All Assam Students Union has warned the government not to allow the immigrants to settle in the name of rehabilitation package. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Sunday, the AASU leaders said that they would keep a close vigil on the rehabilitation works to ensure that not even a single immigrant is allowed to get the benefit.
PermalinkSubmitted by Bodo Supporter on Tue, 14/08/2012 - 23:57
Bodo must look after themselves, do not fall to sweet talk of Gogoi, Sonia or Shinde. They will butcher Bodos for vote bank. We all know about AIUDF, a terrorist organization. Ajmal gets money from ISI and Saudi Arabia to bribe Congress and help to bring more Bangladeshi to Assam. Bodo's must fight for their survival or we will be wiped out by this invasion.
10 Oct 2014 - 3:11pm | Dibya J Borthakur
Barring a few stray incidents, the 12 hour central Assam bandh passed off peacefully on Friday. A few vehicles were damaged when a section of bandh supporters pelted stones at Roha, Jagiroad and...
31 Jan 2015 - 5:17pm | Hantigiri Narzary
A cultural rally was carried out on Friday in Kokrajhar town to mark the celebration of Third Annual Bonjar Festival,by Kokrajhar Govt. College Students Union.The rally was comprised of various...
21 Oct 2014 - 7:22am | AT News
The Asom Gana Parishad has urged prime minister Narendra Modi to accord national drink status for Assam tea. That too a fortnight after Union industry minister Nirmala Sitharaman denied any plan or...
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PRASENJIT SAHAAGARTALA: In a rare scene in Indian politics, Manik Sarkar vacated his official residence in Agartala where he housed for 20 years as Tripura Chief minister. Sarkar, who list his hot...
The overall flood situation remains unchanged in Assam where one person was swept away in Majuli. The Brahmputra and its tributaries are flowing above the danger mark, affecting over five lakh people in ten districts. Flood waters arer wreacking havoc Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Dibrugarh districts, Jorhat in upper Assam, Morigaon in central Assam and Barpeta, Kamrup, Bongaigaon, Dhubri and Baksa in lower Assam were submerged by the swollen rivers due to incessant rains in catchment areas. Almost the entire majuli island got flooded and a villager was swept away on Sunday. The situation in the districts of Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Dhubri and Baksa was grim with flood waters submerging nearly 50...
A Kamrup session court is all set to deliver its final ruling on the journalist Parag Kumar Das murder case on July 16 where CBI has earlier indicted several senior surrendered ULFA cadres. The court heard the case on Saturday and said the final ruling is expected on July 16.Notably, the veteran journalist was killed in Chandmari area in the city in the broad day light on May 17, 1996. The Central Bureau of Investigation, who probed the case filed the chargesheet in 2000. But the hearing began in 2003. The CBI has indicted four SULFA leaders including Mridul Phukan. Phukan was present on the court on Saturday.
Notorious drug mafia Samsul Haque Talukdar alias Pakhi Miyan was remanded to judicial custody on Saturday. Pakhi Miyan was remanded to CBI custody for five days in connection with the sensational murder of revenue intelligence officer Tarun Dutta in 2006. It may be noted that Pakhi Miyan was captured in West Bengal last month and was grilled by a special investigation unit of the Assam police in connection with a number of cases.
The North Cachar hills are still burning. Miscreants set on fire several Dimasa houses at Sabujoy basti village in the strife-hit district on Saturday. According to official sources, the incident took place in the remote tiny hamlet when some armed miscreants have sneaked in to the village and torched several houses belonging to the Dimasa tribe. No casualties have so far been reported. Notably, over 200 houses belonging to both Dimasas and Zeme Naga people have been torched in a fresh orgy of violence during the last one month.
In yet another ongoing offensive against NDFB, a hardcore rebel of the Bodo militant outfit was kiiled in Karbi Anglong district on Saturday. According to information, it was encounter where the rebel, later identified as Janata Boro was killed in Panjuri village under Dokmoka police station. A three-member group of the ultras exchanged fire with the Five Rajputana Rifles men in Panjuri area of Karbi Anglong district. One of the militants was killed, while the other two manage to flee. An Italian made 7.65 pistol with 14 rounds of ammunition was recovered from the slain extremist.
he Centre on Friday banned the Dima Halam Daogah (DHD)-Black Widow militant group operating in North Cachar hills district for the last couple for years. The decision to this eefect was taken at a meeting of Cabinet Committee on Security, headed by prime minister Manmohan Singh.
DHD's chief Jewel Garlosa was arrested in Bangalore last month. This ban order comes in the wake of DHD's involvement in several violent incidents in North Cachar Hills district where the group targeted businessmen, railway properties besides government officials.
There is both tears and cheers for the north eastern region when railway minister Mamata Banerjee tabled the Rail Budget for 2009-2010. In her budget proposal, Banerjee announced that Guwahati station will have world class facilities along with 49 others across the station. Besides, Silchar station would be upgraded to a model station. Moreover, she announced 5 new trains for the seven sister states. One from Kamakhya to Puri superfast. This followed by Dibrugarh-Chandigrah express, Guwahati-Cochbeehar, Alipurduar- Guwahati and Dharmanagar-Agartala, Ranchi-Alipurduar-Guwahti apart from Guwahati-Dibrugarh. Moreover, the Guwahati-New Delhi Rajdhani Express frequency has been proposed to be...
Atleast 300 vilages with over 15,000 population are reeling under waters as the Brahmaputra is flowing above the danger level in Lakhimpur district. The situation took a grim turn on Wednesday as the mighy river breached he 100-metre stretch of the state-of-the art Matmora embankment which was constructed using the geo-fabric technology at a cost of Rs 140 crore in Dhakuwakhana. The worst hit areas include Dhakuakhana, Matmore, Kherkota, Dangdhara, Dimoruguri, Kekuri and Dholpeta gaon panchayats inundated by flood water foricng the authorities to sound a red alert in the Upper Assam district.
Notably, the Brahmaputra is overflowing following the incessent rainfall in the past 36 areas...
Violence in North Cachar hills distirct refuses to halt as 7 persons were killed in yet another strike by miscreants on Wednesday night even as the Centre is determined to stem violence in the north eastern region.
According to information, five persons including a teenagerswere killed and three others wounded as armed miscreants attacked a tiny Dimasa village under Mahur police station on Wednesday. Armed miscreants attacked the hamlet killing five people - four children and a woman - and injured three more. The militants opened indiscriminate fire on a group of people resulting in the grusome incident. The injured, a woman and two children, were admitted to a local hospital with...
The day-long media workshop for the northeastern journalists sponsored by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has come to a successful end on Tuesday (June 30) evening. Organized in support of Guwahati Press Club, the workshop provided space for discussion and interaction primarily on the issue of reporting in time of violence and understanding the context and its actors. The workshop was attended by nearly 40 journalists from the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Tripura, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Assam and also from Bhutan.
Prior to the workshop held at Hotel Blue Moon in the city, the participants had undergone for a health check up programme initiated...
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