Assam education minister Ripun Bora has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in New Delhi while he was there in the national capital. According to information, the education minister was arrested in connection with a Rs 10 lakh bribery case. Mr Bora was picked up at his residence from Mothura Road. Sources say he was arrested while he was trying to bribe the CBI officer which was probing a murder case of Danial Toppo. Interrogation is on.
Amar Asom journalist Mukul Pathak as also been arrested with Mr Bora. Mukul tried to bribe the CBI men on behalf of the minister.
PermalinkSubmitted by Chitralee Kashyap on Wed, 04/06/2008 - 05:50
One of the worst education minister I have seen so far. He is more interested in party and politics than the educational instituions of the state. It is good that he has been arrested but off course will be out soon as politics are full of criminals and record holders in breaking the laws instead of having a vision for the society or for the state.
PermalinkSubmitted by Faiz Ahmed on Wed, 04/06/2008 - 15:19
This doesn't surprise me. Politics is full of corruption. Especially in Assam which is at the bottom of development index among the seven sisters. Bribery is inherent in the culture. They have ruined lives of crores of unemployed youths.It came to light the spot being in Delhi and that too due to involvement of CBI. There are so many other deptt. where corruption is a way of life.
PermalinkSubmitted by Niranjan Bhatta... on Wed, 04/06/2008 - 17:44
What could be the datum of Education in Asom where the person in charge of educating people of the State is having no education in true sense.It is sad that most ministers of Asom are with criminal background.
PermalinkSubmitted by Barnam Bora on Wed, 04/06/2008 - 18:52
This is a very sorry phase in the history of Our Beloved Assam. The current Government as a unit has been doing a fair amount of commendable work for the state but mishaps like this need to be dealt with by the iron hand. The Government needs to conduct a full scale investigation of all its major leaders and members and eradicate all instances of corruption and compromise. There should be no exception.
The Young Indian in General and The Young Assamese in particular is waking up. And he/she will not accept any lapse in commitment to the well being of the state. We all know that corruption is highly prevalent in Indian Politics and it is high time we as citizens and "Future Leaders" should address and extinguish this issue.
-Love to all my fellow Assamese
-Barnam
-Adelaide, Australia
PermalinkSubmitted by Rashmi Barua on Thu, 05/06/2008 - 18:03
Corruption overshadowing the development activities of Assam. Ripun Borah is the best example of this corruption at this moment.
But the saddest part of the story is involvement of a "Journalist" in this corruption.
It's time to wake-up "Y-Generation".
PermalinkSubmitted by sb1966 on Thu, 05/06/2008 - 20:10
This shows the level where we, as a society, are. Although, legally he is yet to convicted for the murder, it however also shows that ultimately the thruth prevails.
PermalinkSubmitted by Prashanta Goswami on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 05:31
It is a most unfortunate and degrading development for Assam. But then why single out Assam or Ripun Bora. Politics today has become a game of muscle power and money power. It is only the dishonest and the men with brawn who indulge in it. That is why people with any sense od decency stay miles away from it because they know that they can not survive in that world of corruption and vice. Take any political party - all are filled with people of dubious record.The maxim often mentioned that "money can buy anything" has been proved time and again and it was just Ripun Bora's bad luck that it misfired - or was it a demand for a larger largesses and our dear Minister was trying to be cunning and clever as reported in a section in the media ?
PermalinkSubmitted by tituraj on Fri, 06/06/2008 - 20:36
It is somehow fatuous to witness how politico honchos are making a mockery of the democracy. The fourth pillar of democracy that is the media should also come out of their honeymoon slumber and highlight the fact that it is no longer any sacred as it was to be. Is this the death knell of what used to be the last sentinel of democracy?? Are we moving towards a phenomenon called DEMOCRAZY??
PermalinkSubmitted by Saeed Zakir Husaien on Fri, 29/08/2008 - 19:07
I was not surprise at all. These are all criminals. This is one of the hundreds of cases that opened for all. But what do you think? He is released now. And ready for another crime.
The recently detected illegal Bangladeshi national Kammaluddin has been deported to his country on Monday. This was followed by the arrest of ten more illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators on Tuesday at Doboka in Nagaon distirct.According to information, before pushing Kammaludding back to Bangladesh, he was rushed to the Border Security Force personnels at Mahisashan checkgate along the Indo-Bangladesh border on Sunday. His Bangladeshi identity was confirmed by the Guwahati High Court recently and a bench of Justice Biplab Sarma ordered his arrest to be pushed back to Bangladesh. The court further talked tough with the government for its inability to detect and deport the illegal Bangladeshis...
