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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The Chirang district administration has imposed curfew in areas under Bijni and Amguri police station this evening from 6 pm to 6 am tomorrow morning as the situation is turning hot over the brutal...
21 Dec 2016 - 8:57am | Syed Miraz Ahmed
Experts called upon legislators in Assam to raise issues concerning women and children on the floor of the House, acquaint themselves with the existing provisions concerning their rights and engage...
19 Aug 2009 - 5:45am | editor
Respite for Syed Sibtey Razi. Its confirm--the Assam governor will complete his term.
The Congress leadership is unhappy with Razi but have allowed him to continue in Guwahati Raj Bhavan till...
16 Oct 2008 - 12:56am | editor
The eminent Bengali writer and literary translator Shaktimoy Das will attend the Guest of the Month programme of Guwahati Press Club on October 17 (Friday). The programme will begin at 12 noon.It...
The killer bird flu is dispersing to some more areas that could force the authorities to expand the culling operation.According to information, in the city also bird flu is being detected in Khanapara area. After being confirmed it, the Kamrup district administration has banned import and export of poultry. In the same order, sale and purchase of poultry and eggs have been banned.Similar restrictions have been passed by Dibrugarh distirct administration in upper Assam in view of the outbreak of bird flu in the upper Assam district.
A major explosion was averted beside a theatre show when army recovered a powerful bomb in front of the West Goalpara College on Wednesday morning. According to information, having seen some suspicious materials inside a basket, local residents informed it to Army's No 3 Sikh Regiment who recovered it in the wee hours and took it away to a safe place. Immediately after it, the bomb left off this morning before it was defused. Investigation is on. It is believed that the bomb was targeted at the audience of the theatre which was running till on Wednesday morning.
Uttar Pradesh is one of the most important states of the country in terms of agricultural production. More than 85% of its population is rural based and depends on agriculture for its livelihood. Small and marginal farmers, having less than 2 acres of land are in a majority in the state.Uttar Pradesh is divided into nine agro climatic zones from ecology point of view. Some of these zones are quite vulnerable to natural disasters. For example, Eastern Uttar Pradesh is prone to floods whereas Bundelkhand and Vindhya region are drought prone. Central U.P also suffers from flood and drought. These disasters mostly damage the livelihoods of farmers who are dependent on rain.Hence, to save...
Life in the simmering Karbi Anglong district is believe to limp back to normalcy as the KLNLF is withdrawing the indefinite rail and road blockade from Tuesday.According to information, the Karbi militant outfit has decided to withdraw it for 21 days in view of the inconvenience of the people in general. During the last eleven days-the rail and road blockade has thrown normal life out of gear besides leaving a string of sporadic incidents.Hours after the indefinite economic blockade came to force the Karbi militant outfit trigged a powerful blast inside the passenger train in Diphu where 3 persons dead and over 30 were left injured. This was followed by the killing of two Hindi-speaking...
It is really a matter of shame that the culprits who are involved in the rape against two indigenous ladies in the Udalguri district are yet to be arrested. Civil Society organisations in different parts of Assam have demanded for the arrests of the culprits and provide justice to the victims. The central committee of All Bodo Students Union (ABSU) tagged a three hour Dharna in the Dispur Last Gate on 5th December demanding justice to the rape victims. The demands also included providing adequate relives to the victims of clash in Darrang and Udalguri district of Assam. It is really unfortunate that the state government have not taken any serious step for sufficient relieves for the victims...
A devastating fire that broke out in Guwahati’s Machkhowa area on Sunday evening has reduced over 100 houses to ashes with properties worth lakhs of rupees burnt to black coal. The incident took place at Kolgoli area at around 6-30 in the evening. Immediate cause of the fire has yet to be ascertained. Minutes after fire broke out inside a small house, it took a devastating turn and engulfed adjacent houses. There were sounds of blasts of LPG cylinders heard in the area. Several fire tenders were rushed to the spot but by then over 100 houses had already been reduced to ashes. Over 500 people have been left homeless. Fire tenders are till working to bring the situation under control.
ULFA has lost one more cadre of its 709th battalion. According to information, hardcore cadre Tapan Roy was killed during a joint operation by army and police at Belguri in Kokrajhar district of west Assam on Friday. He was known to be from the fatal 709th battalion. An AK series rifle, a magazine and some live ammunition have also been recovered from his possession.
HTML clipboard The world stands united in unreserved, condemnation of this latest atrocity. By singling out Britons, Americans and Indians and Israilis, they demonstrated that there are brand of Islamic fanaticism is anchored less in the absolutism of pure faith than in the geopolitics of hate. The loud message was that a small group of individuals could turn a mega lopolis of almost 15 million inhabitance into a battlefield for at least a day. This is the chilling echoes of the 1970’s when Palestine terrorist and their left wing European accomplices selected Israeli hostages on hijack planes for executions. The Terrorist targeted British, American and Indian citizens simply because...
Rattled by the recent serial blast, the Assam government is considering more teeth in the laws to deal with terror saying that the existing laws are not enough to serve the purpose.Addressing a press conference in Dispur on Thursday, Assam Chief Minister said the he would soon approach the Centre to raise the demand for an NSG-like police commando to efficiently tackle terror.Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said, “need of the hour is a set of more harsh and stringent laws to tackle these elements more efficiently and more firmly. The existing set of laws are enough to serve the purpose. Gogoi said the state further needs a federal agency to deal with the terrorists outfits.”He said...
Three persons died and over 50 have been injured when a powerful bomb exploded at a passenger train in Diphu Railway station early in the morning on Tuesday.
According to information, the blast took place at the 901 Lumding-Tinsukia UP train. The time device bomb was planted inside the Coach No 8209. One person died on the spot and the injured have been shifted to the Diphu civil hospital. Immediately after the incident, police arrived on the spot. Investigation is on. The blast is suspected to be a handiwork of KLNLF.
The Karbi militant outfit has called an indefinite economic blockade which began this morning demanding steps to address their 10 point charter of demands. Details...
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