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The magazine Friends is a sincere effort by the Non residents of Assam towards the upliftment of the Students and youths of the North East India. It contains articles on career guidance, education, travel and tourism, volunteering and Social entrepreneurism. Chief Editor Mr. Ankur Bora from Dallas, Texas, USA sincerely desires that students and the youth of the North East India will benefit from this journal as the motto of this journal is –To inform, to inspire and to instill. It is also expected that the parents will gift this magazine to their children as a valuable resource for career development and for their future personal and professional growth.
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Congress leader Kirip Chaliha said that the legislators are bound to go by the high command’s decision.
After attending a close door meeting of the dissident camp in Dispur on Wednesday, Chaliha who is known to be a close associate of Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma Chaliha told reporters that as head of the state, the party MLAs and ministers must abide by chief minister Tarun Gogoi.
All Lok Sabha MPs from Assam took oath in Parliament on Thursday.
Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal took oath in Assam along with Rajen Gohain, Kamakhya Prasad Tasha, Biojoya Chakrabarty, Ramen Deka and Rameswar Teli. Sushmita Deb, MP from Silchar took oath in Bangla while Badaruddin Ajmal and Chirajuddin Amal took oath in English.
Congress MP from Koliabor Gaurav Gogoi was administered oath in Hindi.
Two rhino poachers were killed at an encounter with forest guards in Kaziranga on Thursday.
The one hour long gun battle near the Dipholu forest camp in Burapahar in the wee hours where the poacher duo were killed on the spot.
Forest guards further recovered a three not three rifle and a few cartages from the spot.
The Asom Gana Parishad has urged Centre’s intervention to ensure safe rescue of Onkarmal Agarwallah who is believed to have been kidnapped from Jharkhand on Tuesday.
The Opposition party on Wednesday has sent a memorandum to Union home minister Rajnath Singh seeking his steps to ensure the early and safe rescue of the top AGP leader.
A top businessmen from Guwahati is believed to have been in Jharkhand immediately after he landed in the state on Tuesday.
There is no trace of Onkarmal Agarwalla, after he arrived in Jharkhand on Tuesday morning from New Delhi.
According to information, the top AGP leader called up his family members at 4-50 in the wee hours from Sahibganj where they got to know that he arrived in the place.
But since then he has been missing and his mobile has been remaining switch off. He went to Jharkhand via New Delhi to ‘call on a BJP MP’ on Tuesday.
His family members in Guwahati have moved Sahibganj police station. But there is no trace of the businessman.
He boarded the Brahmaputra Mail from...
No instruction for CLP meet Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi’s dissident colleagues are gearing up for the upcomong Congress legislative body meeting in Dispur.
A circle of ministers and MLAs want change in leadership. They are preparing to formally raise the issue to dislodge Gogoi.
But top sources told Assam Times that the high command has not asked the chief ministers to hold CLP meet to ensure trust of all legislators. Sonia Gandhi has already asked to continue his office.
According to AICC sources, Gogoi would discuss the massive reshuffle of the council of ministers after his return from New Delhi on Thursday.
Caught in a Catch-22 situation, the 3-member AICC panel has asked Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi to resolve the dissidence within the legislative body at an earlier date.
Gogoi got the instruction after he held a series of meetings with Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi, AICC leaders Ghulam Nabi Azad, Dr CP Joshi and Motilal Vhora on Tuesday.
Guwahati Mayor Abir Patra has released the Saptahik Sacheton Khabor, a new Assamese weekly at a function in the city on Wednesday.
In his address, Patra said that media can play an important role in making the people aware of the day to day happenings around the world.
He urged the newspaper group to do a strong campaign against the crippling corruption and to ensure that the corrupt officials are punished.
Addressing the function, chief editor Utpal Das said that the weekly would leave no stone unturned to expose the corruption that paralyzes public life.“We will expose everything. We will mount pressure on the authorities so that the corrupt officials are not spared,” said Das.
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RASHMITA GOGOI FROM NEW DELHI
Bangladeshi immigrants issue is likley to dominate the Union cabinet meeting slated for Monday.
To be presided over by prime minister Narendra Modi, the meeting is expected to chalk out steps to detect and deport the immigrants from the country to fulfil the party’s principal poll promise.
Sources told Assam Times that the NDA government in its June 2 cabnet meeting will discuss a huge exercise across the country to identify all illegal Bangladeshi immigrants settled in after 1971 where Assam’s demography has been disturbed.
Steps to update the National Register of Citizens 1951, in Assam will also figure in the cabinet meeting to be attended...
Many youths sustained injury after policemen sprang upon them after they turned violent for cancellation of a pre recruitment training programme in Jorhat town on Sunday.
The incident took place at 6 in the morning when over 5000 youths from Jorhat, Sivasagar and Golaghat districts arrived at the Jorhat Stadium in response to an advertisement issued a few days back.
The training was to be arranged by a non governmental organization from Sunday morning to help the unemployed youths get recruited in army’s parachut regiment.
But the youths turned violent when the NGO officials informed that the programme was cancelled bereft of any reason.
A section of the youths assaulted the NGO...
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