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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NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said Assam will be a major south east Asian destination for foreign investment when the north eastern state is hosting the global investors’ summit in the...
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The Kokrajhar district administration steps up measures to ensure safety and security to the people after the carnage of Adivasi peoples by NDFB (Songbijit). There is no report of any fresh incident...
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BTC chief Hagrama Mohilary has cordon off the allegations levelled against council administration saying that there was no any reports corruption and misappropriation inctge council and allegations...
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Gauhati High Court will hear Akhil Gogoi’s bail petition on March 19.The petition moved in the court on Friday. But it fixed March 19 as the date of hearing of Gogoi’s plea who has been in judicial...
NDFB’ anti-talk faction trigger two grenade blasts in Chirang district a day before the Independence Day on Wednesday. The militants triggered two grenade blasts and two improvised explosive devices were recovered. No injury or casualty was reported. The grenade blasts took place in Chirang district around 8.40 am. Security arrangements had been reviewed and additional forces have been deployed at vital installations like oil fields, refineries, airports and along the railway tracks and stations.
Good new. Rajya Sabha on Wednesday cleared a bill to declare the 121-km stretch of Barak river as National Waterway. The a move aims at an unified development of waterways for shipping, navigation and transportation of cargo to the north-eastern region.
State Mourning Day falls on Friday. It will mourn the tragic death of the innocent souls killed in bomb blast on August 15, 2004 at Dhemaji like the previous years after celebrating the 67th Independence Day state-wide along with the entire country. The day will be observed in all districts and sub divisional headquarters and arrangements for the same will be made by Deputy Commissioners and Sub-Divisional Officers. The National Flag will be flown at half mast in all Government offices.
The UPA government will introduce a Bill to create an Upper House in Assam Legislative Assembly during the Winter Session of Parliament.The Assam government said the Union Minister for Law and Justice Kapil Sibal has told Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi about the decision to establish a Legislative Council (Upper House) in Assam Legislative Assembly.Assam Assembly has passed two resolutions for creation of an Upper House in 2005 and 2010.
The Raha Unit of the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU) today burnt the copies of the 129th Constitutional Amendment Bill at Raha Chariali to oppose the India-Bangladesh land-swap deal. According to AASU ,the bill, prepared to materialise the deal, was be introduced in the Rajya Sabha today. Once the bill becomes an act, India will transfer its 111 civilian enclaves on the Bangladesh side of the border to Bangladesh. In return, India will get 51 Bangladeshi civilian enclaves that are inside the Indian border. The government earlier tried to introduce the bill in the budget session but failed to do so as two AGP MPs — Biren Baishya and Kumar Deepak Das — snatched the bill from the floor of the...
An Assam-based journalists organization appealed to people not to follow the I-day boycott diktat on Thursday.In a statement, the Journalists' Forum Assam sad that it wants everybody to celebrate the Independence Day to pay tribute to the martyrs of the freedom struggle.The organization has asked people of the region to hoist the national flag at their houses and at other significant locations.Media people are urged to join the celebrations of India's 67th Independence Day at the Guwahati Press Club Aug 15.
Beware. Over 100 CCTV camera are in place in Guwahati. These would be installed in the sensitive locations very soon.The locations would be monitored round-the-clock. The CCTV cameras would be in addition to the existing 200 cameras already in 90 locations.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that he has nothing to object if the Centre grants Bodoland. Talking to reporters in Delhi on Monday Gogoi said, “I am open to it. If the Government of India decides, I have no objection." But personally, Gogoi has maintained that he wants the ethnic minorities of the state to stay together, even though he is open to discussions regarding separate statehood.
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.
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