-0 victory at Duler Stadium, Goa, on Saturday. The I-League now takes a 50-day break and Sporting Clube will be pleased to see themselves in.....Complete details here 

Bengaluru FC vs Salgaocar Live Match Streaming Online I-League Football

Bengaluru FC vs Salgaocar Live Match Streaming Online I-League Football

Bengaluru FC is a new professional football club of Bengalore City. It is becoming popular among the football loving fans of Bengaluru city. Bengaluru FC vs Salgaocar match is available live streaming online here. Bengaluru FC's coach is Asley Westwood. Salgaocar is a traditional football club of Goa. Bengaluru Football club is currently on top of the league table with 27 points from fourteen matches.  

Match Live Streaming online here

Mohun Bagan vs Pune FC Match Live Streaming Online I-League Football

Mohun Bagan vs Pune FC Match Live Streaming Online I-League Football

Mohun Bagan athletic club will face Pune FC in the I-League football match. The match is available live online streaming here. Mohun Bagan's captain Odafa will play in the Pune match and he is eager to score goal while its coach Karim is under pressure to win the match. Pune FC is India's only AFC license club in India and they are a professional football team. 

Match Live Streaming Online here

Aam Admi Party (AAP) to contest Silchar Lok Sabha Election

Aam Admi Party (AAP) to contest Silchar Lok Sabha Election 2014 

A meeting of the Aam Admi Party was held here recently at Vivekananda Road under the presidentship of retired teacher Ujjal Baran Choudhury. The speakers who included were Parimal Sinha, Dildar Hussain Laskar, among others, expressed their concern at the....Complete details here 

AIFF Awards to Jeje Lalpekhlua, Sunil Chetri, Oinam Bembem Devi

AIFF Awards to Jeje Lalpekhlua, Sunil Chetri, Oinam Bembem Devi 
Indian National Team Captain Sunil Chhetri is the 2013 AIFF Player of the Year. The announcement was made by AIFF President Mr. Praful Patel at the Annual General Meeting held at AIFF Headquarters, the Football House in Dwarka, New Delhi on Friday (December 20). Chhetri was chosen the winner after voting by Airtel I-League Coaches. Chhetri, presently India’s highest-ever goal-scorer in International Football on 43 goals had earlier won the Award twice, in 2007 and then in 2011. In the process he joins IM Vijayan to have won the Award thrice each......Complete details here

Sunil Chetri got AIFF Player of the Year award

AIFF Player of the Year award for Sunil Chetri
Barely a month after he overtook his “mentor” Bhaichung Bhutia to become India’s highest-ever goalscorer in International Football, there’s yet another feather in Sunil Chhetri’s Cap. Votes from all Airtel I-League Club Coaches have now crowned him the 2013 AIFF Player of the Year for the third time. None other than IM Vijayan has achieved such a feat. Moments after Mr. Praful Patel declared Chhetri as the 2013 AIFF Player of the Year, the National Team Captain.....Complete details here 

Bengaluru FC vs Salgaocar I-League Match at Bangalore Football Stadium

I-League Match: Bengaluru FC vs Salgaocar at Bangalore Football Stadium

After losing their first home match of the season against Kingfisher East Bengal last Sunday, Bengaluru FC will be looking forward to getting back to winning ways as they take on Salgaocar FC in the 16th Round of the Airtel I-league at the Bangalore Football Stadium.....Complete details here 

Sporting Clube de Goa vs United SC I-League Football Match - Indian Football

Sporting Clube de Goa vs United SC I-League Football Match at the Duler Stadium, Goa

Sporting Clube de Goa coach Oscar Bruzon insists his team can start looking at “higher goals” only when the Airtel I-League resumes next year. Sporting Clube are placed second at the moment and are considered challengers to leaders Bengaluru FC for the title. They are just three points behind the leaders but the Spanish coach said any plans to compete for positions can wait.....Complete details here

Birth anniversary of the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan

Birth anniversary of Ramanujan to be celebrated

In order to commemorate the 126th birth anniversary of the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan, the Research Promotion Cell of National Institute of Technology, Silchar is going to organize an inter school quiz competition “Mathquest” on December 23 in its.....Complete details here

Birth anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan - Indian mathematical genius

Birth anniversary of Ramanujan to be celebrated

In order to commemorate the 126th birth anniversary of the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa Ramanujan, the Research Promotion Cell of National Institute of Technology, Silchar is going to organize an inter school quiz competition “Mathquest” on December 23 in its.....Complete details here

