The wreckage of the Pawan Hans helicopter Tirap Deputy Commissioner Kamalesh Joshi was found at a remote area of Arunachal Pradesh where it crash landed on Tuesday.
The rescue operation made with three choppers along with a Sukhoi Jet locate the wreckage at Thinsa in the wee hours tracing a phone calls from Joshi to his wife at 2-10 in the afternoon. Senior officials arrived in the crash site and recovered the decomposed bodies in the morning.
The chopper went missing on Tuesday on its way to Khunsa from Longding. The last contact was established at 11-30 with Mohanbari airport. Initially, the search operation was concentrated at an area near Dalom where a section of local residents claimed to have heard the sound of a huge explosion in the sky.
But rescuers failed to trace it even after deployment of a Sukhoi Jet along with three other helicopters during the last six days.
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Noted tukari maestro Umakanta Boiragi and Borgeet maestro Jogen Dutt borbayan bring pride and glory for the state. Both the artists have been selected for the prestigious Sangeet Natak Academy award. The country's top art and cultural organization announced it on Saturday. Boiragi is a famous tukari maestro who is known for his mesmerizing performance while Dutta is a relentless worker of satriya culture. Various parties and organizations have greeted the duo after the were selected for the prestigious award.
Militancy seems to have reared its ugly heads again in Dima Hasao district. In yet another shocking incident, armed militants shot dead an engineer inside his office chamber in Haflong on Friday. According to police, two youths armed with sophisticated weapons stormed into the irrigation department office at around 11.30 in the morning and sought executive engineer Rajiv Pathak whom they shot dead inside his chamber from a point blank range. Then they managed to vanished from the scene. Pathak, who hailed from Barpeta who rushed to the hospital. But only to be declared dead. Later in an e-mail statement, DHD-A owned up the responsibility of the deadly attack.
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Good news for Guwahatians. Onion would be available for Rs 55 per kg. Potato would be available for Rs 21 per kg. Courtesy KMSS. The peasant body officials told assamtimes over phone that they would open atleast 10 outlets accross the city. Notably, despite government instruction, onion and potato prices have not come down. Talking to assamtimes, Guwahatians have called it a sigh of relief.
Assam has every reason to celebrate. The reason is Uddhab Bharali. The entertrising scientist from Lakhimpur district once again has made the state proud. NASA has selected Bharali's name for a special award. Bharali"s name has been shortlisted along with 9 others from among 80 00 aspirants. NASA shortlisted Bharali for inventing a special chair for the psychiatric patients. This is for the second time Bharali would receive NASA award.
Dispur on Friday has asked the onion traders across the state to sell onion for Rs 65 per kg. According to information available with assamtimes, all district administrations have received instructions from Dispur to strictly enforce the onion price. The government further urged the people to lodge complaint against the traders who demand more than Rs 65 per kg.
In a historic judgment, the Jorhat sessions court on Friday ordered life imprisonment for a surrendered Ulfa man in connection with a sensational murder case in the district. The court passed the life imprisonment order for SULFA man Rajib Dutta confirming his vital role in the murder of businessman Pinku Bora in 2003. According to information, Dutta is likely to move the high court challenging the judgment.
Assam government on Friday has warned strict action against sale of salt at exorbitant price citing grim scarcity of the essential commodity. Talking to reporters in Dispur on Friday food and civil supply minister Dr Nazrul Islam said that the state has sufficient stock of salt for the next 6 months. He said that those claiming rate more than Rs 10 per kg must face stern action. Meanwhile, over 20 salt retailers have been arrested for selling salt at an exorbitant rate.
All of a sudden, people across the started buyins salt on Thursday. A section of businessmen picked up the first buck and started selling the essential commodity @ 200 per kg. Some others stocked salts to claim more rate. Within a few hours salt vanished from the shops and markets in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar and Jorhat. The panic buying started acting on a rumour that Gujrat has stopped supplying salts to Assam. A television news channel aired the story of how salts are available for Rs 200 per kg. But the story was withdrawn later. The government called it a rumour and asked the people not be panic further.
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