BJP presses for security post at Ratabari, Karimganj

BJP presses for security post at Ratabari

SILCHAR, June 13: Ratabari in the district of Karimganj located on the border of Mizoram has been a disturbed zone as extremist groups from the hills around with deep jungles and easy escape routes have been making forays for......Complete details here

Mega block on Silchar–Lumding route questioned

Mega block on Silchar–Lumding route questioned

SILCHAR, June 13: The proposed mega block by NF Railway on Silchar–Lumding unigauge conversion from October 1 for 6 months has been questioned in knowledgeable circles on several grounds. Different student youth and social bodies have come out openly against the decision of............Complete details here

Mega block by NF Railway on Silchar–Lumding unigauge conversion

Mega block on Silchar–Lumding route questioned

SILCHAR, June 13: The proposed mega block by NF Railway on Silchar–Lumding unigauge conversion from October 1 for 6 months has been questioned in knowledgeable circles on several grounds. Different student youth and social bodies have come out openly against the decision of............Complete details here

Withdrawal of ATR air services from Silchar airport

Subhodip Dutta launches protest campaign against withdrawal of ATR service

SILCHAR, June 14: Peeved at the withdrawal of ATR air services from Silchar airport, the general secretary of Separate Barak Demand Committee Subhodip Dutta launched a protest campaign as part of which he had recently shaved his head..............Complete details here

NRC upgradation to begin soon in Cachar, National Register of Citizenship

NRC upgradation to begin soon in Cachar

SILCHAR, June 16: The upgradation of National Register of Citizenship will begin in Cachar soon and in this regard, the district administration convened a meeting which was presided over by the additional deputy commissioner S N Singh. A host of speakers threw light on the...........Complete details here 

Mega block on Silchar-Lumding MG for gauge conversion by NF Railway

Mega block on Silchar-Lumding MG for gauge conversion by NF Railway

Committee, met Hailakandi deputy commissioner recently and requested him to take prior adequate steps to overcome any sorts of crisis during the mega block on Silchar–Lumding MG for gauge conversion by NF Railway for.....Complete details here

BJP leader discusses East-West Corridor with V K Singh

BJP leader discusses East-West Corridor with V K Singh

SILCHAR, June 16: Dhrubendra Shekhar Bhattacharjee, BJP leader and convener of ‘sampark cell’ Assam met Doner Minister General V K Singh and discussed the problems hindering the progress of East–West Corridor to connect Silchar with Saurashtra, withdrawal of ATR services, mega block and other.............Complete details here 

Withdrawal of 50 seat ATR flights from Silchar

Air passengers inconvenienced, ATR flights withdrawn

SILCHAR, June 17: With the withdrawal of 50 seat ATR flights from June 1 from Silchar to Kolkata, Imphal and Guwahati, passengers have been greatly inconvenienced. Along with reduction in the frequency of flights, air fares have gone up abnormally. Against the fares ranging from Rs 3,000 to Rs 6,000 for Kolkata or Delhi earlier, one has...........Complete details here 

Water-logging problems of Silchar

Congress spokesperson advises BJP spokesperson to refrain from indulging in ’blame game’

SILCHAR, June 17: Depan Dewanji, State Congress spokesperson, advised BJP spokesperson Rajdip Roy to refrain from making “unnecessary comments” and indulging in ‘blame game’ politics over water–logging problems of the..........Complete details here

Water-logging problems of New Silchar area

BJP leaders meet SMB chairperson over water–logging problem

SILCHAR, June 20: The members of BJP town mandal committee met the chairperson of Silchar Municipality Board Tamal Kanti Banik to address the water–logging problems of New Silchar area in particular......Complete details here

Negligence by two doctors of Silchar Medical College

AAMSU alleges negligence by two doctors of Silchar Medical College

SILCHAR, June 8: In a representation to the Deputy Commissioner of Cachar on Saturday, All Assam Minorities Students’ Union (AAMSU), Cachar, has brought serious allegations against two doctors of Silchar Medical College and Hospital for administering wrong treatment and causing the death of a.....Complete details here 

