UDALGURI: In a significant judgement the court of Nirmali Talukdar,Additional District & Sessions Judge, Udalguri sentenced three members of a family to rigorous life imprisonment on Wednesday.The trio Gyanendra Das,Chintarani Das and Utpal Das were accused in a murder case vide Kalaigaon PS case no.23/2012 under sections 341/302/34 of IPC.Reportedly, on the evening of March 18,2012 one Sailendra Das was on his way back to home on his bicycle when he was accosted by a group of unruly people armed with sticks and sharp weapons brutally attacked the person leaving him in critical state,he later succumbed to his injuries in Mangaldai Civil Hospital.Based on an F.I.R by the brother of deceased police registered a case and swung into investigation and arrested the three members of a family.After years long trial the trio were convicted by the court.
27 Jul 2009 - 8:15am | Ranjan K Baruah
In a bid to popularise the cultural richness of Tai Ahoms for the global reach , a website was lauched today at the Guwahati Press Club. Bijoy Bakal, Jaba Borgohain, Titu Kumar Hazarika and Buljit...
16 Mar 2016 - 8:50am | Jayanta Kumar Das
Encounter took place between a group of NDFB(S) militant and a police party comprising SP and Addl.S.P. Udalguri, OC, Mazbat PS, IPS (Proby) and other police personnel in Hatipota village...
30 May 2008 - 4:46pm | editor
The flood situation in north Assam’s Dhemaji district is remaining unchanged. It could be deteriorating further in view of the continuing rains that have been lashing the district for the last...
4 Aug 2013 - 9:36pm | AT News
The Bodo National Conference on Sunday resolved to intensify the
movement for creation separate Bodoland state.
The Bodo organization held an emergent executive meeting of the
conference PWD...
Tea giant Goodricke Group launched four exclusive brands of Assam Single Estate Tea at the Guwahati Tea Auction Centre Tea Lounge on Friday, commemorating 200 years of the Assam tea industry. The range comprises select teas from four of Goodricke Group's tea estates, namely Dejoo, Harmutty, Amgoorie, and Borbam TE located in the Brahmaputra Valley. The Assam single estate range includes both CTC and Orthodox teas, crafted with the finest handpicked leaves and named after their tea gardens. The four varieties offer malty and musky notes and are the preferred choice for tea sommeliers for their rich texture, smoothness, and full-bodied liquor.
At the launch event, Atul Asthana, MD and CEO...
Udalguri:
Assamese novelist and Sahitya Akademi Awardee, Arupa Kalita Patangia’s son Rajarshi Kalita succumbed to COVID-19 related complications in New Delhi on Wednesday evening. He was undergoing treatment for the past 5 days at a private hospital in Delhi leaving behind his wife and a son. He was 41. Rajarshi Kalita son of retired professors of Tangla College ,Rajen Kalita and Arupa Patangia Kalita was serving as an Assistant Professor at Shyam Lal College under Delhi University. Various organizations and institutions have condoled the untimely demise of the academically bright youth. Former Rajya Sabha MP, Santiuse Kujur,AASU Vice-President, Jayanta Kumar Bhattacharjya...
Guwahati:
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) President and Congress top gun ,Ripun Bora has stepped down from his post and resigned from the top post owning responsibility for the party’s debacle in the assembly election. Following the party’s poor show, Bora dashed off a letter to All India Congress Committee(AICC) President Sonia Gandhi tendering his resignation. The Congress leader tumbled down and lost from the Gohpur seat to BJP’s Utpal Borah by a margin of over 29,000 votes. “I do hereby tender my resignation from the post of president, Assam Pradesh Congress Committee, owning the responsibility of the humiliating defeat of my party in the Assam...
Udalguri:
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and member in the Rajya Sabha from Assam, Biswajit Daimary won by a landslide margin of over 35,000 votes defeating his arch-rival Karuna Kanta Swargiary of Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) from Paneri LAC constituency. In the 2011 Assam assembly elections, Kamali Basumatari of BPF won from the constituency defeating Santiuse Kujur of India National Congress (INC) by a margin of 556 votes.In the 2016 state assembly elections, Kamali Basumatari again won from the constituency defeating independent candidate Nanda Ram Baro by a margin of 15,802 votes but this time the incumbent MLA from Paneri...
