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The U.S. Consulate General invites the media to a press interaction with well-known American urban planning expert, ROBERT E. BROSNAN, Director, Department of Community Planning, Housing and Development, Arlington, Virginia, U.S.A.Robert Brosnan’s Press InteractionDate: June 7, 2013Time: 12:15pmVenue: NECRD - IGNOUNear Nayantara Supermarket, Six Mile, Guwahati - 781022With rapid urbanization, preserving the environment poses many challenges and governments, industry and civil society need to play a responsible role in this effort to ensure that development is more sustainable. The ‘Green Building’ Movement in India is advancing at a rapid pace...
Amid escalating tension along the Assam-Nagaland border in Mariani, a section of Naga miscrents unleashed a reign of terror in Sivasagar. Miscreants destroyed tea plants at an area of 7 bighas in Geleky area on Tuesday. Security forces arrived in the spot. But by then the miscreants managed to flee away.
A warlike situation is in sight along the Assam-Nagaland interstate border. Police and paramilitary forces are on high alert to avert any incident of fresh incidents of attack by the Nagaland miscreants.Security forces are concentrating mainly on Mariani following the killing of a worker by assailants suspected to be from Nagaland at Naginijan tea garden in Jorhat district. Additional troops have been deployed after the incident that took place yesterday.
Amid escalating tension, Mokokchung District administration has promulgated Section 144 CrPC from 12 noon on June 3 in and around - Saringyin, Aonokpuyimsen, Tsuremen and Akumen- bordering Jorhat district, till further orders. Nagaland state had earlier sent one platoon of 10 IR(NAP)Battalion to aid the district administration control the situation and after Monday morning’s incident, two more platoons have been sent as reinforcement. Nagaland home minister is set to leave for New Delhi soon to discuss the border issue and that the state government was closely monitoring the situation.
An Asom Gana Parishad delegation was on a fact finding visit to Mariani a day after Naga miscreants shot dead an Adivasi cultivator.Led by former minister Atul Bora, the delegation visited the border near the tea garden to take stock of the prevailing situation.A farmer succumbed to bullet injuries in Naginijan area on Monday morning. The deceased Sanjay Bhumij was ploughing in a paddy field when some unidentified miscreants fired at him from the Nagaland side.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has asked the Nagaland government to immediately arrest the Naga miscreants who shot dead the cultivator at Naginijan area on Monday.Talking to reporters before leaving for New Delhi on Tuesday he said that the Nagaland government must hand over the miscreants to the Assam government. He said that his government won’t sit idle if these are allowed to continue. Gogoi, however, announced an ex-gratia of Rs 5 lakh to the next of kin of the labourer who died in the shot out.
Tarun Saikia and Manish Kumar Deka were accorded a heroic welcome as they reached their homes in Guwahation Tuesday.Both the mountaineers, who were the first Assamese duo to have scaled the Mt Everest were taken to the city with a huge procession after they landed at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi Internation Airport. The Assam Government received both the heroes at the Lokapriya Gopinath BordoloiInternational Airport immediately after their arrival. Several other organisations also greeted the duo and joined the rally along with their family members. Then mountaineers were taken to RG Baruah Sports Complex to be felicitated. The Assam Government ...
The Indian Yoga Culture and Yoga Therapy Centre, Guwahati with support from government authorities and home departments is on a mission to promote yoga culture in all Jails of Assam. As a part of that mission a special yoga camp was organized at Tinsukia Jail on 1st June (Saturday).Attended by hundreds of prisoners the camp was conducted by president of the organization Yogacharyya Subhashish along with yoga workers Bikash Baruah, Sangita Borgohain and others. In the welcome address Dilip Baruah, Superintendent of Jail said that – the basic intention to practice yoga in jails is to help the inmates to master the art, bust the stress, anger management and to keep them fit. Yoga, the Indian...
Jails in Assam will soon take the yoga route to reform prisoners. Yoga practice will develop the physical, mental, spiritual and social health of prisoners; moreover it will make them forget the pain of living in jail. – this was stated by Yogacharyya Subhashish, president of Indian Yoga Culture and Yoga Therapy Centre in the yoga program held on Wednesday at Central Jail, Dibrugarh. Organized in co-ordination with Central Jail authority, the yoga class was actively attended by hundreds of prisoners.
In the welcome address Krishna Kanta Haloi, the jail superintendent said that -- the basic objective to practice yoga in jails is to help the inmates to master the art, bust the stress,...
To:The Chairperson National Human Rights Commission Faridkot House New Delhi 110001Subject: Request to act in the cases of human rights' violation in North-East and Jammu & KashmirRespected Sir,With due respect, we request you to kindly consider this as a letter from one human being to another. This is about a situation that NHRC is well-aware of. We know that hundreds of letters, appeals and requests have been sent to NHRC. As members of Save Sharmila Solidarity Campaign, we have met you twice regarding this issue. Sir, the issue remains the same - to save the life of people of North east and Jammu & Kashmir from the demon named AFSPA or Armed Forces Special Powers Act.It is a fact...
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