Assam powerful students’organisation Assam Students Union will sit in hunger strike on August 14 and 15 in protest against the failure of the government to implement the Assam Accord.
Addressing a press conference in Guwahati in Wednesday, AASU leaders said only this will over the years, the government has been failing to deal with influx of Bangladeshi immigrants, border problem, along with some other burning issues. AASU general secretary Tapan Kumar Gogoi said Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi have been failing to do the needful.
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The students body only remembers the Assam Accord from time to time with long gaps, but keeps silent for years together. The politicians reap the fruits of this weaknes of AASU and think its' leaders would forget every thing in due course
15 May 2008 - 3:14am | editor
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Condemning the Mumbai violence over BTAD riot, VHP on Saturday said those who took part in it should be arrested and penalised for damage caused to life and property. VHP leader Pravin Togadia said those who took part in the violence and arson as well as those who instigated the same should be arrested. He further said that the damage caused to public property should be recovered from the rioters.
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi has ordered judicial probe into the BTAD riot to unearth the reasons behind it.Addressing a press conference, Gogoi said that CBI has taken up seven cases out of 309 cases registered in the ethnic violence. He said the judicial probe would ascertain the lapses when it will deal with the matter widely.
The Centre on Saturday said the situation in BTAD areas was under control. In a statement, home ministry made it clear that altogether 170 people were arrested after registration of 309 cases in the state. It said that by and large normalcy has restored in Kokrajhar and other violence-affected districts after regular patrolling by Army troops and deployment of 6,500 paramilitary and state police personnel. Home Ministry said more than 309 cases have been registered and 170 people found involved in the violence were arrested while CBI has taken over the probe into seven cases where conspiracy is suspected.
Many people including policemen and journalists have been injured when several Muslim organisations in Mumbai's staged protest against the recent riots in Assam which turned violent on Saturday. The violent protesters set on fire several vehicles, including an OB van of news channels. Police had to resort to lathi-charge to disperse the violent crowd. The protests, led by Raza Academy, an organisation working to promote Islamic culture, were supported by other organisations like Sunni Jamaitul Ulma and Jamate Raza-e-Mustafa.
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Assam Police are fully prepared to counter the ULFA threat in the run up to the Independence Day. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Saturday, Director General Police Jayanta Narayan Chaudhury revealed that Ulfa's anti-talk faction plans massive strike in the run-up to the Independence Day celebrations. He said Ulfa wants to make its presence felt carrying out blasts and small killings before August 15. He said that the outfit tries to instill fear and create an atmosphere where they can carry out their extortion attempts. According to the DGP, among the major targets of Ulfa are Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Goalpara, Bongaigaon and Jorhat districts.
The Supreme Court on Saturday gives clean-chit to Congress minister and former Assam education minister Ripun Bora in a bribery case where he was arrested by CBI three four years ago. Addressing a press conference in Delhi on Saturday, Bora took on one of his former cabinet colleagues for hatching conspiracy to finish his political career. Bora said that he would formally lodge complaint with Congress president Sonia Gandhi against two state political leaders exposing the real conspiracy. Notably, CBI arrested charging him with trying to bribe them to get rid of a sensational Denial Topno murder case.
ULFA’s anti talk faction has called Assam bandh on August 15. In a statement on Saturday, the outfit has asked the people to refrain from participating in the Independence Day celebrations. In yet another joint statement, seven militant outfits of the north east called for the boycott of the celebrations and general strike in the region on the day.
The outfits include National Democratic Front of Bodoland, Kamtapur Liberation Organisation, Coordination Committee Manipur, Tripura Peoples Democratic Front, National Liberation Front of Tripura and Hynnewtrep.
Altogether 35 militants laid down their arms before Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at a function in Tezpur on Saturday.Twenty seven of them were from the Karbi Peoples' Liberation Tigers (KPLT), six belonged to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland and two from ULFA. They further handed over a large number of arms and ammunition on Saturday.
Among those who laid down arms were KLPT's self-styled Foreign Secretary Moniram Rongpi and self-styled Defence Secretary Ramling Ranghang. Besides Gogoi, Assam Planning Minister Tanka Bahadur Rai, state assembly Deputy Speaker Bhimananda Tanti and General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Army's Four Corp, Lt Gen Shakti Gurung were also present on the...
Altogether 35 militants laid down their arms before Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at a function in Tezpur on Saturday.Twenty seven of them were from the Karbi Peoples' Liberation Tigers (KPLT), six belonged to the National Democratic Front of Bodoland and two from ULFA. They further handed over a large number of arms and ammunition on Saturday.
Among those who laid down arms were KLPT's self-styled Foreign Secretary Moniram Rongpi and self-styled Defence Secretary Ramling Ranghang. Besides Gogoi, Assam Planning Minister Tanka Bahadur Rai, state assembly Deputy Speaker Bhimananda Tanti and General Officer Commanding (GOC) of Army's Four Corp, Lt Gen Shakti Gurung were also present on the...
Distance Education Programme - Sarva Sisha Abhiyan (DEP-SSA) plans to organize a two-day Orientation Workshop for the North-Eastern States during August 23-24. This workshop will be organized at the Institute of Distance and Open Learning, Gauwahti University. Distance Education Coordinators from the states, Directors of SCERTs, Principals and faculty of the DIETs of the North-East states are invited to attend the orientation workshop. Those academics interested may write to the undersigned for invitation.
Prof. C.B. SharmaMobile : 9540464978, 011-29531457, 29571709E-mail: depssa@ignou.ac.in, khageshkumar@ignou.ac.in
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