Thowra MLA Sushanta Buragohain gets home department a week after he took oath as parliamentary secretary. Rupjyoti Kurmi was given power portfolio while his counterpart in health department is Dr Rumi Nath. Aarti Kachair gets social welfare department while kamalakha Purkayastha will look after the water resources.
The chief minister has given animal husbandry department to Sanjay Raj Subba. Manika Bora will look after the revenue department while Hemanta Talukdar will be the parliamentary secretary for agriculture.
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This is a ploy of Congress government giving portfolios before the Assembly elections. It means that Congress is giving a chance to its MLA to loot the money as much as possible before the elections so that they can cover up the bank balance as Congress is going to lose the upcoming election in Assam.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi dared Arvind Kejriwal to move the investigating agencies with allegations corruption against him hours after the Delhi Chief Minister called him one of the most corrupt political leaders in the country. Taking to reporters in the sidelines of a function in Dibrugarh on Friday, Gogoi said that if the AAP leader has any evidence then why he has yet to move the investigating agencies for probe? “Let him probe the allegations of corruption against me. Why has not he did it? These are political gimmick and nothing else,” said the chief minister.Kejriwal on Friday called Gogoi one of the most corrupt political leaders in the country.
The indefinite economic blockade in Sonitpur and Dhemaji districts seems to have land Arunachal Pradesh in huge trouble.The neighbouring state seems to have been heading for yet period of crippling crisis in the absence of essential commodities.The state has received hardly anything for the last three days because of the blockade as hundreds of trucks carrying essential commodities have been remaining stranded in different places.According to sources, the stock of essential commodities is likely to end soon if this blockade is allowed to continue in Sonitpur district in protest against the killing of ten villagers in Chauldhua forest.
Guwahati police have arrested an imposter in Punjab in connection with a case where a coal businessman was duped a few months back.Identified as Munish Garg, he was arrested in Jalandhar on Thursday night charging him with taking Rs 2 crore from a businessman in the Beltola areas in the city.Sources told Assam Times that the accused would be produced in a local court in Jalandhar for transit remand before being flown to Guwahati on Saturday.
Vinod Gohain: North East MPs are scheduled to meet prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh and home minister Sushilkumar Shinde on Saturday demanding punishment of the culprits involved in the attack on Nido Tania.The MPs from the region are expected to demand steps to ensure safety and security of the north east people.
Vinod Gohain: Hundreds of north east people staged dharna in front of the Lajpatnagar police station on Friday evening demanding immediate arrest of the goons involved in the gory attack on Nido Tania two days after the Arunachal Pradesh student died in attack.“we won’t remain silent. We want justice. The culprits must be brought to book. But police officials are refraining from taking prompt action in this regard. That’s why, we won’t allow these to continue,” told Rashmi Baruah to Assam Times.A section of the protestors are unhappy with the role of the police. “Much to our utter disappointment, police officials initially refused to file the FIR which suggests that they want to allow these...
A high level meeting of security forces in Tezpur on Friday monitored the prevailing situation in Bihali three days after the gory shoot out in Chauldhua jungle. Top ranked civil and security officials discussed in detail in the escalating tension along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border where surface communication remains paralyzed following the indefinite economic blockade against the nighbouring state.
At least six villagers are believed to have been missing after the bloodbath at Chauldhua where miscreants from Arunachal Pradesh gunned down at least ten people on Wednesday.But the district administration has yet to confirm it. The local residents are in search of the persons inside the dense jungle. Ten bodies were recovered during the last two days after the shoot out.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday slammed AGP, BJP and AIUDF for standing united to ensure the victory of the Opposition consensus candidate in the ensuring Rajya Sabha polls.Talking to reporters in the sidelines of a function in Dibrugarh, Gogoi said that despite unbridgeable differences, the opposition parties have stood united only to defeat Congress. But he said that the unity won’t work this time also.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday slammed AGP, BJP and AIUDF for standing united to ensure the victory of the Opposition consensus candidate in the ensuring Rajya Sabha polls.Talking to reporters in the sidelines of a function in Dibrugarh, Gogoi said that despite unbridgeable differences, the opposition parties have stood united only to defeat Congress. But he said that the unity won’t work this time also.
Utter confusion seems to have gripped Assam Congress after chief minister Tarun Gogoi and APCC president Bhubneswar Kalita maintained different position on Biswajeet Daimary’s fate in the Rajya Sabha polls.The BPF candidate was in a mood to withdraw the nomination citing lack of strength. But finally, he agreed to contest after Gogoi’s assurance of strategies for his smooth sailing.But APCC president Kalita spoke differently on Friday. He said that the party can’t assure the BPF leader of victory.
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