The recently detected illegal Bangladeshi national Kammaluddin has been deported to his country on Monday. This was followed by the arrest of ten more illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators on Tuesday at Doboka in Nagaon distirct.
According to information, before pushing Kammaludding back to Bangladesh, he was rushed to the Border Security Force personnels at Mahisashan checkgate along the Indo-Bangladesh border on Sunday. His Bangladeshi identity was confirmed by the Guwahati High Court recently and a bench of Justice Biplab Sarma ordered his arrest to be pushed back to Bangladesh. The court further talked tough with the government for its inability to detect and deport the illegal Bangladeshis who have sneaked in the state from across the border.
In yet another development several organisation including AASU and AJYCP have demanded immediate arrest of Assam Minority Students Union leader Abdul Aziz for his alleged unfair remark on the recent high court judgment. The student body leaders and some lawyers have said Aziz have committed a criminal offence by passing an unfair remark on the judgement. Notably, Aziz said on Sunday that the High Court has passed an order which sounds line a political one. He further termed the judgement a politically motivated.
In Jorhat polcie arrested 7 suspected Bangladeshis.
Menawhile, AASU activists have apprehended some 45 suspected Bangladeshi people in Sorbhog areas in Barpeta distirct of lower Assam on Tuesday.
PermalinkSubmitted by YK Shrestha on Wed, 06/08/2008 - 17:53
How long, how long this illegal infiltration will go on? Shame on us! A Bangaldeshi comes and contests elections too. What has happened to us??
AAMSU's leader Abdul Aziz too should be arrested and deported to Bangladesh.
At least seven persons, including a 13 years old boy were hospitalized due to possible food poisoning at Patgaon bazaar in Kokrajhar district on Saturday. The incident took place at a market when the victims complained of headache, vomiting, body ache after eating puris at a tea stall in Patgaon bazaar. They were brought to Kokrajhar Rupnath Brahma Civil hospital.
Security forces on Saturday intercepted a Bangladeshi national in Guwahati for illegal stay since 1993. He is identified as Subrata Dasgupta who was arrested from a rented house in Islampur area in the wee hours without any valid documents. According to police, preliminary investigation showed that the accused hails from Manikgaon area in Bangladesh's Dhaka district.
The accused was living in Assam for more than 10 years and married an Indian woman from Kolkata five months back, he said.
There is no let-up in the overall flood situation on Saturday. The overall scene deteriorated following torrential rains for the past couple of days inundating low lying human habitations and cropland. Among the districts affected are Barpeta, Darrang and Dhubri. In Bajali subdivision of Barpeta, surging waters of the Kaladiya river breached dykes and embankments at many places flooding villages and fields.
The civil hospital at Pathsala has been evacuated on account of rising water levels in the town. Hundreds of families at Maripur Anandpur village of Bajali have moved to safer places after water entered their homes.
Panchayat and Rural Development Minister Rockybul Hussain said on Saturday that the state will improve the administrative system in rural areas during the current 12th Five Year Plan period. Talking to reporters in Tezpur on Saturday Hussain said that social audits in all offices involved with projects in rural areas would be undertaken twice a year, instead of once as is the practice now, for bringing in greater transparency in utilisation of funds and further the development agenda.
The minister said 42 self-help groups in Assam have been selected by the central government to be covered under the National Rural Livelihood Mission. The minister added that the government has issued bio-...
Hundreds of passengers had a narrow escape when the driver of the Dibrugarh-bound Kamrup Express found a goods train stationed on the same track and applied emergency brakes in time in Morigaon district on Friday.According to information, the driver found a foodgrain-loaded goods train near the Barahu railway station ahead on the track and applied emergency brakes. The express was delayed for more than two hours as a result and later left for Dibrugarh.
In yet another shocking incident of man elephant conflict, a wild tusker trampled to death a beat officer in Nagaon district on Friday. The incident took place when beat office Hem Kanta Sharma was on patrol duty in a forest area under Rangaghar in Kampur. Sharma was trampled to death when he alongwith a team of guards tried to disperse two wild elephants. All of a sudden, one of the duo chased him back and killed the officer.
At least 30 passengers are missing after a country boat capsized in a river in Bongaigaon district on Friday. According to police, the country boat capsized in the river Champawati when it was on sailing from Chapar in Dhubri district to Oudubi with 40 people and cattle on board. Ten passengers managed to escape death while 30 others are missing in water. Rescue operation is going on.
Opposition BJP on Friday flayed the government for keeping the Cachar- Karimganj border porous resulting in largescale infiltration of anti-social elements. Talking to reporters after visiting some border villages on Friday, BJP's All India Mahila Morcha general secretary Shipra Goon said that there is a largescale infiltration of anti-social elements from the neighbouring country. She said that that it was quite impossible for BSF to guard every inch of the border.
Train services on the Silchar-Lumding line resumed on Friday after a fortnight as heavy landslides had damaged rail tracks. The train service connecting Assam and North Eastern states of Tripura, Manipur and Mizoram resumed when a passenger train moved on the line on an experimental basis from Badarpur to Lumding. The Barak Valley Express, Cachar Express and Agartala-Lumding Express today resumed services as per schedule.Notably, train services remained suspended since June 1 after heavy landslides due to incessant rainfall damaged tracks at several places.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi and state Congress Pradesh Committee have welcomed Pranab Mukherjee as UPA choice for presidential candidate on Friday. In a statement issued on Friday Gogoi said that Mukherjee thoroughly deserves it being one of the most respected and trusted politician down the years. APCC vice president Bishnu Prasad has hailed the selection of Mukherjee saying it will have a positive impact in the country's constitutional history.
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