The Assam government starts distributing the Anundoram Barooah Award to the first and high second division holder HSLC examinees from Tuesday. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi gave away the award to the recipients at a function in Khanapara in the morning.
In his address, Gogoi advised the students to take a vital lead to dress the society afresh with innovative mind and idea which, he hoped, would pay dividend in near future.
Education minister Pradyut Bordoloi, parliamentary secretary for education Rekibudin Ahmed were prominent among those who attended the function.
Comprising a certificate and a laptop, the award would be given away to altogether 40,800 first and high second division holder HSLC examinees in 2014 across the state.
Curfew has been relaxed in Borgang and Bedeti areas in Sonitpur district for 12 hours in view of the ongoing HSLC and HS examinations on Monday.According to the district administration, the situation is under control and curfew would be reimposed as situation warrants.Curfew was clamped following a fresh orgy of violence when protesters clashed with security forces during a road blockade in protest against failure to arrest the Chauldhuwa culprits.
Several persons have been injured when security forces sprang upon a group of KMSS activists in Khanapara in Guwahati on Monday morning.Security forces resorted to lathicharge to disperse over 100 KMSS protesters who were marching towards Koinadhara in protest against the decision to issue land pattas to only 500 people at a function in Sankardev Kalakhetra.
Forest guards in Kaziranga recovered the rhino killed by poachers on Sunday evening.The carcass was spotted near Borbhag forest camp in Burahpahar range of the world heritage site. The horn was missing.Poachers were believed to have killed the animal and took away its horn before they locked in an encounter with the forest guards on Sunday evening. There was no casualty in the gun battle.Forest guards rushed to the spot as soon as they came to hear the sounds of gun shots. But the poachers managed to flee from the spot.
Jintul Talukdar, BhawanipurIn a bizarre incident that sends shockwaves across the state, a woman committed suicide after killing her minor daughter on Sunday.The incident took place at Bhawanipur in Bajali Mridula Patgiri strangulated her 16 month old daughter Sagorika and then committed suicide by hanging at a fan inside her room in the absence of her husband in the morning.Local residents suspect it a fall out of domestic quarrel. But only police investigation would unearth the truth.
Security forces claimed to have killed a hardcore NDFB(S) militant at an encounter in Sonitpur district on Sunday.The encounter took place in Moinajuli area at 7 in the afternoon where the militant died on the spot. Police further claimed to have recovered weapons from his possession.
Poachers are suspected to have killed one more rhino before facing an encounter with forest guards in Kaziranga on Sunday.On hearing sounds of gunfiring at Burhapahar range of the world heritage site, forest guards rushed to the spot and locked in a grim gun battle with the poachers at Saralibeel area in the evening. Poachers managed to flee from the spot. Details are awaited.
A businessman anaged to foil the kidnap attempt in Sonitpur district on Sunday evening.The incident took place at Alichinga in Dhekiajuli where three armed youths tried to lift businessman Basu Dey at around 8 in the evening.As the trio tried to dreg him into a bike, Dey cried for help where the local villagers in large number came out forcing the suspected NDFB-S militants to leave the spot.Police came to the spot and investigation is going on.
Tension seems to have been escalating further in Sonitpur on Sunday a day after 4 more bodies of missing villagers were found.Apprehending breakdown in law and order situation, the district administration has clamped curfew in Borgang and Bedeti areas after protesters clashed with police in the afternoon.The clash broke out when police tried to disperse thousands of people who blocked the roads leading to Arunachal Pradesh in protest against the failure to arrest the Chaudhuwa massacre.The protesters set on fire Arunachal Pradesh bound vehicles of security forces. Even they did not spare the vehicle of a judge who was on his way to work place. Then police resorted to lathichage...
KMSS is all set to go for a massive agitation on Monday across the state demanding land pattas.The peasant body leaders told Assam Times that thousands of people will throng Guwahati from early in the morning to intensify the stir.They said,”we will not care even an iota to police firing and lathi-charge during our massive agitation for the landless lot.”This has forced the Kamrup(metro) district administration to make an elaborate security arrangement in the city to deal with any eventualities.Bamboo barricades are being brought to the city in many public places to prevent the protestors. The government has already shifted the land patta distribution venue from Ravindra Bhawan to Sankardev...
Sigh of relief for Guwahatians. The hawkers have temporarily called off non cooperation. From Monday morning they would resume distribution of news papers. Addressing a press conference at Guwahati Press Club on Sunday, they said that they agreed to resume their duties at the initiative of KMSS.But they made it simple that they won’t withdraw their demands before the agents who have been refusing 35 per cent commission.
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