Two people were charred to death when a gas tanker caught fire after hitting a tree in Nagaon district of Assam on Wednesday.
The incident took place at Baghjan area in Koliabor where a Guwahati bound gas tanker hit a huge tree on the roadside resulting in a huge inferno where the truck driver and his associate were burnt alive.
Immediately the inferno spread to the nearby houses and within an hour three houses were reduced to ashes. Fire tenders arrived in the spot. But by then fire engulfed the three houses.
The incident took place four months after five people were burnt alive by a huge inferno in Rangoliting area in Golaghat after a gas tanker met with a mishap.
The Assam government has instituted a probe into the alleged distortion of satriya dance in the Republic Day parade in New Delhi on Thursday. Assam cultural department secretary P K Saikia will probe the allegation against a New Delhi based school for displaying the satriya dance in the Republic Day parade ground which runs into a hail of criticism. The government has made it simple that the performance was not in its knowledge prior to its display in the Vijay Chowk. But the school authority called it a fusion of the satriya dance and a form of traditional Assamese devotional song. Many experts from the state have found fault with the dance format and the attire they had in the...
Now its official. V Shanmuganathan has pulled out of the Meghalaya Raj Bhawan after he was allegedly turned the top office into a young ladies’ club.Shanmugnathan who also holds the charge in Arunachal Pradesh sent his letter to the President after he unfurled the tricolour in Itanagar on Thursday afternoon.The Rashtrapati Bhawan is learnt to have received the letter to be accepted with the suggestion from the home ministry.He struck no less controversy after dozens of the Meghalaya Raj Bhawan employees sent a letter to prime minister Narendra Modi alleging sexual misconduct and torture giving much ammunition for Congress chief minister Mukul Sangma to allege that the Raj Bhawan has...
Media fraternity and patriotic Guwahatians hoisted the national flag at Guwahati Press Club observing 68th Republic Day with all fervour and joy. Senior journalist Raman Bora hoisted the Tricolour and paid tribute to those martyrs who sacrificed their lives for India’s independence. Earlier journalist Rupam Barua elaborated the significance of 26 January in the context of India’s freedom movement. The participants also joined in a procession after the flag-hoisting program. Others who were present on the occasion included Padmashri Ajay Dutta, journalists Ranen Kumar Goswami, DN Singh, Pranabjit Doloi, Pulin Kalita, Nava Thakuria, Nevaprasad Yadab, Bikas Singh, Mamata Mishra, Jesim Raja...
Despite a massive security arrangement as many as seven explosions in five upper Assam districts marred the joy of Republic Day on Thursday.There is no casualty. But the people, mostly, refused to join the open celebration in the district and sub divisional headquarters in the morning.Dibrugarh escaped a Dhemaji-like tragedy when the rebels exploded a bomb at a stone’s throw distance from the flag hoisting ceremony. It exploded just an hour before the ceremony forcing many people to remain confined to their homes.Three explosions at Bihubar and Naginimara in Charaideo no less triggered panic among the people who stopped going to the flag hoisting ceremony in the morning. These are apart...
Defying rebel diktat tricolour is fluttering in the sky of Assam to mark the country’s Republic Day on Thursday. Amid unprecedented security measures Assam governor B Purohit unfurled the tricolour and took salute of the march pass of army, police, para military forces and NCC at the Veterinary playground in Khanapara. Cabinet ministers and legislators also hoisted the flag in the district and sub divisional headquarters in the morning to be followed by some cultural shows. Similarly, various government offices, schools and colleges, clubs and offices hoisted the flag to join the country’s Republic Day celebrations. Notably, ULFA along with others active north eastern rebel groups...
Noted space scientist Dr Jitendranath Goswami and eminent litterateur and lyricst Eli Ahmed fetched no less pride to Assam with Padma award. The Centre announced the covered civil award for the duo on the eve of the Republic Day on Wednesday. Former Lok Sabha Speaker and NPP founder PA Sangma is the recipient of Padma Vivushan award. Sangma, the strong Garo man who died last year is the first in the north eastern region to have received the country’s second top civilian award.
Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has ridiculed the diktat imposed by some separatist militant outfits of northeast India on observation of forthcoming Republic Day in the region and appealed to the people to celebrate the auspicious Day with fanfare. It may be mentioned that various banned armed groups had recently issued a boycott call on the celebrations of 68th R-Day in the region and as a rhetoric they asked everyone in Western South East Asia (meaning northeast India) to remain at home on 26 January and avoid participating in any R-Day functions. The rebel groups including CorCom, GNLA, HNLC, ULFA (I), KLO, NDFB, NLFT, PDCK etc also called for a total shut down in the region beginning...
Amid a massive security arrangement and rebel boycott call, Assam is all set to join the Republic Day on Thursday to mark beginning of the largest democracy on the planet.The flag hosting grounds across the state are being heavilly guarded by army, police and para military forces in view of the rebel diktat against the red letter day.The vehicles on the roads are being minutely checked to prevent the rush of explosive materials apart from an intensified combing operation against ULFA-I and NSCN-I who recently killed three Assam Rifles jawans at an ambush near Jagun in Tinsukia district.The premier north eastern city of Guwahati has turned into a war zone with security forces patrolling on...
Anwesha Saha and Sabir Islam, both students of Gauhati Medical College & Hospital (GMCH), won Daring Debates 2017 competition held in Guwahati on Monday, January 23. Held at GMCH campus exclusively for medical students on the issue of ethics in healthcare titled “Medical Oath: A moral compass no more”, students from different medical colleges took part in the competition.The winning team from Guwahati will be travelling to Goa for the face-off at the finale at Difficult Dialogues to be held in International Centre, Goa on February 12, 2017 featuring senior administrators, experts and scholars as judges. The debate competition is also being held in four other cities across the...
Security forces start fanning in Jagun area in search of ULFA-I and NSCN-K a day after the dreaded rebels killed three Assam Rifles jawans at an ambush.Army, police and para military forces have cordoned off a huge area conducting a combing operation against the rebels behind the ambush on Sunday morning.According to reports, at least 40 ULFA-I and NSCN-K rebels have been camping in upper Assam to disrupt the Republic Day celebrations on Thursday. These rebels would target the security forces deployed in the vulnerable areas.Local residents in large number have alleged excess in the name of the ongoing massive crackdown.“Policemen and army jawans question us on the whereabouts of the ULFA...
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