Local correspondent of a television channel of Lakuwa and organising secretary of the Simaluguri Press Guild Bipin Hazarika was attacked by two unidentifyed gunmen on his way home at 9.30 p.m. on September 24. According to information, while Hazarika was on his way home by his motorcycle on Lakuwa-Rajgarh road suddenly two young men came on a blue coloured motorcycle and forced him to stop. They misbehaved and try to shoot with a pistol. Fortunately at the same time an oil tanker came and the miscreants flead away by threatining him to kill within 15 days. Hazarika filled an FIR at Simaluguri police station in this regard and investigation is going on.
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A workshop on "Manuscript Preparation and Painting in Sankari art form" was hed on July 9-13 at Dhing College, Nagaon. The workshop was organised by DEW, a socio-cultural organization of Dhing in...
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Chief minister Tarun Gogoi failed to deliver the goods even after he got a good opportunity. This was more or less of what a section of the grassroot level people told Assam Times on the fourth...
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Two hardcore ULFA rebels died at an encounter with the police and security forces near Sonari in Sivasagar on Thursday evening. According to information, the incident took place at at Benganabari...
The Nazira Press Club in association with the Freelance Journalists' Association of Nazira organized a programme on Wednesday in an effort to interact with all the municipal candidates who are contesting in the forthcoming civil elections. Around 300 people gathered in front of the Nazira Natya Mandir to understand the views and plans of the contesting candidates.
Nazira is all set for the forthcoming Municipal Election in February 2015. Election against 10 seats of the Nazira Municipal Board and 8 seats of the Simaluguri Town Committee will be held on February 9. The main electoral battle will be between the candidates of the Congress and BJP. Contesting independent candidates will play a vital role in the elections to ensue. Candidates representing the Congress filled their nomination papers today. Present to boost their morale the MLA of Nazira, Debobrate Saikia.
Villagers recovered a dead body of a 16 year old girl Tuesday morning from the Nahorhabi Tea Estate in Lakwa. The girl identified as Rashmi Munda went missing since January 25 under suspicious circumstances. Villagers claim the girl was raped before murder. A case was registered in this connection at the Lakwa police station.
The weather in Nazira was agog with activities for 66th Republic Day celebrations along with other parts of the country on Monday. The arrangement passed off smoothly. The clock struck at 9 in the morning. Civil SDO Mauchumi Baruah proceeded to unfurl the tricolor. But the bizarre incident took place much to the major embarrassment of the administration. As she tried to unfurl the tricolor, the flag refused to flutter leaving the senior administrative officials red faced. Then they brought another flag which started fluttering in the sky. Talking to Assam Times, the local residents blamed it all on the administration for utter carelessness which was why the SDO was left red...
A full grown leopard who created terror in Mazenga, Hudupara and its sorrunding rural areas in Nazira for the last several months was killed by the villagers on last Wednesday. After brutally killed the tiger people took away its flesh.On the other hand the forest officials lodge a case in Nazira police station in this regard a case is registered in Nazira police station bearing case No-15/15, under IPC 9/50/51 of Wild Life Protection Act.
Well known socio-Cultural organisation M.C. Club organised two days Seratun Nabbi programme in Nazira on Saturday and Sunday.It was organized on the occasion of the Fathea E Duwas Daham- the birth anniversary of the Peophet Mohammed the Seratun Nabbi where life and noble works of the Prophet Mohammed was discussed. Competitions of different Islamic rituals were organized on the occasion. Eminent Scholar Dr.Debobrate Sarmah said that Islam means peace. He said thousands of Assamese Muslims joined the Freedom struggle.According to him, Islam is the greatest enemy of the capitalist clique and that an international propaganda is being spread against IslamNazira Municipality Ex Chairman Abdur...
Over 100 AAMSU workers hit the streets in Nazira in protest against NDFB’s serial attacks in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Sonitpur where 68 people were killed on Tuesay.The workers of the All Assam Minorities Student Union thronged the Nazira town and burnt the effigy of the NDFB-S shouting slogans against the massacre of the innocent people. They further demanded strong measures to deal with the insurgent outfit.
The brutality of policemen once again hits media headlines. The victim this time is a woman Congress activist in Nazira. Identified as Arju Begum, she was mercilessly beaten up a police man of the Ligiripukhuri based APBn camp on Sunday.According to her complaint lodged before the Nazira police station, policeman Mujibur Rohman damaged their AS04 AC5352No Geo vehicle and threatened to kill her husband Abdul Hasim on December 13.After lodging the formal complaint in the Nazira police station, she was on her way to the APBn authority to lodge another complaint against Rahman. As she reached near the APBn campus, Rahman halted her and physically assaulted her.But there is no action against...
AGP makes it plain and simple that the party will never support big dam to be an agent of disaster in the future. This was waht party president Atul Bora said.In an exclusive interview with Assam Times at Nazira ONGC Guest House on Saturday, Bora said they are dead opposed to big dams in the name of hydel power generation. “Big dams are not viable for states like Assam. We would oppose it tooth and nail. It will not serve the purpose of Assam and its peope,” said Bora.Taking a dig at BJP, Bora said that the ruling party at the Centre has betrayed people by its U turn on the serious issue. “Before the Lok Sabha polls they opposed the dams and tried to woo the worried people. But now the same...
AGP president Atul Bora appealed to the people to forgive mistakes they did in the past. He said his party won’t repeat such mistakes in future. Addressing a press conference on Friday in Nazira, Bora said that the party is fully committed to the people and that only AGP will be able to safeguard the interest of Assam and its people. Bora said, “We have seen the Congress regime---full of corruption and mis governance. There is no respite even in the current BJP regime. That’s why AGP is the only answer to bail out the state from these disappointing regime.” “Both BJP and Congress are enemy and equally dangerous. People sought BJP in power to get rid of...
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