CPIM general secretary Prakash Karat says that his party would raise the multi crore scam in NC Hills of Assam in parliament. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Monday, Karat said siphonning off money meant for poor people is a grave and an unpardonable crime and that the guilty persons deserve punishment. Karat along with top party leaders held a brainstorming meet to formulate strategy for the upcoming assembly polls in Assam.
PermalinkSubmitted by kemprai on Tue, 01/02/2011 - 19:35
There is no positive outcome in the district after scam issue and all the political leaders are busy in making an image for the upcoming election with the in the name of scam issue.
The district name should be totally named as DIMA HASAO in every article as suggested...as it is officially accepted in the gazzated offices in the state.
14 Apr 2015 - 10:44am | AT News
Congress MLA Rumi Nath has been arrested by Dispur Police this morning in conenction with a nefarious car lifting case. She is now being interrogated at Dispur Police Station against two cases...
9 Mar 2014 - 9:40pm | AT News
AICC is likely to announce the remaining three candidates on Monday.Junjonali Baruah will be the party’s candidate for Nagaon while Wzed Ali Chaudhury will contest from Dhubri to face AIUDF president...
13 Apr 2013 - 5:51pm | Anup Biswas
The Returning Officer as well as Deputy Commissioner, Dima Hasao District Barun Bhuyan appealed to the media persons to extend their cooperation to the district administration in conducting free,...
23 Mar 2013 - 9:19am | AT News
The UPA government on Friday moved a bill in parliament to declare a 121-km stretch of Barak river in Assam as National Waterway. It will aim at unified development of waterways for shipping,...
Massive water logging disrupts normal life in Guwahati following a heavy downpour that lashed the city on Friday. Rains and storm lashed the entire city at around 3-30 which continued till 4-30 in some areas inundating the city’s G S Road and RG Baruah road in the evening.
Hours after the heavy downpour, Ganeshguri, Zoo Road, Chandmari, Bhangagarh, Lachitnagar, Anil Nagar and Nabin nagar area came under the raibn waters. There are reports of land slips in Ganeshguri and Kahilipara area in the city where traffic snarls adds to the woes of the pedestrians. Power cut has made the life more miserable in the evening.
Aaranyak is organizing a series of awareness programme as part of its ‘Brahmaputra River Dolphin Day, 2011’ on the occasion of the International Fresh Water Dolphin Day, i.e. 24th October. The programme is focused on spreading information and knowledge among the general public including students about Gangetic Dolphin (called “Xihu” in Assam), the National and State Aquatic Animal.
The programme is being organized in association with Zoological Society of London (ZSL), UK, for the first time in Assam. The programme will begin at 9.30 A.M on October 23rd at Sudmersion Hall, Cotton College with an interaction of children/ students. Interaction with experts on...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday strongly criticised L K Advani a day after the senior BJP leader slammed Congress government for corruption and mis-governance.
Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Friday, Gogoi said it is only BJP which has institutionalized corruption. Gogoi said time and again BJP has been facing corruption charges in the country.
Gogoi also criticised Advani for opposing the land deal with Bangladesh saying that the senior BJP leader does not know how the deal would benefit the north eastern region.
He charged the erstwhile NDA government with not doing enough to Assam and its neighbouring north eastern states.
Train drivers in Barak valley are holding road blockade on Friday demanding immediate release of two drivers who were abducted by suspected Reang militants. The militants kidnapped the train drivers Tarun Kumar Bhattacharjee and his assistant S K Sarmah after stopping it at Ramnathpur in Hailakandi district bordering Mizoram early in the morning. They were kidnapped on their way from Badarpur in Karimganj district to Bhairavi in Mizoram. Security forces have launched an operation to trace the two men. Efforts are also on to run the train by sending new drivers at the spot.
The Kaziranga National Park will open for the tourists on November 1. The abode of one horned rhinoceros along with some species of birds and animals are have been remaining closed from May 1. It was closed for the annual four month monsoon break.
As the date of the reopening comes closer, the park authorities gearing up to welcome the tourists with improved communication measures.
The KNP officials are visiting the various ranges to oversee the preparations.
The Kaziranga National Park attracts the maximum number of visitors along with Manas National Park, Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park and Porbitaro Sanctuary.
The Kaziranga National Park earned a revenue amount...
Liberal Youth Forum (LYF) had organized a one day seminar on Transparency, Campus Governance and Role of Youth on 19th October at Darwin School of Business. The seminar had focused on topics like Right to Information Act, Transparency and Campus governance. Speaking on transparency and campus governance, Ranjan K Baruah, National Core Team Member of LYF said that transparency in the campuses is must if we have to root out corruption. Talking about the importance of transparency he said that colleges or universities publishes annual magazine with various reports which are available for the students but financial statement or the audit statement are hardly seen by any students.
“For...
The Tarun Gogoi government comes in for sharp criticism for the land deal with Bangaldesh as the Assam Assembly is debating the issue on Monday. The day long special session began at around 9 in the morning. Initiating the discussion, minister Nilamoni Sen Deka defended the deal and said that it will help the region restore good relation with Bangladesh. He said it will mark the end of a number of issues confronting Assam.
BJP member Prasanta Phukan said that the deal was signed keeping the state and its people in dark. He demanded a clear cut reply from chief minister Tarun Gogoi what forced him to keep it secret. He further asked why the government failed to come out with a white...
The Assam Assembly holds the special session on Monday to discuss the recent land deal with Bangaldesh. The House proceedings are set to begin at nine in the morning. The ruling Congress and BPF are gearing up to defend the Tarun Gogoi government which struck the land deal despite a storm of protest. The Opposition AGP, BJP, AIUDF are set to stand united against the government citing the land deal.
Meanwhile, Dispurs turns into a security fortress where police bring huge barricades at the Last Gate to ensure normalcy on Monday. The opposition parties held talks to finalized the strategies on the floor. Notably, various political parties criticized the government after the country inked...
AGP leader and former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta on Sunday said that the land deal must be scrapped at any cost a day before the Assam Assembly debates the controversy. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Sunday, Mahanta said that the government betrayed the people and the political parties. “The Centre asked for the state’s opinion before the deal was signed. But the government failed to take the House in confidence, ” he said.
He said,” Karimganj deputy commissioner wrote to Dispur complaining that NBCC and NPCC left a huge plot to Bangaldesh when they were erecting border fencing. But I d’nt understand why the government...
Security forces seized a huge cache of explosives, including RDX, were recovered on Saturday in Sonitpur district on Saturday. According to Sonitpur superintendent of police Anand Prakash Tiwari, acting on a tip off, security forces recovered 10 RDX, 44 detonators, 200gm of gun powder, 18 meters of cortex wire, 14 safety fuses along with 500 gm of other explosive powder.
The explosives were kept at a hole near the railway track connecting Balipara with Bhalukpung bordering Arunachal Pradesh. The explosives were believed to have belonged to NDFB. No one has been arrested in this connection.
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