The yearlong silver jubilee celebration of North Lakhimpur Press Club concluded on Wednesday with a function held at Tyagkshetra field of North Lakhimpur town in eastern Assam. Addressing the last day function, Lakhimpur district magistrate Debeswar Malakar appreciated the role of local media persons in the mission to make the locality a developed destination in the State.
Miching Autonomous Council chief executive member Dr Ranoj Pegu, while addressing the gathering, commented that the society should accept the criticism from the media with a positive note. Chaired by academician Dr Manoranjan Pandit, the function was also addressed by Dr Jagadindra Raichoudhury, Dr Arabinda Rajkhowa, Rupam Barua and Nava Thakuria.
The press club president Surajit Bhuyan delivered the welcome address, where its secretary Kumud Baruah and vice-president Sailen Barua narrated various activities of the organization.
Kokrajhar: Despite counter insurgency operations, rebels are moving without any hindrance in BTAD areas if repeated encounters, arrest of NDFB(S) are any indication. · Security forces claimed to have arrested two NDFB-S rebels during a combing operation in Kokrajhar on Wednesday. Acting on some inputs army, police and para military forces launched a combing operation inside the dense jungle of · Haltugaon forest area near Jharbari where two rebels were caught. Identified as Konjit Basumatary alias B Khamdw and Swmkwr Basumatary they confessed to have been working for NDFB(S). A...
KOKRAJHAR: The Assam Santhali Students Union on Tuesday staged dharna in Kokrajhar raising their demand for granting ST status. Nearly 200 Santhali students thronged Kokrajhar and staged a two hour long demonstration raising a slow of demands in front of Kokrajhar DC Office premises. Talking to Assam Times the protesting leaders said,"without ST status it would be difficult for them to progress. We want ST status to be uplifted. If ignored we have no option but to launch a statewide agitation." Later, they submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister through the Kokrajhar DC highlighting their long standing demands.
GUWAHATI:Yet another sensational murder case in Guwahati sends no less shock and anger across the state on Tuesday. The victim is a college girl who was kidnapped by a youth to be killed in his house in the heart of the city as she refused to be with him. Sweta Singh, the KC Das College student went missing on Monday on her way back to home from college. She was allegedly kidnapped by Govind Singh in Bharalumukh area where he killed her following a quarrel at his house. Then she was set on fire to destroy evidence. Acting on a complaint from Sweta' father, police recovered thr charred body and arrested the youth, his mother and another whom a local court in the city remanded to five days...
KOKRAJHAR: Security forces claimed to have captured a dreadedNDFB-S rebel in Baksa district of BTAD on Tuesday. Identified as Ratan Narzary, he was caught in Goreswar as he was travelling on a public bus to Bangalipara. Interrogation is going on. Police further claimed to have seized a pistol from his possession.
TINSUKIA: The All Adivasi Students Association of Assam (AASSAA) staged sit in for two hours in Tinsukia demanding that the Centre must make public the Naga peace framework to allay the apprehension of the state’s territorial integration. Talking to Assam Times, AASSA president Raja Kujur, General Secretary Ramanuj Lakra said the silence of the Assam Government over the recent Nagaland sub division on the soil of Assam, deterioration of law and order situation along the Assam-Nagaland border have raised doubt over the role of the Government at the Centre and state. They made it clear that the Government would be responsible for any untoward incident if takes place after the...
GUWAHATI: Assam governor Jagdish Mukhi said tourism gives the north eastern region a rare respect. Opening the International Tourism Mart at a function in Guwahati on Tuesday, he said the region of red rivers and blue hills will keep beckoning tourists from the country and abroad to fetch Assam and other north eastern state more glory. In his address Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the mega event in thepremier north eastern city will be the key to the Act East policy which will focus the uniqueness of the region. Union minister for tourism KL Alphons, state tourism minister Himanta Biswa Sarma were prominent among those who attended the opening ceremony. ...
NEW DELHI:After weeks of will-it-wont-it, the Supreme Court has cleared the validity of panchayat certificates as supportive documents to update NRC providing a big breather for nearly 50 residents whose fate kept hanging in balance.A division bench of the country's top court comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice FA Nariman who reserved thd ruling last week cleared it on M on Monday setting aside the Gauhati High Court ruling.The division bench further termed OI( original inhabitants) an irrevalent one in the on going process to update NRC. Last week in a major setback for the Centre, the court rejected the plea to extend the date for publication of NRC by 6 months. It asked the...
GUWAHATI:Yet another sensational murder in Guwahati sends no less shock and anger across the state on Tuesday where a college girl was kidnapped and killed in the heart of the premier north eastern city. The incident took place in Bharalumukh area where Sweata Agarwalla, a KC Das College student went missing on her way back to home on Monday afternoon. Later he charred body was recovered at a house in the area. The victim's further has alleged that Sweata was kidnapped and killed and the police have arrested a youth who alleged perpetrated the crime. The 25 year old youth who was allegedly trying to be with her for the last couple of months was believed to have taken Sweata to his home...
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court is expected to clear its judgment on the validity of panchayat certificate as supportive documents to update NRC. A division bench of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice FA Nariman is set to pass the much awaited judgment by Tuesday afternoon. The bench of the country's apex court completed the hearing of the plea last week and reserved the ruling which is expected on Tuesday to decide on the fate of around 50 lakh people, mostly, women who have applied for NRC with gaon panchayat certificate as supportive documents. new delhi:
MARGHERITA:Despite plenty of natural resources Margherita has been lingering in the back stage of progress for decades. The huge coal town in the south east Asia region lacks proper infrascture even after the advancement of science and technology to extract coal on every passing day. The major concern now a days is the pathetic road condition in this area. The National Highway No 38 has been in a bad condition for the last couple of years. A huge portion of thr vital road is hardly worth travelling causing immense suffering for the people. Movement of thousands of coal trucks and dumpers have added to the woes. Local residents here have blamed the government for this plight. ...
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