Amid simmering violence police have arrested BPF MLA Pradeep Kumar Brahma from Kokrajhar on Wednesday night. Brahma, the BPF MLA from West Kokrajhar was picked up by a team of police from his own residence in Dotoma. He is likely to be produced in court Thursday. But the BPF workers are launching a massive protest against it in the form of National Highway 31 blockade.
2 Apr 2010 - 4:37am | Jayanta Kumar Das
The annual session of Kalaigaon Mahila Samiti was observed at Kalaigaon on 27 and 28 March 2010 at Kalaigaon Town LP School premises with gaiety.Kalaigaon Mahila Samiti was formed by Bina Rani Gogoi...
28 May 2011 - 10:35pm | Pankaj Sharma
More than thousands of people have invested money in “Speak Asia” in small town like Nagaon in Assam. The company have put up huge hoardings claiming assured high returns. One of the...
13 Dec 2014 - 7:07am | AT News
A border peace panel is touring the tense areas along the Assam-Nagaland border to restore confidence among the people. Comprising leading citizens from both the north eastern states, the team so far...
4 Dec 2011 - 6:39pm | editor
The Centre holds a series of talks in Delhi on Sunday with three militant outfits operating in Assam. The Union home ministry is holding talks with National Democratic Front of Boroland (...
Tension prevails along Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border in Sonitpur on Saturday forcing the authorities to beef up security in a huge area. The incident took place when a huge group of people belonging to Arunachal Pradesh damaged at least 12 houses and a temple at Bogijuli in the wee hours. Police said a group of about 250 people allegedly from East Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh also took away a number of cattle and other livestock. Police from Bishwanath Chariali rushed to the remote spot located along the boundary between the two states where the situation was now stated to be under control. Locals of the area alleged that the miscreants had occupied agricultural land in Bogijuli.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has come down heavily on Team Anna alleging baseless charges against Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. During his visit to Indian Wood Technology Institute in Bangaluru, he said probe cannot be ordered on the basis of such allegations. Talking to reporters in Bangaluru, Gogoi termed Team Anna's action in targetting Singh as an attempt to tarnish the image of the prime minister and said such attempts are unacceptable.
Three poachers had a narrow escape when they were locked at an encounter with forest guards in Pobitora wild life sanctuary on Friday.The shootout took place between forest guards and poachers from Nagaland inside Pabitora wildlife sanctuary in Morigaon district in the wee hours.The poachers from Nagaland entered the Diplung forest range inside the sanctuary. The alert guards sighted the poachers and there was exchange of fire following which one of them managed to escape and three were nabbed.
Assam is all set to implement a Rs 35.38 crore project to boost organic farming in the state. The state has already set up a four-member committee to ensure it.According to official sources, as part of the programme, a substantial area under each of the 126 assembly constituencies would be brought under different organic crops, mostly vegetables, fruits and rice.A four-member committee has been formed for the purpose which is studying various aspects of organic farming, including soil quality testing. The Rs 35.38-crore project, to be implemented in three yearly phases, will involve and benefit 12,600 farmers.
Three prominent tea growers' bodies have sought power minister Pradyut Bordoloi's intervention over the halt in tea production in five districts of Assam.The production came to a halt on Thursday in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sibsagar, Jorhat and Golaghat following non-supply of gas by the Assam Gas Co Ltd to the tea estates. Most tea factories in the five districts, which also account for about 45 percent of the total tea factories of Assam, run their Dryers and Weathering Troughs on gas supplied by AGCL.The gas supply has been disrupted due to a 72-hour blockade by Assam Tea Tribes Students' Association (ATTSA) demanding a Rs.100 crore package from the company for the development of tea...
Sonari MLA and former minister Sarat Borkotoky has been appointed as the deputy chairman of the state planning board. Borkotoky, who held the post till 2011 will be accorded cabinet rank.Same status is applicable for Dinesh Prasad Gowala who has been appointed as the Housefed chairman. Amiya Gogoi retains the stint of Assam Gas Company chairperson while Rihon Daimary has been appointed as chairman of state warehousing corporation.Former minister Pramila Rani Brahma has been appointed as the Artfed chairperson while Etwa Munda has been appointed as state small scale industrial development board. Teok MLA Membor Gogoi has been appointed as the chairman with Assam state Agriculture Marketing...
Bangalore would soon as Assam Bhawan soon. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is scheduled to inspect the site for the Assam Bhawan in Bnagalore on Saturday.Gogoi, who left for New Delhi on Wednesday, visited the woods science and technology institute in Bangalore on Friday. He was impressed with its campus and training during his visit. Director SP Joshi gave him the power point projection during his visit.
An awareness programme on Cancer and Tobacco on the occasion of “No Tobacco Day” at Parijat Academy, Organised was organised on Thursday by North East Cancer Hospital and Research Institute. Dr Githartha Roymedhi from the institute explained in details about Cancer and the tobacco‘s impact to the school children and teacher of Parijat Academy. Children. The aim of the programme was to make aware about the Cancer and Tobacco affaects and others produts like gutkha etc.
The Assam Assembly Speaker Pranab Gogoi on Thursday asked additional chief secretary PK Chaudhury to probe into the physical assault on PAC member Prasanta Phukan on Tuesday. Gogoi has asked the additional chief secretary to submit the report within a period of ten days saying that the persons involved in the incident would be given exemplary punishment. Notably, Phukan was physically assaulted by a group of four miscreants at the Nagaon Circuit House after he made an on the spot enquiry on some agriculture projects.
Despite sharp vigil, Guwahati still remains a transit route of drugs. Security forces seized a huge quantity of brown sugar from the Rajdhani Express in Guwahati on Thursday.The brown sugar worth around Rs 30 lakh was intercepted during a routine check by the Railway Protection Force jawans in the morning. Two persons have been arrested in this connection.
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