Incidents of racist attack on the north east people refuse to die down. Goons in Gurgaon assaulted two youths from Nagaland on Thursday a day after a Manipur student was beaten up by local youths in Bangore.
The fresh incident took place at Gurgaon where over ten local goons caught Awang and Chester in Sikanderpur area and mercilessly beat up with cricket bats and hockey sticks.
According to the complaint, a few youths took them to a nearby market at around 1 midnight to be beaten up. Their hairs were cut off and asked them to leave the area along with their friends. Later the duo were rushed to a nearby Civil Hospital where they have been undergoing treatment.
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Greenpeace and 50 students from various schools and colleges in the city, today, raised alarm about the increasing threat of climate change on the Indian monsoon while interacting with the public at...
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Security forces are fanning in and around Gossaigaon sun division in Kojrajhar in search of NC Joshi a day after suspected Santhal rebels kidnapped the senior officer of a tea garden in...
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Acting on a tip off, ChildLine with the help of CID rescued 22 children bound for a Himachal from the Guwahati Railway station today. The children in the age group of 4 to12 were brought from various...
A huge storm left the entire west Jorhat completely ravaged uprooting many trees and disrupting surface communicationonSaturday midnight. The storm that struck Pulibor, Dohotia and Cinamora ravaged hundreds of houses leaving thousands domestic animals dead. Falling of huge trees, electric and telephone posts on the roads heavilly disrupted the communications. Efforts are on to restore the communication network.
The move to hold Rabha autonomous body election triggers a fresh orgy of violent protest in the Rabha Hasong areas of Kamrup and Goalpara districts. Thousands of non Rabha people in these areas have come out to the streets to launch the civil obidience movement in protest against the autonomous body poll slated for next month. Protesters in large number stopped the trains in Krishnai. Some others burnt tyres to block the movement of traffic from early in the morning. Over a dozen of vehicles have been set on fire by the non Rabha protesters. Bandh supporters at Boko blocked the Chilarai Express for several hours.
Ending all differences the Congress legislatures on Saturday vowed to unitedly fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Dispur. Talkinp to reporters at the end of the CLP meet, Gogoi said that the differences among the ministers and MLAs were sorted out adding that the time has come to stand united to put up a rare performance in the upcoming general polls. "We do target the all 14 seats in the polls," said a visibly relaxed Gogoi flanked by Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma and Rockybul Hussain who later took Gogoi to Koinadhara. Contrary to what was expected, the CLP meet ended peacefully in presence of APCC chief Bhubneswar Kalita in Dispur which contined till 2PM....
Finally the things in the Congress legislature body seem to have dramatically changed. Crippling dissidence against chief minister Tarun Gogoi is over if Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma is to be believed. Addressing a press conference jointly with Rockybul Hussain after the end of the CLP meeting, Dr Sarma who led the dissidents said the the difference has been sorted out. He disclosed that never did he campaigned to dethorn Gogoi. Both the ministers said that the CLP meet resolved to unitedly fight to show outstanding performance in the upcoming general polls. The meeting attended by APCC president Bhubneswar Kalita set up a 5 member panel to address the concern of the MLAs and ministers who openly...
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi has categorically refused to reshuffle his council of minister. Taking up a letter of request of the kind in the party's legislature body meeting in Dispur on Saturday, Gogoi said that the reshuffle is not required at this moment. He said that he was open for the excercise as situation warrants. He silently listened to the MLAs and ministers as they vented ire on the performance of a section of ministers. The 3 hour long meeting ended with a pledge to unitedly fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Then Gogoi left for Delhi to arrange his son's wedding ceremony.
A section of ministers has come in for sharp critism for alleged under performance. A circle of ministers and MLAs, known for waging war against Tarun Gogoi and a few of his trusted men, came down heavily on the non performing ministers. Those who vented anger agaist Gogoi's men were Pradan Barua, Piyush Hazarika. They were countered by Nilmonisen Deka. Anjan Dutta alleged that the ministers, mostly, have lost control over the officers and demanded steps to rein in this trend. Sarat Borkotoky also expressed concern over this uneasy trend.
A brainstorming legislature party meet of Assam Congress is trying to sort out differences among a section of ministers and MLAs. The crucial meet, first time in the history, has begun at the Assam assembly premises at 10 in the morning on Saturday where a section ofMLAs and ministers stressed expedited development process to woo the voters in the upcoming general elections. The ministers and MLAs, known to be closed to dissident leader Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma were expected to vent open anger against chief minister and a few of his associates. But there is hardly any possibility in view of high command's instruction to keep quiet.
Dissident ministers and MLAs held a number of meetings to clear strategies to corner chief minister Tarun Gogoi and his trusted ministers in the CLP meet on Saturday. The chief minister also is in touch with some influential leaders to overpower the dissident camp. Senior MLAs Sarat Borkotoky and Anjan Dutta are likely to back Gogoi. But they want an immediate reshuffle in the council of ministers. Nobody from AICC is there in the meeting.
Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has expressed grave concern at the shut down of Prime News by its management leaving more than 170 employees including journalists jobless. Extending supports to various protest demonstrations organized by the Electronic Media Forum Assam (EMFA) against the closure notice of the 24x7 satellite news channel, the JFA has urged the State chief minister Tarun Gogoi to intervene on the mater for the benefit of the affected employees of Prime News.The employees of the Guwahati based private news channel, lately run by the Suresh Prithani owned Brahmaputra Infrastructure private limited, had informed that the news channel was shut down on October 1 citing the reason...
A grenade explosion seems to have oozed no less panic in Diphu during the 24-hour long KNLA-sponsored Karbi Anglong bandh on Friday.The explosion took place beside a petrol pump at the Manja Market in the evening. No one has been injured in the blast and nobody has seen the miscreants who lobbed the grenade.The seizure of a UPLF demand letter from the spot suggests the involvement of the insurgent outfit.
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