Miliki Baruah, the name of a most wanted insurgent leader takes the centre-stage of politics six months before the assembly polls in Assam. Union sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal was the first top political leaders to have knelt down before the bed ridden octogenarian mother of ULFAleader Paresh Baruah.
Flanked by his close associates on Saturday, Sonowal talked to her much to the delight of the entire family members. But Sonowal’s healing visit failed to draw any significance a day after the Centre spoke ill of chief minister Tarun Gogoi for announcing safe passage to Paresh Baruah on humanitarian ground. Much to his major embarrassment, Sonowal’s counterpart in home affairs Kiren Rijiju accused Gogoi of compromising the national interest by inviting the most wanted “terrorist” to visit his ailing mother. This is bound to hamper BJP’s poll prospect. Thus Gogoi won the first round of game over the politics of safe passage although, the refusal of the Rs 1 lakh assistance for medical treatment disappointed him initially.
But Gogoi is still trying to get yet another score by reiterating his safe passage for Paresh Baruah that would help him refurbish the image of the poll bound ruling party. On the other and, BJP’s central leadership won’t be comfortable with Sonowal and his damage repairing exercise after the home ministry’s readiness to issue red corner notice against the dreaded Paresh Baruah who is said to have been hiding in Myanmar.
GUWAHATI: The United Liberation Front of Asom (I) has urged the people to endorse the age old and indigenous culture and tradition to help the Assamese stand tall as a nation. In a statement released on the eve of Magh Bihu, ULFA(I) chairman Abhijet Asom said since the festival is directly agriculture based, the peasants should adopt the indigenous seeds instead of the imported hybreed seeds. He said instead of the imported culture the people should promote the local and indigenous language and culture in the annual festival of feasting and merry making.
Kokrajhar: A six member team of the Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI) has started probing the murder of Lafikul Islam Ahmed in Kokrajhar four months after the sensational case struck the state. Led by CBI SP attached to special crime branch Upendra Kumar Agarwal, the CBI team based in Kolkata arrived in Kokrajhar on Thursday and visited at the spot at Titaguri Bazar and rushed at Salakati SBI branch office. The CBI team which is camping at the Kokrajhar Circuit House and has been extracting inputs for the probe. The investigation agency has already questioned some eye witness apart from interacting with the police officials. They interrogated the owner of the JK Trader...
MARGHERITA: The much-hyped fresh lease of life in the country's surface communication sector has been proved a futile one if one travels on the Margherita-Pengree Road. The local residents reposed faith on the Sarbananda Sonowal Government who promised to uplift the road condition. Accordingly, a huge portion ofthe road was repaired. But within a short spell of five months the entire portion has become non motorable and the local residents here blame the poor quality of materials used in it. Margherita MLA Bhaskar Sharma opened the road after the repairing and maintenance works were over on May 6, 2017. But the entire vital road repaired under the Assam Road Maintenance...
Kokrajhar: Kokrajhar along with other BTAD districts are reeling under severe cold as the mercury level has gone down, down and down. The day marked nearly 9 degree Celsius early in the morning forcing the people to resort to sit along the fireside. Dense fogs have compounded the situation. 'This year saw heavy cold mercury since past few days.The cold wave is becoming due to imbalance of environment', said a local resident in Kokrajhar.
Namrup: Many women entrepreneurs in Namrup claimed to have been benefitted as they attended an income generating workshop which concluded on Friday. Talking to www.assamtimes.org Institution of Engineers India-Upper Assam Local centre who organized it said the skill development workshop evoked huge response in Namrup. The workshop imparted training on cutting, tailoring and fashion designing held under the Namrup Town Committee under Chairmanship of Neetu Sonowal Buragohain. Chandrama Baruah noted Northeast fashion designer said, "through this skill development workshop on tailoring every women skills are produced in a new way with their self repect earning ." Rima...
KOKRAJHAR: The police have arrested Budhiram Hembrom a month after he allegedly killed Gohai Murmu in Dhordhora village near Kachugaon in Kokrajhar district. According to police, Hembrom is the prime accused in the sensational murder case registered in Kachugaon PS case no. 65/2017 u/s 302 IPC r/w Sec. 27 Arms Act) in the intervening night of 12 December. He was arrested from his house and the countrymade rifle used in the murder was seized from his possession. He confessed to have killed Gohai Murmu on being hired by Som Murmu(22), the nephew of the deceased Gohai Murmu of Narenguri village for Rs 60,000.00 (sixty thousand). Later,police also apprehended Som Murmu from...
MONGOLDOI:A nefarious political conspiracy is behind the recent clash between police and protesters in Dhola where two protestors were killed in police firing. This was more or less of what two ministers said in Dhola a day after the duo were on a stock taking visit to the trouble torn semi urban area in Darrang district. Porimal Suklavaidya and Rihon Daimary who visited the area on Thursday told the reporters that the entire uncident might be a conspiracy for political mileage. "This is what we think. Now we can't disclose anything. The ongoing probe will ascertain the real factors behind the incident," said the ministers after they visited the bereaved family members of the deceased...
MONGOLDOI: Life in the trouble torn Dhola is limping back to normal two days after the semi urban area in Darrang district was put under curfew to defuse tension after two people were killed in police firing as they along with nearly 2000 others clashed with police. The authorities have relaxed the curfew on Thursday afternoon in the absence of any stray incidents. Local residents came out of their homes and most of them thronged the residents of the deceased who were laid to rest amid tight security in the afternoon. Additional chief secretary MGKV Bhanu is initiating probe into thr incident of police firing to disperse a group of irate protesters who alleged custodial death of a local...
KOKRAJHAR: In yet another incident that sends utter shock and anger a son killed his father following a familyclash in Baksa district on Thursday. The incident took place in Jopdong village early in the morning where Bhadredwar Bodo died at the hands of his son Gopal when they had a clash over a family matter. Later Gopal was held to be sent to the jail.
GUWAHATI: Only a day is left for Magh Bihu, the much vaunted annual harvest festival in Assam. People of all walks of life are gearingn to celebrate the occasion with traditional pomp and zeal frm Saturday. Folks are busy with the erecting Bhelaghar, a make shift house of bamboo and straw for community feasting and merry making on Saturday night. Shops and markets in urban and semi urban areas are teeming with the people for last minute shopping. In the rural areas, the women folks are busy with preparing traditional Assamese sweets and pastries to be served their near and dear ones on the occasion. People in many areas are locked in an undeclared competition with the Bhela...
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