The city police has picked up three youths from Guwahati on Sunday late night for their alleged involvement in the physical assault on an Adivashi girl protestor in Beltola on Saturday. Police say these three people has already confessed that they undressed the girl which was more shocking in the string of violence on Saturday.
24 Mar 2012 - 4:16am | editor
Guwahati has been a safe transit route for a section of arms smugglers these days. Guwahati Railway police have arrested a twenty year old youth in the Platanbazar station.
A pistol and...
2 Jul 2018 - 10:56am | Akshaya Pranab Kalita
NAMRUP :- In an effort to inspire the students the meritorious students who excelled in HSLC and HS examinations were feted at a programme held in BVFCL Officers Club organised by Namrup...
26 Mar 2020 - 7:44am | Swadesh Roy
Like many other countries in the world, Bangladesh is now locked down for Covid-19 virus affect. All the citizens of Bangladesh are now worried about this pandemic situation and their health and...
22 Mar 2018 - 4:34pm | AT News
GUWAHATI: BJP is holding a huge rally in Guwahati on Saturday to tighten its base before the panchayat polls in the north eastern state. Party president Amit Shah is addressing the block and booth...
Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) pays Rs 22.71 crore as dividend for the financial year 2006-07 to the Assam Government, as the promoter holding 12.35 per cent share in the company, an official release said.According to information, NRL Managing Director BK Das formally handed over the cheque to Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi recently.This year’s dividend is 31.65 per cent higher than previous year’s dividend of Rs 17.25 crore.
The North East Biotechnological Consortium (NEBC), a research and development unit of Guwahati-based Education Research and Development Foundation, is organising a national seminar on ‘Biodiversity – Exploration, Conservation, and Utilization of Plant Resource’ with specific reference to North East, on December 18 and 19 in the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship.Professor Dr MH Hazarika, chairman of the organising committee, stated that the two-day seminar is designed with a view to provide a platform to speakers from varied fields of Applied Life Science, indigenous technical knowledge bases, application of remote sensing and entrepreneurship development.Open for...
Jorhat town is all set to inaugurate the Ninth edition of Book Fair from October 26.Speaking to Assam Times, the organizers say sellers and publishers from Delhi, Kolkata, Dehradun and Ludhiana, apart from those based in the state, have confirmed their participation in the 12-day event.Publication houses of international standing like Prentice Hall, Oxford University Press and Cambridge will also participate in the fair opening at the Jorhat District Sports Association ground.The focus of the Ninth Jorhat Book Fair is a State-level seminar by the vice chancellors of all universities and leading educationists. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, education minister Ripun Bora have also confirmed...
Three powerful students bodies are all set to launch a joint agitation seeking solution to the burning problems confronting the state for years.The issues include the problems of institutions of higher education, influx of foreign nationals, flood and erosion, inter-State border problems, unemployment problem and insurgency, etc.According to information, the leaders of the students’ unions will stage a Satyagraha in the city between 11 am and 2 pm of October 31 seeking an end to these problems.Further, they will take out torch light processions in the city and at Diphu and Haflong on November 4 next demanding an end to the influx problem.
A popular scheme meant for encourging institutional delivery in Asom is facing almost closure in Nalbari district only because of fund crunch.Sponsored by the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM), the Janani Surakhya Scheme has been failing to percolate any benefit for hundreds of mothers who rushed to the hospitals and delivered babies.The mothers who are entitled to get Rs 1400 in the time of discharge often return empty handed. That too right from November,2005.The deprived mothers now make long queue before the Swahid Mukunda Kakati Civil Hospital in Nalbari town besides the primary health centres in Tamulpur and Tihu.Some others rush to the office of the joint director office in the...
AICC’s new in charge for Assam Veerappa Moily draws a slew of strategies to boost the morale of the partymen before the upcoming panchayat polls.The senior leader held a few meetings with Assam Congress topguns during his two-day long trip to the state which ends on Saturday.Talking to Assamtimes, senior leaders here at the Rajiv Bhawan say Mr Moily stresses a comfortable co-odination within the party’s organisational set up which will help the party steal the show in the upcoming polls.“Mr Moily aims at mending the difference between Dispur and the Rajiv Bhawan. He has passed an instructions to the ministers to visit the party office atleast thrice a month,” they...
Army’s crackdown against United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) is all set get more teeth.According to information, newly appointed Army Chief Staff Deepak Kapoor will hinder down with Army’s top officials at the 4 Corps in Tezpur on October 16 to fine-tune a set of strategies to make the operation against ULFA more effective.During the visit, Mr Kapoor will assess the over all law and order situation in the north eastern states in view of the stepped up militant activities in the region.Allegations of Army harassment on common people may also come up in the close door meeting. Mr Kapoor is further scheduled to leave for Arunachal Pradesh visit the border areas on October 17.
Union home minister Shivraj Patil says the over all security scenario in the north eastern states is comfortable but continued violence in Assam still remains a cause of concern.Inaugurating a meeting of the Diector Ggenerals of police and inspector generals from the states here on Wednesday, Mr Patil says there is no scope for complacency when infiltration across the border continues and terrorist incidents are still taking place.Stressing the steps to strengthen intelligence agencies, he says it should receive first priority in any plan for combating crime and terrorism.He said that no weapon or device is going to be as useful as intelligence can be to control and contain crimes,...
Another blow for ULFA’s 28th Battalion. Seven dreaded ULFA militants belonging to No28 battalion bade farewell to aems in Tinsukia on Monday.Namely Momi Gogoi alias Maina, Prosondo Dahotia alias Maina, Sunil Gogoi alias Gomen Moran alias Lambu, Rajiv Moran, Bhupen Gogoi alias Rakto, Mahanto Sonowal alias Manjit Sonowal and Samiran Singh Barua — surrendered before the Army at Laipuli Army Camp on Monday.
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