IHR among first in Assam to receive ART and Surrogacy Clinic Certification
HT Bureau GUWAHATI, May 23:In a significant step towards strengthening reproductive healthcare in Assam, the Institute of Human Reproduction (IHR), Guwahati, has been officially certified as a Level 2 ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology) Clinic, ART Bank, and Surrogacy Clinic. The recognition was conferred during a state-level certificate distribution ceremony held at Janata Bhawan, Dispur, as []
Assam Congress lodges FIR against Madhya Pradesh minister over remarks on Col Sofiya Qureshi
Guwahati: The Assam Congress has lodged a police complaint against Madhya Pradesh BJP MLA and Minister Vijay Shah over his alleged derogatory remarks targeting Colonel Sofiya Qureshi, who recently addressed the media regarding Operation Sindoor. The complaint, filed at Dispur Police Station by the partys Civic and Social Outreach wing, accuses Shah of making inflammatory [] The post Assam Congress lodges FIR against Madhya Pradesh minister over remarks on Col Sofiya Qureshi appeared first on NorthEast Now .
Congress files several police complaints against Assam CM Himanta for remarks against women
GUWAHATI: The Congress on Thursday filed police complaints against Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma for his alleged derogatory remarks against women during the recent panchayat poll campaign. In a protest against Sarma's statement made on April 28, the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) lodged several complaints at district headquarters across the state. The police are, however, yet to register the FIRs and said they are investigating the complaints. Sarma, during panchayat election rallies, had mentioned a witness' statement from the report of the Justice (Retd) Biplab Kumar Sharma Commission on irregularities in the Assam Public Service Commission (APSC) examinations for 2013 and 2014, when the Congress was in power. He had said the witness' statement maintained that women had to adopt a wrong path to get jobs during the Congress regime. District Congress presidents and other leaders filed complaints at their local police stations, condemning the chief minister for making comments that allegedly malign the character of Assamese women, party spokesperson Monalisa Baruah Hazarika said. The Congress demanded legal action under relevant provisions of the BNS and called for an investigation into the CM's statements, she added. In Guwahati, while filing the complaint at Dispur Police Station, Metropolitan District Congress president Gopal Chandra Sharma told reporters that the chief minister's remarks casting doubt on the chastity of Assam's women reflect a deeply regressive and distasteful mindset. He also alleged that the CM's suspicion towards women appointed during the Congress rule was unjust and could cause serious social unrest. Sharma also asserted that during the time of those appointments, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma himself had held influential positions in Tarun Gogoi's cabinet. If there were any irregularity, the current chief minister should also be held accountable, he added. The Congress had, on Wednesday, burnt an effigy of the Assam chief minister for his alleged derogatory remarks against women and wrote to the National Commission for Women (NCW) seeking action against the BJP leader.
In the video, Prajoyeeta Kashyap can be seen repeatedly hitting a kneeling man with slippers. Several people can be seen watching on. The incident reportedly occurred on the campus of an MLA hostel in the state capital Dispur.
GUWAHATI: A video clip purportedly showing the daughter of a former Assam chief minister assaulting a driver has surfaced on social media, with the woman alleging that the driver used to verbally abuse her while intoxicated. The video clip showed a man kneeling down, with Prajoyeeta Kashyap, the daughter of ex-CM Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, hurling abuses at him and also hitting him with a slipper. It was filmed on the campus of the high-security MLA Hostel in the Dispur region in Guwahati, with other personnel watching the incident. As the video went viral on social media on Monday, Kashyap claimed that the man was a driver who had been working for their family for a long time. But he is always drunk and passes comments on me. Everyone knows about it. We tried to make him understand, and told him not to do so. But it crossed all limits when he started pounding on my door at our house today, she said. When asked why she had not filed a complaint with the police, Kashyap avoided giving a direct response. She explained that, in most cases, a woman's character is questioned when such issues arise. She also declined to specify with whom the driver was associated, instead raising concerns about women's safety in public spaces. It remains unclear whether the driver was a government employee or personally hired by the family. Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, the former president of the Asom Gana Parishad, is no longer a legislator but has been allowed to stay at the MLA hostel with his family. Mahanta served as the Chief Minister of Assam twice: first from 1985 to 1990, and again from 1996 to 2001.
Bangladeshi Woman, 2 Men Arrested For Allegedly Filming Porn In Guwahati
The Guwahati Police on Monday arrested two local men and a 22-year-old Bangladeshi woman for allegedly producing pornographic content at a hotel in the city. The arrests were made by the Dispur Police.
