The Centre keeps Assam on alert along with West Bengal apprehending terror attacks by the followers of Osama bin Laden. Acting on IB reports, home ministry sent letter bearing No Ref No 3627-60 and 3698-3731/C&R Cell-C-2/S11) to Dispur fearing attack by Jamaat-ul-Mujahideen Bangladesh, HUJI, Ansarullah Bangla Team and Jamaat-ul-Muslimeen. These groups are believed to have been targeting the prominent places in the country to foment communal tensions in Assam. Assam shares long porous borders with Bangladesh, terror groups belonging to the would engineer bomb blasts at important commercial hubs like stock exchanges, airports, railways, popular religious places and the BJP offices. According to sources, the jihadis trained in the lower Assam districts planned to fan out all over the country and create havoc in Karnataka, Kerala, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat, Rajasthan, J& and Delhi.
In a controversial move, the Assam government has terminated 64 lecturers from polytechnic institutes who were protesting for the regularization of their jobs. These lecturers had been on a hunger strike for 23 days, demanding that their temporary positions be made permanent. They were initially appointed during the tenure of Himanta Biswa Sarma as the Education Minister.
The lecturers, who have been working as founder faculty members in polytechnics for eight years, had come to Guwahati during the budget session to appeal to the government regarding their demands. However, the government’s refusal to regularize their jobs forced them to stage a protest under the open sky. Their...
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