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Bail petition of ONGC GM rejected

The bail petition of Purna Kanta Borah, the General Manager (Civil) of ONGC, Assam Asset, who was caught red handed by CBI in his office with cash 40,000 is rejected by CBI special court at Guwahati. He was arrested on charge of demanding bribes from contractor Ratul Kotoky and Chanchal Konwer. The case number was CBI/ACB/GHY RC/01/2012 ADDS. The next hearing is on February 22.

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National Education Social & Traditional Knowledge Foundation (NEST), Sivasagar handed over relief to the fire affected families at Borguri Mishing Gaon of Udoipur-Nitaipukhuri in Sivasagar district on Sunday. Members of NEST under the leadership of Punaram Mili, Charman and President of All India ONGC SC/ST employees Association, handed over food items, utensils and clothes to the deserted families. On last Friday (February 3), the houses of Umeswar Tai and Gobin Tai were completely gutted in a devastating fire.
Prime Minister Manmohon Singh gave the Prime Minister special award to Nayanmoni Bora, CMD of Oil India, at a function held in New Delhi on January 31. Bora is selected under the SCOPE award for excellence and outstanding contribution to public sector management individual leader II PSE category 2009-10. The standing committee on public sector enterprises selected Bora, for his dedication in profit making.
A case of gang rape of a newly married woman is registered at Sonari police station of Sivasagar district . According to police, the victim, a labour of Joboka T.E. was gang raped by six culprits when she returned from work on January 29. According to police, one of the accused Ratul Kurmi (25) was arrested by police on Friday. The five others accused - Chandan Tasa, Pinku Dey, Ajoy, Dombaru and Chandan Urang are now absconding.
Amguri police recovered huge number of stolen goods from the possession of Boluram alias Jayanti Hira of Amguri Hira gaon on Friday. The recovered items include, a laptop, a television, a mobile handset, one bicycle and precious assamese traditional utensils from the house.
Unidentified person shot Shankar Ballabh Sarmah, owner of Classic Wine shop at K.P. Chariali of Sivasagar town, on Thursday night. Sharma was admitted at hospital under serious condition. This incident creates panic and sensation among the citizens of the town. The shop was at a distance of half kilometer from the Sivasagar Police station.
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Nazira MLA Debabrata Saikia took part at discussion on Tuesday held at Sukapha Panchayat, near the border area with Nagaland. In this programme Saikia discussed at length problems of the people of the border area and its solutions. Former Minister and chairman of Assam Tourism Development Corporation, Dr. Hemaprava Saikia and Budheswar Duwara, Chairman, Nazira zonal council also took part in the discussion.
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