Despite a chilly Wednesday, the North East Games gets underway at a colourful fuction organised at the Sarusajai Sports Complex where Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi took salute of the march pass by the eight north eastern state teams. Sports Authority of India director Ratan P Watal attended the meeting as the guest of honour. As many as 2000 sports men are participating in the event to be concluded on February 2. The inauguration of the entire event was marked by a colourful march pass participated by the eight north eastern states. Altogether 240 players are from Manipur while Meghalaya has 224 players. It is followed by 175 sportsmen from Mizoram. Nagaland had 146 players while Sikkim had 224. Tripura had 203 followed by 280 players in the the home team. In women football, the Assam beat Nagaland by 3-0 while Sikkim defeat Mizoram by 2-1 goals.
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After a brief halt, Dima Hasao erupts in an uneasy situation. A businessman died at an incident of miscreant attack on Tuesday. The incident took place at 8-30 in the evening when unidentified...
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Centre is very positive on the on going peace process with ULFA. Chairman of the outfit Arabinda Rajkhowa told media after arriving in Guwahati from Delhi on Tuesday. Rajkhowa said the process would...
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Human rights organisations on Friday called upon all concerned and the Manipur government to extend full cooperation to the CBI inquiry into 85 cases of alleged extrajudicial killings that...
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NDFB-S on Saturday made it plain and simple that the ongoing bloodbath in BTAD areas was not their handiwork.In an audio message to media, the outfit alleged a third party role in the gruesome...
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is schedule to call on Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on Monday noon at his official residence. According to what the sources here say, the Assam Chief Minister will virtually oppose the move to appoint an opolitical person as governor but the Centre is considering an retired army chief staff for the post as the term for the sitting Assam Governor Lt General (Retd) Ajoy Kumar Singh is expiring soon. During his meeting with the Prime Minister, Mr Gogoi is set to invite Dr Singh for the foundation laying ceremony of the proposed Jorhat Medical College. The Chief Minister will further call on petroleum minister Murli Deora to seek his help bail out the...
ULFa has killed a gaonburah in lower Assam’s Udalguri disitrct on Sunday afternoon.. According to information, the goanburah of Dolongghat Khagendranath Deka was shot dead at Bhakatgaon by two motorcycle born youths. Later ULFA’s 27 Battalion has owned up the responsibility. High level police officials arrived on the spot later on and investigation is going on.
Despite a simmering situation along the Assam-Meghalaya border, Assam health minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma has laid the foundation stone a Primary health centre at Langpih, a place in Kamrup district which is claimed by Meghalaya. The neighbouring state decided to maintain a wait and watch policy helping the area avoid a major clash. Dr Sarma on Saturday along with his forest department counterpart Rockybul Hussain, AGP MLA Jyoti Prasad Das, youth Congress leader Rekibuddin Ahmed, Kamrup deputy Commissioner R C Jain, police superintendent Debojit Hazarika did it and not only that Dr Sarma announced a Rs 12 crore package for the development of the almost inaccessible area.In his address...
Majuli is set to be declared as a world heritage site on June 6. According to information, the decision to this effect would be formally approved at the UNESCO meeting slated for June 6. The global body is considering the long standing demand from the Government of India with due seriousness. Hours after the formal approval, the announcement is set to be made. The announcement for the seat of the vaishnavite culture, was to be made three for years back but it has not been possible in the absence of some official procedure from the Central and state government.
Good news. Really a good news for the state government employees as the Assam Government has set up the Sixth Pay Commission headed by former Union Secretary Bhaskar Baruah. A notification issued to this effect, said that the panel will examine the principles governing the structure of emoluments and conditions of the state government employees. Along with others, it will further suggest re organization of the existing service with a view to improving rationalization of work load and efficiency. Other members of the panel are Surendra Mohan Deka, Shantikam Hazarika while the Assam government's principal secretary of the finance department will be its member secretary. The Commission will...
Five Assam Rifles jawans in Jorhat have been arrested and sent to jail on Saturday for trying to kidnap a girl while she was on her way back to home after enjoying a Bihu festival.According to information, five jawans of the Assam Rifles were trying to molest some five girls at Garmurh area in Jorhat at around 11-30 on Friday night. A few girls were on their way back to their homes after attending a Bihu festival. The jawans from the Lekhapani camp tried to forcibly give them lift them on their gipsy. They even lifted one of these girls and took away from the G K Palace Hotel at Garh Ali. On the way, the jawans halted following an accident of a car. All they went to rescue the car....
The Gujjar row is gradually spreading to the north eastern region with the embattled community getting ready to launch a Rajasthan like an agitation in a day or two.Talking to a news agency on Saturday, a Gujjar representative Bhai Gujjar said the Rajasthan Government has betrayed the Gujjars adding that neither the state Government nor the Centre has been listening to them.The Gujjar leaders in the entire north eastern region hold a meeting in the city of Guwahati on Friday and chalked out a programme to join the protests.The Gujjars of the region have already sought permission from both the Assam Government and Meghalaya Government to allow them to sit in peaceful and democratic stir.
Army have picked up one Kamala Rajkonwar in upper Assam's Sivasagar district in the wee hours on Saturday. According to information, Rajkonwar, a 52 year old person is a MASS leader and a PCPIA activists, was picked up by Army's 316 Field Regiment from his house and was later handed over to Mathurapur police station. Investigation is going on.
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's convoy passes the new flyover at Bhangagarh for public use after the inaugural ceremony in Guwahati on 30-05-08. The flyover which took more than 3 years is the one of the ambitious programme of the state government to build flyovers in the city for smooth commute. Pix by UB Photos.
A day after the unified command meeting, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi says talks with militant group is possible only within the framework of the Constitution.Talking to reporters in the city on Friday, the Chief Minister said, "we are ready for negotiation with any group provided they gave up violence and are willing to talk within the framework of the Constitution."According to the Chief Minister, the three tier unified command structure held a threadbare discussion on the issue of talks with the extremist groups.He said the state government will remain open for talks with extremist groups who are willing to surrender arms, live in designated camps, abjure violence and neither...
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