Grahak Suraksha Samiti against a pathological lab Barak Diagnosis Centre

GSS demands action against the pathological lab

Members of Grahak Suraksha Samiti met the Joint Director of Health Services, BB Bhattacharjee, here today and demanded stern action against a pathological lab Barak Diagnosis Centre, located at Rangirkhari, for allegedly providing wrong report of the blood sample of a patient......Complete details here

The three–day Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Women’s College, Silchar

’Women to become role models in society’
The three–day Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Women’s College began today with an impressive rally and hoisting of flag. The inaugural session thereafter was addressed by a host of distinguished personalities who included Prof Tapodhir Bhattacharjee, former VC of Assam University, Prof Arunoday Saha, former......Complete details here

Indo–Bangla land bill in the Parliament

AGP castigates Indo–Bangla land bill
AGP, Cachar district committee today raised strong voice of protest against the introduction of Indo–Bangla Land Bill in the Parliament, describing it as “betrayal of the people of Assam”. The move by the UPA Government was condemned because the land boundary agreement with Bangladesh was....Complete details here

Mohammedan Sporting vs George Telegraph CFL Match Live Streaming Online Score Calcutta Football League

Mohammedan Sporting vs George Telegraph CFL Match Live Streaming Online Score Calcutta Football League

Mohammedan Sporting will play against George Telegraph in the Calcutta Football League (CFL) to be held in Barasat Stadium, Kolkata. The can be watch live streaming online here. Mohammedan Sporting Club is going through bad times, recently they replaced their coach Abdul Aziz Moshood and brought in Sanjay Sen. Coach Biswanath Dutta is optimistic of George Telegraph's performance against Mohammedan Sporting in the CFL match. The team plays in the i-league 2nd division and CFL. 

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Calcutta Football League East Bengal vs Bhowanipore Club Match Live Streaming Online CFL

Calcutta Football League (CFL) Match Live Streaming Online 

East Bengal vs Bhowanipore Clubat Kolkata

Calcutta Football League is most popular sporting event in Kolkata city. The match between East Bengal and Bhowanipore Club will be an exciting one. Thousands of football lovers can be seen at the stadium supporting their clubs. Most of the clubs in Kolkata are fan based clubs and because of these excitiment is always there. There is a great football environment in Kolkata which is traditional. Big clubs are East Bengal, Mohun Bagan, Mohammedan Sporting etc. Calcutta Football League matches are available live online streaming here. Now a days tv channels, news media, print media are taking knee interest in Indian football and kolkata football and Derby matches are no exception.

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AIFF Club Licensing and U-19 I-League football

AIFF  Club Licensing Seminar and the format of the U-19 I-League 

“The constant focus of I-League is to help Clubs in fulfilling the Licensing criteria. Hence, we are committed to organise a series of such Workshops. There will be follow-ups of such interactions with Clubs in Goa and Kolkata to discuss the licensing further,” Mr. Dhar pronounced......Complete details here

Thunder Bolts has declared its mission to fight and stop violence against women

Thunder Bolts has declared its mission to fight and stop violence against women

Thunder Bolts, a new born organization, has declared its mission to fight and stop violence against women as its mission. Sujit Kumar Das, president of the body, said it will chalk out a week long programme of meeting, demonstration and articulation of the menace of rising trend of violence, particularly against women, in......Complete details here 

CITU opposed the governments plan to privatise ICDS

CITU opposed the governments plan to privatise ICDS

Different organistions like All India Krishak Sabha, Democratic Womens organisation and CITU vehemently opposed the governments plan to privatise ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) scheme in the country. Sushil Choudhury, president of CITU, Cachar–Hailakandi district committee, said that around 27 lakh workers and assistants were employed in......Complete details here

TET qualified teachers appointed in Cachar

TET qualified teachers appointed in Cachar

TET qualified teachers appointed against normalized posts in Cachar in a memorandum submitted to the Deputy Commissioner of the district pressed for the release of their salary and creation of their permanent retention number with further delay. They have been appointed against vacant normalized non plan posts and.....Complete details here

Silchar Book Fair at Bipin Chandra Paul ground

22nd Silchar Book Fair at Bipin Chandra Paul ground

Former Vice–Chancellor of Assam University and a litterateur Tapodhir Bhattacharjee inaugurated the 22nd Silchar Book Fair at Bipin Chandra Paul ground yesterday evening. Addressing the gathering, Tapodhir Bhattacharjee underlined the importance of book fair in every region. He said that the book fair would become......Complete details here

