KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi charged Congress MLA in Dharampur Nilamoni Sen Deka with masterminding the attack on him on Friday where he was injured.
In his FIR moved at the Nalbari police station, the RTI activist alleged that the attack was carried out by six youth Congress activists at the instance of Assam Agriculture and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Nilamani Sen Deka who hails from Dharmapur constituency.
Gogoi received head injury when a group of miscreants attacked him on his way to the flood-hit Punni village. Gogoi was admitted to the Nalbari Civil Hospital in a critical condition.The police have launched an investigation into the incident.
30 Aug 2010 - 5:00am | editor
Altogether 5 persons have been injured in group clash with a section of local residents is Tinsukia district on Sunday. The clash took place in Shantipur on the NH 37 when a group of persons had...
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A 30-year-old forest guard was injured when a rhino attacked him in Orang National Park at about 8 am on Sunday. The guard, Kartik Dey, was on duty at Kunakata camp area with other forest personals...
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The indefinite economic blockade in Sonitpur and Dhemaji districts seems to have land Arunachal Pradesh in huge trouble.The neighbouring state seems to have been heading for yet period of crippling...
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One person died when a powerful IED exploded in Nagaon district of Assam on Saturday. According to information, the explosion took place as Fagu Bhumij, the victim was trying to open an abandoned...
Amidst protests against price rises of essential items throughout the country, the PM Manmohan Singh has again started harping on the issue of the Indo-US Nuclear Deal. The Deal has been pushed forward in India in an anti-democratic manner without approval of the Parliament - in fact in the teeth of opposition by a large majority of parliamentarians. The Deal has the potential of disturbing regional stability and further distorting India 's relationships with important neighbours like China , Pakistan and Iran.This cannot also but severely undermine the prospects for both vertical and horizontal non-proliferation and thereby the prospects for global nuclear disarmament. This allurement also...
There is yet another stumbling block that tends to stymie the on going peace process in Assam. The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) on Monday has expelled the 28th battalion top guns now in ceasefire, namely Captain Mrinal Hazarika, second lieutenants Moon Bora and Jun Sonowal who have been all out to carry forward the peace process. According to information, the order to this effect has come from ULFA chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa who has announced that the trio have been expelled from the outfit charging with cooperating with the state machinery in the name of peace brokering between ULFA and the government which is the clear violation of the outfits Constitution.Rajkhowa asks the...
A devastating fire that broke out in the wee hours on Monday left a city factory completely gutted. The incident took place in the Udalbakra area in at an acid factory but the reason of the fire has yet to be ascertained. Minutes after the fire broke out, fire tenders have been rushed to the spot and it took nearly three hours for the fire tenders to bring the situation under control. When asked, the management officials of the factory refused to speak to reporters when the fire that have engulfed the entire factory. One person has been left with minor injury.
Top ranked ULFA cadre of the 28th battalion, now in ceasefire namely Mrinal Hazarika and his aide Jun Bhuyan are camping in the city as part of their mission to carry forward the peace process. They are holding talks with various political parties, organizations and individuals seeking their advice and opinions.Talking to reporters on Sunday, Mrinal said their first duty will be to save the Assamese from the impending identity crisis. Mirnal Hazarika more rough days await the people of Assam. He maintained that identity crisis most dangerous these days. On Sunday they hold discussion with the leaders of the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chatra parishad on how t carry forward the peace mission.ULFA...
The Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti is doubtful of a fruitful peace process following the recent unilateral ceasefire by the A and C companies of ULFA’s 28th battalion.Addressing a press conference in the city on Sunday, the human rights organization leaders said the government has again shown its lack of interest for holding a fruitful negotiation with ULFA. They said the way the cadres of A and C companies of ULFA’s 28th battalion are going to carry forward the peace process will not be a successful one. For the MASS leaders, need of the hour is an amicable political dialogue between Centre and the ULFA.MASS adviser Lachit Bordoloi said the government lacks interest for holding...
The Asom Sahitya Sabha has proposed to set up a full fledge varsity in the city to promote studies and research on art, literature and culture not only of the north eastern region but of the entire country.Addressing a press conference in the city’s Bhagwati Prasad Baruah Hall on Sunday, Sabha president Kanak Sen Deka said the varsity would be set up at its huge 50 bigha plot beside the Express Highway. Deka said the university will accord top priority on the archaeological studies on the various ethnic groups in the north eastern region.Deka said said the proposed varsity will provide the scholars across the world with an opportunity to exchange their views on language, art and...
The north Assam districts of North Lakhimpur and Dhemaji are still reeling under the second wave of flood and more areas have come under the surging waters of the rivers Singara, Jiadhol, Dikrong et al.All sorts of surface communication to North Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts have been remaining snapped from Saturday morning after a temporary sub-way on national highway 52, built following the breach of the main road, was washed away due to heavy flood.According to information, a bailey bridge, being built after NH 52 was breached on June 14, is expected to be opened for traffic this evening that would restore road communication. Moreover, a sub-way was built with boulders and sandbags...
The United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) says it will not dissolve the Peoples’ Consultative Group it formed to broker peace process with the government .But in the same breath it says it will have nothing to do if a member of the panel wants to pull of it citing personal reasons.In a statement, ULFS chairman Arabinda rajkhowa on Saturday has said that though two companies of ULFA's 28 Battalion had criticised the PCG's role in the peace process, the central leadership had constituted it for a specific purpose. Rajkhowa has maintained that the relevance and social responsibility of PCG cannot be undermined. ULFA desires a negotiated political solution of its problems and the PCG...
Noted writer and poet Tafajjul Ali is no more to seek the fragrance of Bokul ful and thereby to command appreciation from all section of the people. He breathed his last on Saturday at his beloved Bakultol in Bakultol in Guwahati.The multi-faceted personality was born in 15th October 1929 in a tea garden in Darrang district. After completing his schooling from Tongla and Mangaldoi, Ali graduated with Assamese Honours from Cotton College and attained his post graduate degree from Gauhati University. Although his father was a physician, Ali had been exposed to a musical environment at home since his childhood days. He composed his first song at the tender age of eight.He has given music to...
The over all flood situation in Dehmaji and Lakhimpur districts has taken a grim turn again in the face of the the incessant rains that have been lashing the districts along with the catchment areas of the neighbouring Arunachal Pradesh. Lakhs of people in more than 1000 villages have been rendered homeless last evening when the river Jiadhal breached a portion of its embankment in Dhemaji district. Moreover, hours after it, the flood waters have washed away a railway bridge in Moridhol area wrecking havoc for more than 500 vilages. Caught in this situation, the people in the affected areas have left for safer places. On the other hand, some more areas in Lakhimpur district have again come...
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