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)!
Assam on Wednesday again pledged to give a brave fight against terrorism---of all forms when the state remembered with deep grief those died in the October 30 serial blast five years back. Participating at a tributery function under the Ganesguri flyover, chief minister Tarun Gogoi urged the people to stand united against terrorism. Hundreds of people led by Gogoi paid floral tributes to the departed victims in Ganesguri, Panbazar, Bongaigaon and Kokrajhar. On this day in 2008, over 100 people died in a string of blasts, allegedly masterminded by NDFB chief Ranjan Daimary.
Bad news for nature lovers. A wild elephant found dead of electrocution on Tuesday night. The tragic incident took place at Sonari in Sivasagar at night when a heard of wild elephants came to the are in quest io search of food. A small group of these elephant came to Joboka tea estate where the incident took place. The carcass was spotted in the morning. But it took nearly 5 hours for the forest officials to reach the spot.
After a brief lull, violence erupts again in BTAD areas. A protest in the form of 24 hour Assam bandh called by the no Bodos demanding their safety turned violent on Wednesday wee hours. Despite a beefed up security measures, bandh supporters set on fire a truck in Gossaigaon on the road. A non Bodo student body has called for the 24 hour bandh in protest against one of their leaders.
Three persons were killed and atleast 20 others have been injured when a passenger bus collided its head on a tanker in Nagaon district. The incident took place on the National Highway 37 in Roha at 2 am, where a Guwahati bound passenger bus from Tinsukia collided head on a standred tanker. The of the passengers died on the spot while the injured have been rushed to the hospital.
Guwahati city has become a safe smuggling route these days. Noonmati police have arrested 5 person on Sunday after recovering a golden gecko lizard from their possession. According to the police, they were caught red handed as two of them from Barpeta were secretely selling the rare species of lizard to three persons who came from West Bengal. Police further seized a pistol and army dress from their possession along with a round of life bullet. The seizure took place hardly 24 hours after the Basistha police seized a golden gecko lizard from two person on...
Crucial document relating to transaction of several crores along dozens personal computers have been ravaged when the Dispur branch of Canara Bank caught fire on Sunday. The fire broke out at 2pm and fire tenderpr arrived in the spot as soon as the smoke were seen bellowing from the first floor of the bank beside the Ganesguri flyover. Initial report suggested that the fire broke out due to electric short circuit which completely ravaged the fist floor. Talking to assamtimes, the bank officials said that the lockers in the second floor was intact....
The opposition Asom Gana Parishad has given a 12 hour bandh call on Monday in protest against the Congress government's failure to deal with price rise and law and order breakdown. AGP leaders told assamtimes that the statewide bandh would come into force from 5 on Monday morning to end at 5 in the evening. On the other hand, the opposition party has exempted the essential services.
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Saturday reviewed the state's law and order situation at a meeting with top police and civil officials. Immediately after arriving in Guwahati, the chief minister invited IGP SN Singh and chief secretary Jitesh Khosla. Azara case and the pre poll violence in the Rabha Hasong areas figured in the review meeting. Gogoi further asked the duo to remain prepared for updating the NRC from next month.
Police got remand of 4 accused in the sensational Azara case where two women were gangraped and killed on October. Chief judicial magistrate remanded all the four accused for 7 days when they were produced before the court on Saturday afternoon. Then they were taken to Panbazar police station for further interrogation. On the other hand, a team of forensic experts have collected samples from the various spots to unearth the details of the case.
In a huge success, Dispur police have busted a gang of thieves who are minor boys during an operation on Friday night. A team of policemen managed to catch 16 thieves---of 9 to 15 years of age. Police further seized altogether 20 bicycles along with some gold ornaments. The kingpin is a 9 years of age who is believed to have made huge revelations before. The seized bicycles are being kept in Dispur police station waiting for the owners.
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