The Centre has put the Assam Government on alert apprehending ULFA's massive strike during the Independence day celebrations on August 15. According to information, acting on some specific inputs that ULFA is drawing up a blue print for a massive strike during the Independence Day programme, the Centre has alerted the Dispur to be extra vigilant. According to information, the Union home ministry has told Dispur to intensify security measures especially around vital installations as ULFA militants have been targeting these places in support of their demands.
The Centre further has asked Dispur to deploy adequate security personnel in all towns and Guwahati city as there have been recent strikes by the rebels in urban areas. This was discussed in detail at a meeting of Unified Command Structure held in Guwahati on recently in presence of senior officials of Army, state police, CRPF and BSF. The meeting decided to put the security agencies engaged in counter- insurgency operations on alert.
7 Apr 2012 - 3:17am | editor
Security forces have arrested a hardcore ULFA cadre from Kokrajhar district on Friday. Acting on a tip off, security men caught him from Fakiragram market area in the wee hours.
The ULFA cadre...
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An arms training camp has been arranged for 120 numbers of forest staff including permanent,fixed pay and casual workers of Orang National Park (Rajiv Gandhi NP) from October 26 at Kurua firing range...
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The recovery of a body inside the Namrup Thermal Power Station Colony Boundary wall created no less sensation In the industrial town on Friday. But the sensation lasted for a couple of hours when...
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Guwahati Li Fest is holding an exclusive interaction Mark Tully and John Elliot on its second day at NEDFi House in Dispur. Both the eminent journalists are concentrating on several issues the...
Altogether 12 DHD(J) cadres died at a fierce fighting with Army in North Cachar early in the morning on Saturday. According to information, Army launched the offensive at the camp at Herelu along the Assam-Manipur border. DHD(J) sources here confirmed that at least 12 cadres have been killed during the heavy exchange of firing. Details are awaited.
An astronomical amount of rupees to the tune of Rs 50 crore has been duped by a few people with some fake banking activities in Upper Assam’s Dhemaji district creating a great deal of confusion and sensation in the entire Dhemaji district. The entire racket came to light last week only when these people working with the bank have secretly fled from the town.According to information, they opened an Union Cooperative Bank (ASCARD) branch in Chandannagar area in Silapathar area in Dhemaji district on April 24, 2004. Since than the bank has been running crore rupee financial dealing with its customers through some agents. Not only that they have also introduced a few insurance police to...
A seminar on the subject titled " Problem and Prospects of Eco-Tourism in Asom," sponsored by the University Grant Commission (UGC), and organized by the Department of Economics Kakojan College is scheduled to be held from October 3 with a two-day-long programme here.The organizing committee invites academicians, research students and NGO etc to participate in the seminar on the sub themes — (a) Eco-Tourism and Employment General Generation. (b) Eco-Tourism designed to improve economic and social well being of local villagers. (c) Environmental impact of Eco-Tourism. (d) Sociocultural impact of Eco-Tourism. e) Eco-Tourism as foreign exchange earning etc.The organizer also...
Seven cadres of 27, 109 and 709 battalions of Banned outfit ULFA have surrendered before the deputy Commissioner (Kamrup) RC Jain and Superintendent of Police Debajit Hazarika at the Office of Deputy Commissioner, Guwahati on 08-05-08. These seven ULFA cadres have submitted ammunitions containing one austrian grenade, one 36 HE grenade, huge number of Electronic detonators and some extortion notes signed by the ULFA. Pix by UB Photos.
A traffic personnel has been seen busy in handling traffic at the Bhangagarh-ASTC Bylane linking traffic point in Guwahati on 06-05-08 evening. Pix by UB photos.
The formal process for unification of regional parties has come in for a mixed bag reactions from several parties and organisations.Speaking to assamtimes, senior Congress leaders have said for Congress they have nothing to be worried as Congress defeated the regional party in the Assambly polls while it was remaining united under Mahanta's leadership and similarly, the regional party down in the last assembly polls while Bindabon Goswami was at the helm of affairs.Meanwhile, the All Assam Students Union (AASU) has made it clear that they will not change their earlier stand i.e they are not averse to unification mood only if it sans former Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta whom they...
After days of hectic political confabulations, regionalism in Assam is back with a renewed strength and vigour. The entire development came up from 11 in the morning at the Ambari based AGP party headquarters. The main Opposition AGP’s unification committee on Monday hold a series of brainstorming sessions categorically with four of its breakaway groups to finalise the formalities for unification.First to step into the AGP headquarters on Monday was its founder president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and his chief acolytes Gunin Hazarika, Ganesh Kutum et al who held talk with the unification panel president and AGP vice president Phani Bhusan Chaudhory.Coming out of the meeting the former...
Ten people died, twenty others have been injured when the bus carrying a marriage party collided its head on a stranded truck at Harmoti area in Assam’s Sonitpur district early on Sunday midnight.According to information, the bus bearing No AS07B1335 having as many as 60 passengers was on its way to Naiboisa after the marriage function suddenly hit a truck bearing nO AS122517 which was remaining stranded. Ten people reportedly died on the spot while 38 other people have been left injured. All of these injured people have been rushed to hospital while 22 people have been battling with life at hospital. Six bodies have so far been identified namely Biren Biswas, Pinku Biswas, Tutumoni...
The unification of Assam’s regional parties have reached a crucial stage with the Asom Gana Parishad is hunkering down with three of its breakaway groups at its party headquarters on Monday. The first one breakaway to have formally kickstart the homecoming bid is former Chief Minister and theparty’s founder president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta at around 11-30 in the morning. After the “cordial” discussion, Mahanta left the office with a hope that the unification will be a giant leap towards ending the rule of Congress. This was followed by the coming of Trinamool Gana Parishad general secretary and the AGP’s never-say die-spirit and former minister Atul Bora. He...
Russia has evinced its keen interest to invest in Assam's oil and gas, tourism, power and infrastructure sectors. This was disclosed by Ambassador Vyacheslav Trubnikov on Sunday while he was meeting Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in Dispur.The Russian Ambassador said his country was keen to partner the state and invest in the overall development of the North Eastern states saying the environment in Assam conducive and investor friendly. He said the threat perception in the north eastern region, as made out by some media reports, is some how not correct.He termed the situation safer than Mumbai adding that under the directive of President Vladimir Putin that they have been rushed to Assam...
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