Soe Win, Chief of Myanmar Army visits CIJWS at Vairengte, Mizoram

Soe Win, Chief of Myanmar Army visits CIJWS at Vairengte, Mizoram

The visit of Vice Senior General Soe Win, Chief of Myanmar Army and Deputy Commander in Chief, Defence Services, to Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare School (CIJWS ) at Vairengte, Mizoram, on Sunday assumes significance in its own way. It is at this CIJWS that army contingents and military officers from Myanmar have been regularly undergoing training. In view of the enhanced defence cooperation and.....Complete details here

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) to enrol the youths as voters

Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad ABVP Silchar to enrol the youths as voters 

`Youth will play defining role in LS polls’

As part of its drive to enrol the youths as voters and cast their valuable votes in the next year’s Lok Sabha polls, Cachar district unit of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) organized a workshop in its office in which around 50 students’ leaders participated today. They were informed about various formalities involved in the.....Complete details here

BJP: Problems of Lakhipur telling on the life of common people

BJP focuses on major problems of Lakhipur sub–division
Concerned at the manifold problems of Lakhipur telling on the life of common people, the mandal committee of BJP of the sub–division in a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner of Cachar through SDO (Civil) recently focused on them for their immediate resolution. Frequent load–shedding and high electricity surcharge have made it difficult for common people to bear it. It has at the…..Complete details here 

Bengaluru FC vs East Bengal Football Match in Bangalaore

Bengaluru FC vs East Bengal Football Match in Bangalaore 

A first half strike by James Moga followed by another goal in the second half by Edeh Chidi helped Kingfisher East Bengal Club halt Bengaluru FC’s unbeaten run at home. The Kolkata giants beat the Bangalore outfit 2-0 win in the 15th Round of the Airtel I-League at the Bangalore Football Stadium on Sunday, to take their tally to 18 from 11 matches......Complete details here

United SC lost the home match against Pune FC I-League Football Match Result

United SC lost the home match against Pune FC I-League Football Match Result 

Pune FC edged past United SC 2-1 in the round 15 clash of the Airtel I-League at the Kalyani Stadium in Kalyani thanks to a first half double from Mustapha Riga. Having lost their last two games Pune FC were eager to start well and they managed to do that by scoring in the 11th mine. A quick break saw Riga get behind the United SC defence and the former Bolton man slotted past Abhijit Das to net his fifth goal of the campaign. United SC were struggling to get into the game but Ranti Martins and Eric Brown did combine well once with the former’s shot narrowly.....Complete details here

CPI Cachar district committee to fight corruption, price rise in Silchar

CPI for joint platform to fight against government’s policies

The protest demonstration and rally against unprecedented price–rise by opposition political parties continues. In order to give wider and larger dimension to the agitation, CPI Cachar district committee has taken the initiative to unite all the Left democratic parties and bring them on one platform. Nitish Dey, an important functionary of the....Complete details here

Manipuri Development Council (MDC) chairman Jiten Singha

Demand for removal of MDC chairman mounting

Resentment is mounting against Jiten Singha, chairman, Manipuri Development Council (MDC). This came out at a media–meet held in the premises of Silchar Press Club here on Friday by members Ch Bijando Singha, I Dijendra Singha and Dr M Santi Kumar Singha as well as Ksh Kundal Singha, general secretary, All Assam Manipuri Youth Association. Each of them expressing his note of......Complete details here 

150th anniversary of Dwijendra Lal Roy Bengali poet, playwright, lyricist and musician

BUBSOSS remembers Dwijendra Lal Roy

In order to commemorate the 150th anniversary of eminent Bengali poet, playwright, lyricist and musician Dwijendra Lal Roy, who created a sub–genre in Bengali music, Silchar local unit of Barak Upothakya Banga Sahitya O Sanskritik Sammelan organized a programme at Gandhi Bhavan auditorium here today. While addressing the gathering, the speakers described Dwijendra Lal Roy as one of the great poets of the....Complete details here 

Khairuddin Choudhury passes away

Manipuri poet Khairuddin Choudhury passes away

Renowned Manipuri poet and Assam Kamini Kumar Award winner Khairuddin Choudhury passed away today at 7.30 am at his Kadamtola residence, Rongpur, owing to cardiac failure. Choudhury who was born on September 29, 1939 has left behind a rich body of literary works.....Complete details here 

