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Forest Minister's effiigy burnt

The Sonari unit of Assam Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) today burnt the effigy of State Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain in protest of brutally killing of a pragnent elephant and its tasks taken away by some unknown in Abhoyapur Reserve Forest under Charaideo police station in Sivasagar district.



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Normal life was affected in Sivasagar district bandh on Monday with the Assam Tea Tribes Students Association (ATTSA) calling an 12-hour Sivasagar Bandh from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. to protest killing of an innocent youth in Tingalibam Tea Estate by the army.The army has ordered a court of inquiry into the matter. During the bandh the roads wore deserted look with public and private vehicles off the roads. Traders kept their shutters down, while all business establishments, educational institutions, financial institutions remained closed and attendances in government offices were thin. The bandh passed off peacefully and there was no report any major untoward incident from anywhere in the...
Mr. Pranab Gogoi, Minister of Handloom, Textiles and Sericulture and Law, Govt. of Assam inagurated the 30 beded Sivasagar town health centre on Sunday. The centre is also known as Sivasagar Civil Hospital (Wood Dispensry) earlier and this hospital is shifted to Joysagar a few years back. But today this is inagurated for the greater interest of the people of Sivasagar town as town health centre. The inaguration ceremony is attended by Deputy Commissioner, officials of health department and a large number of people of Sivasagar town.
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Acting on a tip-off, SDPO of Sonari along with Army and CRPF personal recovered an IED of weight 1 kg above from Longpotia near Sonari in Sivasagar district around 7.30 pm today. The IED was placed under a railway bridge in Longpotia; no one has been arrested so far in this connection.
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