AAMSU alleges negligence by two doctors of Silchar Medical College

AAMSU alleges negligence by two doctors of Silchar Medical College

SILCHAR, June 8: In a representation to the Deputy Commissioner of Cachar on Saturday, All Assam Minorities Students’ Union (AAMSU), Cachar, has brought serious allegations against two doctors of Silchar Medical College and Hospital for administering wrong treatment and causing the death of a......Complete details here 

Mega block on Silchar-Lumding MG, under unigauge conversion

GSS blames Gogoi government for delayed mega–block

SILCHAR, June 7: Lot of heat has been generated over the decided mega block on Silchar–Lumding MG, under unigauge conversion. Different organizations voicing their discordant notes have given their own views as well as options to keep the supply line undisturbed to allow flow of passengers and goods for the land–locked valley and the.....Complete details here

Barak Upothakya Banga Sahitya O Sanskritik Sammelan

Barak Banga felicitates young achievers

SILCHAR, June 7: Barak Upothakya Banga Sahitya O Sanskritik Sammelan felicitated the rank holders in HS examinations and other meritorious students who passed the HSLC and HS examinations with brilliant results at a glittering function here on Friday at.....Complete details here

Chairperson of Silchar Municipal Board Tamal Kanti Banik

Organisation seeks SMB Chairperson’s intervention

SILCHAR, June 7: Sahay, a non–governmental organisation, sought the intervention of the newly elected Chairperson of Silchar Municipal Board Tamal Kanti Banik in solving civic problems. The organisation submitted a......Complete details here

Durga Puja in the heart of Sonai

Vicious circles out to disturb Durga Puja in Sonai

SILCHAR, June 7: A vicious circle has become active to disturb the annual Durga Puja in the heart of Sonai, 20 km from here. In a memorandum addressed to the Deputy Commissioner of Cachar today, Kartik Kangsa Banik, secretary, Udiyaman Durga Puja Committee......Complete details here

Silchar Polytechnic

Silchar Polytechnic gets valuable books from Prof Amiya Kumar Deb

SILCHAR, June 6: Prof Amiya Kumar Deb, retired principal and the former Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering, Jorhat Engineering College donated books worth more than one lakh to Silchar Polytechnic. The books were......Complete details here 

Redistribution of admission forms Assam University, Silchar 2014-2015

ACKHSA demands redistribution of admission forms 2014-2015

SILCHAR, June 6: All Cachar Karimganj Hailakandi Students’ Association (ACKHSA) submitted a memorandum addressed to the Vice–Chancellor of Assam University, Silchar, demanding re–opening of the distribution of admission forms for the......Complete details here

Eco Club & internal quality assurance cell of G.C College

GC College holds programme to celebrate World Environment Day

SILCHAR, June 6: The Eco Club and internal quality assurance cell of Gurucharan College jointly organised a programme in the college premises on Thursday to celebrate World Environment Day which falls every year on June 5. The theme of the programme was ‘Love your......Complete details here 

‘Sylhet Utsav’, Sreehatta Sammilani in Mumbai

Barak cultural groups for Mumbai ’Sreehatta Sammilani’

SILCHAR, June 4: Cultural groups from Barak Valley will participate in the two–day ‘Sreehatta Sammilani’ to be held in Mumbai from June 7. This is also better known as ‘Sylhet Utsav’. Sylhet was known as Sreehatta before the Independence of the country which is now a part of Bangladesh, erstwhile.......Complete details here

Cachar College is going to open a community college

Community College in the offing in Cachar College

SILCHAR, June 5: With a view to provide job oriented courses to the ‘underprivileged’ students of Barak Valley, Cachar College is going to open a community college. Dr Debasis Kar, principal of the college, said that the University Grants Commission in its 12th plan has cleared the decks for coming up with such courses......Complete details here 

