The United Liberation Front of Asom observed its foundation day on Friday reiterating its struggle for an independent Assam compelling authorities to tighten security across the state.
ULFA cadres have observed the day at Kakopathar where the outfit in rank and file vowed to carry forward the struggle to make Assam free of decade old exploitation.
Those who have already claimed to have eschewed the path of violence observed the day at the designated camps where the leaders and cadres turned emotional. The celebration began with the hoisting of the flags to be followed by discussion on the future course of action.
The outfit was founded by Arabinda Rajkhowa, Arup Chetia, Pradeep Gogoi et al at a meeting at the Rong Ghar campus on April 7, 1979.
Settlement of villagers in the Kaziranga National Park triggers an intensified war of words between Mrinal Kumar Saikia and Akhil Gogoi. The BJP leader and businessman Saikia has moved the Gauhati High Court seeking its intervention to evict the settlers to save the world heritage site. But the KMSS leader is dead opposed to the idea saying the settlers would help the national park free from the illegal settlers. The KMSS leader who held a huge rally in Kaziranga on Wednesday said that they won’t allow anybody to evict the indigenous lot. Gogoi held the rally after Saikia moved the Gauhati High Court for its intervention to evict the settlers in the world heritage site.
The Assam government has notified Central Jails of Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Tezpur as detention centre to keep declared foreigners temporarily till such separate Detention Centre are established for the purpose. Only male inmates may be accommodated in Central Jail, Dibrugarh whereas both male and female inmates may be accommodated in Central Jails of Jorhat and Tezpur.
After a brief silence, terror starts spreading its diabolic tentacles in Tinsukia district when suspected ULFA men targeted a police station on Wednesday. The sensational incident took place at 8 in the evening when five youths in army uniform appeared in front of the Kakopothar police station and started indiscriminate firing at the policemen. Initially, they lobbed a rocket launcher which refused to strike. This was followed by firing for nearly 10 minutes forcing the officers to confine to the police station for the sake of their lives. Immediately after the attack, they vanished from the scene. Nobody has so far owned up the responsibility. But the needle suspicion points...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has arrived in Guwahati a dayafter he was taken ill in Tinsukia. Gogoi, who cancelled three public meeting in the upper Assam district on Wednesdayis being attended bya special team of doctors from the Assam Medical College Hospital. “He is stable and fit. But we have been monitoring his health. Actually, he needs a brief rest,” said the doctors who have been attending the chief minister since he complained uneasiness as he was addressing a public function in Tinsukia on Tuesday.
Kokrajhar police and forest department have jointly evicted 140 illegal huts and house from the Mahamaya reserve forest on Wednesday.Talking to reporters in Kokrjahar, SP Shyamal Prasad Saikia said that many miscreants from Dhubri have been illegally settling inside the Mahamaya reserve forest. For the last couple of months they have been settling in a huge in Panbari in the BTAD Kokrajhar district. He said that police and forest department have jointly cleared the entire area in presence of district magistrate and concern officials. “Over 800 bighas of forest land have come under encroachment in the forest area which were cleared on Wednesday. Nobody would be further allowed to settle...
In a damage repairing move, All Assam Students' Union threatens to move the Supreme Court alleging the Centre’s move to give refugee status for the non Muslim Bangladeshi nationals fearing that Assam will have to bear the brunt.Talking to reporters in Jorhat on Tuesday, AASU adviser Dr Samujjal Bhattacharya said that they are discussing the issue with a team of legal experts to move the country’s apex court for intervention. Flanked by president Dipankar Nath and general secretary Lurinyoti Gogoi, the AASU adviser said that they won’t allow the Centre to make Assam a grazing ground for the Bangladeshi immigrants. Bhattacharjya along other central leaders were in Jorhat to...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is stable and he is fit to attend two public meetings in Tinsukia on Wednesday. CMO officials told Assam Times that the doctors attending on Gogoi said that his complaint was not so serious. He complained uneasiness ten minutes after he addressed a meeting of the party workers in Tinsukia on Tuesday.Then he was rushed to the Tinsukia Circuit House to be attended by a team of doctors from the Assam Medical College Hospital.
KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi on Tuesday tore apart Tapan Gogoi and Shankar Prasad Roy alleging that the duo joined BJP only to get rid of CBI who has been probing Saradha scam.Addressing a press conference in Guwahati, Gogoi dared the student leaders to reveal the secrets of their deal with the Saradha chit fund where they received Rs 25 lakh in 10 cheques. Gogoi targeted the student leaders a day after they formally joined BJP.
The annual award of stipends of the Kamala Bazboruah Memorial Trust (KBMT) was held at the Office of the Directorate of Employment & craftsman training in Guwahati on Tuesday. All together 66 trainees were selected this year to receive the KBMT awards from different ITI’s of Assam. The selection of trainees who receive the award every year was made by the Directorate of Employment & Craftsmen Training, Assam after conducting a test. The objective of the financial incentives to selected trainees was outlined by S.N. Phukan, Managing Trustee. The award was instituted in 2008 as per will of late Amala Bezboruah, who bequeathed her entire...
Yet another tragic accident leaves Raha in utter shock where a school goer was crushed to death by a moving vehicle on Tuesday. The incident took place at 9-30 in the morning at Dighaliati near when a Maruti Alto car bearing No AS-04-C 5077 hit the student from behind on the NH 37.Identified as Bitupan Bordoloi, he was riding on his bicycle to the school when the vehicle hit him from behind. The deceased was a H.S 1st year student of Raha Higher Secendary School.
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