Humanity award for Aruna Roy
Noted social activist Aruna Roy will receive the prestigious Upendra Nath Brahma Soldier of Humanity Award 2016. The Jury Board of the Upendra Nath Brahma Trust (UNBT) headed by Dr. Anil Boro, Associate Professor, Gauhati University finalized Roy for the award to be given away at a function in Rabindra Bhawan in
Guwahati on August 26.
Roy, a social activist is the co-founder of the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathana (MKSS), a social and grassroots organization for the empowerment of workers and peasants. It is a major civil rights movement in India and played a crucial role in the establishment of the Right to Information Act (RTI). She is also served as a civil servant in the Indian Administrative Service before deciding to dedicate herself fully to social and political campaigns.
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A full scale combing operation is going in BTAD areas after 36 people died in a string of attacks on the religious people.Army, police and para military forces have cordoned off a huge area in worst-hit Salbari, Gossaigaon, Kokrajhar and Narayanpuri areas in search of the miscreants who have been mongering trouble for the last couple of days.Indo-Bhutan border has been sealed to restrict the movement of the NDFB-S militants apart from the round-the-clock vigil along the Kokrajhar-Dhubri inter district border. A parallel operation is also in progress to seize the illegal arms in the entire BTAD areas.Security forces have been deployed in the remote and vulnerable areas in search...
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BPF President and BTC Chief Hagrama Mohilary said that BPF and ex-BLT are not involved with the killing of innocent peoples in BTAD region. Mohilary told Assam Times that BPF and Ex-BLT are not involved with any massacre in the region. He said that main involved culprits would be booked through the investigation as the government has initiated for investigation into incidents through NIA. He has expressed his hopefulness and said that culprits will be arrested and punished after investigations.
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