As many as sixteen people have been injured while a powerful bomb exploded in Tinsukia town at around 1 pm on Saturday. According to information, the blast took place at the busy GNB Road in front of a grocery. The injured people have been rushed to the hospital. High level police and civil officials have arrived in the spot to start operation. Meanwhile, one more crude bomb have been recovered just before a while. Details are awaited.
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The Bangladeshi supporters have masterminded this blast. I am sure their plan is to kill the bihari labours and replace them with Bangladeshi parasites.
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Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi is all set to be discharged from Asian Heart Institute on Friday where he has undergone two critical heart surgeries a couple of weeks back. Doctors at the Asian Heart Institute find his condition fit and fine. According to family sources, the chief minister is scheduled to leave for Delhi immediately after his discharge.On September 8, Gogoi will be arriving in Guwahati.
Eminent singers Khagen Mahanta and Archana Mahanta will attend the ‘Guest of the Month’ programme of Guwahati Press Club on Sunday (September 5). It will begin at 1 pm. During the interactive session the illustrious couple will speak about some memorable incidents in their cultural journey to the member-journalists of the press club. Khagen Mahanta, winner of Sangeet Natak Academy award for folk and traditional music in 1992 also directed music for Assamese films like Meghamukhi, Moinajan, Junj and Nishi Ujagar. As a playback singer, Mahanta with his wife renderedvoice in more than 20 Assamese movies.
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi is recovering rapidly. Doctors attending on him at the Asian Heart Institute are quite satisfied with the progress and he would be released from the hospital in a day or two.But according to family sources, Gogoi who has undergone two complicated open heart surgeries would be shifted to the Hotel Trident for more bed rest.The chief minister is monitoring the day to day affairs of the state by talking to acting chief minister Dr Bhumidhar Barman and other minister over telephone.
At least 150 passengers were rescued after the ferry carrying them developed a technical snag in the strong current in Lakhimpur district on Monday. According to report, as the Inland Water Transport department-owned S V Bebejia, carrying more than 150 passengers, developed a technical snag about 32 kms from Lakhimpur its engine stopped functioning in the river Subansiri. Another ferry was pressed into service and the passengers were rescued.
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