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 Government has requested the Central Government to revive the Brahmaputra Board to prevent floods and erosion. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi today met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Railway minister Dinesh Prasad Trivedi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi in this regard.
Gogoi met Prime Minister for 20 minutes at the North Block office on Tuesday and asked him for additional funds for the State.
"There are several plans. I have asked the Prime Minister for Duranto Train from Guwahati to Mumbai and Guwahati to Chennai in the next Rail Budget. We have also asked for moderisation of Guwahati, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Bongaingaon railway stations," he said after meeting the Prime Minister...
Electronic Media Forum Assam (EMFA) has condemned the unprovoked attack by a section of students of Cotton College on some journalists on duty today (Monday) in Panbazar locality. The EMFA urges the authorities (both the Cotton College and Assam Police) to take legal actions against those guilty students at the earliest. Mentionable that photo journalist Anupam Nath, who represents Associated Press, had some arguments with two Cottonians at noon as he was riding his vehicle in front of RKB Hostel of Cotton College. The incident turned ugly as the two students started abusing the photo journalist with slang languages. Later another group of students (around 25/30) rushed to the spot and...
Three persons of a family were burnt to death following a gas cylinder explosion in Sonitpur district on Sunday. The gas cylinder exploded on Sunday afternoon at Darwanpatty area in Tezpur town killing a woman, a 15-month-old girl child and a youth while the owner of the house, Ashutosh Ghosh, was severely burnt.
Ghosh's wife Archana Ghosh, daughter and another relative Bapon Ghosh died in the fire while he was admitted to Kanaklata Civil Hospital. Moreover, 6houses were gutted in the fire.
A husband killed his wife before surrendering at a sub divisional magistrate’s court on Saturday.The incident took place in Hojai at around 12 noon when Bhuban Das beheaded his wife Phulmoti Das with a sharp dao inside a tea stall in the court premises. He later surrendered before the court. Both Bhuban and Phulmoti came to the court a few days after Phulmoti registered a case against her husband.
Altogether eight people were killed and several others have been injured at a tragic a road mishap in Nagaon district on Saturday.
The mishap took place when a Tata magic carrying a group of youth Congress activist lost control when the vehicle arrived in Chakarigaon in the district at around 12 noon. Five died on the spot while three succumbed to injuries on the way to hospital. The injured activists have been rushed to the hospital.
Central excise department seized a huge amount of Saras from the Luhit Express in Guwahati on Saturday.
The narcotic materials worth Rs 25 lakh were brought to Guwahati from an undisclosed place for sale. Nobody has so far been arrested.
Ningrula Harmony Ground turns breaks into a sea of humanity as the Asom Sahitya Sabha is holding it 7th Special Annual Session at Ledo. The second and third day also drew large crowds of visitors and literary enthusiasts.
Book fair, exhibition, poet summit and seminars pulled no less crowd from morning to evening not to speak of the glittering cultural functions at night.
NE PPC director Deben Basumatari, Rong Bong Terang, Yesse Dorje Thongse, Kangkonese litterateur Damodar Mouz and Bengali litterateur Suchandra Bhattachajee are prominent among the guests who attended the session.
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The entire Surajkund Mela turns into a mini Assam where the state’s rich cultural heritage is on display.
The event this time focuses Assam to establish its beautiful potential to uplift the tourism sector. The state seems to have tapped the opportunity as this fair is visited by a large number of visitors from different parts of India and the world. Meira Kumar on Tuesday appreciated Assam’s culture when she was visiting the function with Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi.
Stages are set to hoist the Guwahati International Film Festival from Sunday in Guwahati. The event is set to end on February 11. It is expected to provide movie lovers an opportunity to watch critically-acclaimed films from across the globe.
Organizers in Guwahati said that the films from France, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Canada, Norway, Germany, South Africa, Taiwan, Turkey and Iran would be screened in the festival being organized in association with the Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation.
The screening would take place at Rabindra Bhawan, Gauhati University, IIT-Guwahati.
The death toll in Azara train accident has gone up to three while several others are battling for life at the GMCH on Friday.
One person died on the spot while two others died on the way to the GMCH. The accident took place when a Guwahati-bound passenger train rammed into a bulldozer in the morning. Five coaches went off the tracks while four other coaches overturned under the impact.
The critically injured have been shifted to the Guwahati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), while others have been admitted to the railway hospital in Maligaon and in some private hospitals.
Prima facie cause of the accident is negligence of the JCB driver Bipul Kalita. The other fatalities were...
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