Nilambar Buragohain, Area Organiser, Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), posted at Force Head Quarter Delhi as Additional Director (Administration), has been awarded Police Medal for Meritorious Service 2008. Buragohain has been working with the paramilitary service since 1976. He hails from Napam Gaon, Dhemaji.
This Medal is awarded every year on the occasion of Independence and Republic Day in recognition of the meritorious record in Police service or in the Central Police/ Security Organistaion. All Police personnel in the country with at least 15 years of service are eligible for this award. The recipients of the award are presented Medals in Ceremonies arranged by the State Government/ Central Police Organisation concerned.
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An awareness campaign on Cyber Frauds relating to Banking was organised by the East Khasi Hills District Police at Sadar Police Station, Shillong in collaboration with Reserve Bank of India on Monday...
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KMSS president Akhil Gogoi dared the NDA government at the Centre to prevent him from eating pork. Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Monday, the KMSS leader said, "I am an Ahom. I would...
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Police have been interrogating two persons from Hojai suspecting their role in the sensational robbery in Guwahati on Tuesday where gold ornaments worth Rs 21 crore have been looted at gunpoint from...
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The 2nd State Games, 2010 was inaugurated today in Nagaon, organized by Nagaon Sports Association under the auspices of Assam Olympic Association. The dazzling inaugural function was held at Nurul...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday said that the Maoists have close links with all insurgent groups operating in the northeast including the ULFA. Talking to reporters in Delhi, Gogoi said that his government has enough evidence that both the groups have close links. He said, "be it ULFA, be it NSCN-IM or be it PLA, every one has close links with Maoists."
His statement assumes significance a few days after Union home minister had said that he has no evidence to prove CPI-Maoists' links with the Paresh Baruah-led ULFA faction.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to implement the decision to allow foreign investments in the multi-brand retail sector. Talking to reporters in Delhi after meeting Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, Gogoi said the FDI in retail sector move would help to bring in foreign investment, technologies and efficiencies. He said, "some states are opposing this, let them oppose. Those states who want, should not be deprived of this decision as it will help in improving agri economy. We hope that the government will take early decision on this”.
NIA got remand of Pallav Borbora for ten days when he was produced before the special court on Wednesday. The court has asked NIA not to allow other agencies to grill the Pallab during its remand. NIA reportedly arrested him on the basis of confessional statements of Indraneel but the top Maoist leader denied Borbora’s link with the Naxalites.
Despite overcast skies, star-gazers and scientists lined up at the venues across Assam on Wednesday morning to get a glimpse of Venus passing over the Sun. Venues in all the districts were teeming with sky gazers from early in the morning to watch the rare celestial event through special telescopes and other scientifically-approved equipment.
The Guwahati planetarium and the Regional Science Centre pulled huge crowds where people were queuing up for their turn at the telescopes set up to ensure hassle-free observation of the celestial event. The sky was normal before 6-30 but overcast skies denied the people of the state from catching a clear glimpse of the 'planet of love' moving over...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said that none of the prominent leaders from the Northeast has any support for PA Sangma in his race for the Rashtrapati Bhawan. Addressing a press conference in Delhi on Wednesday, Gogoi said that Sangma has received hardly any support from any prominent leader from the region. Gogoi said that he has respect for Sangma as a leader but failed to understand his strategy to bid for the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
World Environment day has been observed by People's Friend Foundation at the District Library Auditorium, Guwahati. On this occasion, Enviro Quiz was organized among school students of the state in two categories. A total of 120 teams participated in the quiz from different parts of the state.
Noted quiz master Professor Dilip Kumar Baruah and Rajib Phukan conducted the quiz. Prize Money of around Rs12000/-, Books from Oxford University Press, Guwahati and Gift Hapmers from Parle Agro Ltd were distributed to the eight winning teams in each category.
In the senior category, Don Bosco Panbazar secures top position while in the junior category, Maharshi Vidya Mandir, Silpukhuri wins the...
Assam sees the first wave of flood rendering around 15,000 people homeless because of incessant rains in the last two days. According to officials sources, water levels of major rivers, including Brahmaputra and Barak, are on the rise. In Lakhimpur and Dhemaji districts, iver 30 villages have been affected by the surging waters of Pisola river. At least 10 villages were hit in Baksa and Udalguri districts. The water levels in most of the major rivers Brahmaputra, Burhidehing, Subansiri, Pagladia and Barak are still rising.
The Planning Commission on Tuesday approved Assam' Plan outlay of Rs 10,500 crore for the current fiscal which is over 16 per cent higher than the outlay for the previous fiscal. The annual Plan for 2012-13 was finalised in New Delhi at a meeting between the Commission's Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia and Chief Minister of Assam Tarun Gogoi. The state has proposed an outlay of Rs 14,537.33 crore for the current fiscal.
During the meeting, Ahluwalia said that Assam needs to focus on further improving infrastructure and particularly road connectivity. Besides, land erosion also needs priority attention of the state. Briefing the Commission of the development strategy, he said the...
Assam Governor Janaki Ballabh Patnaik on Tuesday called upon the people to take a pragmatic approach for striking a balance in ecology and environment rather than merely observing global events. Addressing a gathering of students at the Raj Bhavan in Guwahati on the occasion of the World Environment Day, he urged the people not to treat such occasions merely as a ceremony but take it as a day of reckoning to pledge oneself to plant a tree each for a safer and brighter future. He asked everybody to convince each of their own family members to take the 'green path'.
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