Assam Gana Parishad legislator Alka Sarma on Monday said that the BTAD violence is not a conflict between Bodos-Muslim. Talking to reporters in Bangalore, she said that the implementation of the Assam Accord could have averted the tension. Sarma slammed Dispur for failing to deal with the tension by building up confidence among the people.
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Hundreds of pro talk NDFB leaders took out a huge bike rally in Kokrajhar on Thursday demanding safety and security for tribal people in the BTAD areas.
The rally was flagged off by Peoples Joint Action Committee convener Zebraram Moosahary which received overwhelming support support from the various organizations including NDFB, Adivasi Cobra Military, Joint Action Committee for Bodoland Movement, Ex-BLT and UPDF. The protesters demanded expulsion of outsiders from the tribal belts.
Uncertainty is over. Efforts are on to rehabilitate the Bengali-speaking Muslims in BTAD areas from October 19.
The district administrations in BTAD areas have scanned 19,632 families to be rehabilitate which has got seal of approval from the ministerial panel set up to deal with the problem.
Altogether 19,632 families of these people from Kokrajhar and Chirang districts have been found to be genuine land owners in the BTAD after scrutiny of their land documents.
Secretary of the Green Guard Nature Organization, Rituraj Phukan is all set for the International Antarctic Expedition. Scheduled for the 28th of February 2013, the 14 day expedition will be lead by Robert Swan- the first man to walk to both the North Pole and the South Pole and recipient of the OBE honor from Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain and the 2041 team.
In recent years, global warming and climate change due to unplanned human development activities has emerged as a major threat to the two polar areas of the globe. Rising temperatures and change in climatic conditions has adversely effected global biodiversity and threatened the existence of innumerable species of plant...
Eminent lawyer and politician Bedabrata Barua will attend the Guest of the Month programme of Guwahati Press Club on Wednesday, October 10. The programme will begin at 1 pm. Member-journalists are requested to participate in the interactive session.
Brief Bio-data of Bedabrata Barua:
Born on 13 .07.1928
Passed Matriculation Examination from Calcutta University -1945 (Second in Assam)
B.A. Hons from Presidency College, Calcutta- 1949
M A (Politics ) Calcutta University- 1951 and L L B -1952
Joined D R College Golaghat -1951
Elected to Lok Sabha from Kaliabar Parliamentary Constituency 1967 (again in 1971...
The Gauhati High Court has given Centre and Assam government four weeks to apprise it of the steps taken to check rhino poaching in Kaziranga.
Taking up a suo-moto cognizance of reports on unabated rhino poaching in the world heritage site, a divisional bench of Chief Justice A.K. Goel and Justice N.K. Singh issued notices to the government to come out with an affidavit on it. The court has also asked the respondents to file the affidavits within four weeks.
Animal experts are camping at Rani Chapri in the outskirt of Guwahati to monitor a rhinoceros strayed out of Pabitora wildlife sanctuary last week. According to the 17 member team, the rhinoceros is fit to be airlifted.
A IAF chopper has been deployed to provide food to the animal. The rhino from the Pabitora wildlife sanctuary strayed out of the Park on September 29 and was washed away in flood water as it reached the waterbody. It would be airlifted as soon as the weather improves.
Two businessmen were killed and 29 others have been injured when a truck skidded off the road in Sonitpur district on Saturday.
The mishap took place at Narayanpur when a goods truck carrying 30 people on board coming from the Hugrajuli weekly market skidded off the National Highway 52 at around 9-30 at night.
Two died on the spot and 25 others have been injured. The condition of 11 people is stated to be serious. They were admitted to the Tezpur Kanaklata Civil Hospital.
Mizoram will allow at least 300 workers from Assam to work without inner line permit to ease the simmering tension along Assam-Mizoram inster state border.
The Mizoram government has planned to prepare a set of rules jointly with Assam to ease the tension that resulted in a paralyzing blockade. The 'job registrar will have 300 names of workers from Cachar district to be prepared after verifying the citizenship of the workers by Cachar administration and police.
Police have apprehended five youths in connection with the Agiathuri shoot out near Guwahati in which a gaon panchayat official was shot at and money looted on Friday.
Four persons were nabbed on Friday and that the fifth on was nabbed on Saturday and his motorcycle was seized. Notably, seven youths had fired upon Mokibur Ali at Agiathuri area after they had withdrawn Rs 2.60 lakh from a bank and were on way to Guwahati on Friday.
Assam on Friday confirms dengue outbreak. According to official sources, the death of a school student at a private hospital on Thursday was due to dengue. The victim was identified as Anisha Singh of Gotanagar died in a private hospital in Guwahati.
Out of 19 dengue cases across the state in recent months, 16 cases were reported in Guwahati. Officials said that the only way to control dengue is to keep the surroundings clean.
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