Amid the probe in the job for cash scam in the Assam Public Service Commission, police have arrested three newly appointed ACS officers on Wednesday alleging their involvement.
Identified as Bhaskarjyoti Dev Sharma, the circle officer of Helem in Biswanath Chariali was picked up by police early in the morning.
Police have arrested Amit Sarma, the circle officer of Sipahjar from his residence in the morning and simultaneously another circle officer from Nalbari Bhaskar Dutta was arrested in the same allegation of procuring jobs for money.
Police, probing the scam confirmed the allegations against the trio acting on the forensic report of their answer scripts. Then they got administrative nod for action against them.
A team of senior police officers has been interrogating the three controversial officers who would be produced before a special court.
Caught in a barrage of nationwide criticism Himanta Biswa Sarma has tendered unconditional apology for his comments linking cancer to sins. In a statement he issued on Thursday, Sarma said he was pained to have learnt that his comment has shocked the cancer patients and their relatives. That's why, he said he tendered unconditional apology. Sarma recently kicked off a storm saying that cancer is the outcome of a person's past sins inviting a hail of criticism. Political parties, organizations and thr cancer patients and their relatives lashed out at him demanding public apology for his irresponsible comment.
GUWAHATI:A special court in Guwahati on Thursday reserved the ruling on a set of bail pleas moved by over 20 ACS, APS and allied service officers who have been arrested in the APSC job scam. According to information, the special court heard the entire set of bail pleas from their appointed lawyers and reserved the ruling which is expected in a day or two. Six ACS and APS officers have been remanded to judicial custody on Thursday after the police probing the scam produced them before the special court following the end of the 14 days police remand. With this, only three officers have been escaping police arrest in this connection. According to SS Ganesa, who is heading to...
Amid a statewide pall of gloom the mortal remains of Biju Phukan consigned to flames a day after the popular film personality breathed his last at the age of 70. His fans thronged in thousands at his residence in Guwahati who paid their last respect and took away the lifeless film actor with a procession in the morning. Firstly, the body was taken to the North East Film Development Finance Corporation premises where chairman and actor Jatin Bora and his colleagues paid their floral tributes. Then it was taken to the Jyoti Chitraban for last respect. Then the procession halted at Swahid Nyas where the AASU leaders paid their last respect. With full state honour, hd was cremated at the...
NAGAON: Four persons died and at least 25 others sustained injury when the passenger bus in which they were travelling collided it's head on a truck in Nagaon on Thursday. The accident took place early in the morning on the National Highway No 37 at Mensing area near Kaliabor where three passengers died on the spot. Another died as he along with injured others were rushed to a local hospital in Jakhalabandha. Local residents here have blamed the dense fogs that disrupted the visibility when the loaded truck and the mini bus were coming from opposite directions.
GUWAHATI:Hundreds of people are thronging the residence of Biju Phukan in Guwahati to pay the last respect tho their popular Assamese film actor who breathed his last on Wednesday. Men and women, old and young alike are making a long queue from early in the morning to pay floral tribute to the lifeless actor who died of heart ailment at a Guwahati based hospital in the evening. Barnali Deka, one of his fans is in the queue to catch a glimpse of her favorite actor. "I don't have any word to say how much I am shocked to have heard thr sad news. I have come to the city from Jagiroad only to pay him my last respect since he was, is and will be my most favorite actor." Same shock echoes in...
GUWAHATI:Biju Phukan is no more. The promising Assamese film personality breathed his last at a Guwahati based hospital suddenly at 6.15 in the evening leaving a pall of gloom across the state. Born in 1947 in Dibrugarh, Phukan started his career in cinema in 1970 in Dr Bezbaruah which evoked national award and since then he has been doing these in nearly 90 films and very recently he was playing a role in the Under World which is still in the making. Film personalities across the state are shocked to have learnt the sad news of his untimely demise. So also his fans who loved him very much. Veteran actor Nipan Goswami said," it's very shocking. I find it difficult to believe it. Never did...
GUWAHATI:Veteran actor Biju Phukan is dead. He was 70. Phukan, the doyen of Assamese film world suddenly died of cardiac arrestin the afternoon. According to information, Phukan, who was not keeping well for the last couple of days suddenly fell seriously ill and his family members rushed him to the Apollo Hospital in Guwahati and died minutes after he was admitted in ICU. He is survived by his wife Rajashree, daughter Sanghamita and son Angshuman. Many film personalities and his fans are thronging his residence in the city and the hospital premises as soon as the news of his tragic death spread like wild fire. The Assam government is organizing his cremation with full state honour on...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme court has reserved its judgment on the validity or acceptability of panchayat documents in the NRC works after it heard both sides on Wednesday. A division bench of the country's apex court comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice RF Nariman completed hearing of the case and reserved the ruling. The bench is hearing the petition on the time for publication of the much-awaited NRC draft along with border fencing issue on November 29 and 30. The home ministry moved a petition before the top court recently seeking permission to extend the date for publication of NRC draft till July 31, 2018 instead of December 31, 2018 triggering huge protest in the state.
TINSUKIA: The Tinsukia police have averted a huge explosion in the state as they seized some explosive materials from a passenger bus in Jagun on Wednesday. Acting on a tip off, a police team in Jagun conducted a checking on the bus which was coming from Arunachal Pradesh where a huge cache of RDX was found inside a bag. The police then questioned the driver, assistants of the bus along with the passengers. But later the passengers were allowed to go and detained the driver and his assistants for further interrogation. "Investigation is going on. Right now we are not in a position to divulge the findings in detail," said a senior police officer in Jagun.
The government is planning an organic revolution for the country, and the ICAR-National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS&LUP) has come to its aid by identifying areas holding high potential for the same. After completing scientific research that started in 2011, the bureau along with ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil Science, Bhopal, and Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) has prepared a geo-spatial digital map showing organic carbon stock in the soils of all states. Apart from Sikkim, which became India's first fully organic state last year, almost the entire North-Eastern India, including Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Mizoram and...
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