Guwahati: Union home minister Amit Shah virtually threatened to firmly deal with the orgy of agitations in the state.
In his address at a crowded function in the outskirt of Guwahati city on Saturday without specifying any agitation, he said that the agitation will only create more martyrs and nothing else.
He said that Congress has patronized a number of regional parties to divide the BJP votes in 2021 assembly polls. "BJP will get absolute majority in the upcoming assembly polls. There is no doubt about it, " said the Union home minister.
Shah kept mum on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act 2019 which ran into a hail of protest across the state and relented temporarily only during the COVID19 endemic.
He claimed that only BJP government managed to stop rhino poaching and illegal settlement in the Kaziranga National Park. He further assured the people of steps to solve the perennial flood problem in the state if BJP retains the power.
Shah reached the city on Friday night and held a series of meetings with party leaders. He further discussed strategies for 2021assembly polls at a meeting of BJP-AGP-UPPL-GSP leaders.
Kokrajhar: The Assam Tribal Sangha demands measures to protect the tribal belt and blocks in the state to meet welfare and development of the tribals. The demand took a formal snap as the organization held its triennial conference of the Kokrajhar district unit at Jharbari High School on Saturday. Sangha president Mahesh Chandra Brahma hoisted Sangha flag followed by 14 primary committees while Vice president of the sangha Bhojnath Narzary paid homage to martyrs on the day. Brahma slammed the state government for not taking any measures towards the tribal peoples. He demanded strict protection of tribal belt and blocks mean for tribal communities, fill up the backlog posts...
GUWAHATI: The United Liberation Front of Asom (I) is still firm on its goal of independence. In a statement released to mark the occasion of the rebel outfit’s Raising Day on Saturday, chairman Dr Abhijit Asom said nobody can belittle the struggle for independence. He said the state and its people needs to formulate a policy to implement “equity” in real sense of the term where minor ones must not feel ley down He said the election process needs a drastic change. According to him, the polling authority should hand over a duplicate or carbon copy of the battle paper to the voters for record. He said it would the electoral system vibrant. On this day in 1979, the rebel outfit formed...
GUWAHATI: Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju said some outside forces have been trying to monger trouble in the north eastern region. Without naming anybody at a press conference in Guwahati on Saturday, Rijiju said,”I won't name. But I can tell you that some forces from outside have been trying to monger trouble in the state.” Amid summering protest anger over the speculated move to appease the Naga rebels at cost territorial integrity of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur, the home minister said frame work agreement, if implement, in no way will disturb the territory of any north eastern state. “It deals only with the political aspiration of the people. Territorial...
GUWAHATI: Peace talks with the major north eastern rebel groups are in final stage, says Union minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju as he was addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Saturday. According to him, most of the demands the Centre has received from ULFA are genuine and could be resolved through negotiation. “We are hopeful. The process is in final stage. We have hiked the stipend amount of the surrendered rebels,” said the Union minister. Raju, who himself hails from Arunachal Pradesh said,”normalcy is back to the north east since we formed the government at the Centre. In Assam peace prevails. Manipur is almost calm and Nagaland is comparatively is quiet.”...
Kokrajhar: BTAD chief Hagrama Mohilary reviewed the development works and implementation of the various schemes meant for Chirang district at a meeting in Kajalgaon on Friday.. Mohilary asked the officers to ensure proper and timely implementation of the schemes and that the district wise meetings would keep an eye on the functioning of the departmental heads in the district levels. "The primary objectives of the discussion is to bring visible changes in terms of development in all the district of BTC area,” he added. He further said that the meeting reviewed and examined the problems and grievances of the government departments as to have inclusive development...
BOKAKHAT: The forest guards in Kaziranga claimed to have eliminated a dreaded rhino poacher at an encounter inside the national park on Saturday. According to information, the fierce gun battle took place at Deochurchang in Borhapahar range in the wee hours where the poacher died on the spot. They further recovered an AK-47 rifle along with 153 rounds of bullets from his possession.
GUWAHATI: Veteran Assamese film maker Munin Baruah passed away after prolonged illness leaving a pall of gloom across the state on Saturday. He was 71 as he breathed his last in the wee hours to be survived by his wife and two children. Born in 1947 in Golaghat Baruah wrote as many as 21 film scripts apart from directing Hiya Diya Niya, Dag, Pita Putra, Prabhati Pokhir Gan and many others. His Dinabandhu clinched national award a couple of years back. Film personalities and his fans in large number thronged his residence in Guwahati as soon as the news of his demise spread like wildfire. Many of these film personalities paid their last respect to Baruah whose body would be brought to...
DIBRUGARH: In yet another shocking incident a local resident of Moran in Dibrugarh allegedly raped before killing a five year old girl three days back. The entire incident came to light only on Friday after police and villagers in Tiloi Nagar recovered the body from a waterbody. The accused is on the run. Talking to www.assamtimes.org, local residents said the youth who is on the run took the minor girl on his bicycle three days back. Since then she has been remaining traceless. The accused, who is a neighbour, is also on the run.Many local organizations and individuals blocked the National Highway No 37 demanding immediate arrest and capital punishment of the perpetrator. The police...
GUWAHATI: Assam Congress legislators on Thursday staged protest in front of the state legislative assembly against the soaring prices of petrol and diesel across the country. Led by Opposition leader Debobrata Saikia, the legislators thronged the entrance gate of the House and flashed banners and playcards alleging government failure of the government to rein in the fuel prices even after a dip in the international crude oil market. “We want to send a message. The government has failed to curb the rising petrol and diesel prices even after the slow down in the international crude oil prices. Why the Centre has allowing the common people to suffer?,” said Saikia. The rising petrol and...
IMPHAL: Manipur human rights activist Babloo Loitongbam on Wednesday expressed strong displeasure over “threatening and attempting to arrest” EEVFAM members seeking justice for “victims” of fake encounters.Participating in a one-day discussion on “Justice for mass extrajudicial execution in Manipur” here, Babloo Loitongbam pointed out that one Ranjita, an EEVFAM activist from Bishnupur got threatened after security personnel, including army men, searched her house on March 27 last.Representatives of several civil society organisations attended the programme organised by the Extra Judicial Execution Victims Families Association, Manipur (EEVFAM) at Kuki Inn, Imphal.The Executive Director of...
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