The centre is closely monitoring the prevailing law and order situation in Manipur. Violence will only compound the problem. Need of the hour is exercising restraint. This was more or less of what a home ministry team said in Manipur on Tuesday when they were on a stock taking visit to the restive north eastern state a month after 9 people died in a orgy of violence after the assembly passed three controversial bills.
The central team headed by Ashok Prasad, told the agitating people to exercise restraint when they talked to them after arriving in Churachandpur in the morning. Here is the excerpt of the speech for the agitating people.
"I can feel their pains and I understand their extend of bereavement. Loss of lives would always be a tragedy more so when it involved those who are plucked away in the prime of their lives. As a brother I share your tears and grief and as a friend I stand by you in your prayers for peace to the departed souls.
These are difficult time that we faced today. A difficult situation that can only be move forward with the help and sympathetic participations of all the stake holders. In fact the relative calm that we produced here today is a tribute to your understanding in the face of great tragedy. I appeal to all of you for continuation of this steering and I particularly the role play by the mothers and ladies of this area who have appeared in the forefront in helping to stabilized and pacified an extremely volatile situations.
I am also grateful to the elders and leaders of this area for their guidance and their directions that they have provided and continue to provide to steer us through this stormy period. I pray to them to continue to guide and advise us as we work toward the speedy resolution of the issue and the avoidance of further tragedy.
After this I'll be interacting with the different stake holders assisting and listening to their words of concerns and I will be taking their valuable suggestions. Some of you have already been interacting with the Central government and I am aware of their concerns and of the commitment of the government in Delhi to join prosperity and peace of this region with the rest of the country. It will be my endeavor to understand the nuances and complexity of the situation so that necessary and effective steps can be initiated at appropriate levels to bring back peace and stability to this area."
PermalinkSubmitted by Tom on Wed, 23/09/2015 - 08:28
Why the center is taking time in inclusion of Meitie as ST. The isolation of Meitie in the false pretext of general is a major concern in Manipur. Social integration is hampared by this delay.
Guwahati: Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is stable. But still he is in ventilation support.
According to Guwahati Medical College Hospital authorities, the former CM who was rushed to ICU on Sunday midnight is responding to treatment.
His son and Kaliabor MP Gaurav Gogoi has arrived in the city of Guwahati and visited his father. He told media that his father's condition was improving gradually.
Guwahati: A piece of paper that has gone viral in social media has touched off a seismic wave of anger and acrimony among the media fraternity.
The unsigned piece of paper has details of cash transactions with some media houses and piece officers to safeguard the illegal coal trade.
Strangely enough, no media houses in question has yet denied the allegations.
These news paper and news channel authorities have maintained studied silence over the allegation of the nefarious deal. Nobody is prepared to deny or look into the allegations.
Same it happens in the case of the senior police officers.
Jorhat: Congress is gearing up for the 2021 assembly polls. The poll mood in the party gathers steam with the week long visit of AICC state in charge Jitendra Singh.
On day maiden visit to the state in this capacity, Singh held a brain storming meeting of the party's tea community leaders in Dibrugarh.
The party is trying it's best to consolidate the tea community votes. This was what Singh said as he met the tea community leaders from 40 assembly seats on Sunday.
Singh said that if Congress comes to power the tea workers would get Rs 350 as daily wage.
He is attending another party meeting in Jorhat on Monday. During his week long visit Singh...
Guwahati: In a tragic incident that sends no less shock waves across the state, five of a family in Kokrajhar committed suicide on Sunday.
The incident took place at Tulsibel in Gossaigaon where local resident Nirmal Paul along with his wife and three daughters were found hanging inside a room.
According to a section of local residents, Paul was caught in debt trap. He has been facing tough time to run his family and borrowed a huge amount of money which they could not repay in time.
Guwahati: Schools and colleges across the state are resuming classes on Monday 8 months after the nation wide lockdown to avert a worsening endemic.
The classes are resuming in two shifts in all schools, colleges and varsities and each of the of the shifts comprise 50 per cent students and teachers.
Barring pre primary to Class VI, the classes have started at 8.30 in the morning to end at 12.30 and the second shift will start at 12.30 to end at 3.30 in the afternoon.
Teachers and staff have undergoing COVID19 test and have been asked to ensure that no crowd takes place.
The guidelines are also applicable for the private schools.
Guwahati: Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi has been admitted in the Guwahati Medical College Hospital again after he fell sick on Sunday.
Gogoi, who left the hospital a couple of weeks back was rushed to GMCH at 10.30 evening after he complained of breathing complications.
Gogoi is undergoing treatment at intensive care unit to be attended by a team of senior doctors.
Gogoi was rushed to GMCH after he tested COVID positive on August 26. But testing negative he had post COVID complication. An AIIMS doctor was monitoring the line of treatment.
Guwahati: Congress has started targeting Himanta Biswa Sarma to defame BJP in the pre poll political landscape.
State Congress president Ripun Bora said that the party was preparing to publish a book on Sarma to expose the amount of his lies.
Bora said that the last 4 budgets were full of lies and that the government left most of the budgetary promises unfulfilled.
"We would publish a book on his lies in the budget and would distribute these booklets to every households. Then only the people would come to know his lies, " said Bora.
Guwahati: Police have arrested a JEE candidate for engaging a candidate to appear on his behalf in the recent Joint Entrance Examination.
According to information, Neel Nakhstra Das, who secured 99 per cent marks in the competitive examination did not himself appeared in it from Guwahati centre. He engaged one of his acquaintances who appeared on his behalf.
Das was held on Wednesday acting on a formal complaint.
Guwahati: The policemen probing the police recruitment scam has arrested a businessman on Tuesday.
He is none other than Akhshay Chand who got the sub contract to conduct the recruitment test on September 20.
The Bongaigaon based trader was held immediately after a private hospital in Guwahati released him 10 days after he was rushed to it for treatment.
Before undergoing treatment in the hospital, he was admitted in another private hospital in the city.
Later, CID produced him before CJM which remanded him to judicial custody.
The court rejected CID's prayer for Chand in their custody.
But the court rejected it citing health ground.
Tinsukia: A group of around 30 youths unleashed no less terror in Tinsukia as they took out a bike rally in the town on Monday.
Local residents say the youths who claiming to have been representing Bajrang Dal took out the bike rally with sharp weapons triggering sharp reaction across the town.
According to the policemen, who prevented the youths from proceeding and arrested 5 youths, the district administration was not in the know of such rally.
But Bajrang Dal leaders have disowned the claim of the rally.
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