New office bearers of Assam Association Chennai

Over 50 school goers managed to escape tragic death in Guwahati when a bus carrying the students caught fire on Wednesday.The incident took place at Nineth Mile area in Guwahati where a city bus carrying at least 50 students was on its way to the CRPF Kendriya Vidyalaya.The bus driver and his assistant noticed smoke bellowing from the engine and stopped the bus at a stone’s throw distance from the school. Local residents in large number came out to their rescue.They helped the students get down from the bus quickly. Fire extinguishers were deployed inside the bus and thus the situation was brought under control.    

Life in BTAD areas start limping back to normal. There is no report of any untoward incident during the last five days.This has forced the Baksa, Chirang and Kokrajhar district administrations to relax curfew from 9 in the morning to 6 in the evening.Over 1500 people in Narayanguri have been  sheltering at a few camps set up by the authorities heavily guarded by the security forces.Army, police and para military forces are on round the clock patrolling on the streets in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Baksa to thwart any move of the miscreants who have killed at least 37 people in a string of attacks on minority people. //

The Election Commission has ordered repolling in three booths in Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency acting on the allegations of rigging in the second phase of polling on April 12.Repolling is all set to take place in Haricharan Mahamaya LP School, Kaberiband LP School and Matijhuri Girls’ HS School from 7 in the morning.Notably, BJP alleged large scale rigging in these three booths in Karimganj in the second phase of polling on April 12. The polling will conclude at 5 in the evening. 

A string of violence seems to have marred the statewide Assam bandh on Tuesday.Called by a number of non Bodo organizations in protest against the bloodbath in BTAD, the bandh evoked mixed response.Bandh supporters in many places are on the streets to enforce the call from 6 in the morning. A section of these supporters pelted stones at passenger buses, shops and markets.Several bandh supporters were thrashed by police when they attacked a passenger at Sonaribari area near Samoguri in the morning.Bandh supporters in Nalbari damaged several vehicles at Borkhetri in Nalbari. Some of them burnt tyres on the streets to block the movement of traffic on Tuesday.Bandh supporters in Tezpur damaged...