Heavy presence of security forces seems to have proved a futile effort to ensure safety and security of the people. Valuable properties worth Rs 5 lakh was looted from the Ganesh temple by thieves in Dispur on Wednesday. The incident took place in the mid night when it was raining outside. The thieves barged into the temple breaking the shutters and looted gold and silver which kept inside the almirahs. The thieves also stole an umbrella installed with the idol.
The incident came to light on Thursday morning and the temple and committee and devotees called it an utter failure of the government to ensure safety of life and properties even in Dispur. Dispur police have already registered a case.
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Assam forest minister Rockybul Hassain on Saturday finally has admitted the sharp rise in the poaching of rhinos in the Kaziranga National Park. But the students across the state sit in stir...
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A 4-year-old student, Fatima Bibi, studying at Kristo Jyoti school, Bokakhat has been suspended from school for wearing hijab. Her parents got a notice from school that "Either abide by...
Police on Saturday arrested a teenager in Karimganj three days after he allegedly killed his friend. The teenager was arrested on charges of murdering his 17-year old friend Abdul Malik in Ratabari town. Malik was found missing since Wednesday and his body was found the next day by local residents from a pond . A jacket belonging to the boy was also found at the site. The teenager also took away Rs 10,000 from Malik after killing him.
Utter sensation prevails in Guwahati after local residents of Kamakhya found a severed head on Friday.
According to police, it could be a case of human sacrifice. The head was found in a plastic bag along with a sheet of paper of a hymn written on it.
The head was not identified. It is suspected that the person was beheaded and the severed head was brought near the ancient temple. Investigation was going on.
Good news for nature lovers. There has been steep rise in the number of tigers population in Assam. Forest Minister Rockybul Hussain told the assembly on Friday that there were indications that tiger population in Kaizranga and other wildlife sanctuaries was on the rise.
An uneasy situation is what prevailing in Lepetkota in Dibrugarh following a shoot out where one person died and several others injured on Friday.
The incident took place when CISF personnels opened fire to disperse some workers deployed at the Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited headquarters.
Initially, some labourers held an altercation with CISF personnels posted at the factory gates. Later they pelted stones at the security forces. The CISF personnel also retaliated with firing leaving one person dead. The injured trio have been rushed to the AMCH.
The recent spurt of leopard straying into human habitats in Assam can be primarily attributed to loss of forest cover as the dominant male of the species usually drive out weaker ones during breeding season, according to an environmentalist.
"During the breeding season, the dominant males usually drive out the weaker ones out of their territory and as the size of their habitat has decreased, the leopard stray into human habitat," noted environmentalist and Director of Nature's Beckon Soumyadeep Dutta told PTI.
Altogether 15 leopards have strayed into human habitats, with Guwahati registering the highest of seven, during the last two months, and four of these were killed.
Dutta...
The recent spurt of leopard straying into human habitats in Assam can be primarily attributed to loss of forest cover as the dominant male of the species usually drive out weaker ones during breeding season, according to an environmentalist.
"During the breeding season, the dominant males usually drive out the weaker ones out of their territory and as the size of their habitat has decreased, the leopard stray into human habitat," noted environmentalist and Director of Nature's Beckon Soumyadeep Dutta told PTI.
Altogether 15 leopards have strayed into human habitats, with Guwahati registering the highest of seven, during the last two months, and four of these were killed.
Dutta...
Social welfare minister Akon Bora is set to land in a major trouble. The Gauhati High Court on Friday rejected an anticipatory bail plea moved by former Sonapur police station officer in charge Pranab Kumar Deka in connection with the Jugdol carnage.
Deka was accused of destroying evidence at the instance of the powerful minister. The senior police officer and his sub inspector probing the case got the house burnt down within 24 hours of murdering six members of a family two years back.
Deka is likely to be arrested at any moment by the special investigation unit of the CID. Deka’s confessional statement is likely to expose the minister’s alleged role in the case.
Guwahati is set to get Reverend John Moolachira as the new Archbishop. He is likely to take charge on Monday succeeding Archibishop Thomas Menamparampil who has already retired. The Guwahati Archdiocese, created in 1992, covers the districts of Nagaon, Goalpara, Kamrup, Bongaigaon, Morigaon and parts of Baksa.
The Supreme Court is expected to decide on the fate of Mahendra Das on March 13 when it will be delivering the final judgment on the Special Leave Petition filed by death-row convict Mahendra Nath Das.
The court was to deliver its verdict on Thursday. But it was deferred to March 13. His mercy petition was rejected by the President after an inordinate delay of 12 years and plea for commutation to life imprisonment on this ground was dismissed by the Gauhati High Court.
Assam governor JB Patnaik said that the state has made notable progress in the restoration of peace in the state.
Opening the budget session of the Assam Assembly on Thursday morning Patnaik said that peace talks are in progress between ULFA and government. he said that more and more insurgent groups were coming forward to join the national main stream.
As Patnaik was delivering his address, opposition members raised voice of protest alleging government’s failure on all front. Amid din, the governor concluded his speech.
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