GUWAHATI: Security forces seized gold weighing nearly 1 KG from a person at the Lokoriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport on Friday.
Acting on a tip off, the CISF jawans raided Ankush Chetti who was preparing to depart the city to New Delhi by the IndiGo flight in the morning.
When thoroughly checked, the gold biscuits worth ₹30 lakh was discovered in his rectum. He was arrested and the biscuits were recovered at the Guwahati Medical College Hospital.
Two days back another person was arrested from the airport as he was preparing to board on a New Delhi bound flight.
Revolt revisits in Assam Congress. That too hardly a month before the Lok Sabha polls. Simmering discontent seems to have taken centrestage within the ruling party after AICC announced the candidates for 10 Lok Sabha polls.Led by Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma, over a dozen MLAs and ministers have been camping in New Delhi to get their own candidates fielded in the polls.The dissident group has not been success while AICC election committee has cleared the names in favour of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and APCC president Bhubneswar Kalita.Miffed at this development, the dissident legislators are all set to call on Sonia Gandhi revealing their grudge.
BJP has yet to announce the Lok Sabha poll candidate for Dibrugarh. But discontent is simmering among the party activists.A huge number of party workers openly criticized the move to field Bhabesh Sarma from the crucial Lok Sabha seat this time.Talking to Assam Times, a section of the party workers said that they would not cooperate Sarma who is a dark horse within the party.They want Prasant Phukan as their candidate from Dibrugarh saying that Phukan has a strong network in the party’s grass root level.
Union ministers Pawan Singh Ghatowar and Ranee Narah will contest from Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur respectively in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.This was what AICC formally announced on Saturday. The ruling party has announced the candidates for eight other seats. Gaurav Gogoi will be the INC candidate from Koliabor iren Singh Engti will contest from Diphu.Sushmita Dev will contest from Silchar and Bhupen Bora from Tezpur. Bijoy Krishna Handique will seek reelection Jorhat. Lolit Mhan Suklavaidya will contest from Karimganj. The party has announced the name of Ismile Hussain in Barpeta constituency for the upcoming polls.The party will announced the candidates for Dhubri, Nagaon and Mongoldoi in...
Hundreds of Delhi University students from Assam staged dharna in front of the Assam Bhawan demanding immediate release of Akhil Gogoi a day after the KMSS president was remanded to jail.With banners and festoons in the hands, the varsity students criticized the Tarun Gogoi and his government alleging attempt the gag the voice of protest.They staged dharna in front of the Assam Bhawan minutes after the Chief Minister arrived in the building on Saturday.
BJP’s poll committee on Saturday has cleared five candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls slated for Aprol 7, 12 and 24.Addressing a press conference in New Delhi, party spokesman Anant Kumar said that state unit president Sarbananda Sonowal will contest from Lakhimpur. Former Union minister Bijoya Chakravartty will be the party’s candidate from Guwahati.The party’s election committee which met in New Delhi on Saturday cleared name of Ramen Deka from Mongoldoi and Kamakhya Prasad Tasha from Jorhat.Rajen Gonain will seek re election from Nagaon.Reliable sources told Assam Times that the party finds it difficult to finalise nine other candidates out of over 100 aspirants.The state unit...
BJP’s state unit president Sarbananda Sonowal will contest from Lakhimpur while former Union minister Bijoya Chakravartty will be the party’s candidate from Guwahati in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.The party’s election committee which met in New Delhi on Saturday cleared name of Ramen Deka from Mongoldoi and Kamakhya Prasad Tasha from Jorhat.Kabindra Purkayastha will the BJP party from Silchar while Rajen Gogoi will seek election from Nagaon. Barpeta seat will go to Chandra Mohan Patowary who resigned from the party on Saturday.Reliable sources told Assam Times that the party finds it difficult to finalise only 14 candidates out of 141 aspirants.The state unit heavyweights met on Friday in...
Former MP Manikumar Subba will contest the Lok Sabha from Tezpur in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. But this time he will be an independent candidate.He decided to contest independently after the party picked up Bhupen Bora from this crucial seat.Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi told reporters in New Delhi on Saturday that Subba as independent candidate will have hardly any impact in Tezpur.
Barring Mongoldoi, Nagaon and Dhubri, AICC has finalized the list of the candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.This was what chief minister Tarun Gogoi told reporters in New Delhi on Saturday. Gogoi talked to Rockybul Hussian in the capital a day after the forest minister refused to contest in the polls.Sources told Asssam Times that Union ministers Pawan Singh Ghatowar and Ranee Narah will contest from Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur respectively.Gaurav Gogoi will be the INC candidate from Koliabor iren Singh Engti will contest from Diphu. The party has fielded Jonjunali Baruah from Nagaon.Sushmita Dev will contest from Silchar and Bhupen Bora from Tezpur. Despite resistance from a circle of...
A reign of terror seems to have revisited Sonitpur district bordering Arunachal Pradesh.A group of miscreants from the neighbouring state stormed into a tiny hamlet at Naharjan area on Friday night and asked the local residents to quit the place early.Police was informed. But the armed fled from the spot before the arrival of police. An uneasy calm has been prevailing in the entire area since the Arunachal Pradesh miscreants shot dead at least 15 local villagers in Chauldhuwa in January.
Forest minister Rockybul Hussian is averse to contest in the Lok Sabha polls from Dhubri constituency.In a letter to the party high command on Friday, Hussian said that he is not interested to contest the Lok Sabha polls.He sent his letter to the AICC after the election committee of the party shortlisted his name to contest the upcoming polls from Dhubri.His letter, however, paved the way for Wazed Ali Chaudhury to contest from this AIUDF stronghold.
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