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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The anger against the BJP-led Government in Assam refuses to die down. KMSS on Saturday took on the Sonowal Government alleging unwanted hike in VAT against 127 items. Addressing a press conference...
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GUWAHATI: Assam and Meghalaya are bracing up for moonsoon well ahead of time this year if the weathermen are to be believed. March in both the north eastern states has fetched a good amount...
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Five times world women boxing champion and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna awardee MC Mary Kom thanked the Assam Sports Journalists Association (ASJA) for giving her the best sports person of the...
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Music is a language that binds people together and that is exactly what the Celebration Of World Music Day at Blue Berry Hill, Goa did on June 21. With the theme Celebrating Together In Harmony, the...
Promises in the name of proposal are flooding the vote on account for six months tabled by Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday.It is vote on account to be applicable from April to September this years in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. But the proposals are more than what would have been included if it would have been a full fledged budget. Gogoi, who holds the finance portfolio, has proposed more funds for altogether 18 development boards apart from introduction of pension for varsity employees.“This is what the steps to woo the voters,” experts told Assam Times. In yet another attempt to woo the voters, Gogoi has proposed financial assistance for the poor people...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi tabled a vote of account on the floor of the House on Thursday.Gogoi, who holds the finance portfolio, has proposed a Rs 28,467 cr in the vote of account from April 1 to September 30. But the vote on account is more than a full fledged budget in terms of soaps and promises just three months before the Lok Sabha polls.The chief minister has proposed more fund for 18 development boards apart from special funds for Rs 1,000 crore for the flood ravaged Dhemaji. Gogoi could not tabled a full fledged budget in view of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Gullu Das is disappointed. Same it is in the case of Bichitra. Pobitra confines himself into his own home. What makes them upset. They are vendors of pan masala (Ghutka).With this business, the have been living from hand to mouth for the last ten years. From Thursday, they have hardly any means of livelihood. They are remaining helpless as soon as the government banned ghutka across the state from Thursday. The Assam Government on Wednesday told the Assembly that the Bill to ban the smokeless ghutka has got ascent from the governor.Health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the Bill, now and Act, would come to force from Thursday leaving...
Buoyed by the crowd in Khanapara, Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Assam on February 22. This time the venue of his address is Silchar.Preparations are going on in full swing to hold the rally where the address by the BJP prime ministerial candidate is expected to pull huge crowd almost three months before the Lok Sabha polls.State BJP leadership hope that this rally would be more impressive in view of the presence of huge number of BJP supporters. Modi pulled over 2 lakh people when he addressed the rally in Khanapara on February 8.
Over 2,83,000 candidates are appearing for the High School Leaving Certificate Examination and High Madrassa examination on Thursday.The examination has begun at 9 in the morning at altogether 833 centres across the state. The state board of secondary examination which conducts the examination has deployed over 2500 officials to ensure free and fair examination this time.Apart from the inspectors of schools, the supervisory panels set up by the SEBA this year has names of DC and SPs to deal with any irregularity and anomaly.
The battle is over. The Kamrup (Metro) district administration has regained the Judges’ Field. A division bench of Chief Justice and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan in the judgment handed over the historic field to the district administration from the Guwahati Town Club on Wednesday.Notably, Guwahati Town Club claimed the field after the Government remained averse to allow Anna Hazare to hold a huge rally in the field last year.
A senior police officer among 10 other securitymen have been injured in Cachar after they clashed with a group of protesters on the Silchar-Mizoram road on Wednesday.The incident took place at Lailapool where the local hundreds of local residents blocked the road demanding immediate withdrawal of a toll gate.When security forces tried to disperse them, the protesters turned violent and resorted to stone pelting leaving additional superintendent of police Dhruba Bora along with 12 other policemen injured. They are undergoing treatment at the Silchar Medical College Hospital.When the protesters refused to exercise restraint, security forces resorted to blank firing to disperse them. At least...
At least 20 people have been injured in Biswanath in Sonitpur district on Wednesday when security forces sprang upon a group of protesters who blocked the road in protest against a road mishap that left one person injured.The incident took place at 3 in the afternoon at Borgang area where local residents in large number blocked the road for three hours a speeding vehicle knocked down a person. He was rushed to the hospitalBut the local residents started squatting on the road to register protest against the mishap. After repeated appeal by the magistrate to clear the road, the protesters refused to do it.A section of the protestors pelted stones at the policemen forcing them to start...
Congress is likely field its youth leader Manas Bora from Guwahati in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.Bora, the son of social welfare minister Akon Bora was elected as the number one aspirant after he polled over 400 votes in the election by the party workers held on Wednesday in Guwahati.Next to Bora is Juri Sarma followed by Bobbeta Sarma. AICC observer told Assam Times that Bora’s name would top the panel of candidates for Guwahati.For the first time, the APCC conducted the poll among the ticket aspirants under the instruction of Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi.
North East is going to be a safe organisational base for the Maoists. This was what disturbing revelation of the Centre made in Parliament on Wednesday.Replying to a question, minister of state for home RPN Singh informed the House that these maoist elements in the region have already forged ties with other insurgent groups to meet their military needs. The hub of activities now is the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh inter-state border. He said, " CPI(Maoist) has developed close fraternal ties with Northeast insurgent groups like the Revolutionary People's Front and People's Liberation Army of Manipur. Both the outfits have agreed upon mutual cooperation in the areas of training, funding,...
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