Assam also feels the heat of the statewide strike by the oil PSU officers as the petrol pumps across the state are running dry from early in the morning on Friday. Most of the petrol pumps are are remaining closed due to non availability of petrol. The scene is palpable in the north eastern city of Guwahati where vehicles are lining up in front of a few petrol pumps. But of no avail. Talking toAssam Times, the petrol pump owners said everything depends on the oil officers strike which is entering on its third day.
The crisis began on Thursday in some places in upper and central Assam districts where the vehicles have stopped moving on the roads due to scarcity of petrol. On the other hand, this had left an adverse impact on the common people as there a grim dearth of LPG cylinders.
According to information received from New Delhi, the striking leaders are holding yet another talk with petroleum minister Murli Deora on Friday as it remained inconclusive in Thursday.
While country is facing extreme threats from another angle, its sad that the money greedy oil mafia oficers are heding for their more luxury.How much they do want??Why they are least bothered about the nation and people- how we are suffering?Why no law on them.With they all be hanged in the same single rope from Quotub Minar at Delhi.It should happen.Their children even dnt know how to walk.All only fly till the toilet.They dnt live in hostel-its only flat!!And their future-Dust bins!!They learn nothing.Hope its time for we Indians to pull them out in open to realise our life due to their comfort.Let them go to hell.How much they do wanted??What for??How much tax do they pay???
16 Nov 2014 - 7:13am | Hantigiri Narzary
A media workshop stressed strengthening of immunization for a better future. Organized by the Assam UNICEF section at BTC Secretariat in Kokrajhar jointly with department of health and family welfare...
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In a bizarre incident, over 35 people have been undergoing treatment after they consumed botched gram in Sonitpur district on Tuesday. The incident took place in Dhekiajuli where the grams...
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When Gordon Ramsey went to Assam he had a taste of Khar and Bamboo shoot, Tenga. Returning from Assam was enquiring if there is any Assamese restaurant in London. That was about 3 years back. I...
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Two poachers who are suspected to be involved in the recent rhino poaching in Kaziranga National Park, have been arrested during a joint operation by police and forest department in Sonitpur district...
Causing major inconvenience to over 1,000 people, the Kolongpar passenger train stranded for over two hours after the train developed technical snag in Morigaon district on Thursday. The passenger train developed technical snag at Barahu near the Jagiraod train station at around 8.30am on its way from Nagaon to Guwahati. The stranded passengers were later brought to Guwahati in the Silghat-Kamakhya passenger train.
One person was killed and six were injured when a tempo collided head-on with a truck in Morigaon district on Thursday. The incident took place at Golchepa in the wee hours when the tempo, carrying ten passengers lost control and collided with the truck coming from the opposite direction. The driver of the tempo, Junmoni Bordoloi, died on the spot while others were rushed to the hospital. The tempo was on way from Jagiroad to Morigaon.
ULFA begins strike in Sivasagar district in the run up to the independence day. A police team had a narrow escape in Charaideo when a powerful bomb exploded in their full view near a body they were going to recover on Thursday.
The incident took place in the morning when a team of police from Mothurapur arrive in the Lengubor area to recover the body. As they reached the site, a powerful bomb exploded which was planted at an electric post. Identified as Michel Puty, he was taken away by a group of unidentified miscreants on Wednesday night. The body was spotted on Thursday morning where the bomb exploded. But there was no report of any casualty.
Tinsukia again falls in the deep grip of gas leakage erupting in sparks of fire. In yet another forecast of impending danger of gas leakage, the local in Hilikhaguri have noticed fire a week after they saw high levels of natural gas emissions in their fields. They came to see some sparks of fire in the field on Wednesday night in the evening. The villagers are afraid of devastating gas leakage in the area and even to burn fuel even to cook food in their houses. Same it happened in the nearby Deohall teas estate as well. The residents of the village blamed the nearby Oil India refinery for not paying any heed to their complaints. The villagers feel that the company should look for a long...
A CBI team will visit the violence-hit BTAD areas on Thursday acting on chief minister’s recommendation for a probe into the riot. Led by CBI Special Director and Joint Secretary (North East) at the Ministry of Home Affairs, Sambhu Singh, the team is set to hold discussions with the Assam Police officials regarding the cases related to the ongoing violence in Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Chirang and Bongaigaon districts which the investigating agency is likely to take over.
The state government has recommended 309 cases for investigation but the CBI may not be able to take over all the cases. It would therefore, discuss with senior Assam Police officials the sensitivities of the cases and...
Fresh tension is simmering in Kokrajhar when unidentified miscreants burnt down the headquarters of the All Bodo Students’ Union on Wednesday evening. The incident took place in the evening demanding that the State government provide adequate supplies including baby food, medicines and text books to inmates of the relief camps.
Ravi Shankar has stressed rebuilding of hopes and confidence of the people left traumatized at the height of the violence in the burning BTAD areas. During his visit to Kokrajhar on Wednesday, the spiritual leader also stressed a helping hand for the displaced people. He said that them that they were not alone in their moments of grief.Earlier he visited the violence victims a camp in a school in the Kokrajhar, where he distributed clothes to them, and gave them his blessings.
At least 20 people died and several others have been injured when a bus carrying around 40 people slipped into a deep gorge on the National Highway No 44 on Wednesday. The accident took place near Sonapur when the bus was on its way to Agartala from Guwahati on Tuesday wee hours. At least 20 bodies were recovered while the injured have been shifted to the nearest hospital.
BJP leader LK Advani came down heavily on Delhi and Dispur for the on going string of violence in BTAD areas and Dhubri. Initiating discussion on the issue in Lok Sabha on Wednesday, the former deputy prime minister said he BJP leader says that the Prime Minister and central government have the most responsibility to resolve the situation in the state.
He said that the people of Assam feel that their lands will be seized and they will lose control over them. According to Adsvani, “the central government has more responsibility than even the state government in the matter.” He said that the fundamental problem was one of unchecked illegal immigration.
BJP President Nitin Gadkari on Wednesday demands immediate sealing of the Indo-Bangladesh border to help the state get rid of the trouble mongers. He alleged that the ruling Congress has a tie-up with infiltrators from Bangladesh for its vote-bank politics and that this is the main problem for the recent violence in Assam. Speaking at a discussion on Bodo Hindus - Refugees in their own land, he said that Bangladeshi immigrants are main reason for the violent incidents in Assam. He appealed to all political parties to stand by the people of Indian origin and throw out the illegal migrants.
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