India is not prepared to go for a sea change on all fronts. The country has yet to fully achieve its desired goals. This was what eminent journalist John Elliot said when he held an exclusive conversation with MarkTully on the second day of the Guwahati Li Fest on Sunday.
Former BBC MarkTully contradicted Elliot saying that the country was progressing on the vital fronts. He talked of the country’s election process which has undergone a huge change at the instance of the Election Commission.
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Amid violent bandhs chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday said that these would only complicate the situation. Talking to reporters in Guwahati he said that the time was not proper to call...
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The upcoming year is not comfortable at all for Assam if the astrologers to be believed. According to astrologer Bidyabhushan Tridip Devasarma Doloi, Assam waves of floods waves and earthquake could...
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The United Liberation Front of Asom (I) has warned of dire consequences if somebody tries to monger trouble with fratricidal killings like the indiscriminate firings and bombings at the Balajan...
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Chrisostom Tudu,BTC Executive Member from Congress in the council will tender his resignation to BTC Chief Hagrama Mohilary on Monday after party high command directed to resign him from the post...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that his government has kept the doors open for peace talks with ULFA. But in the same breath, he said that there has to be peace. Talking to reporters in Kolkata on Sunday, he said that there was a ceasefire with ULFA's pro-talk faction and the process is on. He was in Kolkata at attend the prize distribution ceremony of the annual flower show at the Agri Horticultural Society of India.
The Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council area in Goalpara is burning over holding of panchayat polls slated for Tuesday. The public curfew will begin from 7 in the morning on Monday which will continue till 7 in the evening on Tuesday.Central paramilitary forces have been deployed in BTAD, Kamrup and Goalpara districts. The army has also been kept on alert in the council area to deal with the law and order situation.The government and state election panel are going ahead with poll mode only to be opposed in the form of arson. Miscreants burnt down many houses and a wooden bridge in the district on Saturday night. On Friday night, the protestors set afire a vehicle of a zonal election officer...
Eight Muslim Protection Tiger Force surrendered before police in Kokrajhar district. Led by Hafizur Rahman, area commander of the outfit, the newly form outfit’s militants surrendered before the top police and army officials at Gossaigaon.The surrendering militants gave up three 9mm pistols, two 7.6mm pistols, three handmade rifles, one hand grenade and 14 rounds of ammunition. Notably, the militant group was formed in 2012 during the ethnic violence in BTAD areas.
One person was shot dead by his elder brother in Guwahati on Sunday. The fratricidal incident took place at Adabari area in the city over dispute over a piece of land.According to police, accused Sahil Ali attacked his elder brother Siraj Ali in front of his shop and shot dead him at around 8.20 am at Adabari area. Siraj was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was declared brought dead. Sahil was apprehended.The two and another brother were involved in a feud over a piece of land in their mother's name since her death some time ago.
A recent coir expo in Guwahati encouraged budding entrepreneurs outlining that the potential in the production of a variety of coir products in the north east. Organised by the Coir Board and Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, the North-East Coir Expo 2013 displayed an attempt to attract the local youth towards this lucrative business.Organizers hoped that the expo would help the people know the whereabouts of all the coir fibre along with the product value and the market.
The Assam Government on Friday approached the Central Bureau of Investigation to probe into the huge seizure of Fake Indian Currency Notes in Guwahati from three accused persons on August 30 last year.According to government sources, the three accused who were on their way from Malda in West Bengal through Guwahati in a Chevrolet Tavera were rounded up by officials from DRI, Guwahati at Beltola Chariali. Fake Indian currency notes amounting to Rs 11.99 lakh were found in their possession. A complaint was lodged with CBI by DRI, Guwahati to this effect.The Government decided to hand over the case to the CBI ‘as the seizure is of substantial nature having involvement of inter-state criminals...
Good news. ITC Ltd. Promised to invest a huge Rs 500 crore into the fast moving consumer goods sector, especially in the food processing industry in the state.ITC Chairman Y.C. Deveshwar assured this in course of a meeting with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at his official residence recently.Deveshwar said his company’s goal is to become the largest consumer goods conglomerate in the country. Founded in 1910, ITC is one of the largest multi-business corporate enterprises in India with a turnover of around US$6 billion. The company's non-tobacco businesses, including foods, personal care, hotels, paper, agriculture, information technology and others, currently account for around 40% of its...
Dispur police intensifies crackdown against the thieves who have been striking in the city a day after the seizure of a huge quantity of gold, silver and diamond ornament from a person.Marathon interrogation continues on Ajit Karmakar from whose possession these ornaments were found on Thursday.Notably, acting on the confessional statement of a thief, police conducted a raid at a room in Fatasheel Ambari area where a person Ajit Karma housed. Some gold, silver and diamond ornaments worth around 50 lakh have been seized from his possession. Karmakar confessed to have received these materials from a gang of thieves and dacoits.
Lady ULFA leader Jahnavi Rajkonwar is dead. She is understood to have met watery grave in the dense jungle. ULFA’s publicity wing confirmed it in an email statement on Thursday morning. The teacher from Naharkatia joined the insurgent outfit last year leaving her husband and two kids.
Two hardcore GNLA militants were killed at an encounter with security police in Goalpara distirct on Thursday.
The encounter took place at an interior area along the Assam-Meghalaya interstate border where the army and police launched a combing operation in the wee hours. Police further recovered 2 pistols from their possession.
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