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.
HOJAI:Plastic materials worth several lakh reduced to ashes when a huge fire broke out at s shop in Hojai to town on Wednesday.The incident took place at around 8.30 in the evening where fire originated from the electric short circuit engulfed the entire shop on the JK Kedia Road in the town.Fire fighters reached the spot and brought the situation under control. But by then all materials inside the shop were gutted in fire.The total extent of damage has yet to be ascertained.
NEW DELHI: Akhil Gogoi is busy with floating a viable alternative BJP and Congress to help Assam and it's people get rid of misgovernance. Addressing a press conference in the national capital on Wednesday, Gogoi said BJP is not at all s viable alternative to Congress. According to him, the BJP led governments both in Delhi and Dispur have been giving the people one after another blow. He called chief minister Sarbanabda Sonowal a traitor for the people of Assam. "This government in Assam has done nothing and busy with only organizing festivals. It boasts of firmly dealing with corruption. But why it has failed to arrest Gautom Roy, Akon Bora. Let the Sonowal government put Ranjit Dutta...
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has instituted a high level probe into the Dhola clash where a local resident was killed in police firing on Wednesday. Sonowal, who has come back to Guwahati has asked additional chief secretary MGVK Bhanu to probe the incident. North Assam commissioner Mukti Gogoi and IGP Mukesh Agarwalla have visited the bereaved family members of Moidul Islam who died in police firing.
KOLKATA: The mega dam logjam refuses to die down with the National Green Tribunal in Kolkata asking for a government affidavit to counter a fresh complaint from Aabhijeet Sharma who questioned three members in the panel of experts set up to study the entire issue. According to Sarma, he explained to court that if the committee is allowed to function all efforts done till date will be in vain. The Assam Public Work’s chief who move the judicial body based in Kolkata raising objections on the two members said ID Gupta, the seismology is already a consultant of the previous panel which has already submitted his view in favour of the dam. Justice Mr. S. P. Wangdi then asked the...
GUWAHATI: Good news for traders and tour operators from Assam. Courtesy Kazakhastan. The central Asian country on Wednesday evinced keen interest to receive these people in Almaty to explore the opportunities for bilateral cooperation in the hospitality sector. The open invitation dominated when its ambassador to India Bulat Sarsenbayev is on a five days visit to the premier north east Indian capital city of Guwahati. Opening an interactive session on cooperation in tourism jointly organised by the Kazakhastan Embassy and the Assam Tourism Development Corporation (ATDC), Sarsenbayev outlined the need to explore huge business potential between the two Asian counties....
KOLKATA& GUWAHATI: Even after she was caught in a barrage of criticism, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee continues to take on the NRC issue in Assam calling it a conspiracy against the Bangla speaking people. Many political parties, organizations and individuals have slammed the Trinamool Congress chief a day after she appealed to the people at a rally to give shelter to people from Assam in case they are driven out from the north eastern state. She said “You must remain alert. If someone comes here, give them shelter as your own, do not drive them out.” She alleged that many genuine Hindi and Bangla speaking citizens from Bihar and West Bengal have been targetted in...
MONGOLDOI:An escalating tension in Dhula has forced the authorities in Darrang district to clamp curfew in the semi urban area hours after one person died and many others sustained injury when police resorted to open firing to disperse a group of protestors on Wednesday. Army, police and para military forces are fanning in the nook and corner of the entire area where many policemen and protesters also sustained injury. The incident took place when a group of local residents staged a peaceful protest in front of the Dhola police station alleging custodial death of the local worker on Tuesday. The authority acting on the initial report placed the officer in charge under...
MONGOLDOI: One person died and many others sustained injury when police resorted to open firing to disperse a group of protestors who turned violent after a local worker died in police custody at Dhola in Darrang district on Wednesday. The incident took place when a group of local residents staged a peaceful protest in front of the Dhola police station alleging custodial death of the local worker on Tuesday. As the senior police officials' including DSP and OC started talking to the protesters a section of these people suddenly turned violent and started raining stones at the policemen. Police resorted to blankfiring and lobbing of tear gas shells to disperse the mob. But the raining of...
MONGOLDOI: An uneasy situation grips in Dhola near Darrang when an irate mob clashed with police alleging the death of a local worker in police custody. The incident took place on Tuesday when hundreds of local people staged protest in front of the police station alleging that the police have killed one of the local residents in their custody. The senior police officials also initially agreed to talk to the protestors. Just before the talks, a section of the protestors turned violent and starter petting stones at the policemen who resorted to blank firing to disperse the mob. Even after lobbing tear gas shells many protesters kept raining stones at the policemen who had to flee from the...
DIBRUGARH: Floral Fashion Show has drawn no less response when it was organised I Dibrugarh first of its kind in the state. Held under the guidance of Nasima Begum Lahkar at Chowkidingee Playground, in connection with 5th Assam International Agri-Horticultural Show - 2018 it drew huge response. Several models of Assam participated in the Show. On this occasion a Workshop on Floral Design was also organised in the event on Sunday where many youths participated and learn about the making of Floral Head Band, Floral Hand Band, Floral Bouquet, Table Bouquet etc. from Begum. It may be mentioned that Nasima Begum Lahkar is an international expert trained by the Thailand...
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