The dawn to dusk Sibasagar Bandh called on Friday by various organisations like AASU, AJYCP and Gorkha Association in protest against the Naga aggresion was a total success. No untoward incident has been reported from anywhere.
18 May 2015 - 7:43pm | Jintu Sarma
I don’t know how many times I have gone to see Bhalukpong. Also, I don’t know why I love this place so much. Bhalukpong, a destination for refreshing health and soul. It awestruck me a lot....
6 Mar 2014 - 12:09pm | AT News
Man elephant conflict refuses to die down. The victim this time is a couple in Dhemaji district.The shocking incident took place in Chechutoli on Thursday wee hours where a hard of wild elephants...
14 Oct 2014 - 7:38am | SK Hasan
The All India CISF Inter Sector Football Tournament gets underway in Nazira from Tuesday. ONGC Executive Director of Assam Asset BK Baruah opened the tournament at a brief function in the morning...
4 Jan 2012 - 3:00pm | editor
Amid tight security pollings are in progress for the Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council on Wednesday. The polling began at 8 in the morning to end at 4 in the afternoon. The turn out is said to be...
Thirty-eight ULFA cadres, including a woman cadre, laid down their arms before the army in Tamulpur in Baksa district on Thursday morning. The group was by Nayan Kakoti who surrendered before the GOC 4 Corps Lt Gen B S Jamwal at 21 Mountain Brigade Headquarters of Red Horn Division. They further submitted a huge cache of arms and ammunition including 27 pistols, 18 grenades, 22 detonators, 30 kgs of explosives and 150 rounds of AK-47 live ammunition.Speaking on the occasion, Lt Gen Jamwal said the army was trying to bring back misguided youths to the mainstream adding that insurgency cannot bring any solution. He further informed that some top cadres will be surrendering soon. Assam...
Manipur Alliance for Child Rights organizing mass rally in connection with "Remove Armed Forces Special Power Act 1958" and "Protect our children's rights" held at Place Compound, Imphal on 23-01-08.
A car rally was organized with 64 jeeps from Kaziranga to Bokakhat by Kaziranga Jeep Safari Union, Kaziranga Devlopment Union and Kaziranga Greenland Society, to protest against killing rhino, appealing forest minister to take appropriate actions towards save the rhinos of Kaziranga. Photo: Kaushik Hazarika, Bokakhat.
Several Guwahati based working journalists and writers including noted author Nirupama Bargohain and veteran journalist Dhirendranath Chakravorty have made an appeal to the people of Assam and the Northeast to hoist the Indian National Flag atop their houses and in their own localities on the occasion of 59th Republic Day of the country on January 26. In a statement they said that the Republic Day of the country should be celebrated by the citizens in recognition to the sacrifices made by the martyrs, who accepted martyrdom to wrest liberty for their compatriots. Many of their colleagues also under underwent tremendous hardship to free the country from the colonial yoke. The people of the...
Freedom fighter and one time close aide of Netaji, Umesh Chandra Devchaudhory on Wednesday demanded that the Mukherjee Commission report should be made public to unearth the circumstances leading to the death of Subhas Chandra Bose. Remembering Netaji on his 112th birth anniversary, Mr Devchaudhory said that the leader was killed during the Nehru regime. Quoting an Ananda Bazaar Patrika story, he observed that Netaji did not had a natural death and was killed. He said the people should know the reason behind the mysterious death of Subhas Chandra Bose. The Netaji took up arms for an independent India. But a gulf of difference is these between the demand for India’s independence and...
Several non Rabha organizations on Wednesday demanded reorganization of the Rabha Hasong Autonomous Council area. Participating at a meeting in Dispur with revenue minister Dr Bhumidhar Barman they demanded that only the areas having more than 50 per cent of Rabhas should be kept in the Council area while the other areas should be excluded from it. They further have demanded CBI probe into the recent clash in Lakhipur besides adequate compensation for those injured in the incident. Minister Bharat Narah, West Goalpara MLA Alshah Abdur Rashid Mandal, Dudhnoi MLA Deven Doimary, panchat commissioner, lower Assam commissioner and several other top ranked officials were present in the meeting...
The Nagaland players have arrived in the city on Wednesday to participate in the North East Games as it is all set to begin on January 30. According to information, the inauguration of this games will be marked by the local games of the five north eastern region. Organisers here say the entire regional sports event will be held in six venues altogether. The schedule this time include football, table tennis, badminton, boxing, judo, taekwando, weightlifting, karate and kho kho. The event will conclude on 2nd of February with a function being organised at the Sarusajai Stadium in the evening.
Union minister for information and broadcasting Priya Ranjan Dasmunshi on Tuesday said the freedom of media is an art of democracy but he cautioned the media tribe against any attempts to sell sensation while disseminating news and views for the general public.Addressing a function in Guwahati on the occasion of third anniversary of a vernacular daily Mr Dasmunsi maintained that journalism in the north eastern region has been a challenging task besides being a purely professional one observing that their job is not less than protecting the country.In his address Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi suggested a set of guidelines for the Assam journalists to make the state’s media more vibrant....
The Railway Protection Force jawans have apprehended a boy suspecting him to be involved in the blast that rocked the city’s Bamunimoidam area which left a 15 year old boy injured. According to information, the RPF jawans had to open fire before apprehending him. The boy Liton Das was moving from a coaching classes at the Railway Colony area at around 7:37 pm in the evening while the bomb which was planted near a shop went off. Police and para military troops have cordoned off the area.
NSCN-IM faction has released the two Northeast Frontier Railway officials kidnapped at around 7-30 in the morning on Tuesday from the lower Haflong area. They are Pragjyoti Duarah and Aswini Kumar. According to information, the Naga rebels demanded them cash but released them at around 3-00 in the afternoon. Earlier in the morning, the rebels came to their official residence and lifted them away. Speaking to reporters after being released they say the rebels behaved them decently.
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