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Expressing serious concern over the substandard construction work of Tunnel No 13 A of much publicised Lumding-Silchar BG conversion by the M/s M K Engineering, the Veer Lachit Sena, Assam and Dimasa Students Union stopped the ongoing construction works from Friday.Several members of Veer Lachit Sena, Assam and Dimasa Students Union visited the work site of M K Engineering, some 22 km from Haflong located near Muolkhoi village and interacted with the supervising engineer of NF Railway and of the company concerned.Both the organisations asked the representative of the company not to play with the lives of people for their bested interest. They alleged there has been conspiracy of the railway...

Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, AVSM, SM, Director General Assam Rifles along with Maj Gen Satish Dua, SM, Inspector General Assam Rifles (East) visited the Assam Rifles Garrison at Haflong on December 12, 2012. The visitors were given an update on the existing internal situation in Dima Hasao district and Barak Valley. They were informed about the close working relation shared between all stake holders to include Security Forces, Media, Civil Administration in countering the threat posed by various insurgent group to include NSCN (IM) and DJNA. Lt Gen Ranbir Singh, AVSM, SM, along with Maj Gen Satish Dua, SM during his maiden visit to Haflong wished the local populace of Dima...

Rising incidents of Man-animal conflict has spread in Dima Hasao also, killing one 60 years old man of Khrumingdisa village under Umrangso Police station on Friday. One Bidyanan Kemprai was killed by a wild elephant on Friday at about 5 PM when he was returning from sand quarry near Kopili River.It is learnt that like every year, few weeks back a herd of wild elephant numbering 30/40 were seen in and Umrangso area and the villagers tried to drive them out of that area. And last year also one man was killed near Bungphri area near Sangbar.Mentioned may be made here that every year elephants used to come to this area during this season as there has been a salt water lake and perhaps for ripe...

To register their protest against the PHE department, thirty boarders of Haflong Govt. College Boys Hostel went up to the PHE water-storage tank, near the minister's residence, and staged their unique protest by brushing their teeth on 11th December 2012, in the morning. It is learnt that the Students at Haflong Govt. College Boys Hostel had to go without food and had to appear at their exams empty stomach due to lack of water supply by the PHE Department Besides, the boarders at Haflong Govt. College Boys Hostel have also expressed dissatisfaction about the slow pace of boundary wall construction work. The construction of two main security gates has not even started. The boundary wall...