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.
PermalinkSubmitted by Mousum on Sat, 08/03/2008 - 15:53
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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Charaipung still remains tense on Tuesday even as joint patrolling is on along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. According to allegations, the Assam Government is not doing enough to protect its...
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Two years have passed since Dr Bhupen Hazarika shuffled off his mortal coils. But the dead music maestro is still living in the minds and hearts of millions of people. His baritone voice continues to...
People thronged at the Ujan Bazar Fish Market in Guwahati, Assam on 13-01-10 early morning, the day of Uruka, a ritual organized during the Magh Bihu Festival. The magh bihu festival is the festival of harvesting, where people harvested their crops and then celebrate the joy with traditional way.
Photo: UB Photos.
All the eleven members of “Project Assam” of Nanda Talukdar Foundation this morning met Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh at his 7 Race Course Road residence to ceremonially present “Assam” – the first-ever coffee table book highlighting the heritage of Assam.
Dr Singh, accepting the book, lauded the effort of the team and the foundation for coming out with such a “wonderful book” on Assam, a state which, he said, had “tremendous” potential to make big strides in different spheres provided lasting peace was restored there.
He appreciated the project members for pooling their resources, wisdom and skill to publish such a informative...
The United Liberation Front of Asom on Monday makes it plain and simple that it is averse to hold any talk with the givernment in the absence of Commander in Chief Paresh Baruah who is still at large. This was disclosed by the jailed publicity secretary of the rebel outfit Mithinga Daimary who was brought to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital for health check up.
Humancipation group under social project initiatives of Darwin School of Business (DSB) organise a seminar on human rights at Icon Academy on 11th January. Mr. Sawpon Dowerah, Principal of Icon Academy inaugurated the seminar and he elaborately spoken on various aspects of human rights. There was interaction with the audience after his speech. Ranjan K Baruah, Social Projects Coordinator of DSB spoken on Right to Food and other human rights issues. He had appealed to the people to become human rights defender. Many students had participated in the seminar. The seminar was supported by Panos South Asia.
The United Liberarion Front of Asom is likely to clar its stand on the peace process with the government even as the Centre is clearing the decks to get jailed ULFA leader Anup Chetia get extradiated. Top sources of the baned insurgent outfit said the jailed ULFA leaders are likely to announce the decision.
The announcement would be significant hardly a wek after ULFA Comander in Chief Paresh Baruah vowed massive strike on security forces deployed in Assam. In yet another development, India is all set to strike an extadition deal with Bangladesh on Tuesday to get ULFA topgun Anup Chetia deported.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is scheduledto call on Bangladesh Prime Minister on Monday who is on a three day visit to India. During his date with Hasina, the Assam Chief Minister will talk terrorism and trans border crimes. Gogoi will be accompanied by two other Chief Minister of the region DD Lapang from Meghalaya and Manik Sarka frinm Tripura. Gogoi left for the national capital after he was invited by the Centre.
Pioneer Group under the social projects initiatives of Darwin School of Business (DSB) organised a workshop on the 'Rights of Disable People' at the premises of Sishu Sarothi on 8th January. The main resource person of the workshop was Anju Talukdar, Coordinator of Human Rights Law Network of Guwahati Unit. She spoke on the rights of the disable people and various laws related with disable people. She has also spoken how some corporate have taken people who are disable which is a positive sign for development. Mr. Jyoti Prasad Gogoi, Programme Coordinator of Sishu Sarothi spoke on various types of disability. The programme was attended by students from different institutes from Guwahati. Dr...
Two hardcore ULFA rebels were killed at an encounter with security forces in Assam on Sunday wee hours. The encounter took place at Khetri in the oitskirt of the city of Guwahati where securuty forces claimed to have seized a huge cache of explosives and weapons from the spot.
According to informaiton, a joint team of police and securuity focrces conducted an operation acting on a tip off that a three-member group of ULFA rebels was hiding in the area. The encounter lasted for nearly 30 minutes where the ULFA rebels died on the spot. One of the rebels, however, managed to flee from the spot. The deceased have yet to be identified.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday sees some sort of positive development in terms of talk with the government.
Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Saturday, Gogoi said talks minus ULFA Comander in Chief Paresh Barua is possible. The Chief Minister said, "we donot have a definite reply from ULFA but the signals are quite positive." He said the doors are still open and the government wants every body to be present in the talk. But he was quick to add "talks can still take place without Paresh Baruah."
According to Gogoi,"talks have been started with the pro-peace NDFB group without its 'chairman' Ranjan Daimary and also with the NSCN without Phizo. If 80...
A stunning revelation by an Bangladesh minister touches off a seismic wave of reaction across India two days before the arrival of Bangladesh premier Sheikh Hasina.
According to a ballestic revelation, former Pakistan president Pervez Musharraf had a secret meet with jailed ULFA leader Anup Chetia during a visit to Dhaka. Quoting senior Bangladesh minister Ashraful Islam, a section of media reports that Musharraf came to Dhaka in July 2002 where he met Chetia at the Sheraton Hotel.
Chetia was arrested from Dhaka during the 1996-2001 Awami League regime and still is in custody despite the expiry of his jail term in connection with a case of cross-border intrusion.
The revelations...
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