A Division Bench of Supreme Court of India comprising JJ Dalbir Bhandari and H.S. Bedi after hearing Prof. Bhim Singh, Advocate for the petitioner ALOK, a human right group in Assam and Mr. Amarender, Senior Advocate for the Union of India regarding the case of Select Killings in Assam between 1998 and 2001 known as Select Killings, the Supreme Court allowed Prof. Bhim Singh to file Additional Affidavit in connection with extending the jurisdiction and scope of Justice K.N. Saikia Commission and enhancement of compensation to the victims upto 50 lacs. from 3.5 lacs. This was stated in a press release from the Prof. Singh's office in New Delhi
ALOK, a human right activist has filed a petition in the Supreme Court for inquiry and appropriate action into the secret killing of about 300 innocent civilians who were well-wishers of ULFA in Assam during the period of 1998 to 2001. Notice was issued by Supreme Court to the Government of Assam and Union of India. The Government of Assam appointed retired Justice K.N. Saikia who has submitted an investigation report of 40 persons only. The Government of Assam had referred case of only 40 persons to the Commission.
Prof. Bhim Singh urged the court to direct the Government of Assam to refer the cases of all the victims and provide a compensation of Rs.50 lacs. at least. Justice K.N. Saikia in his report has agreed that all the victims were taken from their homes secretly and later killed by the police.
Prof. Bhim Singh in his submissions wanted to submit further details about the remaining victims. The court allowed Prof. Bhim Singh. In the meantime the Supreme Court has given six months to the Assam Government to identify the heirs to verify the next of the kins of the victims.
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will be on a day long tour to Assam on April 7.
Dr Singh confirmed it before Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday who called on him on Delhi.
Dr Singh will inaugurate the Platinum Jubilee celebrations of Assam Legislative Assembly.
The Chief Minister also called on Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee and urged him not to revise the oil royalti policy fearing it would have adverse impact on the oil reach state.
Bangladesh is all set to honour music maestro Dr Bhupen Hazarika and former Chief Minister late Sarat Chandra Singha at a function in Dhaka on March 27.
The duo are among the three other figures to honoured to acknowledge their role in the independence struggle during the War of Liberation in 1971.
They would be awarded at a ceremonial reception at the Bangabandhu International Conference Centre on March 27. Bangladesh President Zillur Rahman and Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will hand over the medals, crests and citations among the distinguished awardees.
The Coir Board-sponsored North East Expo-2012 in Guwahati is underway to boost the domestic coir market.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi inaugurated the expo at a function on Wednesday and it will conclude on March 30. This is the first time that the Coir Board is organising such an elaborate expo.
Over 1,000 agitators courted arrest on Wednesday at Boko near Rangiya when they blocked the National Highway 37 to protest against illegal encroachment of land in Assam by Meghalaya.
The agitators blocked the highway for over two hours demanding action against encroachers from Meghalaya who have allegedly built a school, a martrys' tomb and an outpost at Nampi locality in the territory belonging to Assam.
Sub Divisional Commissioner of Boko NC Basumatari rushed to the spot with a large contingent of police. The agitators were arrested from the spot and normal traffic resumed on the national highway.
A women was crushed to death by a train on Wednesday in Guwahati.
The tragic incident took at Santipur in the wee hours when she was stuck between two trains coming from different directions. She was identified as Hanupa Begum, the mother of 5 children. The family of seven has been living by the side of the railway tracks slum areas for 10 years and the husband is a rickshaw puller.
Assam won two gold medals in Men and Women shot put event. in 26th Northeast Games in Mizoram. Tunlai Nurzary from the state won gold medal in women's shot put event by covering a distance of 10.29 metres. In men's shot put event, Dulu Gogoi bagged the gold medal with a throw covering 11.64 metres.
In women's football event, Tripura defeated Assam 1-0 while Mizoram thrashed Meghalaya 6-1. In men's fotball, Tripura beat Arunachal Pradesh 5-1.
In semifinal of 48-kg category of women's boxing, S Nengneihat Kom of Manipur defeated Silpa Limbu of Assam. In second semifinal, Rebecca of Mizoram defeated Rosni Busha of Meghalaya.
Two more special CBI court would started functioning in Assam. The government disclosed it in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Minister of State in Prime Minister's Office V Narayanasamy said in a written reply that total of 54 special CBI courts out of the sanctioned 71 have started functioning in the country.
While four courts are yet to get functional in Odisha, two in Assam, three in Delhi and five in Andhra Pradesh among others, the concurrence of the state government has "not" been received for one special court in Shimla in Himachal Pradesh.
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday claimed that the Comprehensive Cleft Care Centre at the Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Civil Hospital here in Guwahati, is the best in the world.
Addressing a function, he said that the manner in which the team has been carrying out the work on a missionary zeal, the day is not far off when Assam will become a completely cleft-free state.
The founder of Operation Smile International, Dr William P Magee, said the centre in Assam was the best among 13 such centres that Operation Smile currently runs in 13 countries across the globe.
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According to sources, the count of the prized animal inside the park, which has the highest density of the animal within its 36 sq km area, rose to 93 against 87 recorded in the earlier census in March 2011.
Among the 93 rhinos were 25 calves, 25 adult males and 43 females. Nine rhinos were translocated to the Manas Wildlife Sanctuary from Pabitora since January.
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