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Voter Awarness Campaign

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Submitted by Heramba Bora on Wed, 13/04/2011 - 19:22
voter awareness campaign failed to make impact on Dr.Manmohan Singh, Prim Minister of India, as he did not cast vote here. What do you expect from general public? Though he later on said that he has casted vote throuh Postal Ballot, he had to give the explanation due to report in the media fearing criticism- one feel.

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Gogoi reviews law & order

Chief minister Tarun Gogoi reviewed the state’s overall law and order situation at a high level meeting in Guwahati on Thursday.Chaired by Gogoi, the meeting assessed the law and order situation in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls.Chief Secretary JS Khusla along with DGP Khagen Sarma and other senior civil and police officials attended the meeting at Koinadhara in the afternoon.  

Rhino poaching continues

Poachers have killed yet another rhino in Kaziranga. The carcass of the full grown one horn rhino was found in Kohora range on Thursday.The animal was believed to have been killed three days back to take away the horn.With this, poachers have killed two rhinos in the same range within the last 24 hours.Forest guards found the carcass of a full grown rhino at Kohora range on Wednesday morning. Its horn was missing.          

Subba to fight independently

Tezpur Congress leader Mani Kumar Subba will fight as an independent candidate.  Subba is believed to have been preparing to file his nomination on Friday.The former Congress MP from Tezpur on Thursday took out a huge rally in Joimoti pothar where his supporters in large number pledged to ensure his victory in his upcoming polls.A section of AIUDF is also set to vote for Subba after the party leadership has fielded Sheikh Aziz from this constituency.   

HC to hear Akhil plea on Mar 24

The Gauhati High Court is expected to pass its judgment on Akhil Gogoi’s bail plea on March 24.A division bench of the court on Thursday heard the bail petition moved in connection to the case filed by Tuwaram Sarania, who charged him with masterminding a conspiracy where his son Pranab Boro resorted to self immolation.The court, however, asked police to submit the case diaries in detail by March 24.Gogoi on Wednesday procured bail in one of the case of self immolation by Pranab Boro in Dispur on February 24.

Sarma, Teli file nominations

Tezpur BJP candidate Ram Prasad Sarma filed his nomination papers on Thursday.Accompanied by a hundreds of his supporters at a huge procession, Sarma arrived in the DC office in Tezpur where he filed nomination papers before the returning officer.On the other hand, his counterpart in Dibrugarh Rameswar Teli also filed nomination papers on Thursday.Polling with take place in both the constituency on April 7.  

Mahanta flays Cong

AGP president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta on Thursday said that only the regional party has every strength to raise voice of Assam in parliament.Addressing a huge rally in Lakhimpur on behalf of Hariprasad Dihingia, the AGP president said that the people have already decided to vote for the regional party.  

1 held with money in Borjhar

The Income Tax sleuths on Wednesday arrested a person in Guwahati and seized a huge amount of money from his possession.Identified as PK Dutta, he was held at the Logpriya Gopinath Borodoloi International Airport in Guwahati in the evening.A huge amount of Rs 10 lakh has been seized from his possession by the Income Tax sleuths.  

AGP, CPI file nominations

Two more heavyweights filed nomination papers in Jorhat on Wednesday.The first candidate to have filed nomination papers was BK Handique to be followed by Pradeep Hazarika in the afternoon.Accompanied by a cultural troupe, the AGP candidate filed nomination papers before the returning officer in Jorhat DC office premises.  Hazarika said that the voters have realized that AGP is the only option left with them.Then came Drupod Buragohain to file nomination papers to contest from this constituency.The CPI candidate arrived in the DC office premises with hundreds of his supporters who said that the people should allow the CPI to serve them. Polling with take place on April 7.   

Hail storm lashes Guwahati

A severe hailstorm lashed parts of Guwahati disrupting normal life in the city on Wednesday.Accompanied by thunder, the hailstorm began at 4-30 in the afternoon to be continued for almost half an hour.  Officer goers found it a harrowing time to return to their homes defying the inclement weather that drenched several parts of the city.   

Bhupen reveals threat to life

In a sensational revelation, Tezpur Congress candidate Bhupen Bora said that he has been facing threat to life.Talking to reporters in Tezpur after filing his nomination papers on Wednesday, Bora said that NDFB-S militants have been targeting him forcing the authority to strengthen security for him.According to him,  he along with two other senior Congress leaders have been facing the threat.