The United Liberation Front of Assam has given a private petroleum 45 days ultimatum to quit Assam. In an e-mail statement, ULFA publicity wing leader Arunodoy Dohotia alleged that the Shivani Oil and Gas Exploration Services Private Limited must quit Assam by one and a half month. He alleged that the private oil exploration company has been exploiting Assam's fabulous natural resources safeguarded by the Union Government. Dohotia further threaten armed action against the private oil company if it fails to quit Assam.
Can the ULFA send Quit Assam notice to Bangladeshis????
Tell us ULFA publicity wing leader Arunodoy Dohotia...can you threaten armed action against the Bangladeshis capturing 20 districts of Assam?
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The flood situation remains grim in Nagaon district after the Brahmaputra breached an embankment at Hatimura in Kaliabor. .Deputy Commisioner directed the schools to remain...
The Asian Heart Institute has discharged Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi nearly a month after two critical open heart surgeries.Doctors at this Mumbai based hospital called his health fit and fine after a special chech up. According to sources, the chief minister was discharged at 7 in the evening on Friday. Immediately after it, he shifted to Hotel Trident where he would spend 2 days before leaving for Delhi.Gogoi is scheduled to arrive in Guwahati on Wednesday.
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi is all set to be discharged from Asian Heart Institute on Friday where he has undergone two critical heart surgeries a couple of weeks back. Doctors at the Asian Heart Institute find his condition fit and fine. According to family sources, the chief minister is scheduled to leave for Delhi immediately after his discharge.On September 8, Gogoi will be arriving in Guwahati.
Eminent singers Khagen Mahanta and Archana Mahanta will attend the ‘Guest of the Month’ programme of Guwahati Press Club on Sunday (September 5). It will begin at 1 pm. During the interactive session the illustrious couple will speak about some memorable incidents in their cultural journey to the member-journalists of the press club. Khagen Mahanta, winner of Sangeet Natak Academy award for folk and traditional music in 1992 also directed music for Assamese films like Meghamukhi, Moinajan, Junj and Nishi Ujagar. As a playback singer, Mahanta with his wife renderedvoice in more than 20 Assamese movies.
Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi is recovering rapidly. Doctors attending on him at the Asian Heart Institute are quite satisfied with the progress and he would be released from the hospital in a day or two.But according to family sources, Gogoi who has undergone two complicated open heart surgeries would be shifted to the Hotel Trident for more bed rest.The chief minister is monitoring the day to day affairs of the state by talking to acting chief minister Dr Bhumidhar Barman and other minister over telephone.
At least 150 passengers were rescued after the ferry carrying them developed a technical snag in the strong current in Lakhimpur district on Monday. According to report, as the Inland Water Transport department-owned S V Bebejia, carrying more than 150 passengers, developed a technical snag about 32 kms from Lakhimpur its engine stopped functioning in the river Subansiri. Another ferry was pressed into service and the passengers were rescued.
The National Democratic Front of Bodoland has owned up the responsibility of the Sunday’s incident at Balipara in Tezpur a day after they kidnapped two good train drivers at gunpoint. Talking to Northeast Frontier Railway officials over telephone on Monday, the Bodo outfit said they would release the drivers only if the operation in forest areas of the district is stopped. It may be recalled that NDFB rebels kidnapped two drivers of goods train at Balipara on Sunday on its way to Bhalukpung. The drivers are Nirmal Chandra Barpatra Gohain and Atul Chiring Phukan. On the other hand, family members of the kidnapped drivers gheraoed the NF Railway’s senior technical manager to...
The flood fury in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary remains critical with almost 95 per cent of the sanctuary under flood waters. The water of the Brahmaputra, Kopili and Kolong had inundated vast tracts of the sanctuary leaving the animals in peril. The overall situation in Pobitora turned grim with more than ten thousand people affected in 45 villages. The main PWD road connecting Pobitora with NH 37 was submerged at Kamarpur and a section of the road had been washed away disrupting road communication.
A workshop on Life & livelihood and importance of skill and it’s industry demand at Srimanta Sankardev Kalakshetra was held on August 28. The event was organsied by NE Career Guidance. The workshop was primarily held to launch “LEARNING-EMPOWERING-EARNING”, initiative across North Eastern States, aimed at enabling youth with Industry skills and access to new technology learning for students across varied age groups. The mission is to create a pool of "well trained, job -oriented individuals to address the major human resources needs of the highest...
The impasse inside the Dibrugarh University remains even after the authorities agreed to roll back the recent feehike.Talking to Assamtimes,the leaders of the varsity's post graduate students union said they are not ready to lift the agitation untill and unless the vice chancellor resigns, ban on DUPGSU is lifted and the cases against DUPGSU leaders are withdrawn.The students have boycotted their classes, hoisted black flags inside the varsity campus and are on hunger strike. The decision to scale down fee was taken on Saturday.
After a lull insurgent outfits resume kidnapping and extortion in Guwahati.Suspected ULFA militants kidnapped two busnessmen from city on Saturday night. According to information,a dairy firm owner Bishnu Kedia and his brother in law Sanjoy Agarwal have gone missing since Saturday midnight on their way from Fancy Bazar to Narengi.Their mobile phones are remaining switch-off.Ten hours after police registered the complaint the vehicle was found at Narengi on Sunday.Nobody has claimed the responsibility of the case. But in view ofULFA's intensified extortion drive it may be a handiwork of ULFA. In the same breath,NDFB's role can't be ruled out.Rescue operation is on.
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