The mortal remains of Anjan Dutta were consigned to flames on Friday a day after the APCC president died of cardiac arrest in New Delhi. After last respect to the lifeless former minister in Guwahati and Sivasagar, Dutta’s body was taken to Gaurisagar where he was cremated with full state honour in the afternoon. Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma, MP Ripun Bora were prominent among those who were present at the cremation ground. Before that thousands of bereaved Congress men received Dutta’s body at the Jorhat Airport in the morning and was taken to Sivasagar to facilitate his fans to pay their last respect in Sivasagar town and his birth place Gayan gaon.
Dutta died of cardiac ailment on Thursday morning at the All India Institute of Medical Science a couple of weeks after he was rushed to it. The party in rank and file have condoled his death and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members.
Senior gynecologist from Apollo Chennai Hospital Dr A Vinutha will be available for free healthcare consultations to the lady member-journalists of Guwahati Press Club along with the spouses (and daughters) of other members tomorrow at the club premises. The health camp, organized under the series of weekly ‘Evening with a Doctor’ programs, will begin at 4 pm of 6 May 2017 and continue till 6 pm. Prior to it, the experienced gynecologist will also deliver a talk on various women related ailments and their preventions at the club auditorium. Organized by the city based Apollo Hospitals Information Center, the talk will start at 3 pm on Saturday. The last evening OPD clinic at the press...
As many as five UDLF rebels are believed to have sustained injury when they were caught in a gun battle with security forces along Assam-Meghalaya border on Friday. The encounter took place at Damchera where a group of rebels targetted the CRPF jawans who were on patrolling duty at midnight. A few of the rebels are learnt to have injured in the half Sn hour long encounter which ended as soon as they vanished in the dense jungle. Security forces are looking holding joint operation in search of the injured rebels along the interstate border areas.
A Hindi speaking person and his daughter sustained injury when suspected Ulfa -i rebels replied a grenade in Tinsukia district on Thursday. The grenade exploded in Kakopothar area in the evening where Joginder Sinh abd Hus daughter Reenky sustained injury. Security forced arrived in the spot who have corfoned off s huge area to launch an operation in search of the Ulfa rebels who ate believed to have exploded it Hot under and his daughter have been rushed to the hospital.
A special court in Guwahati on Wednesday remanded three ACS officers to police custody for 14 days hours after they the trio were arrested from different places in connection with the job for cash scam in the Assam Public Service Commission. Identified as Bhaskarjyoti Dev Sharma, the circle officer of Helem in Biswanath Chariali, Amit Sarma, the circle officer Sipahjar and circle officer from Nalbari Bhaskar Dutta were produced before the court seeking 14 days remand which the court allowed. Police, probing the scam confirmed the allegations against the trio acting on the forensic report of their answer scripts. Then they got administrative nod for action against them.
Amid the escalating controversy over the cut off year to detect and deport the immigrants from Assam former chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday came in strong support of 1971. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati Gogoi the demand to review the cut off year might trigger fresh violence in the state which nobody wants. “Nearly thirty years have passed since the Accord was signed with 1971 as the cut off year. The growing demand for a change after so many years would trigger violence afresh. Let the Accord be implemented in letter and spirit,” said Gogoi. Taking a dig at his predecessor PK Mahanta, Gogoi said how he was put on pressure by the Centre to accept 1971. “Yes, I admit...
Hours after the Dibrugarh police arrested three ACS officers in the cash for job scam, DGP Mukesh Sahay gave hint of action against a few other officers who allegedly procured job for money. Talking to reporters on Wednesday, Sahay said the probe into the scam was moving in right direction. Early in the morning police arrested Amitjyoti Mahanta, Bhaskarjyoti DevSarma and Bhaskar Das to be brought to Kahilipara where a team of police officer is interrogating the trio. The administration allowed them to arrest after the forensic report of their answerscripts confirmed the allegations.
Amid the probe in the job for cash scam in the Assam Public Service Commission, police have arrested three newly appointed ACS officers on Wednesday alleging their involvement. Identified as Bhaskarjyoti Dev Sharma, the circle officer of Helem in Biswanath Chariali was picked up by police early in the morning. Police have arrested Amit Sarma, the circle officer of Sipahjar from his residence in the morning and simultaneously another circle officer from Nalbari Bhaskar Dutta was arrested in the same allegation of procuring jobs for money. Police, probing the scam confirmed the allegations against the trio acting on the forensic report of their answer scripts. Then they got...
As the debate over the cut-off date/year for deportation of illegal Bangladeshi migrants from Assam (India) gains momentum, a patriotic forum comes out with the support for 1951 as the base year. However, the Patriotic People’s Front Assam (PPFA) reaffirms that it would abide by the guidelines of the Supreme Court as the matter is still in the apex court’s jurisdiction. It may noted that the accord, which was signed after six years long Assam movement to deport all illegal migrants from Bangladesh, agreed to grant citizenship to the Bangladeshi nationals who entered Assam before 25 March 1971, even though the movement was materialized with the target of 1951.Need not to mention that few...
The Jamiat Ulems-I-Hind has submitted a set of papers in support of the cut off year in the Assam Accord, 1985 before the Supreme Court which is hearing a set of petition from May 8. Addressing a press conference in New Delhi on Tuesday, the minority organization's Assam unit president Badaruddin Ajmal said they want 1971 as the cut off year adding that the outcome of the hearing by the five member constitutional bench will affect lakhs of people. “The successive governments, mostly led by Congress kept the issue alive for many decades on political interest, to get votes of those people under threat if making them immigrants,” said Ajmal. His revelations assumes significance a day after...
An anti corruption cell on Tuesday arrested a senior police officer on bribery charges suggesting non stop extortion on traders by a circle of police officers. Identified as Biman Roy, the Boko police station officer in charge was questioned by the vigilance officials in Guwshati before he was arrested acting on the confessional statement of inspector Bokul Chetia who was held on bribery charge a couple of days back.
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