Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday made it plain and simple that his government wants 2014 voter list as one of the supportive documents to update the national registrar of citizens.
Responding to the legislators who asked him to clear his position, Gogoi said that the list would be required if the documents earlier announced by the Supreme Court are not available for an indigenous citizen.
He said that his government has already moved the Supreme Court for consideration which has not so far rejected the affidavit.
PermalinkSubmitted by MAITAOYA RICK on Tue, 11/08/2015 - 00:35
Mr. Tarun Gogoi is going mad because the assembly election of Assam is approaching. He is such a person who knows only vote bank politics. He is a useless Chief Minister of Assam who has no interest to protect the indigenous communities of Assam rather he is ready to protect the illegal Bangladeshis who entered illegally to our land. The vote bank politics of Congress in Assam will lead our state to be part of Bangladesh. Tarun Gogoi will sell Assam to Bangladesh and he along with his family will settlen down in London.
The flood situation in Nagaon and Morigaon turns critical on Tuesday. Over 150 villages have come under the surging waters of the Brahmaputra affecting around one lakh people. The water submerged vast tracts of human habitation and farm land with standing crops at Bhuragaon and Mayong revenue circles of Morigaon. Erosion has added to the woes. Erosion seems to have taken serious turn at the main dyke of Brahmaputra at Bhuragaon point. It threatens to submerge the revenue circle office, police station, Bhuragaon college and the main market there. /
The flood waters have brought brimful misery to the birds and animals in the Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary. Talking to Assam Times, Park officials said that nearly per cent of the park has comes now under the surging waters. These have forced the rhinos and other wild animals there to take shelter on highlands. The forest guards are on a round the clock vigil to prevent the poachers to strike.
Amid an escalating tension along the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat district the All Tai Ahom Students Union activists in Amguri burnt the effigy of Union home minister Rajnath Singh for not settling the border row. Hundreds of ATASU activists thronged the Amguri town on Tuesday and shouted slogans against the Centre for not doing enough to solve the decade old border row. The protest assumed significance a week after the Naga miscreants killed at least 13 people and torched 50 houses in Uriamghat area in Golaghat district bordering Nagaland.
A slew of projects over the Bharalu river implemented to help Guwahati get rid of massive water logging has failed to pay any dividend during the last five years. But the amount spent in the name of a single river is astronomical. The huge fund to the crore of rupees was implemented from 2009-10 to 2013-14. But the premier north eastern city still grapples with massive waterlogging even after heavy downpour. Then where the money have gone? The answer is down the drain. According to information available with Assam Times, in 2009-10, Rs 50 lakh was spent in the name of an estimate for excavation of earth from evicted areas and desiltation to increase carrying capacity of the Bharalu...
Police arrested an Army jawan for allegedly trying to molest a teenaged girl inside the Dibrugarh-Delhi Rajdhani Express on Tuesday. The incident took place in between Lumding and Chaparmukh stations where the 17-year old who was girl travelling with her uncle in a three-tier AC compartment raised an alarm at 4 AM after the army jawan man was making the alleged attempt. The Railway Protection Force (RPF) immediately caught the accused sent him to the Railway Police in Guwahati Railway Station. The accused was identified as Kulvinder Singh from the Military Engineering Service and was posted in the Army's Amingaon camp.
There is some let-up in the flood fury. But the misery refuses to recede. Flood waters seem to have started stopped spreading to new areas in Lakhimpur and Dhemaji district. The water levels of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries are showing a receding trend following the halt in the incessant rains during the last 12 hours. But the mighty river is still flowing above the danger mark in Dhubri and Goalpara. Other rivers like Puthimari and Beki are also showing signs of rising. Many districts in Lower Assam are reeling from the latest deluge. The worst-affected district is Barpeta. According to Central Water Commission (CWC), the waters of the Brahmaputra, would be further...
The flood fury in the Kaziranga National Park seems to have showing a receding trend on Tuesday. Twenty percent of the entire national park is now free for the animals to stay.The animals and birds to have shifted to the Karbi hills at the height of the fury are expected to be return.But many areas of the park are still inaccessible despite a drop in the water level. Park authorities told Assam Times that that proper extent of damages would be assessed later.
North east insurgent outfits camping on the soil of Bangladesh are likely to figure in the BSF-BGB talks in New Delhi slated in Wednesday. New Delhi is all set to mount pressure on Dhaka to flush out insurgents hiding in its territory. The BSF director general is further expected to seek his Bangladeshi counterpart’s help to the check cross-border crimes. A delegation of the Border Guards Bangladesh is scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on Wednesday for the bi-annual talks with their Indian counterparts. Steps to ensure peace along the Indo-Bangla border is also expected to be discussed in the meeting be held at the BSF headquarters in the national capital.
Janmastami is being celebrated with much traditional religious fervor across the state to mark the birth day of the Lord Krishna on Monday. Well decorated temples and namghars are teeming with devotees from Sunday night. A series of cultural functions are also lined up on the occasion. The focal point of attraction is the ISKCON temple at Ulubari in Guwahati where people have been thronging in thousands to attend the celebration. The temple will hold the celebration for the next three days. The Assam Times family also celebrated the Sri Krishna Janmastami at its headquartered in Guwahati on Monday morning.
The anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom has appealed to the Nagaland leadership to rein in the trouble mongers in Uriamghat in Golaghat district. In an appeal, the outfit’s chairman, Dr Abhijit Asom said that if these disturbing factors are not firmly deal with it would suggest the unfortunate support of the Nagaland leadership to implement ‘Forward Push’ policy to grab the soil of Assam. The ULFA(I) boss maintains,“ In solidarity with the all the organizations standing up to Naga aggressors, ULFA (I) issuing this a fervent appeal and withdrawal from Assam’s traditional soil with immediate effect and to prevent such unwise moves permanently from we...
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