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.
10 Jul 2008 - 12:28pm | Dibya J Borthakur
At around 8-35 am yesterday suspected DHD (J) ultras near Maibong in NC Hills district killed one CRPF man leaving drastically four others injured. According to the information received at Nagaon,the...
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Celebrated Assamese filmmaker Jahnu Barua was named as ‘People of the year 2013’ on the occasion of the launch of the 24th edition of Limca Book of Records along with host of prominent names of...
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Nagaland Voluntary Consumers’ Organisation(NVCO) conducted a daylong interaction session-cum-awareness campaign at Tyrannus Boys Hostel Jakhama (TBHJ) on Friday. More than 40 students of St. Joseph’s...
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Udalguri AGP conducted mass signature campaign against the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016, in Tangla on Sunday. The Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2016 seeks to grant Indian citizenship to illegal...
The recent blast that rocked Tezpur town killing one person was engineered by ANLA. This was confirmed by the police saying the ANLA cadres have planted the bomb at the bicycle. Sources here say the Adivasi militants outfit were fed up with the stiff protest against the bandh calls in Tezpur by the AASAA. Police topguns have already gathered some inputs relating to the incident from the eyewitnesses. It may re noted that one person died and some fourteen have been injured while the powerful blast took place at Borgola in Tezpur at a distance of 100 meter away from the Police Station on Wednesday noon. Earlier ULFA was suspected to be behind the blast but the banned insurgent outfit has...
Noted litterateur and Sahitya Akademy ward winning writer Reboti Mohan Dutta Chaudhory passed away on Friday night at a city hospital. For the 87 year writer of the Madhupur ArunTaangini, the end came at around 8-30 in the evening. Popularly known as Shilabhadra, Dutta Chaudhory was admitted in the hospital two weeks back in view of his old age ailment. He was born in 1924 in Gauripur in Dhubri district. He completed his graduation from Carmichael College in Rongpur and later did his mater degree in mathematics from the Calcutta Univrsity in 1946. He started his career as a teacher in Cotton College. After working as a journalist for a short spell of time he joined the Jorhat Engineering...
Cricketer Rajesh Bora , Olympian Dipankar Bhatttacherjee , footballer Govinda Boro and Body builder Mr. India Bijit Gogoi being felicitated during the inauguration ceremony of 15th International Guwahati Trade Fair at Chadmari Field, Guwahati on 29-02-08 evening. Pix by UB Photos.
Renowned Litterature Mohim Bora seen on the GMCH bed as he has been admitted at the Gauhati Medical College Hospital in Guwahati on 29-02-08 after his health is reported to be unwell for the past few days. Pix by UB Photos.
It’s trouble that brews again in Golaghat district bordering Nagaland following a bid to set up a polling booth for the March 5 Assembly polls forcing the authorities to review the situation prevailing in the area.According to information, the Nagaland people have been terrorizing the areas within Assam territory which fall under B sector in Dhansiri sub division. Even the people who have been living in the areas in Assam for decades are sometimes forced by the Naga people to take their consent in selling and purchase of land and even to repair their own houses. The gaonburahs of the region apprised these while they attended a recent meeting in Uriamghat organised to take stock of...
The All Assam Students Union has demanded a CBI enquiry into the rhino poachings at the Kaziranga National Park and alleged that the poachers are backed by a section of forest officials and also by some ministers and MLAs.Addressing a press conference in the city, AASU General secretary tapan Kumar Gogoi said that the failure to check the rhino poachings is proves that a section of forest officials backed some ministers and MLAs have been aiding and abetting the poachers. He said only a CBI probe could unearth the truth behind it.
As part of the Assam Association, Delhi's Diamond Jubilee, a series of lectures by eminent personalities is being organized in the national capital.You are cordially invited to the second lecture in the series as per the following schedule:Lecture on "A United North-East: My Never-Ending Dream" by eminent filmmaker Jahnu BaruaTime: 5 PM (preceded by high tea at 4:30 PM)Venue: Speaker's Hall, Constitution Club, Rafi Marg, New Delhi - 1.Date: 1st March, 2008, Saturday.For further information, please contact:Dr Hareswar DekaGeneral SecretaryAssam Association, DelhiSrimanta Sankardeva BhawanA14B, Qutab Institutional AreaSatsang Vihar MargNew Delhi 110067Tel: +91-98182-52414Email:...
The city police picked up two people and seized a huge quantity of explosive materials while it was running an operation in Patharkunwari area on Tuesday midnight. According to information, the city police firstly rounded up up one Binod Thapa with an electrical detonator and some explosive materials. Binod led the police to the house of one Haramohan Barman and recovered 14 such electrical detonators and 50 detonator in addition to 4 gelatin sticks and four kilogram explosive materials. The police suspect that both the people have help ULFA. The police have some inputs that ULFA cadre Champak Sarma, who was recent arrested from the city received explosive materials from him.
One died and as many as fourteen people have been injured when suspected ULFA militants exploded a powerful bomb on Wednesday in Tezpur town forcing a spontaneous bandh of the town from afternoon. According to information, the bomb was planted at a bicycle in front of Borgola, at 100 km away from the Tezpur Police Station. Four of the injured people are stated to be serious and they have been rushed to the nearest Tezpur Civil Hospital. They are Raju Barman, Suraj Prasad, Srimanta Hazarika. The critically injured Ajit Ghose died on way to the Guwahati medical College Hospital. Four injured people have been released after primary treatment. High level police and civil officials are at the...
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