Assam: Girijananda Chowdhury University hosts 1st Lex Imperium Moot Court Competition
Guwahati: The Centre for Legal Studies at Girijananda Chowdhury University (GCU), Assam successfully hosted the inaugural edition of the Lex Imperium Moot Court Competition on April 12. Organized in collaboration with Dispur Law College, the event drew participation from 18 law student teams representing various institutions across Assam and Meghalaya. The competition, aimed at encouraging [] The post Assam: Girijananda Chowdhury University hosts 1st Lex Imperium Moot Court Competition appeared first on NorthEast Now .
Assam witnesses major bureaucratic reshuffle in administration
Guwahati: The Assam government has witnessed a major bureaucratic reshuffle in public administration ensuring better administrative supervision and governance at the grassroots level. The Governor has issued orders through the Government of Assam, Department of Personnel (Personnel-A), Assam Secretariat, Dispur, Guwahati stating that the Government of Assam has relieved Laya Madduri, IAS from the Assam [] The post Assam witnesses major bureaucratic reshuffle in administration appeared first on NorthEast Now .
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.
When Congress chose Manmohan over Pranab for Rajya Sabha seat from Assam
GUWAHATI: The Congress and former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao chose Manmohan Singh over Pranab Mukherjee to be a Rajya Sabha member from Assam in 1991. That was Singhs maiden stint in the Upper House. He became the finance minister that very year and then, the Prime Minister in 2004. The high point for Mukherjee, who served as a central minister multiple times, came in 2012 when he donned the mantle of President of India. Narasimha Rao Ji had asked sir (former Assam Chief Minister Hiteswar Saikia) to bring Manmohan Ji to the Rajya Sabha from Assam. Sir followed that instruction, said Congress MLA and Assams leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia who is the son of Hiteswar Saikia. Assam has fond memories of Singh. During his stint in the Rajya Sabha from Assam (1991-2019), he mentioned his residential address as House No 3989, Ward No 51, Nandan Nagar, Sarumataria, Guwahati in his election affidavits. A narrow road leads to the house which is registered in the name of Dr Hemo Prabha Saikia, wife of Hiteswar Saikia. He visited the house on some occasions but never stayed there. The soft-spoken Singh remained indebted to Hiteswar Saikia for taking charge of him by offering him a seat in Parliament. This was an honour done to me. I would never be able to forget it, he had once stated. He had also expressed gratitude to Hiteswar Saikia and his wife for adopting him as a tenant, thus helping him become an Assam resident. Accompanied by his wife Gursharan Kaur, Singh visited Guwahati during every election to exercise his franchise at a polling station at Dispur Government Higher Secondary School. As we mourn his passing, we also celebrate the life of a man who will always remain a guiding light for India. May his soul rest in eternal peace, and may his family find strength in this time of loss, Debabrata Saikia posted on X. Manmohan Singh: The most knowledgeable and, arguably, the most transformational Indian PM The Assam Congress wrote, Dr Manmohan Singh, the visionary Prime Minister who steered India from the brink of collapse to a thriving economy. A leader who worked quietly yet profoundly, shaping the nation's future without the clamor we often see today. Truly, the architect of New India. The Assam government announced seven-day state mourning as a mark of respect to the departed leader. During this period, the national flag will fly at half-mast at all state government establishments and all official entertainment programmes stand cancelled, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said. Coming from humble origins in a post-partition India, he served the nation in several distinguished positions. A generation of Indians will always remember his pivotal role in ushering a free market economy and ending decades of regressive socialist policies. In his demise the nation has lost a great patriot, an exceptional scholar, an unconventional politician and a fine statesman. My deepest condolences to Gursharan Madam, his family and well-wishers, Sarma posted on X.
