Senior journalist Ajit Kr. Bhuyan has stepped down from Guwahati based sattelite news channel Prag News as it's chief editor.
Bhuyan, who has been playing a major role in mass mobilisation for the on-going anti-CAA protest in the state, on Saturday formally submitted his resignation.
Bhuyan, who has been active in journalism for the last three decade, is the founder editor of Asomiya Pratidin, the largest circulated Assamese newspaper.
SIVASAGAR: Amid an escalating tension and controversy over the greater Nagalim a section of NSCN-K rebels has been unleashing no less terror in Sivasagar district bordering Nagaland. Security forces have captured a dreaded Naga rebel in Sonari area who was believed to have been extorting money in the area. Acting on a tip off, police and army conducted a raid at Senigudam area in the wee hours where the rebel was arrested. Identified as Kampai Kanyak, he was learnt to have been moving in the area unleashing terror in the form of extortion. Police seized from his possession a pistol, bullet and some extortion. Then he was brought to Sonari police station where a team of senior police...
TINSUKIA: After a huge gap, yet another ULFA-I rebel surrendered before police in Tinsukia on Friday. Identified as Bipul Gogoi, the 30 year old rebel who received hardcore arms training in Myanmar laid down his arms before police in the wee hours. Sources told Assam Times that the dreaded rebel surrendered on health ground. He deposited before police a pistol.
DIBRUGARH: Social media brews trouble for yet another government officer who has faced suspension only because of a photograph. He is none other than Aroop Patangia, the Dibrugarh central jail superintendent whom the government suspended on Thursday acting on a photograph which went viral in social media. According to information, Congress MLA and Opposition leader Debobrata Saikia and his Mariani counterpart Rupjyoti Kurmi very recently visited KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi inside the jail. Towards the end thr duo had a photo session with the peasant leader who was hailed under the National Security Act. The photograph was uploaded and then went viral in social media. Now the authority had...
GUWAHATI: The Gauhati High Court on Friday will decide on thr fate of Rakesh Paul when it is hearing thr bail petition of the APSC chairman who was sent to jail in a fresh case two months back. Justice R Phookan is hearing the bail petition moved on behalf of Paul who even after procuring bail from the Supreme Court was arrested acting on a new bribery case registered in Bhangagarh police station:
GUWAHATI: Apart from 25 officers, more and more officers might face arrest in the APSC scam very soon This was precisely what the investigating officer Surjeet Singh Panersar said on Thursday. Talking to reporters in Guwahati, he said those who resorted to forgery won't be spared."We wont spare anybody. We have yet to receive all reports from forensic. We are waiting. More officers under scanner and on thr basis of the soon to be received reports more tainted officers might face the consequences," he said. Thr special operation team led by Panesar have so far held 18 ACS, APS, labour inspector, employment officer who allegedly bribed APSC chairman Rakesh Paul who is also in jail.
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has directed the Assam government to provide the audio-visual tape details of the speech of Subudh Biswas which struck huge controversy in the public meeting. Hearing a bail petition on Thursday, a division bench of L Nageswar Rao and Justice SA Bodbe sought the details from the Assam government by November 20 when the court will hear the bail plea. Subash Biswas' council told thr court that even after his arrest the people who have been probing the case have yet to file the charge sheet against him and he is still languish in jail. h He was arrested alleging in inflamatory speech before a section participants clashed with the local AASU activists...
Despite stringent measures and stepped up vigil rhino poaching refuses to die down in Kaziranga where the poachers have killed five pride of Assam during the last five days. The poachers have killed yet another rhino on Thursday. The animal was killed for rhino on Thursday at Kohora range in the morning and the hornless carcass was discovered in the evening. This is the fourth rhino pinching case in the world heritage site during the last five days
Two more officers have surrendered before police who have stepped up the crackdown against the accused officers in the APSC scam while police have arrested another in this connection whom the court have sent to police custody for 14 days. Kamal Debbath, Dilip Kalita have surrendered before the police on Thursday while Jyotirmoy Nath has been arrested from Karimganj. A special court on Thursday evening remanded the trio to 14 days police custody for interrogation. With this, the police team probing the nefarious scam have arrested altogether 18 officers while operation is going on to arrest three ACS officers namely Rajarshi Sen Deka, Gitali Doley and Sunayana Aideu who have gone...
A P KALITA, NAMRUP After lying in a shamble for a couple of years Dhodar Ali gets a major facelift in Namrup. Local legislator Naren Sonowal laid the foundation stone of the repair project at a brief function in APL Main Gate on Thursday. In his speech, Sonowal said the historic road connection Golaghat to Dibrugarh will be the lifeline of the state's economy. He said the ₹71lakh project would be a huge boost in the road network for Namrup, where the people have been bearing the brunt of the dilapidated condition.
NEW DELHI: The uncertainty over the draft of national registrar of citizens refuses to due down if the project nodal officer's report before the Supreme Court is to be believed. Nodal officer of the entire ongoing exercise Pratik Hajela told the apex court bench comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice F Nariman that 123 crore documents are still lying for verification. If it so happens then there is simply no chance of the much awaited NRC draft by December 31. Earlier, the nodal officer told the court that only 48 lakh forms were to be verified and out of these 17 lakh doubtful where could be kept aside for verification later.
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