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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Properties worth Rs 50 lakh along with some important official documents were reduced to ashes when a devastating fire broke in the office-cum-residence of Upper Assam Commissioner in Jorhat district on Sunday.The fire broke out in the residence of the first floor of the bungalow of Iftikar Hussain at Cinamora following a shortcircuit at around 12:15 pm and soon spread to the ground floor where the office was located.
Official documents along with furniture and other valuables have been damaged in the fire though the resident staff managed to escape. The extent of damage was yet to be ascertained.
Twelve fire tenders rushed to the spot to douse the blaze and more are being rushed from...
Police arrested two youths in Tamulpur on Saturday when they were carrying explosive to Kokrajhar.In a sensational revelation, the duo known to be from an insurgent outfit, procured grenades from an army jawan in Darrangimela. They procured explosives to be deposited before the authorities at a surrender ceremony. Police arrested the duo on their way to Kokrajhar from Darranga.
A local resident along the Indo-Bangla border is understood to have committed suicide after he was declared a doubtful voter. He was not given the form for voter photo identity card in Cachar district.He was identified as Arjun Namasudra, a 32-year old resident of Indo-Bangla border village Haritikar part-I who hanged himself on Friday after a case was filed against him in the Foreigners' Tribunal alleging that he was a doubtful citizen.Namasudra's wife, Basana claimed that he had got the notice twice from the Tribunal but could not appear as he was a poor daily wage worker and had no money to pay the lawyers.
Assam has welcomed the recent assurance of Myanmar government to flush out North East-based militant groups camping in the neighbouring country.Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi told reporters in Dispur on Saturday that the Myanmar government has assured Prime Minister Manmohan Singh that no shelter would be provided to the militant groups mongering trouble in the north east.He, however, said that there was no formal communication received so far by his office from the Centre.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday said that the government was fully prepared to ensure safe passage of al’l materials to the NHPC-owned big dam site in Gerukamukh. Talking to reporters in Guwahati he said that NHPC workers engaged in the construction of Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric project (LSHP) would get full security.He, further, said that an expert committee will be formed soon to study its downstream impact. Work on the project has come to a halt since December following vehement protests by anti-dam agitators and NHPC Executive Director Rakesh has urged Assam and Arunachal Pradesh governments to provide security.
Security forces arrested two militants along the Indo-Bhutan border in lower Assam on Saturday.The duo were held during a joint operation the Sashastra Seema Bal SSB and police from Kumarikata area near the Indo-Bhutan border.Both they a residents of Tamarhat in neighbouring north Bengal belong to little known Santhal National Liberation.
The failure to beckon mega big ticket investment on industrial front has forced the Assam government to think of the small and cottage industries.Talking to reporters in Guwahati on Saturday, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that he took up the matter with the Planning Commission on his recent visit to Delhi where he argued that there was no dearth of small units giving employment opportunity in village areas.According to him, transport subsidy was available for the big industry for transportation of raw material and finished products to Northeast. H said that the same is not available to small industry located in interior areas.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice on Friday said that Assam’s overall performance on Supreme Court guidelines to prevent harassment of women at the workplace is very impressive.
Talking to reporters in Guwahati during the two days visit to state, Chairman of the Committee Shantaram Naik said that different organisations in the state were complying with the supreme court. He further said that the Supreme Court guidelines would remain in force till the legislation on Protection of Women Against Sexual Harassment at Workplace Bill, 2010, which is currently pending in Parliament, becomes a law.
The seven-member committee was...
The Oil and Natural Gas Corporation has claimed to have discovered a new oil well in the in Golaghat district. The oil giant said that the new well has been spotted in Chalukpather area in the district bordering Nagaland. Public sector energy giant ONGC has started drilling oil along the inter-state border between Assam and Nagaland in both Jorhat and Golaghat districts.
ONGC officials said that the Navaratna company would be paying royalty to Assam for its work along the border. The oil major has 42 oil wells in both Jorhat and Golaghat district which fall under the Jorhat sector of the company. According to ONGC, operations in Upper Assam have resulted in significant development of the...
Assam is set to get a separate set of rules for construction of buildings in Guwahati city.Disclosing this, chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Friday said that the soon to be formulated Guwahati Building Construction (Regulation) Bylaws, 2012, aims at ensuring that buildings adhere to environmental norms to promote a planned growth.Participating in a meeting with officials of the state government and Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority, the chief minister said that a set of new norms are required to make Guwahati a better and planned city.He also asked concerned officials to promote a "green policy" with regard to construction of new residential and commercial complexes.Gogoi, however,...
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