Assam Police on Monday gilled Gauravjyoti Neog in connection with the Guwahati molestation case. According to information, off duty reporter with Newslive was summoned by Bhangagarh police station where he was grilled for several hours. The development took place hours after DGP JN Chaudhury spoke to Union home secretary RK Singh and apprised him of the breakthrough. Police have received flak for alleged delay in taking prompt action to stop crime and in arresting culprits.
Sources said Dispur apprised the Home Ministry of the fact that police was suspecting that TV journalist Gaurav Jyoti Neog might have orchestrated the molestation of the girl by instigating the mob as the prime accused Amar Jyoti Kalita, who is absconding, was reported to be his friend. If any culpability is found, they may be arrested.
24 Jul 2023 - 11:01am | AT News
The Assam Association Chennai witnessed a momentous event on July 23, 2023, as a new general body was formed to lead the association for the session 2023-25. The election results, declared by the...
2 Nov 2014 - 10:15pm | Abdul Gani
Finally, the five day cultural extravaganza – Discover North East- Assam and Shilpmela comes to an end on Sunday with magnificent display of colour and variety of northeast region. The...
14 Jan 2014 - 7:57am | AT News
Governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik has convened a day long session of the Assam Legislative Assembly on February 10.
In his notification issued on Monday, the Governor has summoned the Assembly at 9 am...
28 Apr 2014 - 2:19pm | AT News
Silchar police have arrested the husband of a woman legislator on charges of domestic violence on Monday.He is none other than Jakie Jackob, the second husband of Borkhola MLA Rumi Nath.The social...
The Rongiya police saved the people from a major tragedy while they recovered a powerful Programmed Timed device from near a hotel on the National Highway on Tuesday evening. The bomb was recovered from a Guwahati-bound bus which was concealed under a seat. Investigation is going on and police have picked up seven persons in this regard.
It seems some quarters are angry at the absence of Assam tableaux in the Republic Day parade 2008 at New Delhi. Even the CM has ordered an enquiry into the entire episode.It is an open fact that the sides of Assam's highways are laden with Bangladeshis (in order to sound diplomatic, lets say illegal migrants), not to speak of our forests, river banks et al. The migration and birth rate is so high that several districts have become Muslim-majority in the last 30 years. Already, the All Assam Muslim Students Union (AAMSU) has threatened to drive out the indigenous Rabha community from their native district of Goalpara. Even the Koch Rajbongshis have become a miniscule population in their...
The face of violence atop the North Cachar hills refuses to die down. The Black Widow militants have killed one more people after he was kidnapped from Haflong town on Sunday. According to information, Gopesh Langthasa, an Airtel distributor after kidnapping from the Haflong town on Sunday. The militant outfit has already confirmed the killing of Gopesh saying that they had cash deal him. But nobody from Gopesh family has come to the police with an FIR.
Eleven 11 Arjun award winners among the 220 shooters will be seen in action at the Master Shooting Championship in Guwahati from February 16. According to information,the event is being organised at the shooting range of Kahilipara. It will be the Sardar Sasson Singh Sixth Mater Shooting Championship.
The ASDC has rushed an eight member delegation to New Delhi on Tuesday to reiterate the demand for an autonomous state covering both North Cachar and Karbi Anglong districts. The demand came up in 1986 but the Centre has been maintaining silence. Now they hope the demand this time will be effective in view of the preparation for formation of the second state reorganization panel. The delegation will call on home minister Shivraj Patil and Opposition leader L K Advani.
Again poaching has rocked the Kaziranga National Park on Monday night. The body of the rhino was spotted at the Bagori range on Tuesday morning. The poachers took away the horn after killing the rhino with 303 rifles. The incident took place hardly 24 hours after forest minister Rockybul Hussain suggested a slew of measures to stop poaching in the state’s sanctuaries. The park authority restricted the entry of media people who rushed to the sport when the message was spreading like wildfire. This is the fifth rhino to be poached this year itself. Twenty-one rhinos were poached in the park in 2007.Photo: UB Photos
By Soumyadeep DattaGuwahati: Assam and other states of North East India are among the richest wildlife areas of the world trade in wildlife and its derivatives worth more that US $ 20 billion annually, is a global phenomenon with serious ramification for the conservation of biodiversity in all its beauty and variety. Assam being a source of area of wildlife and its parts having easy entrance and exit passages with other countries of North and East Asia has always been an important centre on the trade map.Four major species of wild animals, namely Asian one-horned rhino, tiger, leopard and Asian elephant are available in Assam. All these four species are globally endangered and protected...
Students who get computers as the Anandaram Baruah award are being seen carrying their respective computers at the Judges' Field in Guwahati on 04-02-08. Remarkably this year the Anandaram Baruah award is being awarded to the more than 12 thousand Rank and First division students of the last years HSLC Exam at a function in this very field on 2nd Feb 2008. Pix by UB Photos.
A rhino poacher Dilip Das (27) with Rhino horn being arrested by Forest Officers & Forest guards of Kaziranga National Park and Bokakhat Police at Barua Pather Danigaon on 1st Feb last. In international market the the recovered horn is worth $35,000. Pix on 04-02-08 by UB Photos.
There is flutter in the FCI as a big big rice scandal is coming up following the seizure of three trucks loaded with rice from FCI meant for the poor people in Baska district. According to information, the trucks bearing No AS-25-B 4415, AS01 AC 7237 and AS 25 B 1669 have been seized by the police from Beltola area Sunday while they were on the way to Basks but halted at the yard of one businessmen Babulal Ramsuru in Beltola who was ready to sent these to Meghalaya. The police further booked five people namely Utpal Talukdar, Truck owner, Sambhu Ray, truck driver, Chana Rajkumar, Dinesh Rai, FCI goodown employee. The 712 bags of rice meant for the people were sent by the Centre under the...
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