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Assam CM Distributes DIPR Media Fellowships to Journalists in Guwahati Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal distributed Media Fellowship, one-time grant to journalists and appointments & awards under DIPR today. | 6 Feb 2021 12:30 PM GMT GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal distributed Media Fellowship, one-time grant to journalists, appointments and awards under DIPR in Guwahati today. Chief Minister Sonowal took to Twitter to talk about the importance of media in good governance. He said that media s role as a watchdog is essential to good governance. He wrote, Media s role as a watchdog is key to good governance. Our media should continue playing a critical role to keep the Govt machinery always alert and perform better. At distribution of media fellowship & financial grant to media persons and appointment letters & awards for #DIPR. ....
Picture for representational purpose only. GUWAHATI: No separate standard operating procedure (SOP) will be issued for cinema halls and theatres in Assam as when these resume operations with 100% occupancy, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) chief executive officer MS Manivannan said on Sunday. “We will follow the Centre’s SOP regarding permission to the cinema halls. The guidelines laid down by the information & broadcasting ministry are final. Hall owners and movie-goers must follow those,” Manivannan told TOI. Cinema halls have been allowed to open with full occupancy from Monday. The state has 78 cinema halls, including 20 in the city, providing livelihood opportunities to thousands of people. Four movie theatres in Guwahati, one in Nagaon district and one in Bijoynagar in Kamrup (Rural) have been shut down over heavy losses due to the pandemic. ....
GUWAHATI: A day after the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA) issued standard operating procedures (SOP) allowing cinema halls to allow functioning at full capacity, Assam’s theatre owners, artistes’ fraternity and film lovers said they were now finally hoping for a turnaround. Cinema halls and theatres are running with 50% seat capacity. “Now, they will be permitted to operate at higher seating capacity, for which a revised SOP will be issued by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting in consultation with MHA,” the SOP stated. Chinmoy Sarma, the owner of the Anuradha Cineplex that turned 50 on Wednesday, said, “The SOP has finally given a relief to cinema hall owners in the state. However, we will have to wait for a couple of days as an SOP will be issued for the halls and theatres by the state disaster management authority on the basis of I&B ministry’s revised SOP.” ....
Four cinema halls of Guwahati on the verge of shutting down Hit by the COVID pandemic, hall owners decided to keep the theatre shut as they will have to undergo huge losses if they reopen theatres with 50 % audience | 23 Dec 2020 1:28 PM GMT Guwahati: Since the COVID pandemic hit the state and lockdown was imposed, the film industry has been adversely affected. Cinema halls have shut down, one after another, across the Assam. According to reports, four cinema halls of Guwahati- Apsara, Urvashi, Meghdoot, and Vandana cinema halls are on the verge of shutting down while the cinema hall in Vijaynagar has been closed down. ....