Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi said that Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma’s entry into BJP will put the people in utter confusion over the chief ministerial candidate.
Hours after Dr Sarma unofficially joined BJP, Gogoi said that if Sarma is made the chief ministerial candidate then what is in store for Sarbananda Sonowal and Siddharth Bhattacharya.
Talking to reports Gogoi wondered why and how Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma joined BJP a day after he was proud of his party’s victory in the Tiwa autonomous council polls.
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THis is you true leader. Give him more focus and he might just manage to give us more entertainment. So far I remember his classic entertainment was about his skill recognising male and female fish. Good journalism.
13 Aug 2011 - 1:05pm | SK Hasan
The ONGCL, Assam Asset continued to remain upbeat when it comes to achiving all the targets in the first quarter of the current fiscal (2011-2012) inspite of several diffulties.
The Assam Asset...
19 Feb 2016 - 10:48pm | Shajid Khan
A voter awareness rally was taken out at Tangla today by Tangla College students, ASHA and Anganwadi workers with the help of Udalguri district administration. The rally was inagurated by...
15 Jan 2015 - 6:30am | editor
Defying a biting cold wave mejis were burning bright to mark the magh bihu celebration across the state on Thursday.Amid traditional pomp and gaiety, people in Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Sivasagar, Jorhat,...
16 May 2012 - 2:34am | editor
KMSS Akhil Gogoi on Tuesday alleged that Dispur is well prepared to gag big dam protest with iron hand.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Gogoi said that the government has set up a special...
Guwahati: Police have detained a youth in Dispur on the basis of a complaint lodged by Zubeen Garg who alleged an attempt of attack on him by a group of goons on Wednesday night. According to the allegation, a group of 6 youths stopped his car and tried to physically assault the singer who was on his way back home at night.
Police have already tracked down the vehicle used by the miscreants. Police have arrested the owner of the vehicle and have been looking for the absconding miscreants. Many organizations and individuals have condemned it.
The singer, who strongly opposed CAA hit media headlines recently for accepting the offer of brand ambassador in the state’s...
New Delhi: Noted journalist, columnist Sanjoy Hazarika said that the debate and dialogue on Clause VI need to be conducted with respect and “not lead to social media abuse or prejudice or make a complex situation more difficult.”
Talking to Assam Times, Hazarika, who is also the Director of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) said, “the simple thing for the Centre to decide -- and I am referring to the GoI and not any particular party or coalition -- is will it stand judicial scrutiny because it is bound to be challenged in the courts and could lead to an even more convoluted and protracted process? Will it stand the test of Constitutional validity? ...
Guwahati: A lower court in Guwahati on Wednesday asked Kolkata based intellectual Garga Chatterjee to surrender before it by August 27.
The court has issued the order after the court was apprised that Chatterjee who made defamatory remarks against first Ahom king Chaulung Sukafa.
The court further slammed the failure of Kolkata police to arrest the Bangla Pakhya leader even after a nonbailable warrant was issued.
He called the pioneer of the Ahom emperor as Chinese invader ad questioned the government’s intention to celebrate Assam Day.
Guwahati: Caught in a deep dilemma over the fate of the Clause VI committee recommendations for the last 5 months, the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) on Tuesday revealed it forcing Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal to break the silence.
Hours after the revelation, Sonowal said that Delhi and Dispur were committed to implementing the suggestions in letter and spirit to ensure constitutional protection to the genuine people.
CM admitted the delay in the process to implement the recommendation and blamed the nationwide COVID19 menace and flood fury.
But according to sources, the report has yet to reach Union home minister Amit Shah who has been reluctant to receive it and asked CM...
Guwahati: In a landmark act that rattles both Delhi and Dispur, the All Assam Students Union has put the Clause VI panel report in public domain which the Centre has not received yet.
Apart from ILP provision, the report strongly suggested a slew of measures to ensure constitutional safeguard for the indigenous people of Assam.
These include reservation of seats for indigenous people in job and legislative assembly, upper House.
The state's influential student organization has demanded measures to implement it since PM Narendra Modi and Union home minister Amit Shah repeatedly promised to implement it letter and spirit.
Notably, led by Justice (retd) BK Sarma...
Guwahati: Youth heartthrob Zubeen Garg will be the brand ambassador of the state's agriculture sector to uplift the back of the economic health.
The popular singer formally agreed to accept the stint as he called on state agriculture minister Atul Bora in Guwahati on Saturday.
The singer called on Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal two weeks back where he got the proposal informally.
His acceptance of the proposal assumed significance since he opposed tooth and nail BJP's CAA and urged the people to dislodge the Sonowal government which drew a huge response.
The singer was not available for comment on the question of his stiff opposition to CAA and promised to lead a...
Loksabha TV recently discussed the flood situation in Assam.
Architect Gautam Sarma, author & policy specialist Sanjoy Hazarika, NERAMAC director. Manoj Kumar Das and few other national experts spoke on the problems and solutions to the recurring problem.
TEZPUR: Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has ordered an inquiry into the group clashes in Sonitpur district where 12 people sustained injury in an attack as they were taking out a bike procession in support of the Ayodhya event on Wednesday.
According to information, Sonowal has issued an order to DGP Bhaskarjyoti Mahanta to probe the incident where the miscreants set afire as many as ten bikes and vehicles. DIG (law and order) GP Singh told media that 4 cases have been registered in this connection.
Sources said that the district authorities have disallowed VHP and Bajrang Dal from taking out any procession in view of the prevailing endemic. But VHP and Bajrang Dal activists took...
Guwahati: An orgy of violence has rocked Sonitpur district where a few people sustained injury and some vehicles were burnt down on Wednesday.
The incident took place in the afternoon when a group of unidentified miscreants attacked some people as they took out a procession in support of the foundation stone laying ceremony of the Ram temple at Ayodhya.
As the procession was progressing on the road suddenly the miscreants sprang upon the participating people.
The miscreants further burnt down as many as five vehicles during the attack. Then they vanished from the spot.
Later policemen came but by then the miscreants fled.
The area has been put under...
Tezpur: After Padma Hazarika, now it's turn for Mrinal Hazarika to wage a war against the illegal settlers.
Talking to reporters in Sootea where a group of police and civil officials sustained injury at an attack by illegal settlers recently, the BJP MLA from Khomtai alleged a nefarious attempt to overpower the indigenous people.
"But how theses illegal settlers could attack police officers on eviction duty? This is because of a section pressure groups who have been aiding and abetting these people, "said Saikia.
He fully supported Padma Hazarika for his stand against the illegal settlers. He said, "Tezpur now looks different. Now rows of small huts on the National Highway...
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