DUDHNOI: A local court in Dudhnoi sent Akhil Gogoi to fourteen days judicial custody after the police produced the KMSS leader before it on Sunday. The court, however, is hearing his bail petition on Tuesday. Amid tight security police as taken to the CJM court in the morning aday after he was arrested in Dibrugarh before shifting him from Dibrugarh.
KMSS leaders and workers in large number thronged the court premises and shouted slogans against the arrest and judicial remand of their remand. They further demanded immediate release of Akhil Gogoi whom they say, the government is scared of. Gogoi on Friday procured bail and the Gauhati High Court set aside his arrest under NSA. But Dudhnoi police got him in their remand in connection with a case pending against him.
Defying an escalating protest by KMSS in rank and file, he was brought to Dudhnoi on Saturday.
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An unidentified body of a girl was found from a compartment of the Awadh-Assam Express at Guwahati Railway station on Friday.The body was found after the train arrived in Guwahati from Lalgarh in Rajasthan to be spotted by the cleaners inside a plastic drum near the bathroom of S-7 coach. Railway authorities have ordered an enquiry and efforts are on to identify the passengers, who had boarded the coach and left the bag.
In yet another major setback for ULFA’s anti-talk faction Bijay Das surrenders before police.Popularly known as Bijay Chinese, the close aide of Paresh Baruah got in touch with Tinsukia police to be rushed to Guwahati on Thursday.According to top sources, some other top militants are also in a mood to follow the suit. ULFA’s anti-talk faction refuses to give a clear cut message on the development. The move assumes significance a week after another dreaded ULFA leader Guli Asom surrendered before Tinsukia police.
The country wide shutdown cripples normal life in Assam for the second day on Thursday.The peaceful bandh has partial response in interior areas of the state. Public transport remains completely off the road and many private offices and banks remaining closed. Train movement, however, remains untouched.
The High School Leaving Certificate and High Madrassa Examinations get underway along with the higher secondary examinations across the state on Monday.Amid tight security arrangement SEBA holds HSLC examinations for 3,84,702 candidates at 823 centres. The Assma Higher Secondary Education Council conducts the Higher Secondary examination in the Arts, Science, Commerce and vocational streams at 768 centres with 2,36,971 candidates. SEBA will announce the HSLC results on May 15.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has asked the Centre to ensure that any dam related activities by China in Tibet do not cause ecological problems in the state.Gogoi said in Guwahati on Sunday that if the problems could be addressed, then communities residing in the catchment areas of the river would benefit.According to Gogoi, the state government is committed to holding elections to the Mising Autonomous Council and said the Council has been established for the welfare of Mising community.
y at Bishwanath Ghat last night, turned turtle near Panibharal area of Bishwanath Chariali town in the morning, killing four on the spot.Among the 26 injured, 16 were admitted to Bishwanath Chariali Civil Hospital but 13 of them were referred to Tezpur Kanaklata Civil Hospital after their condition became critical.The dead have been identified as 45-year Durga Chetry, 20-year old Krishna Chetry, 18-year old Gopal Chetry and 12-year-old Pinky Sarma. The vehicle, which was overloaded and speeding, turned turtle four times before rolling down the side of the road.
Guwahati Press Club expresses its gratitude to all the individuals and organizations who have so far contributed to facilitate the medical treatment of journalist Safar Ahmed, who is associated with Sakalbela, a Bengali daily published from Guwahati by Saradha group.Although, the health condition of the ailing journalist has shown slight improvement, he continues to be critical. His stomach is partially damaged and swelling of brain was reported by the attending doctors, which included New Delhi-based physician Dr SC Sharma of Gangaram Hospitals, who visited Safar today.Safar Ahmed’s medical treatment will require more funds and we hereby request sensitive donors to hand over the financial...
Over 500 people have been undergoing critical treatment at different hospitals in Guwahati after consuming food served as Prasad on Friday’s Saraswati Puja in Dimoria area of Kamrup. This has forced the Kamrup metro district administration to order an inquiry into the incident.GMCH alone has 140 children from three schools in Durung, Koraiguri who were rushed to it following complaints of stomach pain and vomiting. They fell ill after they consumed grams and khichri. On Saturday morning, the patients were admitted to the 30-bed Khetri Hospital andSonapur Primary Health Centre from where a section of children in critical condition were referred to Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH)....
Over 50 people have fallen ill in Kamrup district of Assam after consuming Prasad on Friday. The patients, mostly, students and their guardians in the outskirt of Guwahati city have been rushed to the hospital as they complained of stomach ailment after consuming Prasad at a Saraswati puja function in Sonapur. Over 20 seriously ailing people have been rushed to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital.
An independent panchayat candidate allegedly committed suicide on Friday after losing an election in Assam's Kamrup (Rural) district. Mintu Das contested from 114 Ganmou village panchayat in Sualkuchi and lost the elections, the results for which were announced on Friday night. A depressed Das later hanged himself in his house.
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