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.
12 Jul 2007 - 4:23am | editor
Assam Sahitya Sabha’s Chief Secretary, Dr. Pradip Bhuyan was recently Honoured by the Dergaon Sahitya Sabha Committee at their office- Chandra Nath Khound Bhawan on 8th July, 2007. The meeting...
20 Sep 2012 - 7:13pm | editor
Police and forest guards arrested 6 poachers during a joint operation in and around Kaziranga National Park during the last three days. Operations were launched in the Park since the killing of a...
2 Apr 2010 - 5:48pm | editor
Amid an uneasy situation union home minister P Chidambaram on Friday visited the on going NHPC project at Gerukamukh in Dhemaji district bordering Arunachal Pradesh. He held a meet with the top...
10 Nov 2009 - 5:42am | Dibya J Borthakur
The down-to-dusk Assam bandh called by the banned United Liberation
Front of Asom (ULFA) passed of peacefully in Nagaon district. The
bandh was called in protest against the arrest of two of its...
The probe into the multi crore Unipay scam takes a new turn when BIEO seized a huge amount of money during a raid against Pranabjyoti Barman.
BIEO on Saturday evening seized Rs. 276 lakh from an Axis Bank locker belonging to Barman who is said to be the kingpin of the scam. BIEO and CID officials have been interrogating Barman.
The Sivasagar district legal authority in association M.C. Club, Rain Tree Club, Women United Forum and Human Welfare Society is organising a legal awareness camp at M.C. Club of Nazira on February 11. The topics of discission will be - women and child in need of care and protection and unorganised workers social security act.
One person died at a tragic road mishap in the outskirt of Jorhat town on Friday. The accident took place at 9 in the evening at Ladpoigarh on the National Highway where a speeding tractor rammed into Krishna Bora who was riding on a bicycle. Bora died on the spot and the tractor driver managed to escape amid dark.
Sonitpur police have unearthed a huge flash trade where girls were taken away from a remote area luring job. Local residents in Pungpani caught two persons on Thursday midnight when they were taking away eight girls to Delhi, Haryana, Punjab and Bihar. Later, they were handed over to police. Police officials are believed to have unearthed some crucial evidence to bust the entire racket which has been running in the area for the last five years.
A minor girl, hailing from Assam is believed to have committed suicide by hanging herself at her residence in Mumbai. The tragic incident took place in Madanpura area of Nagpadaon Friday. She was identified as Fatima Shaikh who was found hanging on Friday wee hours at the residence of her foster parents. Shaikh's mother died five years ago, whereas her alcoholic father stays in Assam. Shaikh's aunt adopted her and brought to Mumbai a few years ago. The reason is yet to become clear. The body was taken to nearby government run J J hospital.
Union Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said that around 16 million children do not attend schools in the country. Addressing the convocation ceremony of Tezpur Central University on Friday, he said that the government has taken all possible steps to make them literate within this decade. Assam Governor J B Patnaik said the institution has attempted to strike a balance between global expansion of knowledge and national and regional aspirations. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi who attended the function urged the students to work to change the society. The Governor presented degrees and diplomas to 1050 students of the university besides awarding doctorate degrees to 50 students...
Meghalaya Governor RS Mooshahary said that the north eastern region must look at Nagaland to attain self sufficiency in food production. Opening the Northeast Agri Fair 2012 organised by the Assam Agricultural University in Guwahati on Friday, he said the northeastern region produce only 2.94 million tonnes food grain while the requirement is about 10 million tones. Mooshahary said that the food security is the most important issue at this moment, given that all the northeastern states are food deficient.
Central Revenue Intelligence department officials sized a truck loaded with Phensedyl cough syrup bottles in Cachar district on Friday. Acting on specific input CRI branch of Silchar intercepted the truck loaded with 450 cartons of Phensedyl bottles after a chase at Gumrah-Jalalpur area. The illegally-loaded Phensedyl bottles in Guwahati were proceeding towards Agartala for being smuggled out to Bangladesh. The value of the consignment was estimated to be around Rs 38 lakh.
CPI national secretary D Raja said that all trade unions, irrespective of their political affiliations, have supported the nationwide general strike call on February 28. Addressing the open session of the Assam state conference in Morigaon on Friday, Raja said that the strike has been called to protest against the "liberalised economic policies" of the UPA government.
Government peace interlocutor P C Haldar met Ranjan Daimary inside the Guwahati Central jail on Friday. The former intelligence bureau director was believed to have discussed the NDFB’s demand for separate Bodoland with the Bodo rebel outfit’s chairman. Haldar’s date with Daimary assumed significance at a time when NDFB’s pro talk faction has raised the demand of separate Bodoland.
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