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.
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In a move that brings huge joy to the BVFCL premises, the state owned fertilizer manufacturing unit in Namrup has announced hike of its employees retirement to 60 from the existing 58 years....
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The mega dam meant for the Gerukamukh hydro power project fail to reach the construction site because of the week long blockade by AJYCP in Dhemaji district. AJYCP, AASU, TMPK and ATASU workers...
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Well known businessman of Nazira Pikam Singh Harlalka passed away at his own residance of Nazira at 2 AM on November 22. He was 88. He survived by his wife and 3 sons. MLA of Nazira Debobrat Saikia...
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“Kaimai is a village with a difference”, said Balav Chand Sharma, Commandant, 36 CRPF, Khonsa, the district headquarters town of Tirap district in Arunachal Pradesh. He was speaking on the occasion...
tve (Television Trust for the Environment) is launching its second major environmental film initiative for YouTube filmmakers and animators. tve’s biomovies competition offers the YouTube generation a say on the world’s vanishing biodiversity.
“Two billion films are streamed on YouTube on an average day – mainly by young people for who the future of the planet really does matter,” says Cheryl Campbell, tve’s executive director.
“We’re looking for the sharpest, wittiest, most creative and thought-provoking minds on the YouTube scene to give their take on one of the most important environmental issues of all, and reach the audience who...
Assam Don Bosco University is launching its first online degree programmes shortly after the Distance Education Council visit to Guwahati expected any day now. “We hope to target thousands of working class young people across the globe,” says the Vice-Chancellor of the University Dr Stephen Mavely SDB explaining how the classes and study will take place on the web, enabling students to have access to the best professors from around the country.
The University will run the programmes using state of the art Virtual Classroom Technology, and they are designed for working executives and professionals looking for programmes of study that complement their work and their need to...
The people of Karbi Anglong are all geared up for this year’s edition of the Rongtheang festival that begins from November 2. The festival will continue for three days to culminate on November 4 and will also see the first national rock competition of Assam being organized there.
This time around, the 8th traditional Rongtheang festival 2010 is being organized by the Eastern Beats Music Society and the Rongtheang Klimsomar Club with the support of ICCR, Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India; Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) and State Bank of India (SBI).
The Rongtheang Festival is a traditional festival of the people of Karbi Anglong which is into its eighth year...
GNRC Hospitals in association with Guwahati Press Club has announced 4th GNRC Media Fellowship for the journalists. The fellowship is open to working journalists, who should be attached with the print and electronic media of the region.
The fellows will get the opportunity to study and report about the new technology related to heath care facilities, overall health care scenario of Assam and accessibility of common people to such developments.
Dr Nomal Chandra Borah, CMD of GNRC Hospitals has confirmed about the fellowship today to the GPC secretary.
Three selected fellows will receive Rs. 10,000 (rupees ten thousand only) per head per month. They have to publish/broadcast/telecast...
Meghalaya police have recovered a huge cache of arms and ammunition from ULFA from a school on Saturday. Accoridng to information, these arms and ammuniton were found inside an abandoned suitcase spotted by a group of students near Shillong Higher Secondary School in the evening. When reported police rushed to the spot and recovered 2 AK-47 rifles and a flash gun, 125 rounds of live ammunition, five kg of RDX bomb, three hand grenades, six magazines, two walkie talkies and incriminating documents belonging to the ULFA. These arms and ammunition were hidden ULFA militants at the instruction of Drishti Rajkhowa. Notably, parts of Meghalaya has become a safe transit route of ULFA, NDFB and...
Assam stands united against cancerous terrorism on Saturday two years after the gory serial blast that killed more than 100 killed and several others injured. People in large numbers came out to the streets to take solemn pledge to go all out against terrorism.
NETV is on a mass signature campaign against terrorism in Guwahati where more than 80 people were left dead in the incident. The popular satellite TV news channel, first of its kind in the north eastern region also launched similar campaign in other parts of the state. Two other TV news channels also launched programme to create terror awareness. The Assam government also held a brief function at the blast Ganeshguri site where...
Two hardcore NDFB insurgents have been nabbed along with two others in Nagaon district on Friday. The ultras belonging to the anti-talks faction of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland were involved in the serial blasts which left over 90 dead and 500 injured in Kokrajhar, Barpeta and Bongaigaon districts, besides Guwahati. They were travelling in a bus from Nagaland and apprehended at Samaguri during a check near the police station there.
Ten rounds of AK-47 rifle and .383 revolver ammunition were seized from the militants, identified as Haitha Basumatary and Rajendra Basumatary. Senior district police officials have been interrogating the duo.
Black cats will stay with Prafulla Kumar Mahanta. This is Gauhati High Court's instruction. Hearing a petition moved by the former chief minister on Wednesday, a single bench of the court on Thursday as the govenrment to restore the black cats withdrawn a few days back. The court has further instructed the Union home ministry to file an affidavit at any earlier date. Notably, Mahanta moved Gauhati High Court after the government has withdrawn blaks cats he was given a few years back.
In a petition he moved before the court on Wednesday, Mahanta doubted the safety and security of his life and urged the court help him get the security back.
The security personnel deployed to him have...
Despite round-the-clock vigil, poachers killed a male rhino inside the Kaziranga National Park on Thursday.
According to information, the poachers killed the rhino at Burachapori inside the Agratoli range of the park and forest guards on hearing gunshots rushed to the area and opened fire injuring one of the gang. The injured poacher and another, however, managed to escape.
Sources say the forest guards seized two SBBL guns, several sharp weapons and camping equipment.
At least 20 people died within this week as the killer cholera is spreading in Sonitpur district. A section of people in Biswanath Chariali sub division is also undergoing treatment in the hospital after they complained stomach problem and vomiting focing the authorities to step in. The affected people, moslty, hail from tea garden areas of unhygienic condition. These include Chakukhata, Sajuligarh, Komarjan, Munda line. District authorities have put the toll at 16 but the unofficial figure stands at 20.
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