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Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi says the Centre is considering the extension of ceasefire with NDFB as the term expired on December 31. Talking to reporters on Thursday on the new year’s day...
1 Dec 2014 - 6:07pm | AT News
Dispur has moved the Gauhati High Court seeking a direction to ONGC and OIL to pay royalty to the state on crude oil on pre-discounted rate in the light of a Supreme Court order.In its recent interim...
5 Dec 2007 - 11:09am | editor
he Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) staged a demonstration on Wednesday in the capital demanding ST status for Adivasis, Ahome, Koch, Morans and Mataks. The regional party further demanded immediate...
10 Jun 2012 - 9:42pm | editor
Asom Gana Parishad president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta on Sunday took on Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi charging his successor with playing politics by raising the 'secret killings' card. “I want to...
Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has expressed grave concern at the shut down of Prime News by its management leaving more than 170 employees including journalists jobless. Extending supports to various protest demonstrations organized by the Electronic Media Forum Assam (EMFA) against the closure notice of the 24x7 satellite news channel, the JFA has urged the State chief minister Tarun Gogoi to intervene on the mater for the benefit of the affected employees of Prime News.The employees of the Guwahati based private news channel, lately run by the Suresh Prithani owned Brahmaputra Infrastructure private limited, had informed that the news channel was shut down on October 1 citing the reason...
A grenade explosion seems to have oozed no less panic in Diphu during the 24-hour long KNLA-sponsored Karbi Anglong bandh on Friday.The explosion took place beside a petrol pump at the Manja Market in the evening. No one has been injured in the blast and nobody has seen the miscreants who lobbed the grenade.The seizure of a UPLF demand letter from the spot suggests the involvement of the insurgent outfit.
Jitesh Khosla will take over as new Chief Secretary on Tuesday. Khosla, the Additional Chief Secretary will succeed PP Verma will be retiring on September 30.
The Assam Government has appointed Binod Sessan as as the temporary chairman of the Board of Secondary Education, Assam. The appointment has come into force from Friday. The sitting mission director of Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan has succeeded Shantikam Hazarika who was asked to go on leave.
A string of sensational disclosure has come to light in the chargesheet in the Gadapani Pathak murder case.In its charge sheet, CID has named 12 people, including KLO militants and contractors. The charge sheet has disclosed a Rs 50 lakh deal with KLO for releasing Faizul Islam.Pathak, a Superintending Engineer in the Agriculture department was abducted by suspected KLO militants along with another Agriculture department official Faizul Islam on May 2, 2012. Although Faizul was later released, bullet- ridden body of Pathak was recovered.Police investigation named Hiranya Roy (KLO), Karan Barman (KLO), Amit Roy (contractor), Pradeep Roy alias Raghu (KLO), Uttam Roy (contractor), Bimal Brahma...
A split seems to have emerged in AKRSU just before the attack on it president Biswajit Roy on Friday.A section of AKRSU belonging to the rival faction is believed to have attacked Roy A youths attacked Roy when he was at Borpara in the afternoon.Roy was assaulted a day after had made some comments in support of Bodoland at Kokrajhar in a meeting with BTC chief Hagrama Mahilary.
Bagsa police have arrested three hardcore NDFB militants on Friday.The militants were captured from Salbari area when they were on the way to extort money from a businessman.Four militants reached a construction to extort money from the contractor. In the absence of the contractor, they asked his assistants to pay money and left the spot. Later, the local residents overpowered them and after being assaulted the trio were handed over to police.
Police claimed to have killed a hardcore ULFA militant at an encounter in Goalpara district on Tuesday.The encounter took place at Dudhnoi bordering Meghalaya during an operation led by Guwahati police. Acting on a tip off, Guwahati police launched an operation before the encounter took place in the morning.
NHPC general manager Anil Kumar Agarwal has been remaining incommunicado even 48 hours after he was kidnapped by NDFB(S) militants even as police arrested three persons in this connection.Police arrested Kumar Tamang, the driver of the vehicle ferrying the NHPC top official along with Puto Mooshahary, the owner of the SIM card used by the abductors and Nijon Daimary who owned the bike used by the kidnappers.NDFB(S) militants were believed to have kidnapped Agarwal from Bhalukpung along the Assam Arunachal Pradesh border on Sunday.
An awareness programme on avenue for woman economic empowerment held at Tangla on September 21. The programme which was held at RC Saharia Memorial Teachers Training College hall,Tangla was organised by social worker Dr.Dipankar Saharia in association with State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD). More than three hundred woman representatives from 120 nos SHG covering 40 villages took part in the day long programme. Social Worker Kamakhya Barman in his welcome speech introduced all the guests to the people present after plantation of a few orange saplings in the college campus.Inaugurating the programme, social worker and former civil service officer Dr.Dipankar Saharia (son of former...
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