Three villagers died and twenty others have been injured when security forces sprang upon a group of people who prevented the PowerGrid authority from erecting a wall in Biswanath chariali on Tuesday. The incident took place at Baghmari at 5.30 in the morning when local people came out to the street opposing the wall erected secretly on Monday. Security forces opened fire at the protesters where one died on the spot and two others died on the way to the hospital. Angry mob later burnt down 4 police vehicles. Top ranked police and civil officials have arrived in the spot to contain the situation.
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According to the villagers of Harangajao in Dima Hasao District, Assam, the Company (JKM Infra Ltd.) responsible for construction of the East-West Highway corridor stretch at Harangajao village have callously jeopardised the natural irrigation of the adjacent paddy fields by blocking the natural streams(which remain small during winter, but widen many more times during the rainy season, which the construction company could not anticipate) and diverting the water flow, thereby not only depriving water to the paddy fields, but also creating an impending situation of flood in the villages.In the coming monsoon season, the torrential rainfall would be diverted to the villages flooding the village lands, since the highway construction company has already blocked many small natural streams, which used to naturally minimise the heavy flow of water during heavy rainfall.The Dima Hasao district authorities (the Council and the Deputy Commissioner’s Office) must wake up to the impending ecological disaster and force the Construction company to review their ongoing construction planning & execution, which is currently jeopardising the local terrain due to blockage of natural streams.Only this can avert the impending flood and normalise the natural flow of water in the area.Once damage is done to the ecology, it is irreplaceable and economy of the area is destroyed!JKM Infra Ltd. is playing with the lives and livelihood of poor people in Harangajao…even the roads built by them are unlikely to remain intact, due to lack of proper soling (that is firming the foundation layer of the roads)!
Security forces have rescued 4 tea garden workers 12 hours after suspected NSCN-K militants kidnapped them at gunpoint in Moriani. Identified as Damu Gour,Maina Baishya, Amar Praja and Bijen Goala, they were rescued from a dense jungle during a combing operation along the Assam-Nagaland border on Wednesday night. They were kidnapped by gunmen in the morning from a tea plantation site in Rongkham and demanded Rs 1.5 lakh for their release forcing a combing operation in the jungle.
Security forces, engaged in the counterinsurgency operation in Dima Hasao district, achieved a major success when a dreaded militant was captured on Wednesday. Identified as David Kemprai, the 45 year old Action Dimasa leader was held during a combing operation in Mahur in the afternoon. Kemprai was the main culprit behind the killing of Rajiv Pathak, the PHE executive engineer in Haflong who was shot dead by militant inside his chamber two months back.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi is confident that Congress would be able to put up a good show in Assam in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Talking to reporters in the sidelines of a function in Guwahati on Wednesday, Gogoi said that he is still averse to any poll pact with AIUDF. He said Assam's poll performance is different from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan where the Congress couldnot show good result. He predicted further decline in BJP"s performance. 'Let me predict BJP leaderBijoya Chakrabarty"s defeat this time," said. The chief minister further ruled out any reshuffle in his council of...
Despite strict vigil, Naga miscreants continue to unleash terror in Moriani along the Assam-Nagaland interstate-border. Suspected NSCN-K militants kidnapped four workers from their workplace on Wednesday morning. The incident took place at Rankham where armed militants took away the workers at gunpoint. Search operation is in progress.
Tension is escalating in Chirang after two school goers were shot dead by police during a counter insurgency operation. The incident took place at Runikhata in the morning when police opened fire at a group of students on their way to the school during an operation. Two students namely Jiri Narzary and Pranjit Narzary died on the spot while three others sustained injury who were shifted to the Guwahati Medical College Hospital. Then the irate mob rushed to the Runikhata police station and set it on fire. Even the police vehicles were not spared.
Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has expressed shock at the killing of Chhattisgarh based journalist Sai Reddy, who according to media report, was killed by Maoist activist on Friday last. Reddy (51), a native of Basaguda village in Naxalite-hit Bijapur district of south Chhattisgarh, used to write for Deshbandhu newspaper of the State. Media reports say that Reddy was attacked by a group of Maoists with sharp weapons in broad daylight on December 6. Reddy was returning from Basaguda weekly market on that day, when he was allegedly attacked by the Maoist activists and he later succumbed to his injuries while on the way to the Bijapur hospital. Reddy, who was an active, honest and dedicated...
This event is postponed. New date will be announced soon! NE Youth Euphoria 2013Rangapara, Soonitpur, AssamPhone: 09717309865Contact Email: apgrpa@gmail.comFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/551551488261099/> Click here to download application form < What is the Event? NE Youth Euphoria 2013 is a 2-days-residential-camp for students studying at Class XI to Graduation (final year, TDC). 300 students will take part in the event – 150 residential participants from other states/districts and 150 local (non-residential) students.Objective of the NE Youth Euphoria 2013:Opportunity for the students to meet-up students coming from different places of the...
NDFB's Ranjan Daimari faction struck a ceasefire pact with the Centre on Friday which is believed to be of great help to restore peace in BTAD. Union joint home secretary Sambhu Singh represented the Centre in the tripartite in Guwahati where NDFB chairman Ranjan Daimary was present. The Bodo militant agreed to deposit over 40 arms apart from a list of 379 militants who would be kept in 2 designated camps. Daimary told reporters after the talks thata their demands are purely political and hoped the the problem woule be sold politically. ADGP AK Route and home secretary...
Decks are clear for Upper House. The strength of the council of ministers is also set to be increased soon. An emergency cabinet meeting held at the residence of prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh appoved the proposal for the Upper House which has been pending for the last couple of months.
A brain storming meet of police heads from 14 districts chalked out a slew of strategies to counter the growing militant activities in these districts. Presiding over the meeting at Assam police Headquarters on Thursday, DGP JN Chaudhury asked the SPs and IGs and DIGs to sternly deal with the fanning militant forces in the state. The state of late, has witnessed an orgy of militanta activities in the form of murder, abduction and extortion forcing the centre to keep Dispur on alert.
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