Senior most Gauhati High Court judge Justice Tinlianthang Vaiphei will take overas the Chief Justice on October 21. Assam GovernorPBAcharya will administer Vaiphei the oath of office and secrecy at a function in the Raj Bhawan on that day.
President Pranab Mukherjee appointed him to replace acting Chief Justice Kazarian Srecdhar Rao who is retiring on that day.
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The much awaited meet between delegation of the Sanmilita Jatiya Abhibarton and Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh, which was scheduled to be held on Monday, canceled.
Trouble seems to have deepen for parliamentary secretary Jivantara Ghatowara when supreme court takes serious cognizance of her false particulars in her poll affidavits.Taking up a petition moved by an AGP leader, a division bench of the apex court comprising Justice RM Lodha and Justice MB Lukur ordered the authorities to register case against Moran MLA. Rajkonwar, who was her close contest alleged false particulars in her affidavits before the election commission.
An All India Congress Committee general secretary Avinash Pandey is on a visit to Diphu and Kokrajhar to study the statehood demands of various ethnic communities. AICC leader Avinash Pandey held a meeting with the state Congress leaders in Diphu a day before his visit to Goalpara and Kokrajhar districts where the demand for separate Kamtapur and Bodoland states is getting strident.State party leaders apprised him of the statehood demands of Karbi, Dimasa, Koch Rajbongshi and Bodo communities.He will submit his findings to Congress president Sonia Gandhi on his return to Delhi.
A dreaded KPLT militant was killed at an encounter with police in Karbi Anglong district on Saturday. The encounter took place during an operation in Bokajan where the militant identified as Tom died on the spot. Five other militants fled from the encounter spot. Later police recovered an AK-56 rifle along with a magazine, 72 rounds of bullets.
Two Achik National Volunteer Council militants were killed by locals residents along the Assam-Meghalaya border on Friday.According to police, a group of 7 militants had come to Darangthop under Agia police station for extortion to be attacked by an irate mob. Police claimed to have seized a pistol with one of the ultras of the proscribed outfit and raised an alarm. A US-made pistol, two rounds of live ammunition and two mobile phone hand sets were recovered from them. The deceased were identified as Nabang Changma and Wasi Changma.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that 18 autonomous councils were formed to look after respective community development activities and give more developmental thrust through various schemes.Talking to reporters in Titabor Gogoi said that what the people doing for development of backward classes in Assam no state in the country can do.
Amid demand for statehood Chief minister Tarun Gogoi said that all ethnic groups need to stay united.Talking to reporters in Titabor on Friday, Gogoi said, “We need to stay together. Although we are Rabhas, Bodos, Karbis, Chutias, Gorkhas, we all need to live together as Assamese under one umbrella in the state.”He said that that violence cannot solve problems and only through discussions and talks can things be sorted out.
Muslims in the state on Friday prayed for peace when they offered Namaz in the mosques and Eidgahs to mark the Eid Ul Fitre.Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi participated in a community prayer at Jorhat in the morning. Gogoi prayed for sustainable peace and brotherhood among the various communities in the time of simmering violence. Guwahati also witnessed special prayer at the historic Burha Jame Mosque.
The Bodo National Conference on Sunday resolved to intensify the
movement for creation separate Bodoland state.
The Bodo organization held an emergent executive meeting of the
conference PWD Bunglow chaired Hagrama Mohilary,BNC chairman and
resolved several resolutions including demanding of Bodoland in
Kokrajhar.
BNC Chief Convenor Kampa Borgoyary said that the meeting had a very
serious discussion on the issue of present political development
regarding the Telangana and creation of separate state in different
areas of India including Bodoland. BNC appealed to all elected Bodo
leaders from the council,MLAs and MPs to have a dharna at Jantar
Mantar demanding separate Bodoland...
An AGP delegation comprising MP Joseph Toppo and former ministers
Utpal Bora and Atul Bora was on a stock taking visit to Diphu on
Sunday. They held a meeting with local organisations and appealed that
violence be stopped and protesters press their demand in a democratic
manner. They further blamed it all on the government for this burning
situation.
Karbi Anglong district administration reimposed the curfew on Sunday after relaxing it between 8am and 12pm. Miscreants also removed railway tracks near Doldoli in the district, disrupting train services through the hill district to upper Assam and Dimapur.The various organisations threatened to intensify the agitation for a separate state on the lines of Telangana. The 100-hr hills district bandh in Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao, called by Hills State Democratic Party (HSDP) and scheduled to begin tomorrow, has been deferred in view of the prevailing situation in Karbi Anglong.
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