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)!
One month has passed. But the kidnappped NHPC general manager is still remaining clueless. Police dealing with the high profile case have arrested two linkmen of the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB)-Songbijit faction in this connection. But Anil Kumar Agarwal is still clueless. The two linkmen - Sureng Hajoary and Raju Basumatary - arrested yesterday in the district had given information to the abductors on Agarwal So far five persons have been arrested in connection with the abduction of the NHPC official.Assam police with logistic support from its Arunachal Pradesh counterpart are on a special operation to rescue the abducted General Manager who was kidnapped from 12 Mile area...
KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi has been courted arrest on Monday for staging demonstration in front of a lower court in Guwahati opposing anticipatory bail for three alleged land mafias.Flanked by over one hundred activists, the KMSS leader started staging demonstration opposing anticipatory bail for Suresh Prithani, Sanjoy Lohia and Ramavtar Burhakiya when he was taken to the Panbazar police station.
Guwahati seems to have wore a fresh look. But why? Roads are being repaired, street lights in the city start dazzling in broad day light. The answer is simple. President Pranab Mukherjee is on a two days visit to the north east beginning from Monday.Official sources told Assam Times that Mukherjee is scheduled to land at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi international airport at 2-30 in the afternoon to be received by Governor JB Patnaik along with senior ministers.After a brief halt, Mukherjee will leave for Shillong where he is scheduled to visit the Don Bosco musum. After spending the night at the Raj Bhawan, he is scheduled to attend the convocation ceremony of North East Hills University...
Top regional parties of the north eastern region are holding a two days' convention in Guwahati on Saturday to revive regionalism just six months before the Lok Sabha polls. Convened by AGP, the conference began at the Hotel Brahmaputra Ashoka in the morning. Apart from SAP leader Surjit Singh Barnala, Nagaland chief minister Neiphu Rio and former Meghalaya chief minister Dr Donkuper Roy and former Assam chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta attended the convention. The close door meet of the regionalism torchbearers are understood to have formulate strategies to take on Congress and BJP in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
A huge storm left the entire west Jorhat completely ravaged uprooting many trees and disrupting surface communicationonSaturday midnight. The storm that struck Pulibor, Dohotia and Cinamora ravaged hundreds of houses leaving thousands domestic animals dead. Falling of huge trees, electric and telephone posts on the roads heavilly disrupted the communications. Efforts are on to restore the communication network.
The move to hold Rabha autonomous body election triggers a fresh orgy of violent protest in the Rabha Hasong areas of Kamrup and Goalpara districts. Thousands of non Rabha people in these areas have come out to the streets to launch the civil obidience movement in protest against the autonomous body poll slated for next month. Protesters in large number stopped the trains in Krishnai. Some others burnt tyres to block the movement of traffic from early in the morning. Over a dozen of vehicles have been set on fire by the non Rabha protesters. Bandh supporters at Boko blocked the Chilarai Express for several hours.
Ending all differences the Congress legislatures on Saturday vowed to unitedly fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in Dispur. Talkinp to reporters at the end of the CLP meet, Gogoi said that the differences among the ministers and MLAs were sorted out adding that the time has come to stand united to put up a rare performance in the upcoming general polls. "We do target the all 14 seats in the polls," said a visibly relaxed Gogoi flanked by Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma and Rockybul Hussain who later took Gogoi to Koinadhara. Contrary to what was expected, the CLP meet ended peacefully in presence of APCC chief Bhubneswar Kalita in Dispur which contined till 2PM....
Finally the things in the Congress legislature body seem to have dramatically changed. Crippling dissidence against chief minister Tarun Gogoi is over if Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma is to be believed. Addressing a press conference jointly with Rockybul Hussain after the end of the CLP meeting, Dr Sarma who led the dissidents said the the difference has been sorted out. He disclosed that never did he campaigned to dethorn Gogoi. Both the ministers said that the CLP meet resolved to unitedly fight to show outstanding performance in the upcoming general polls. The meeting attended by APCC president Bhubneswar Kalita set up a 5 member panel to address the concern of the MLAs and ministers who openly...
Chief minister Tarun Gogoi has categorically refused to reshuffle his council of minister. Taking up a letter of request of the kind in the party's legislature body meeting in Dispur on Saturday, Gogoi said that the reshuffle is not required at this moment. He said that he was open for the excercise as situation warrants. He silently listened to the MLAs and ministers as they vented ire on the performance of a section of ministers. The 3 hour long meeting ended with a pledge to unitedly fight the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Then Gogoi left for Delhi to arrange his son's wedding ceremony.
A section of ministers has come in for sharp critism for alleged under performance. A circle of ministers and MLAs, known for waging war against Tarun Gogoi and a few of his trusted men, came down heavily on the non performing ministers. Those who vented anger agaist Gogoi's men were Pradan Barua, Piyush Hazarika. They were countered by Nilmonisen Deka. Anjan Dutta alleged that the ministers, mostly, have lost control over the officers and demanded steps to rein in this trend. Sarat Borkotoky also expressed concern over this uneasy trend.
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