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.
3 Oct 2011 - 10:24pm | editor
On the auspicious day of ‘International Day of Non- Violence’, various North East bands came together to appeal for Harmony in the North East Region at KASSA Indoor Stadium, Diphu, Assam...
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The United Liberation Front of Asom(ULFA) struck a formal bilateral ceasefire pact with the Centre on Saturday to end the hostilities against each other. The pact was signed during a meeting with...
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After months of will-they-won't-they, BJP formally struck deal with BJP on Thursday for the upcoming Lok sabha polls. Thus, AGP has decided to go with the NDA.Addressing a pres conference in new Delhi on Thursday AGP president Chandra Mohan Patowary and BJP chief Rajnath Singh said the BJP will contest eight seats while the remaining six would go with AGP. They however said they would fight unitedly in the next Assembly polls also.The decision was finalised on Wednesday night in Delhi. According to Singh, the BJP would be the major partner for the Lok Sabha elections but in the same breath the AGP would be the senior partner for the Assembly polls.Advani said the NDA had been successful in...
Three persons died and 23 others injured as their bus struck at a stranded truck near the Kaliabhomora bridge under Ulkuwani police station in Sonitpur on Thursday morning.According to information, the ill fated bus, bound for was Rangajan in Sonitpur from Hatipukhuri in Nagaon district was carrying a marriage party. Three persons died on the spot while other injured persons have been sent to the hospital. A seriously injured person has been rushed to the Gauhati Medical College Hospital. He is identified as Dipankar Hazarika. Two of the deceased persons have been identified as Suchen Mandal and Samin Barman.
A book release function was held at Assam Bhawan, Mumbai on 22nd February, 2009 to release Rothindranath Goswami’s latest Assamese book “Mumbai – Sagar Simonat Roi”. The book was released by renowned filmmaker Padmashree Jahnu Barua.Mr. Trinayan Handique gave a brief account of Mr. Rothindranath Goswami’s literary contribution and mentioned his journey during the last 25 years from the pages of ‘Mouchaq’, the Assamese children’s magazine, to the present. Sri Debasish Sharma, ACS and Dy. Resident Commissioner of Assam Bhawan, Mumbai, spoke on the occasion and highlighted a few of Sri Goswmai’s achievements. Releasing the book Padmashree...
The All India Congress Committee will announce the list of 8 candidates on March 15 for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls for Assam a day after it cleared the names of six candidates.According to information, the party's poll cell in Delhi is holding several rounds of talks at the residence of AICC general secretary in charge of Assam affairs Veerappa Moily to finetune the list.The names cleared so far are B K Handique for Jorhat, Biren Dingh Ingty for Diphu, Pawan Singh Ghatowar for Dibrugarh, Deep Gogoi for Kaliabor, Parimal Suklavaidya for Dhubri and Santosh Mohan Dev for Silchar.The party has yet to clear the list for Lakhimpur, Nagaon, Karimganj, Guwahati, Mongaldoi and Barpeta seats where...
The Asom Gana Parishad and BJP have deferred the seat sharing deal on Wednesday due to the absence of Assam BJP leader Mison Ranjan Das. Das failed to make as his brother died in the morning.According to information, the meeting was scheduled to clear the deal as the deadlock over Guwahati, and Mangaldoi has yet to end. Both the parties earlier have held several rounds of talks but fail to end the impasse. The meeting would take place on Thursday to announce the list.
Gohpur MLA and former education minister Ripun Bora has been granted bail in the sensational Danial Topno murder case as he appeared before a Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Guwahati on Wednesday.According to information, the court, fixed the date of next hearing in the case on March 16. Notably, the Central Bureau of Investigation, probing the sensational murder case implicated the former minister.He was allegedly involved in the murder of Daniel Topno, the district president of the All Assam Tea Tribe Students’ Union that took place on September 2 in 2000.
Eastern Confluence, a socio-cultural platform for young talents, where youth from different spheres of Northeast India come together to portray artworks depicting people, life, culture and nature. These art forms manifest themselves through the works of EC’s array of artists, painters, photographers and filmmakers at “CURVES & SHADES”-a painting and photography exhibition which was held from 15th Feb to 19th Feb.Among the artists participating in the exhibition are Ranjan Engti,Jinny Barman,Pranjal Dutta,Pallavi Sarma,Jibesh Chakma,Kaushiki Sarma,,photographers are-Dhritiman Deori,Pankaj Dutta,Amit Singha,Arnab Gayan etc.The exhibition was inaugurated by Dr.P.C. Deori ,...
Ministry of Rural Development has sanctioned the release of part payment of Grant-in-aid to Assam for Batch III of Asian Development Bank Assisted Project – RRSIIP worth Rs. 200 crore under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY).Accoridng to a government statement, the funds have been sanctioned as a first instalment of Grant-in-aid to Assam State Road Board, Guwahati. The Board is an autonomous agency for receiving the funds for Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and a duly registered society under Society Registration Act towards the projects cleared under Batch III of Asian Development Bank Assisted Projects – RRSIIP under Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. This will be meant...
The BJP would announce the list of its candidate for Assam at the election committee in Delhi on Thursday.Talking to www. assamtimes, senior leaders of the party said BJP Assam unit president Ramen Deka is leaving to Delhi on Tuesday to help the party heavyweights give final touch to the list.On the other hand, Deka is scheduled to participate in the AGP-BJP crucial meeting on Wednesday being convened to finalise the seat sharing deal for the upcoming Lok sabha polls. The AGP leaders/ meeting with BJP chief Rajnath Singh on Sunday evening failed to arrive at a consensus and decided to meet agaon on Wednesday.
Assam is all set to go to the Lok Sabha polls in two phases. Announcing this on Monday in Delhi, Chief Election Commissioner N Gopaloswamy said the state will go to the first phase of polls on April 16 in Dhubri, Silchar, Karimganj and the autonomous hills districts. Jorhat, Guwahati, Nagaon, Barpeta, Lakhimpur, Tezpur and Dibrugarh constituencies would go the polls on April 23.According to the poll schedule, the nomination for the April 16 poll will be issued on March 23 while the liast date will be March 28. These would scrutinized on April 30 and the date for withdrawal of nomination has been fixed on March 31.The nomination papers for the next phase would be issued on March 28 while the...
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