Mega–block by retaining MG section of the Silchar–Lumding route

BVEDCDC for mega–block by retaining MG

SILCHAR, June 5: Barak Valley Economic Development Council Demand Committee (BVEDCDC) has pressed retaining the existing metre–gauge section of the Silchar–Lumding route during its mega–block beginning from October 1. As the condition of NH 6 and Haflong Road linking this valley with Guwahati is in bad......Complete details here 

Miscreants upsetting tea tribes and tribal settlements in Cachar, Assam

Miscreants upsetting tea tribes and tribal settlements in Cachar, Assam

SILCHAR, June 3: Miscreants of a different community have become active to upset the settlements of tea tribes and tribal in Rupacherra and Sonacherra villages under Haticherra GP of Borkhola assembly segment in Cachar. These tribes and tribal have been residing in the villages for more than years, generation after generation. Santhals, Orangs, Mundas, Kurmis, Ghatowars among others along with......Complete details here

Tripura Institute Paramedical Sciences (TIPS) BSc ANM BHM Admission Courses

Tripura Institute Paramedical Sciences (TIPS) Courses BSc ANM BHM Admission 

SILCHAR, June 3: Tripura Institute Paramedical Sciences (TIPS) has invited applications from the aspirants for various technical, management and nursing courses for the current academic session of 2014 to 2019. Addressing the media–persons here, Dr Sabyasachi Choudhury, Head of the Department of Physiotherapy of the Institute, said TIPS is a joint venture project with the Government of Tripura and is affiliated to Tripura University.......Complete details here

RTI exposes corruption in BRGF welfare scheme

RTI exposes corruption in BRGF scheme

SILCHAR, June 3: RTIs filed by the victims of corruption and also by social activists bring out all the skeletons from the cupboard of the departments entrusted with the implementation of various centrally sponsored and funded welfare schemes for the betterment and uplift......Complete details here 

Rajdeep Goala proposed for Lakhipur bi-election 2014

Rajdeep Goala proposed for Lakhipur bi-election 2014

SILCHAR, June 3: Though the date of bi–election for Lakhipur Assembly seat is yet to be declared by the Election Commission of India, the three development blocks of Lakhipur, Binnakandi and Banskandi in the sub division have unanimously proposed the name of Rajdeep Goala as the.....Complete details here 

AIFF turned down appeals of the 4 Indian football Clubs

AIFF turned down appeals of the 4 Indian football Clubs

Churchill Brothers, United SC, Rangdajied United and Mohammedan Sporting are out of next season I-League tournament

NEW DELHI: Club Licensing Appeals Body which met at AIFF Headquarters, Football House on Tuesday (June 3, 2014) turned down appeals of the four Clubs which had contested the decision of the Club Licensing Committee First Instance Body (CLC-FIB).

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Question arises can BJP regain Barak Valley in its ‘Mission 84+’?

Can BJP regain Barak Valley in its ’Mission 84+’?

SILCHAR, June 1: In the aftermath of the State BJP meet in the world famous sanctuary at Kaziranga, the question arises can BJP regain Barak Valley in its ‘Mission 84+’? Despite Narendra Modi tsunami, the party lost both the Lok Sabha seats of Silchar and Karimganj, once held by it. In fact, Silchar was held by Kabindra Purkayastha in the elections of 2009. Karimganj however was held by Congress and......Complete details here 

United Nations Information Centre opens in Silchar town

United Nations Information Centre opens in Silchar

SILCHAR, June 1: Bhaswati Deb Memorial Centre for Higher Education located at Chencoorie Road of this town has added another feather in its crown. The United Nations Information Centre and Library was opened in the Centre here recently. This is the first of its kind in......Complete details here

Theatre personality Biswajit Duttaroy passes away

Theatre personality Biswajit Duttaroy passes away

SILCHAR, June 2: The well known theatre personality of the southernmost river valley Biswajit Duttaroy breathed his last on Sunday. He was 65 and is survived by his wife Mita Duttaroy and three daughters Poulami Duttaroy, Swarnali Duttaroy and.....Complete details here