Silchar to ’run for unity’ on death anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Silchar to ’run for unity’ to commemorate death anniversary of Patel
‘Run for unity’, a marathon to commemorate the death anniversary of the Iron Man of India, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is going to be organized in Silchar on December 15. Anil Chandra Dey, lawyer and member of the Cachar district unit of the organizing committee of the marathon revealed this while addressing media–persons at the conference hall of Siva Sundari Narisikshashram here on Friday. The marathon will be flagged off from the statue of ......Complete details here

Sporting Clube de Goa vs Shillong Lajong I-League Match, Goa

Sporting Clube de Goa vs Shillong Lajong I-League Football Match

Sporting Clube de Goa are trying their best to ward off distractions about a possible fight for the top position in the Airtel I-League. Sporting Clube are six points behind leaders Bengaluru FC, and with a match in hand they can easily bridge that gap to three points. It’s a sweet challenge but coach Oscar Bruzon has told his side they need to focus on the match alone and not the position.......Complete details here

Federation Cup Football 2013-2014 Fixtures/Schedule dates - Indian Football

Federation Cup Football 2013-2014 Fixtures/Schedule dates - Indian Football

The Federation Cup 2013-2014 will kick-off simultaneously in Cochin and Manjeri on January 14, 2014. Sixteen Teams have been divided into four Groups with the Group winners making it to the semifinals. Meanwhile, due to the withdrawal of Langsning FC from the Tournament and also the 2nd Division League, the Emergency Committee of the AIFF.....Complete details here

102 National Ambulance Service launched between Silchar Medical College & Lakhipur Hospital

102 National Ambulance Service launched

A special ambulance service between Lakhipur Hospital and Silchar Medical College and Hospital was launched on Wednesday to add more teeth to the overall health care system of the region in tackling emergencies.....Complete details here

Silchar Man dies of electric shock

Man dies of electric shock

SILCHAR, December 12: Hari Das (48), a vegetable vendor, died today of electric shock when he came in contact with high tension 11,000 KV line while laying foundation stone of his residence. He died on the spot while two other workers were....Complete details here 

Trade unions on Silchar-Lumding BG and East-West Corridor projects

CITU and AITUC on Silchar-Lumding BG and East-West Corridor projects

Trade unions reiterate its charter of demands

SILCHAR, December 12: Along with other parts of the country, a joint platform of trade unions staged protest demonstration in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner here today, reiterating its earlier charter of demands. However, the members of only two trade unions of the joint platform CITU and AITUC participated in the protest programme here, unlike last time.....Complete details here

Tarun Gogoi and Badruddin Ajmal are afraid of Narendra Modi?

Are Gogoi and Badruddin afraid of Modi?

SILCHAR, December 12: Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, and AIUDF Supremo, Badruddin Ajmal, might put up brave face and react in their own way to the ‘Modi magic’ in the aftermath of the Assembly elections results of 5 states. While Gogoi dismissed it as ‘inconsequential’, Ajmal described it as a ‘distant thunder’, giving indication of the imminent political upheaval. From ‘who is Ajmal’, Gogoi is now more than enthusiastic to shake hands with.....Complete details here 

I-League Football Championship : A Look Back - Indian Football

I-League Football Championship : A Look Back - Indian Football

Rangdajied United had the last laugh once again after the completion of the Round 14 of the Airtel I-League. The ultimate match of the Round woke every Indian Football fan and made them realise that something different was happening this season! The Red Lizards were leading 2 – 1 at the 90th minute mark, but some sudden turnout of events made jaws drop. Kim Song Yong, the North Korean forward nodded in a goal for Santosh Kashyap’s side in the 90 (+2)th minute of the match, and then the unthinkable happened......Complete details here

Grahak Suraksha Samiti (GSS) on consumers’ rights to village level

GSS takes awareness on consumers’ rights to village level

The Chengcoorie–Bhakatpur unit of the Grahak Suraksha Samiti (GSS) organized a meeting of consumers recently at the premises of 419 Athalikandie LP School to create awareness among the consumers about their rights and privileges. The meeting was presided over by Manoranjan Deb, a senior citizen of the area. Pratap Chandra Das, another resident of the area, spoke about the various problems faced by.....Complete details here

Citizen’s Rights’ Preservation Committee, Assam, appeals to everyone to fight against human rights violation

CRPC appeals to everyone to fight against human rights violation

The National Human Rights Day was celebrated all over with pomp by conducting meetings, rallies, stage shows, seminars, among others, but Citizen’s Rights’ Preservation Committee, Assam, is of the view that excluding this particular day, the rights and privileges of some people are curbed and curtailed everyday, which is.....Complete details here