A video compact disk tiled Tomake Napale Jaan Oi comprising new Assamese songs by popular singer Debojit Saha was released on Sunday at Guwahati Press Club. Legendary singer Sudakshina Sarma, national award winning filmmaker Manju Bora, academician Usharanjan Bhattacharya, writer Dilip Bora, journalists Nava Thakuria and Gautam Sarma graced the occasion and appreciated the SaReGaMaPa Challenge 2005 winner for coming out with the CD on the even of Rongali Bihu. Produced by DS production, the CD has its music by Tarun Tanmoy and choreograph by Uday Shankar where the cast include Debojit and Pallavi. All the speakers termed Debojit as a cultural link between the Brahmaputra and the Barak valley of Assam, where few expressed hope that Debojit would try to sing some of the classic Assamese songs in Bengali as well.
The Nagaon police probing the recent attack on the former ULFA rebels captured yet another youth on Saturday. Identified as Rajiv Chakravarty, he was held from a house in the Ambari area in Guwahati where he has been absconding since he punched the former rebels along with his associates. Acting on a tip off, a team of police from the central Assam district with cooperation from Guwahati police conducted a raid at a house where he was nabbed. CCTV footage which have gone viral in social media has clear evidence of his attack on the SULFA rebels. He is the fourth one to be arrested in this connection. Police interrogation is going on. The main culprit...
A forest official along with two security personnel sustained injury during a massive eviction drive in the outskirt of Guwahati city on Friday. From early in the morning a huge eviction team led by Kamrup Deputy Commissioner reached the Amching reserved forest area and evicted many illegal settlers where the evicted people had an altercation with the forest officials. The evicted people divided in a number of groups and pelted stones at the evictors. A forest official and a CRPF jawan sustained injury as the angry evicted people pelted stones at them. Five excavators and seven elephants were deployed in the drive apart from 200 staff and security guards. Later, the Gauhati...
The Centre is very much worried over the delay in the rail project in Meghalaya in the face of stiff opposition from a number of organization. Union minister Sadananda Gowda who was on a visit to Shillong said that the Union government, if need be, is ready to talk to the organizations who are dead opposed to the project. He said clearing of land is another reason why the ₹6000 crore project is taking do much time. Once the gov't talks with the NGOs, these problems would be over. Led by Khasi Students Union has been opposing the project fearing the rush of migrant labourers from outside.
Finally, the criminal investigation department probing the multi crore Louis Berger kick back scam have submitted its progress before the court triggering the speculation of yet another political storm. The state investigation agency on Thursday submitted the report at a sealed enveloped a couple of months after it was left red faced for inability to file a comprehensive progress report. Hearing a public interest litigation a few months back, the court asked for a progress report from CID which the agency failed to do. On Thursday,CID filed the report. The scam took place during the erstwhile Congress government where the Jerasy based company had to bribe...
The Nagaon police have arrested yet another person in connection with Wednesday incident where traders assaulted a group of former ULFA rebel as they were raising fund to feed the flood hit. Popularly known as Mithu, he was on the run as police arrested him on Thursday afternoon. The trader hired him along with three others whom police arrested hours after the incident. As police took him yo the Nagaon police headquarters, over 200 youths thronged in front of asking police to hand over Mithu to the crowd. A section of yarn youths tried to forcibly enter into the police station forcing the police to close the main gate. Interrogation is going on. All they would be produced...
The recent attack on a team of former ULFA rebels by a trader and his associates runs into a hail of anger and protest and anger across the state. The anger grips among the youths who virtually want to leave a strong message to a section of traders whom the authorities have not been able to rein in. Social media is flooded with the fiery comments and condemnation of the new generation people who want to rein in these traders who have been allowing the common people to suffer. Nilkamal Bora, a College student said,”if we still remain mute they will keep harassing us. Who are these traders yo hire goons to attack the youth as they were collecting funds to feed the flood-hit.”...
The Nagaon police have arrested four traders charging them with assaulting the former rebels who were believed to have been raising fund to feed the flood hit people. According to information, the police have arrested the owner of the shop Raju Das along with his associates Manu Das, N Das, Utpal Das who assaulted the former rebels. But two persons who were behind the incident have yet to be identified.
A group of traders in Nagaon assaulted a few surrendered ULFA rebels alleging extortion in the name of fund meant for the flood hit people triggering statewide reaction on Wednesday. The incident took place at around 11 in the morning on Tuesday in the central Assam town where the traders refused to pay anything to the surrendered rebels. Then the rebel tried to convince them and this the altercation broke out. A group of 15 traders who were allegedly waiting somewhere around the area suddenly appeared the scene attacked the former rebels. Police and CRPF rushed to the spot and thus the situation was brought under control. The traders have alleged it to be an...
One month has passed since the management has locked out the Borgaon Tea Estate in Biswanath district allowing 70 workers and their family members to languish in dying agony. Despite repeated appeal, the management is allegedly not in a mood to withdraw the lock out. Even the intervention of the administration has failed to end the logjam. Caught in confusion, the workers sent a memorandum to additional chief secretary through the local BDO demanding on July 24 demanding immediate intervention. But the deadlock exists. The workers have alleged that the management signed a tripartite pact with the workers and labour department last year. But not even a single demand has...
Assam chief minister Sarbanand Sonowal will make a presentation of the implementation of the flagship schemes before prime minister Narendra Modi send BJP president Amit Shah on Monday. Other BJP chief ministers are also attending the meeting convened by party president Amit Shah who is announcing a huge blue print for the 2019 general election.
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