Transformer catches fire, leading to power–cut in Silchar town

Transformer catches fire, leading to power–cut

SILCHAR, June 2: The busy and populated parts of Central Road area of this town plunged under power–cuts for hours together with no immediate sign of any relief. The residents of Ukilpatty in particular have been hard hit due to the rising level of mercury. Though load–shedding has become a common feature of the day, the.....Complete details here

Assam HS Result, Arts, Science, Commerce - There is no short–cut to success

Assam HS Result, Arts, Science, Commerce 

’There is no short–cut to success’

GUWAHATI/GOLAGHAT/JORHAT, May 30: Diganta Dutta of Anjali Borbora Memorial Academy, Borpather in Golaghat district, who secured 1st position in the 2014 higher secondary examination in the Arts stream, wants to become an IAS officer and contribute to the administrative reforms. He secured 471 out......Complete details here 

Assam HS Result, Girls outshine boys in HS exam

Assam HS Result, Girls outshine boys in HS exam

Pass percentage highest in the last 10 years

GUWAHATI, May 30: The results of the higher secondary exams of science, arts and commerce of Assam were declared by the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council (AHSEC) on Friday, in which girls outshone boys. Compared to government schools, private institutes have......Complete details here 

Dr Ayiriddhi Bhattacharjee passes away

Young talented teacher Dr Ayiriddhi Bhattacharjee passes away

SILCHAR, May 30: One of the finest teachers of the Department of Mass Communication of Assam University, Silchar, Dr Ayiriddhi Bhattacharjee passed away on Thursday morning at a private hospital in Kolkata. She was only 29 and is survived by her father Rathindra Bhattacharjee, mother Aparna Bhattacharjee and two sisters.......Complete details here

Cachar BJP to stage protest against power crisis

Cachar BJP to stage protest against power crisis today

SILCHAR, May 30: Cachar BJP will stage a protest demonstration in front of the office of the Deputy Commissioner on Saturday in protest against the undue load–shedding in Barak Valley. The town committee secretary Jhalak Chakraborty said that the......Complete details here

Assam HS Exam Result, Barak Valley shines in HS examination

Assam HS Exam Result, Barak Valley shines in HS examination

SILCHAR, May 30: After the dismal performance by the students of Barak Valley in HSLC examinations, the HS examinees of the valley has done excellent results snatching all total seven places in the merit lists in Science and Commerce streams of HSSLC examinations conducted by the Assam Higher Secondary Education......Complete details here

Barak Valley students fail to secure position in HSLC merit list

Barak Valley students fail to secure position in merit list

SILCHAR, May 28: The students of Barak Valley have once again failed to show their excellence and bag a place in the merit list of the HSLC examinations, the results of which were declared today. There are so many reputed private schools in this town, which always claim to produce good students, but they have failed to........Complete details here

Silchar-Lumding BG line project work to be monitored by Sangram Committee

Silchar-Lumding BG project work to be monitored by Sangram Committee

Silchar-Lumding BG Rupayan Sangram Committee of Barak Valley has decided to monitor the ongoing work of the unigauge conversion during mega block from October 1 for six months. This decision was taken at a meeting of the Sangram Committee held here on last Sunday.......Complete details here

In view of the mega block on Silchar–Lumding MG for gauge conversion

Consumers’ body fears food crisis in Barak Valley

SILCHAR, May 27: In view of the mega block on Silchar–Lumding MG for gauge conversion by NF Railway for 6 months from October 1 and in consequence the total stoppage of train movement in the Barak Valley, Tripura, Mizoram and Manipur circuit, Grahak Suraksha Samiti (GSS) of Cachar has expressed serious......Complete details here

SEBA (Assam) HSLC Result, Boys outshine girls

SEBA (Assam) HSLC Result, Boys outshine girls 

Boys outshine girls in HSLC exam; pass percentage dips

GUWAHATI, May 28: Boys performed better than girls in the High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) examination for the year 2014, the result for which was declared by the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA) on Wednesday.......Complete details here