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.
TINSUKIA: Two ULFA -I rebels are believed to have been killed when they had a fierce gun battle with security forces in Tinsukia district on Sunday. The encounter which took place for nearly two hours took place in Lekhapani area on the bank of river Burhidihing at 8 in the evening. Acting on a some inputs, the Assam Rifles jawans along with their counterparts of 15th Kumaon Regiment launched a combing operation in the area where they were locked in a heavy gun battle with a group of ULFA-I rebels in Jagun along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. The gun battle started when the rebels crossed the river Burhidihing where they had to counter the Assam Rifles jawans with firing...
GUWAHATI:Amid growing attack on Congress over suspicious and mysterious stand on the NRC related statement on Mamata Banerjee, the opposition party on Sunday made it plain and simple that there is no question of opposing NRC. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati party president Ripun Bora and senior leader Pradyut Bordoloi said the party had been supporting an updated NRC and it would keep supporting it. "The updated NRC must be flawless and nobody coming to Assam after the cut off mark must figure in it," said Ripun Bora. Hs said," what Sushmita Dev said is never her party's position. She said it individually. This is not out party's statement," said Bordoloi.
GUWAHATI: BJP president Amit Shah is on a three days visit to the north eastern region three months ahead of assembly polls in Tripura, Nagaland, Mizoram and Meghalaya. Shah, who landed in Guwahati in the wee hours on Saturday had a close door meeting with Himanta Biswa Sarma at the Circuit House where he was believed to have cleared the road map to ensure poll victory in Tripura. The BJP president visited the Kamakhya temple in the capital city before leaving for Meghalaya where he is holding a huge rally in the afternoon. In Shillong, Shah is scheduled to meet the party leaders in the evening. On Monday, the BJP chief is addressing a rally in Agartala before leaving back to Guwahati...
DIPHU: In yet another bizarre incident that sends huge shock and anger across the state, a minor boy allegedly molested and killed a 6 year old girl in Karbi Anglong district on Friday. Police in the late evening recovered the body from a pit in Omrangsu area where the shocking incident took place. The body was found only after the police picked up the 11 year old boy who is the accused. Details awaited.
Shillong: Meghalaya Chief Minister Mukul Sangma launched the Women Economic Empowerment through Financial Inclusion and Entrepreneurship at U Soso Tham Auditorium in Shillong on Friday. In his speech, Dr. Sangma said that the Government has started a very important programme since 2012 to take care of the most vulnerable group of society, which is the women and said that programmes like social assistance to single mothers is done only in Meghalaya to empower women with economic knowledge, wisdom and enlightenment and empower them economically. Because most mothers are not covered under financial inclusion, the aim of the programme is to include all female heads of the state...
Kokrajhar,Jan 5: The United People's Party-Liberal (UPPL) demanded a free and fair NRC across the state. Talking to www.assamtimes.org in Kokrajhar on Friday, Rajya Sabha MP and UPPL president Urkhao Gwra Brahma welcomed the first part NRC draft saying that it was a good job being monitored by the Supreme Court. He has appealed to the citizens not to be panic post publication of NRC draft over inclusion or non-inclusion in the first part draft. He said that first part draft publication indicates good sign while implementing NRC update and all original citizens will be included in the NRC. 'Illegal immigrants should be deported through the proper verification and they must be identified...
GUWAHATI: The Assam Boat Racing & Rowing Association has dispatched three women to participate in the Senior Men & Women National Coaching Camp in Rowing at Army Rowing Node in Pune slate from Sunday to March 3. They would be allowed to participate in the Asian Games in Indonesia. The selected rowers are Ritumoni Rabha, Anita Swargiary and Semim Sultana.
Kokrajhar: There is no point of waiting for somebody. These people have no other options but to act. Yes, we are talking to the local residents of Souraodakha area in Dotma and Kachugaon in Kokrajhar district. For the last several months the need of a bridge over the river Hel left lots of inconvenience to them. Now they are busy with the construction of a bamboo bridge. More than one hundred villagers from around 15 villages joined hands to build out the bridge at the initiatives of the Serfanguri Unit Committee of the All Bodo Students Union( ABSU). They have been demanding an RCC bridge for the last couple of years. But of no avail. They kept waiting. Now they have found it...
MARGHERITA: Mamta Banerjee continues to draw flak in the nook and corner of the state three days after the West Bengal Chief Minister’s inflammable speech against NRC in Assam. Political parties, various organizations and individuals have slammed her who warned her not to proceed further. Student organisations in Margherita have also thrashed her alleging an attempt to strike communal tension in the north eastern state. Talking to www.assamtimes.org, AJYCP Tinsukia president Surajit Moran and general secretary Kanchan Bora said Banerjee has no knowledge and that she should immediately be arrested. Another AJYCP leader Pranjal Pratim Neog said the Supreme Court was monitoring...
UDALGURI: Despite stepped up counter insurgency operations, group of rebels has been moving in the BTAD areas. Security forces deployed in Udalguri district have apprehended three NDFB-S rebels during a combing operation in Mazbat area on Thursday. Acting on a tip off, 14th Dogra Regiment jawans along their counterparts of Cobra 210 Battalion conducted a raid at a remote village where Gwmsar Daimary,Bwhwisat Basumatary and Ashish Daimary along with Anjalu Kachari Brahma, a were held. A 9mm pistol with magazine and 3 rounds live ammunition, 7.65 mm pistol with magazine and 05 rounds live ammunition,two grenades and a Maruti Zen Estilo car were recovered...
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