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Four persons were killed and three others sustained injury when a speeding truck rammed into an auto rickshaw in Bokajan on Monday. The incident took place in Gautambasti area in the morning where...
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday indirectly blamed Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma for the Sualkuchi violence.Talking to reporters in the sidelines of the Assembly, Gogoi said that the MLA did not apprise him of the real problems of the silk weavers. On the other hand, hand loom and textile minister Pranati Phukan is holding a meeting with the silk weavers in Dispur to sort out the differences. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Himanta Biswa Sarma (Criminal & Asset Declaration)- Assets:Rs 3,06,45,893 ~3 Crore+- Liabilities:Rs 87,93,556 ~87 Lacs+Details of Criminal Cases:- No criminal casesSRI TARUN GOGOI (Criminal & Asset Declaration)Assets & Liabilities-...
Amid an uproarious scene AIUDF members walked out of the Assam Assembly on Monday alleging that they were not allowed to speak on NRC issue during the question hour.AUIDF member Chirajuddn Ajmal, AGP member Keshab Mahanta poses questions after question on the crucial issues forcing Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to inform the House that it won’t take much time to complete the process.
Normalcy prevails in Sualkuchi where curfew was relaxed for ten hours on Monday. The district administration relaxed curfew from 5 in the morning. Army was withdrawn from the silk village on Sunday night when no untoward incident was reported.Police have so far arrested five persons in connection with the violence that broke out in the silk village during a weavers’ protest against procurement of Varanasi silk products and their alleged sale by some local traders as Assam silk products at Sualkuchi.
Normal train services remained heavily disrupted when people in large number Karbi Anglong district staged rail blockade in Diphu opposing move to amend the Sixth Schedule.The Karbi people under the banner of the Joint Action Committee thronged the Diphu railway station at 5-30 in the morning alleging that the amendment move would deprive them of the rights they have been enjoying for decades. They sent a fax memorandum to prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh to ensure their right. This has forced several trains to remain stranded in Dimapur for several hours on Monday morning.
Security forces killed a GNLA militant at an encounter in Goalpara district on Sunday.According to police, the two GNLA cadres, riding a bike, fired at the security when they were intercepted by the team on a road in Khashi Ghaghra. One GNLA militant Khowak Marak was killed and his associate Niksrang Sangma injured. Sangma was rushed to the Guwahati Medical College. A pistol and four bullets were recovered from the militants based in Meghalaya. The operation was conducted jointly by Assam Police and 19 Dogra Regiment.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Sunday took stock of the situation in Sualkuchi from district deputy commissioner S K Roy. Gogoi directed Roy to relax the curfew to facilitate the people to buy essential goods.He also directed the Home Secretary, senior police officials and the DC to have a meeting later to discuss the situation and chalk out a plan to normalise the situation in Sualkuchi.
The indefinite curfew was reclamped in Sualkuchi on Sunday a day after clashes between the protestors and the security personnel that left at least seven people injured.People in the silk town confined to their homes whereas army flagmarch continued.
Army has been deployed and indefinite curfew clamped on Saturday in the silk town Sualkuchi in Kamrup (Rural) district following protests against use of artificial silk during which 10 persons were injured in police firing.The district administration called in the army after imposing the prohibitory orders under section 144 Cr P C from 2 pm to contain a second day of protests by weavers who called a 12-hour bandh.Personnel of the Army's Punjab Regiment were patrolling the town along with police and paramilitary forces.
Several persons have been injured when security forces sprang upon a group of people in Sualkuchi who took to the streets against the sale of Banaras-made silk cloths. The situation suddenly started simmering when local people in large number attacked the security forces defying Section 144 CrPC for trying to quell the protesters. As the policemen tried to contain the situation the protestors pelted stones at them forcing the security forces to retaliate.Earlier, they forced the State Bank of India branch to down the shutters alleging that the bank officials have been providing the sellers with loan money who have been importing the Benaras made clothes.Protesters have already burnt down...
The killing of Gangaram Kaul seems to have drawn protest across the state. Workers in Guwahati staged protest demanding justice to the victim’s family. The protesters call it a political murder and demanded steps to nab the culprit involved in it. They workers union has called for a 12 hour statewide bandh from 5 in the morning on Friday in protest against the killing of CPI(ML) leader.
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