Guwahati: A Facebook post just before 7 hours of massive earthquake which jolted Assam and some NE states is doing rounds in the social media, According to reports Sasanka Talukdar, a budding journalist of Pathsala in Bajali district of Assam had posted in his Facebook account on Wednesday (April 28) "Earthquake Aaayga"(sic) which have garnered 189 shares in Facebook . "There are scientific phenomenos before it happens I anticipated it after 11 pm. Sometimes heat gas like water vapor comes out from the soil and there also seems that the oxygen level decreases."
Brand Ambassador of Forest and Environment department of Assam, Ananda Khataniiyar said, "As...
Guwahati: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) have filed chargesheet on Friday before the NIA special court in Guwahati against three National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) militants in connection with the killing of Gulzar Hussain, then additional SP, Sonitpur, on January 28, 2014 allegedly by NDFB terrorists. The three accused identified as Bishnu Narzary alias Berama, Nitul Daimary alias Naihab and Runiluish Diamary alias Monthai were booked under section 16,18,20 of Unlawful Activities (P) Act read with section 34,120B,302,307 and 326 of Indian Penal Code and section 27 of Arms Act.
The case was initially registered as FIR No.61/2014 dated 28.01.2014...
Udalguri: The pre-poll dynamics of Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) and United People's Party Liberal(UPPL) in regard of seat sharing of the 12 Assembly seats of the four districts of the Bodo belt have not gone well with the ticket aspirants and party workers of a section of UPPL party in Udalguri district who have expressed resentment and staged protest demonstration against the BJP and burnt effigies of NEDA convenor Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma; BJP National General Secretary and Mangaldoi Lok Sabha MP,Dilip Saikia and Rajya Sabha MP cum BJP candidate of Paneri LAC , Biswajit Daimari at Bhergaon in Udalguri district on Saturday. The party workers renting slogans against the BJP accusing them...
UDALGURI: In a bid to promote mental health and to end the stigmatisation of mentally ill patients with the message of making Mental Health a priority in your daily life the Bureau of Primary Health Centre (BPHC) Udalguri observed World Mental Health Day 2020 held in Udalguri district urging everyone to speak up and never hesitate to seek help for any mental health issues. The health workers took put an awareness rally on the occasion throughout Udalguri town on Saturday. A lady health worker participating in the rally said that anyone who lost his or her mental health for any reason or cause could be cured by treatment of medicine or other means. “But for such positive results we need...
UDALGURI: Ahead of the BTC polls,there has been frequent reshuffle of bureaucrats in the Bodo belt , Udalguri Deputy Commissioner, Prakash Ranjan Gharphalia have been transferred and posted as Secretary,State Election Commission by an order by the Governor vide notification no. AAL8/2020/9-A.
In the same order issued by T.P Borgohain,ACS, Additional Secretary to Government of Assam, Personnel (A) Department vide notification,AAL8/2020/9-C. Purabi Konwar ACS,CEO Zila Parishad,Dhubri and PD ,DRDA,Dhubri has been transferred and posted as Deputy Commissioner, Udalguri.
While in the same order vide notification,AAL8/2020/9, Mukul Kumar Saikia, Secretary to...
UDALGURI: The Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of newspaper reports of the alleged incident of police atrocities on a doctor in Chirang district on Friday.
AHRC has issued a notice to the District Magistrate, Chirang to cause an inquiry into the incident where media reports stated that the Officer-in-Charge of Amguri PS in Chirang District not only assaulted Dr. Madhurjya Kakati, in-charge of the Amteka Mini PHC but also made him to kneel down along with two others for not wearing masks.
AHRC has asked the District Magistrate, Chirang, to make an inquiry into the incident and submit detailed report before the Commission...
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