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.
18 May 2015 - 7:52pm | Azlina Khanam
A book penned by former Union minister Bedabrata Baruah was released by veteran journalist Kanaksen Deka at Guwahati Press Club on Monday. The book titled ‘Mot-Abhimot’ is a collection of articles...
4 Oct 2012 - 8:48pm | editor
Businessman Ramesh Agarwalla was found dead in Tinsukia on Thursday three days after he was kidnapped at gunpoint. His body was found at a tiny village in the district. Meanwhile, police have three...
28 Mar 2016 - 10:25pm | HK Roy
3rd Inter-Collegiate Sports and Games Meet-2016 in Arunachal Pradesh was formally declared open by the state’s Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein at the College of Horticulture stadium, Pasighat with...
17 Jul 2014 - 10:22pm | Rashmita Gogoi
There is hardly any chance of change in Assam Chief Minister in near future. This was what party high command virtually said in New Delhi on Thursday. Hours after the dissidents gave Sonia Gandhi 48...
Dibrugarh : There have been reports of Army atrocities and molestation in Lezai Village, near Dibrugarh a few days back. In protest against this and the inaction from the authorities a lot of local people blocked NH 37 at Lepetkota, Sesa Tiniali, Kotoha in Dibrugarh District. Vehicular traffic was thrown out of gear from 11 am in the morning. It may be mentioned that the authorities are investigating the matter of alleged molestation and atrocity but no concrete results have been achieved till now.
Guwahati: AGP General House Meeting today has taken some concrete decisions. The General House Meeting has decided to hold the AGP Executive Committee Meeting on 30th and 31st August. It has decided to hold all District Conferences within 25th August and the Anchalik Conferences before 20th August.The General House Meeting has also decided that it would be in the interests of the Orgainsation to unite all founder leaders under the banner of AGP and reunite the party.Brindavan Goswami's leadership is also under question and he has indicated that he may resign from his position before the coming assembly elections.
Burapahar: Some unknown miscreants have hijacked a bus at Burapahar in Assam. The miscreants hijacked the bus at gun point from the Burapahar area in the National Highway 37. The passengers were asked to get down from the bus and the dacoits drove the bus away alongwith all the goods of the passengers.Two passengers have also been reported missing .The bus was on its way from Imphal to Shillong.
After months of speculation, mud slinging, leg pulling by the political parties finally we have got ourselves a new president- a woman president at that which by the way is a first. History has been made with this new president as Pratibha Patil is the first woman president of India who has made inroads into the Raisena Hill. From her days as a lawyer in Jalgaon to becoming the first woman President of India, Pratibha Patil has seen the rough and tumble of politics including an unusually bitter campaign on her way to Rashtrapati Bhavan. United Progressive Alliance-Left nominee Pratibha Patil has been elected as the 13th President of India. She won the Presidential election by a huge 3...
A 12 hour Demow Bandh has been called on Saturday by the Tai Ahom Students Union due to alleged harassment of two of their members Nipun Barua and Pulak Barua by unidentified miscreants
India got its first woman President. Pratibha Patil won the Presidential elctions by 3,06,810 votes. Pratibha Patil, the UPA candidate defeated her rival Bhairon Singh Shekhawat who was backed by the NDA.There was some cross voting by BJP dissidents in Gujrat and Madhya Pradesh.Bhairon Shingh Shekhawat has resigned from the position of Vive President as wellIn Assam, Pratibha Patil has secured 92 votes while Shekhawat has secured 20 votes. (For detailed information on how the President of India is elected please refer to the Knowledge and Development Section/ How the President of India is elected? by Rebati Neog)
This week we speak to the Assam Association Delhi Secretary and NEDFi representative in Delhi, Manoj Das. A multi faced personality he speaks about life outside Assam, NEDFi and the Assam Association Delhi which is turning dreams into realities for the Assamese population of Delhi.What was your background and how did you venture into your current line.I did schooling from Bordoloni in Dhemaji district of Assam and PU(Sc) from cotton College in ‘79. Pursued Production Engineering from Morvi, Gujarat in 1983 and subsequently MBA from University Business School, Chandigarh, Panjab University. Thereafter I joined Hero Honda Motors Ltd. as Plant Engineer in 1985. I was selected by the Govt...
GUWAHATI, July 20: A powerful bomb exploded in Srirampur Chariali under Tamarhat police station in Kokrajhar district on Friday killing 4 people and seriously injuring 18 others.The bomb was kept on a bicycle which was kept in front of a shop near the ASTC counter.Two people died on the spot and eight sustained serious injuries. Out of these, three people sucummbed to their injuries at the Kokrajhar hospital. The deceased has been identified as Munna Shah (18), Abdul Mazid (22), Munmun Sheikh (4), Mangal Sheikh (18). The ASTC counter has also been badly damaged in the blast.The other people who have been injured in the hospital have been shifted to the Gossaigaon civil hospital and the...
GUWAHATI : The Army on Thursday killed two ULFA militants in Tinsukia district, about 500 kms from Guwahati. Defence sources said here troops of the 7/11 Gorkha Regiment killed the two rebels during a shootout in the Kailashpur Simaluguri village under Pengeri police station in the wee hours today.The slain rebels were identified as ‘corporal’ of the ULFA’s 28th battalion Polash Rajbonshi and Bhaskar Barua.An AK 56 rifle, four magazines and some ammunition were recovered from them. Meanwhile, jawans of 2 Bihar Regiment arrested two ULFA linkmen in Tinsukia and recovered six detonators, two kg of explosoves, a fake currency of Rs 500 denomination, two vehicles (AS-23-E-1705...
GUWAHATI: The city police is interrogating former Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) minister Rajendra Mushahary from Wednesday at the Dispur police station for illegal possession of arms ammunition.Mr Mushahary, his two daughters have been picked up from his Rukminigaon based residence on Wednesday. According to information, 95 rounds of live ammunition of AK 47 rifle and Rs 83,000 in cash have been recovered from the rented house of the former AGP minister.Notably, he was accused of raping his housemaid while he was minister for hills area development during the Prafulla Kumar Mahanta regime
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