Concern over repeated rape incidents
MARGHERITA: Margherita AASU unit submitted a memorandum to Margherita SDO(civil) expressing grave concern over the steep rise in the rape incidents in the sub division.
AASU leaders Chintu Gogoi and Prashanta Gogoi said that growing crimes of drug addiction has helped the anti social elements to rear ugly heads in many pickets and that this has directly or indirectly been responsible for the non stopped incidents of sexual crimes.
Prashanta Gogoi said,” we demand immediate arrest of the rape accused for trial in the Fast Track Court.”
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Finally, the authorities have started crackdown on a section of pharmacies for failing to meet the norms in Tinsukia district of Assam. A team of health department visited a number of pharmacies in Margherita, Ledo and Jagun areas on Saturday.The team comprising drugs inspector Krishna Baishya, drugs officer Rajib Gogoi and deputy drugs controller Hari Chandra Deori gave a surprise visit to a number of nursing homes and pharmacies and examined the documents. During the surprise visit, the health department team cancelled two licenses detecting a slew of irregularities.One of them in Jagun while another pharmacy was selling medicines in Lekhapani area. Local residents have...
Margherita AJYCP leaders immersed the effigy of Dr Nazrul Islam on the river Buridehing in protest against the deplorable conditions in the state hospitals. Talking to Assam Times on Tuesday, AJYCP leader in Margherita Kanchan Bora said many pharmacies and laboratories have been running with out authentic papers which needs to be canceled.Then the protesters sent a memorandum to the Chief Minister through the Margherita Sub Divisional Officer(Civil) raising the demands.
Tinsukia AGP leader Dr Om Prakash Sahu criticized BJP and Congress accusing them of polarizing votes in the name of caste, creeds and religion 6 months ahead of the polls. Dr Sahu said that both the parties started shedding tears for the sake of power. Dr Sahu appealed to all the people to remain alert from these elements.
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Acting on a tip off Ledo Police nabbed a NSCN(K) cadre from Ledo Railway Station at 2.30 pm on Tuesday. The arrested NSCN(K) Cadre has been identified as Loang Lway (28) who came from Arunachal Pradesh to Ledo to Collect money from businessmen of thsi area, according to the police. The nabbed NSCN(K) cadre has been kept at Margherita Police Station where further investigation is going on.
The students in Margherita College have slammed the media fraternity for not properly raising the rape and murder case which shocked the entire state last month.The student union President and General Secretary ArjunPradhan and Deepjyoti Gogoi have charged the television channels with downplaying the anger of the people after 4 construction workers raped and killed a college girl near Burma Camp on her way to home."Had it been in New Delhi and Mumbai, the channels would have been highlighting it time and again. Since Margherita is an interior place that's the state media fraternity is least bothered about it," said rued.They further alleged that like the national news channels, the state...
The All Assam Muslim Yuva Parishad (S) has strongly condemned the Burma Camp incident where four construction workers gangraped and killed a college girl on her way to Margherita last week.AAMYP Vice President Moinur Haque Talukdar told Assam Times said that the need of the hour is to get a new set of laws to expedite the process to give justice to the victims. They further demand that the accused should be hanged to death at the earliest failing which they would intensify the agitation.
Party members of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) Saturday visited flood affected areas in Margherita where more than 2000 people are sheltering in relief camps. AGP General Secretary (Central Committee) Diganta Saikia said, “We distributed baby food products and Phenoyl to flood affected people at Ledo Maulang L.P School.” The areas affected by flooding waters under Margherita Panchayat are Bhitor Powai, Alubari, Makum qila, Ledo, Ketetong, Margherita Town, Hamukjan, Jagun and several other villages.Margherita Constituency M.L.A Pradyut Bordoloi along with members of Margherita Block Congress Committtee also visited the flood affected areas and distributed essential commodities like rice,...
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