Padma Shri Dr. Birendranath Datta inaugurated the Alcheringa' 09, the cultural festival of Indian Institute of Technology ( IIT ) Guwahati on January 29 at IIT Guwahati auditorium.
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The United Liberation Front of Asom along with four other north eastern proscribed outfits have given boycott call of the Independence Day.In a joint statement, the outfits urged the people of...
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A team of youth and journalists on Tuesday left for Tawang (Arunachal Pradesh) with a mission to tell the neighboring country China that Arunachal Pradesh is an integral part of India. Himalaya...
3 Feb 2014 - 11:18pm | Syed Miraz Ahmed
The Northeastern corner of India is feared to be under the vicious threat of Maoist cells with available weaponry and sympathizers. While the Centre spends about a crore annually to fight the Maoists...
22 Oct 2016 - 9:31pm | AT Kokrajhar Bureau
Allegation has been lodged with Superintendent of Kokrajhar RNB Civil Hospital against serving nurses along the hospital for mishandled of a pregnant woman during delivery hour inside OT room which...
After remaining stoic silence for the last couple of months, Congress MLA Rumi Nath disclosed her nuptial knot with a youth in Karimganj. Nath who switched over to Congress from BJP has admitted before media on telephone that she was married to Jeki according to Islamic formalities a couple of week back. The sitting Congress MLA from Borkhola in Cachar, who is out of station with his second husband is preparing to get the daughter from her first husband.
Three kilos of powerful explosive along with other equipments were recovered in a joint search operation by police at a village near Rangjuli in Goalpara district last night. Police also arrested two suspected ULFA linkmen in this regard. According to sources, acting on a tip of Special Branch of Assam police led by SP Ranjan Bhuyan and Goalpara police led by Addl SP Sushanta Biswa Sharma launched an operation at Landakunda village under Dhupdhara police station and made the recovery. The two arrested persons were identified as Bekingson Marak (45) and Jyoticharan Boro (24). It is suspected that the explosive, hidden in forest, were meant to target Guwahati city, a police source said
Team Anna backs Akhil Gogoi’s protest against the NHPC-owned big dam in Gerukamukh. In a statement, it asked the government to accept the demands of the protestors. Team Anna maintained that the construction of dams in Arunachal Pradesh be stopped as people of Assam cutting across their economic background have been opposing it. The civil society demanded the alleged police action against protestors be stopped and all those detained released unconditionally.
A new housing development policy for Assam is in the offing. The Assam government is set to announce it very soon which is intended to eradicate the problems related to unplanned development in urban areas in the state. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said it when he attended a meeting of the senior civic officials in Guwahati on Monday. The Chief Minister said that new buildings and structures in Guwahati and major urban centres would be sanctioned only on the basis of the new policy, which would include features like compulsory parking facilities in housing societies. He said the state is facing problems in sectors like housing and construction, traffic and roads due to unplanned nature of...
Assam and Meghalaya are all set to hold a high level meeting on Thursday to defuse the simmering tension in Langpih. The meeting is slated to be held in the chief secretary level in Guwahati to discuss the recent eviction drive in the area where Kamrup district administration demolished a public hall allegedly built by West West Khasi Hills district administration. Kamrup district administration on Saturday dismantled a community hall of the Hima Raid Mynsaw at Langpih during an eviction drive. A section local residents had started constructing the hall, which was allegedly raided by Assam officials the following day.
The National Investigation agency on Monday chargesheeted three suspected Manipuri rebels for providing training and supplying arms and ammunition to Naxal groups. The case was filed before the designated court of NIA in Guwahati against N Dilip Singh, Senjam Dhiren Singh alias Raghu and Arnold Singh under various sections of Unlawful (Activities) Prevention Act. Dilip, self-styled chief of the 'foreign external affairs department' of banned terrorist organisation People's Liberation Army, was arrested by Delhi Police, Dhiren was nabbed by Kolkata Police and Arnold was picked up by NIA last month. The three were charged with imparting training to the cadres of banned CPI (Maoist) and...
Coal India will sign fuel supply agreement with NTPC for 750 MW power plant in Assam. Disclosing this in parliament on Monday, Minister of State for Coal Pratik Prakashbapu Patil said that the government has asked Cola India to strike deal with NTPC to set up 3x 250 MW power project at Bongaigaon. He said that the coal ministry has already issued instructions to Coal India Ltd to sign fuel supply agreement for supply of coal. The minister also said that one unit of the power project of NTPC of a capacity of 250 MW was likely to be commissioned next fiscal, which the other two units in 2014-15 and 2015-16. According to NTPC, its Rs 5,000 crore project is located in Salakati district of Assam...
IED seized from ULFA linkmen A major incident of explosion was averted when police recovered a powerful IED in Goalpara town on Monday. The IED weighing around 3.5 kg, meant to be planted in the town was seized from two ULFA linkmen who were arrested on the Assam-Meghalaya border in the district.
According to police, the linkmen Dilung alias Dilam Marak alias Bipimom Marak (30), a person from the Garo community of Meghalaya, and Jyoticharan Boro were arrested from the remote Landakunda area on the border which is close to Bangladesh.
A remote control device and a bomb-making manual were also recovered. The duo are believed to be close to Drishti Rajkhowa, a close aide of anti-talk...
Police arrested five persons on Sunday in connection with the theft of bitumen, worth Rs 50 lakh in Morigaon district. Acting on a tip-off, the police arrested five persons from Dharamtul area of the district and seized huge quantities of bitumen from them. The bitumen, estimated to be worth around Rs 50 lakh, had been stolen by the five from a consignment for use in ongoing construction activity at National Highway number 37.
One person was killed and three others seriously injured in a road mishap in Golaghat district on Sunday.The driver of a speeding car lost control of the vehicle which skidded off the road killing one person on the spot and injuring three others in Badulipar area. The dead has been identified as Meherban Khan and the injured have been admitted to a local hospital.
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