A hard core ULFA care who was languishing in Tura jail has committed suicide inside police-lock up on Monday afternoon. According to information, the body of the ULFA cadre Dharmen Hajong, was found when guards opened his cell on Monday afternoon. Police hoped the militants would reveal important details about the outfit's activities in the Garo Hills.The cadre belonging to ULFA's 28 Battalion strike force had hailed from Horipur area of Changlang district in Arunachal Pradesh.He was apprehended in Tura running a shop inside Tura Super Market for the last two months. Dharmen Hajong is believed to have a crucial role in planning the outfit's operations inside Arunachal Pradesh
In yet another string of Assam-Meghalaya boundary row, some villagers in Meghalaya have threaten to uproot thousands of saplings planted by Assam Forest department near near Khanduli.These villagers authorities in Jaintia Hills claim that 25 hectares now under occupied by Assam belongs Meghalaya in the district of Jaintia hills.Additional District Magistrate and the Deputy Superintendent of Police have already visited the area but the situation is tense. The villagers are setting August 15 as deadline for the administration to resolve the issue saying if it is not done, they would uproot the saplings. According to information, the district administration is all set to submit a report to...
Guwahati Press Club in association with the North East Society for the Promotion of Youth and Masses (NESPYM ) has organised a media workshop on Mother-Newborn Health Security on August 6, 2008. The workshop, to be held at press club auditorium, will begin at 1 pm.Dr Chiranjib Kakoti, honourary director of NESPYM and Dr Shabina Ahmed will attend the program as resource persons, informs Dr Alaka Bhattacharyya, executive coordinator of NESPYM.Interested journalists to attend the program are requested to contact the office of the press club.
Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra Parishad says they will not allow Assam to be the heaven for the illegal Bangladeshi people.The student body leaders have observed Monday as a black day demanding government action to deal with this situation firmly. AJYCP general secretary Manoj Baruah it’s right time for these Assamse to go all out against the illegal Bangladeshi people who have infiltrated into the state. He said Assam has become the heaven of the Bangladeshi people and also the fundamentalist forces.“The government machineries have been failing to firmly deal with the situation. The failure of the authorities to seal the porous Indo-Bangla border have also encouraged the problem...
A lot of people didn't understand the hurry that Manmohan Singh was in in taking the safeguards agreement to International Atomic Energy Agency and requesting the United States President to pursue the matter with Nuclear Suppliers' Group. Even those who support the Indo-US nuclear deal are perplexed by the urgency demonstrated by the government. Manmohan Singh was willing to put at stake his prime ministership, his government and the party as well as the country for the sake of the deal. He annoyed his left supporters and forced a motion of confidence which he won not in a very dignified manner.The Indian government has got the approval of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on the...
The All Assam Students Union is all set to launch a statewide movement against the illegal migrants in the state. The student body leaders have urged the people to go for an economic blockade against these illegal migrants.Addressing a press conference in the city on Saturday, the student body leaders informed that they have already finalized this movement at the recent executive body meeting. The student body announced a slew of agitation activities for detecting and deporting the illegal Bangladeshis. On August 6, they will stage state demonstration in front of the cit6y based passport office. This will be followed by the hunger strike from August 14 to 15 up to the time for hoisting the...
Days after the Gauhati Huigh Court identified A Kamaruddin an a Pakistani national who fought the 1996 Assembly poll has been arrested by Nagaon police on Saturday. The arrest was made after the police received instruction from Dispur. Details are awaited.Notably, the Guwahati High Court in a recent 95 page judgment has mentioned that Mohammad Kamaruddin, a Pakistani citizen, had contested the state Assembly elections in 1996. The judgement ridiculed that that it is possible only in a place like Assam.Since the 1970s, illegal migration has been a burning issue in the state and the government has been failing to stop it.
Activists of CPI (M) took out a rally protesting against the Indo-US joint military exercises in Mizoram in the streets of Guwahati on 02-08-08. PHOTO: UB PHOTOS.
A hardcore ULFA cadre was killed at an encounter with police and army in Sivasagar district in the wee hours on Saturday.According to information, acting on a tip off, Army's 318 Field Regiment and Charaideo police launched a joint operation at Mahmora area in the upper Assam district where ULFA cadre Sonti Panika alias Ashim Panika was caught in a heavy exchange of firing and died later on the spot. Sonti is a hardcore ULFA cadre who belongs to the B company of ULFA's 28th Battalion which has not anounced unilateral ceasefire with the government. Later police recovered a revolver from the ULFA rebel. Investigation is on.In yet another incident, Basistha police have arrested two youths on...
Comments
Pages
Add new comment