Chief minister Tarun Gogoi on Monday made it plain and simple that his government wants 2014 voter list as one of the supportive documents to update the national registrar of citizens.
Responding to the legislators who asked him to clear his position, Gogoi said that the list would be required if the documents earlier announced by the Supreme Court are not available for an indigenous citizen.
He said that his government has already moved the Supreme Court for consideration which has not so far rejected the affidavit.
PermalinkSubmitted by MAITAOYA RICK on Tue, 11/08/2015 - 00:35
Mr. Tarun Gogoi is going mad because the assembly election of Assam is approaching. He is such a person who knows only vote bank politics. He is a useless Chief Minister of Assam who has no interest to protect the indigenous communities of Assam rather he is ready to protect the illegal Bangladeshis who entered illegally to our land. The vote bank politics of Congress in Assam will lead our state to be part of Bangladesh. Tarun Gogoi will sell Assam to Bangladesh and he along with his family will settlen down in London.
There is no trace of the three construction company officials a day after they were kidnapped by a gang of miscreants from a four lane project in Lumding on Saturday. Security forces being deployed in the search operation are tight-lipped on the progress. The operation continues in the nearby dense jungle. The investigating police officials have recorded the statements of B Sonar and Dhan Bahadur who were released hours after they were kidnapped along with three top officials. Sources told Assam Times that the family members of the five workers belonging to the Gayatri Construction engaged in the Lumding-Lanka National Highway project have yet to receive any communication...
A simmering controversy seems to have marred the pomp and gaiety of the North East Youth Festival in Majuli. Despite the Supreme Court’s ban on the pictures of ministers at the government advertisements and display, a section of ministers and political leaders is finding places at the hoardings available at the festival venue on the river island. These ministers and political leaders include union sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Congress minister Rajivluchan Pegu, NPP president PA Sangma.“Since it is a government sponsored event that’s why, it is not fare for the authorities to put the hoardings containing the photographs of the ministers and political leaders, said GK...
Hundreds of people residing inside the Kaziranga National Park are holding a massive protest demanding their rights after the authorities announced steps to evict them.Led by KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi, local residents in Borbeel area are holding a huge sit in strike in protest against the proposed eviction drive. “We do demand our right. We won’t tolerate if we are evicted. Let us live in peace,” said Nayan Das who is joining the protest under KMSS leadership.KMSS president Akhil Gogoi said,”we won’t allow the eviction to happen. We must ensure land pattas for these people.”The park authorities told Assam Times that a slew of measures is on the cards to clear the Kaziranga park of the...
In yet another incident that sends shocks and anger across the state, the person whom his children set afire in Jorhat a couple of days back died on Sunday.Identified as Deven Dutta, the sexagenarian of Pulibor area succumbed to burn injury in the wee hours at the Jorhat Medical College Hospital.Dutta’s wife is still battling for life at the same hospital along with their son and daughter who set the parents on fire before trying to committee suicide.The incident took place on Thursday where the son and daughter who are believed to have fallen in incestuous love tried to kill their parents by setting them on fire. Then they used blades to kill each other. But the local residents came...
New Delhi and Dispur will strike a deal set up generic centres at about 100 hospitals in Assam for generic medicines at very low cost to poor patients.This was what Union Minister Ananth Kumar said in Guwahati on Saturday. Laying the foundation stone of National Institute of Pharmaceuticals Education and Research (NIPER) campus in the city, he said the this would be done under the Janaushadhi scheme which will provide more than 500 generic medicines by setting up generic centres at about 100 hospitals in district and subdivisional headquarters.Kumar said the Centre would set up the generic centres at the cost of Rs 2.5 lakh each in the state and the cost of 100 hospitals would be Rs 100...
Pranshree Kalita tops the HS science stream while his counterpart in the arts stream is Manash Pratim Goswami. Sweta Agarwal tops the commerce stream as the Assam Higher Secondary Education Council has declared the results on Saturday. Pranshree scores with an aggregate of 490 out of 500 marks while Manash and Sweta share the top scorer position in commerce stream with an aggregate of 469 marks.
After months of will-it-won’t-it, Dispur has cleared the decks for holding the SAF games slated for November-end this year.The Assam government on Friday night has written to the sports ministry evincing to host the sports event in the state. Sources told Assam Times that the decision was finalized after Union sports minister Sarbananda Sonowal made it clear that the games village is not mandatory for the event unlike the National Games. The Olympic body is expected to formally announce the venue on June 6. Earlier chief minister was reluctant to host the event citing fund crunch. When the Centre assured him of funds Dispur agreed to host the event.
Amid simmering protest for Indo-Bangla land swap deal Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi will accompany Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Dhaka slated for June 6.Modi will require Gogoi’s support to finalise the implementation of the land deal between New Delhi and Dhaka. Sources told Assam Times that Modi will be flanked by Gogoi from Guwahati. Along with Gogoi, Prime Minister would be accompanied by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to Dhaka.Modi who is scheduled to arrive in Guwahati on June 8 to be straightly left for IIT in North Guwahat where he will address the convocation ceremony.
Amid sharpening attack for a number of issues Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be on a visit to the state on June 8.Modi who is scheduled to arrive in Guwahati will straightly leave for IIT in North Guwahat where he will address the convocation ceremony.Prime Minister is scheduled to leave to Dhaka towards the afternoon.
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