The Centre sounds red alert in the entire north eastern region apprehending terror strike to counter the intensified counter insurgency operation in Myanmar. The Union home ministry is believed to have received inputs suggeting that a huge group of north east insurgents have sneaked into the region from across the Indo-Myanmar border to escape the army operation in the neighburing country. Security forces are fanning along the international border to flush out the terror elements after suspected NSN-K insurgents killed at least 25 army personnel in three deadly attacks in Manipur during the last two months. This has forced the army to launch an intensified operations along the Indo-Myanmar border where army claimed to have killed dozens of insurgents on the soil of Myanmar.
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Rain waters start wreaking havoc in Guwahati again after the premier north eastern city was lashed by incessant rains for several our on Tuesday. Low laying places in the city came under the rain...
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Rongali Bihu was celebrated at Bahrain with pomp and gaiety on 16th April at Hotel Phoenicia. The Assamese community at Bahrain, fondly called ‘Luitporia-Bahrainis’, started the...
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An Assam based painter invites brickbats from various organizations for his artworks where he has painted the Indian national flag in poor light. Moreover the same artist Akram Hussain faces...
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The story of a widow and mother of two children, Pratima Hazarika,wife of late Haren Hazarika, who had been serving as an MR worker in the Dhansri Irrigation Office, Bhairabkunda, has revealed...
ULFA boss Paresh Baruah appealed to media not to call the outfit after him.In a statement sent to media on Sunday, Baruah said that the anti-talk faction is usually referred to in the media as the Paresh Baruah-led faction after the group led by Chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa came overground to hold talks with the government to resolve the issue. He said that ULFA does not believe in a struggle spearheaded by a single individual.
Over 70 per cent voters cast their votes in the Algapur Assembly by-election on Sunday. The polling was peaceful.The voting which began at 8 in the morning ended at 4 in the afternoon. Polling in the constituency was held amidst tight security with 14 companies of paramilitary forces deployed. There are 12 candidates in the fray including candidates from the Congress, AGP, AIUDF and BJP besides eight Independents though the contest was expected to be direct between Congress candidate Mandira Roy and AIUDF's Mehbubul Hasan. The by-elections to Algapur was necessitated following the death of AGP MLA Sahidul Alam Choudhary on November 20 last year. The total electorate in the constituency was...
Sensation prevails in Bagsa district of Assam on Sunday a day after four teenagers were killed in Borbori area forcing police to step up operation to nab the culprits.The incident took place at Geruwa Aashram village on Saturday midnight when unidentified miscreants sprung upon the four youths with sharp weapons. Identified as Bijoy Boro, Fungfa Boro, Raju Boro, the three local youths were on the back to their homes after visiting their fiend Hemanta Narzary who was also killed by the miscreants. Police rushed to the spot and investigation is going on. But the police still remain clueless on the gruesome incident.
Nagaland government had successfully held at one pollig station at Borhollah, Gelekey on Saturday. Around 200 armed Nagas, 12 election officers were performed their duty in the No.1 polling station of 49 no. Tamlu Constituency of Lung Lang district, Nagaland. Border magistrate of Nazira Richand Ahmed, a police team lead by Ashif Ahmed, SDPO, Nazira and district administration of Sivasagar were failed to prevent the aggression.
The Assam Secretariat and other offices have been declared as a protected area. The order was issued by Kamrup (Metro) Deputy Commissioner Ashutosh Agnihotri, who directed that none except bonafide residents and public servants of the secretariat and other offices could enter the area without prior permission. According to an official statement, the working hours at the secretariat and all government offices on all working days would be from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm without break from March one to September 30, 2013.
A grenade explosion rocked Belshri railway station in Sonitpur district on Friday. But there was no report of any injury. According to police, a five-member group of unidentified persons on motorcycles lobbed two grenades at a paddy field at Belshri under Misamari Police station at around 3.30 in the afternoon. A grenade went off at an open space near the railway station. Another unexploded grenade was also recovered from a well in the area by the local people. Then the bikers fled towards Hugrajuli, the sources said adding, a search operation was launched to track them out.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has instructed Health and Family Welfare, Labour and Employment and Social Welfare departments to expedite implementation of the social security schemes. Gogoi directed the officials to implement social security schemes like health insurance to below poverty line workers, building and other construction workers, street vendors, MGNREGA workers, rag pickers, auto rickshaw-taxi drivers, old age/widow pension etc must be implemented expeditiously by the concerned departments. According to official sources, he directed the Health and Family Welfare and Education Departments to prepare for the introduction of bills related to setting up of a Women...
At least five persons were killed when a the vehicle carrying them collided head on in a dumper Palashbari area in the outskirt of Guwahati on Friday.The shocking accident took place in the afternoon at Bhagawatipara where a women died on the spot. Four others succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital. The deceased were identified as Amulya Kalita, Ratan Kalita, Prafulla Mahanta, Putul Kumari and Damayanti Sarma. Five others injured in the accident have been undergoing treatment at the hospital. On the other hand, local residents in large number came out and rushed the injured to the hospital while some of them set on fire the dumper. Policemen rushed to the spot and brought the...
An unidentified body of a girl was found from a compartment of the Awadh-Assam Express at Guwahati Railway station on Friday.The body was found after the train arrived in Guwahati from Lalgarh in Rajasthan to be spotted by the cleaners inside a plastic drum near the bathroom of S-7 coach. Railway authorities have ordered an enquiry and efforts are on to identify the passengers, who had boarded the coach and left the bag.
In yet another major setback for ULFA’s anti-talk faction Bijay Das surrenders before police.Popularly known as Bijay Chinese, the close aide of Paresh Baruah got in touch with Tinsukia police to be rushed to Guwahati on Thursday.According to top sources, some other top militants are also in a mood to follow the suit. ULFA’s anti-talk faction refuses to give a clear cut message on the development. The move assumes significance a week after another dreaded ULFA leader Guli Asom surrendered before Tinsukia police.
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