Poaching refuses die down in the flooded KazirangaNational Park where 3 rhinos were killed for horns during the last 24 hours. That too in the presence of forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma, who arrived in the national park on Wednesday afternoon.
Poachers have killed a full grown rhino on Thursday wee hours when a huge portion of the world heritage site is still reeling under flood. The incident took place in the Bagori range where the forest guards spotted the carcass in the morning. Poachers were believed to have taken away the horn. The incident took place a day after poachers killed a full grown female rhino along with her calf on Wednesday. A section of the KNP officials has tried to blame it all on the flood. But the missing horn has proved, beyond doubt, that it was case of rhino poaching.
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Yet another major explosion was averted when security forces recovered a huge bomb from a bus in the outskirt of Guwahati on Wednesday.Weighing around 5 kg, the powerful IED was recovered in Rangiya...
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The Umananda temple premises is throbbing with the Shivratri puja offering on Tuesday.Thousands of people are waiting in long queues on the sand of Brahmaputra from early in the morning to offer puja...
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In a bid to spread the importance of sanitation and cleanliness among the masses and targeting to achieve PM Modi's vision of ‘Clean India’ by October 2, 2019, the 150th birth anniversary of...
Guwahati: In a bizarre incident that rattles the state's police force a senior police officer is on the run.
He is none other than Kumar Sanjit Krishna who faced interrogation in connection with the recent nefarious police recruitment scam. A team of CID probing the scam raided the younger brother of Chief Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna on in Guwahati on Wednesday and recovered some incriminating documents.
The state home department gave CID the go-ahead to nab the police officer who was recently transferred to Barpeta. But by evening the senior police officer has gone missing.
According to reports, brokers Rubul Hazarika and Dibon Deka, who was arrested in this connection claimed...
A meeting was organized in Gogamukh Gaon Panchayat office to observe the International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction on Tuesday, This programme was organised by LGSSS in collaboration with Parivartan, IAG Dhemaji, and Gogamukh Gaon Panchayat. The meeting was presided by Hiren Pegu of Bordoloni Anchalik Panchayat.
Organizer Rajen Saikia said that "We can measure good disaster risk governance in lives saved, reduced numbers of disaster-affected people and reduced economic losses. COVID-19 and the climate emergency are telling us that we need a clear vision, plans, and competent, empowered institutions acting on scientific evidence for the public good."
During the meeting, eminent water...
Raijor dol, the new political initiation lead by KMSS in support of seventy different indigenous organizations of Assam has a big motorbike rally in Dhemaji on Tuesday. The rally was organised to protest against the illegal imprisonment of their leader Akhil Gogoi which about to complete 300 days in jail.
The rally was lead by one of the key convenors of Raijor Dol Dr Hari Kanta Das with the support of more than 400 bikes from different locations of Dhemaji Assembly Constituency.
The rally started from Gogamukh and reached Dhemaji Town crossing 27 km with more than 400 bikers. The rally concluded with an open meeting.
Convenor Hari Kanta Das expresses his concern that...
Guwahati: In a major development in the state's pretty poll political landscape that rattles BJP and allies, AJP and Raijor Dal are inching closer to each other to unitedly fight the 2021 assembly polls.
AJP convener Jagdish Bhuyan admitted this development before media on Saturday saying that by November all formalities are expected to complete the merger process.
Bhuyan said, 'we will fight with single candidate in a constituency and that this will definitely help prevent the anti BJP votes divide and once the division is restricted, neither BJP nor Congress can take any advantage there of. "
By mid November both the parties are sitting formally to wage a war against...
Guwahati: Police team probing the sub inspector recruitment scam arrested one of the main accused PK Dutta on Tuesday. The retired DIG was arrested from along Indo-Nepal border early in the morning.
Dutta, who played the key role along with a circle of BJP leaders is being brought to Guwahati.
Dutta, who took cash from candidates, managed to procure the question papers and facilities these candidates hold mock trials in his hotels in Guwahati.
Dutta, went missing when police started investigation.
According to highly placed sources, Dutta was in touch with top police and civil officials and BJP leaders who mounted pressure on him to surrender and Dutta...
Guwahati: After days of will-they-wont-they, AIUDF has finalized the decision to forge alliance with Congress to put BJP on the edge in 2021 assembly polls.
Of course, CPI, CPM would also be the parter of the Congress-led grand opposition alliance.
The proposal for joining the alliance got the seal of approval as the party core committee leaders met in Guwahati in presence of party president Badaruddin Ajmal on Monday.
According to party leader Aminul Islam, an alliance is an urgent need to keep BJP away from power. The party informally held a rounds of deliberations at the instance of Ajmal who cleared proposal.
As of now, the party is contemplating to...
Guwahati: Altogether 70 local organizations who have been dead opposed to the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 floated a new regional political party with a vow to whitewash BJP and it's allies in the 2021 assembly polls.
Named as Raijor Dal( Peoples'Party), it was announced at a largely attended ceremony presided over by award winning film maker Jahnu Barua, who also is one of the leaders of Sangyukta Anchalik Dallas.
In his opening speech, Barua said that the various regional parties should remain united to save the state and it's people from the edge.
"We have seen the unity of these organization which needs to be galvanized into a force...
Guwahati: Caught in a grim controversy, state BJP has suspended Dibon Deka a day after police arrested the party leader in connection with the police recruitment scam.
In a statement issued in Guwahati on Thursday, the party made it clear that nobody would be spared and that Deka has been suspended for 6 years.
Deka's suspension assumes significance at a time when party leaders denied him to be a party member. Party president said Deka was not a party member even after the party fielded him in 2021 in Barkhetri.
Hemanta Biswa Sarma also said that he has not seen Deka in party office for the last 6 years.
Deka, one of main accused...
Lots of people have condoled the death of noted children-literateur of Assam Gagan Chandra Adhikari, who contributed tremendously in the field. Adhikari passed away on Wednessday night creating a void in the children-literature of the state.
Chief Minister Sarabananda Sonowal and Assam BJP president Ranjit Kumar Dass along with several others expressed grief at the passing away of the writer.
In the decades of 70 and 80 of the last century, Adhikari penned some tremendously popular children-stories that have occupied a permanent place in the minds of many.
Pallabi Bora, a former professor of the Guwahati University said, “ He was the star of the children-literature of the state. He...
Guwahati : In a high voltage drama Dibon Deka surrendered before police a week after he was let off in connection with the recent police recruitment scam.
According to information, the BJP leader surrendered before Pattacharkuchi police station to be immediately whisked away by a team of Guwahati police led by additional DGP GP Singh.
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