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.
19 Aug 2015 - 8:05am | Hantigiri Narzary
The incessant rains that lashed BTAD areas during that last 36 hours have wreaked havoc in Kokrajhar, and Chirang in the form of flood from Monday.In Kokrajhar district alone, over 37 villages have...
13 Aug 2007 - 10:58am | editor
Guwahati : Punjab Police today caught a ULFA leader Hemanta Roy from Jalandhar town on Monday. This was informed by the Assam Police. Roy is believed to be a senior member of the ULFA’s 709...
28 Feb 2014 - 3:49pm | Rajen Barua
The book "পৃথিবীৰ কৱিতা" (Poetry of the World), edited and translated by Rajen Barua was released in USA on February 22, 2014 at a meeting of AALC (Assamese American Literary Circle) in Houston. The...
27 Dec 2013 - 3:17pm | Diganta Gogoi
The alumnus of Sainik School Goalpara residing in Mumbai and Pune also known as Old Boys Association, Sainik School Goalpara - Chapter West (OBASSG WC), in collaboration of Bombay Hospital, had...
Security forces claimed to have killed a hardcore NDFB militant belonging to the Songbijit faction at an encounter in Kokrajhar district on Sunday. The encounter took place in the evening at Ultapani jungle under Bismuri police outpost. The militant cadres was identified as Bilifang Basumatary of Mohenpur village. He is believed to be the section commander in Bismuri. He was involved with several extortion and anti-government activities in the region. A 7.65 mm pistol, two grenade, 6 live ammunition, three empty cases, two mobile handsets were recovered from him.
An army jawan has been arrested on Sunday for alleged attempt to rape a sleeping woman inside in an air-conditioned coach of a running train on Sunday.The incident took place in the wee hours at the Guwahati-Ledo Inter City Express. The accused jawan from the 299 Field Regiment, posted at Maiballa in Sonari under Sibsagar district of Assam, was arrested at Mariani station by railway police.According to the allegation, she was sleeping in the upper berth of an AC 3-tier coach, while the jawan was sleeping in the middle, her mother in the lower berth and her brother in a side berth.The jawan also tried to prevent her from shouting by putting his hand on her mouth but she managed to raise an...
At least nine workers from Assam were killed and 11 injured when suspected militants triggered a powerful IED blast at Khoyathong in the heart of Imphal on Friday. Six others have been critically injured. The bomb exploded at 7.35 in the evening inside a camp where the labourers housed. Nine workers died on the spot. Police called it an IED planted by militants. This has forced the security forces to step up vigil in the capital city.
Bodies of two youths from Chirang district of Assam have been recovered in Andhra Pradesh two days after they left for West Bengal.Identified as Dhan Basumatary and Bishnu Narzary, their bodies were recovered at Nallore Railway station on Wednesday. Both they were accompanied by Dawa Basumatary to West Bengal who has been remaining traceless.
The lifeless naval officers from Assam, who died in the INS Sindhurakshak tragedy brought to their home on Wednesday.Naval Engineer Narottam Deuri’s body was received at the Gopinath Bardoloi International Airport at Borjhar here with honour by Navy, Army and Air force officials. Then it was sent to his home at Narayanpur in Lakhimpur by road for the last rites on Thursday.The body of the other naval personnel Petty Officer Timothy Sinha, attached to the Underwater Unit 1, was received in his native place Silchar by Cachar district administration for the last rites on Wednesday.At Borjhar, the ethnic Deuri Jatiya Sangathan and Deuri Students Union strongly protested the absence of state...
Normal life remains paralyzed in Kokrajhar on Tuesday following the 36-hours BTAD bandh beginning from 5 in the morning. Called by the Undivided Goalpara Indo-Mongolian Youth Front in protest against brutally killing of two youth including a cadre of NDFB (Songbijit faction) and an innocent youth at Audang bazaar under Karigaon police outpost, the bandh evokes full response as soon as it came into force.All financial institutions, shops and markets remained closed. Schools and colleges refused to open. Vehicles were off from the roads. The youth front appealed to the political leaders to be alert on the role played by the state government. Rahul Brahma alias B Rugung and Anjalu Brahma alias...
The mortal remains Timothy Sinha and Naruttam Deuri are arriving in their homes on Wednesday.The bodies will be accorded a guard of honour at the INS Ashwini at Colaba in Mumbai on Wednesday morning. Timothy’s body would reach Poilapool in Silchar while Naruttam's is expected to reach Deuri gaon in Lakhimpur home in the morning. Cachar district administration has informed the Army authorities stationed at Mashimpur and Jiribam about the development. Timothy's body will be laid to rest in his family graveyard at Poilapool with full military honour.
The Press Council of India, taking serious note on attacks on Journalists in India, has constituted a Sub-Committee to examine the issue of safety of Journalists. The Sub-Committee is in Guwahati and will interact with Journalists on September 11, 2013 (Wednesday) between 10:30 A.M. to 1:30 P.M. at the Conference Hall, Circuit House, Guwahati to examine the issue of safety of Journalists in Assam.
Assam Rajiv Gandhi University of Cooperative Management (ARGUCOM) in collaboration with Sologuri Gaon Panchayat and Department of Rural Development Agency, Sivasagar organised a public meeting at Sivasagar College, Joysagar recently. The aim of the public meeting was to familiarize the local population with the history, aims, objectives and philosophy of the University.The meeting was attended by Dr. Rafiquz Zaman, Vice Chancellor, ARGUCOM, Hira Deka Bora, Principal, Sivsagar College, SN Chowdhury, Project Director, DRDA (Sivasagar), Dr. Likhak Bora, former Professor, Sivasagar College and noted social worker and Zila Parishad member, Monica Saikia.Vice Chancellor Dr. Zaman made an...
At least 10 districts are reeling under flood water. The worst-hit are river island Majuli and the Kaziranga National Park. Rising water of the Brahmaputra has inundated vast tracts of land in Kaziranga's Burapahar, Bagori and northern parts of Agratoli with three animal casualty reported. Two deer were knocked down by speeding vehicles in Harmoti area when they were on way to the highlands, while an elephant drowned in the flood waters in Bagori range.
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