The mortal remains of Anjan Dutta were consigned to flames on Friday a day after the APCC president died of cardiac arrest in New Delhi. After last respect to the lifeless former minister in Guwahati and Sivasagar, Dutta’s body was taken to Gaurisagar where he was cremated with full state honour in the afternoon. Former Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and forest minister Pramila Rani Brahma, MP Ripun Bora were prominent among those who were present at the cremation ground. Before that thousands of bereaved Congress men received Dutta’s body at the Jorhat Airport in the morning and was taken to Sivasagar to facilitate his fans to pay their last respect in Sivasagar town and his birth place Gayan gaon.
Dutta died of cardiac ailment on Thursday morning at the All India Institute of Medical Science a couple of weeks after he was rushed to it. The party in rank and file have condoled his death and conveyed deep sympathy to the bereaved family members.
GUWAHATI:The Board of Secondary Education, Assam on Tuesday has as announced the schedule of the High School Leaving Certificate Examination, 2018. The examination will take place from February 18, 2018 which will conclude on March 19 across the state. The state secondary education board will only admit black ink this time.
HOJAI: Two IAS aspirants from Assam in New Delhi have received a huge encouragement when the Ajmal Foundation announced the duo as the beneficiaries of a scheme meant to help the civil service aspirants. Shoma Roy, a local resident of Lanka would get a financial assistance from the organization to pursue coaching for the civil service examination. The engineering graduate is preparing for the examination in New Delhi. Another beneficiary is Shama Parveen, who hails from Dhakuwakhana in Lakhimpur. Both they received the assistance at a brief function in Hojai on Monday.
GUWAHATI: A forest official engaged in the massive eviction drive in the Amchang wildlife sanctuary sustained serious injury when an evicted person attacked him with a sharp weapon on Tuesday. The clash took place in the morning when the huge joint team of forest department and district administration resumed the drive to evict the illegal settlers. As they started demolishing a house the owner had an altercation with the forest official who was busy with his assigned task defying the resistance. Suddenly, the owner of the house attacked the official with a sharp weapon. He was rushed to the hospital and the owner was arrested.
GUWAHATI/DIPHU: Amid a mammoth security arrangement, the eviction drive resumes for the second consecutive day on Tuesday triggering an escalating protest. The huge joint team for forest department and Kamrup metro district administration reached the Amchang wild life sanctuary at 7 in the morning and started demolishing the huts one after another where the illegal settlers kept living in. "We would be able to evict all unauthorized settlers by Wednesday. We wont look back. We have permission from the Gauhati High Court. Please understand the reality and allow us to act accordingly," said a forest officer as he was hounded by the evicted people in Botahghuli area in the morning. On...
NEW DELHI:The Centre has announced a new expert committee to decide on the fate of the controversial mega dam at Gerukamukh along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border. Comprising ID Gupta,Prabhas Pandey and PM Scott, the three member committee will examine in detail the previous committee reports apart from holding discussions with the stakeholders in the downstream areas before submitting the report within a period of three months. The Centre has announced the panel acting on the directives it received from the National Green Tribunal which has been taking up a set of petitions challenging the mega dam construction by NHPC apprehending an ecological disaster in the downstream areas in...
DIBRUGARH: In a major setback for regionalism in Assam's political landscape, the Asom Gana Parishad is splitting with a group of the regional party leaders and workers floating a new faction. A huge gathering in Dibrugarh stood united in Dibrugarh on Monday with a vow to prop up regionalism without any deal with the national party. Speakers after speakers in thr open meeting came down heavily on the Asom Gana Parishad leadership accusing them of destroying the regionalism only for personal aggrandisement. Dr Dinesh Baishya, the chief guest urged the breakaway faction of the regional party to concentrate only for the region--it's people and resources. He said regionalism only will help...
NAMRUP: A leopard cub was found dead in Namrup which was believed to have been killed during a fight between two tiger on Monday. Tea garden workers spotted the lifeless cub under the tea bushes in Hapjan Estate in the morning. The body which was rushed for post mortem bore injury marks in neck and head. Later in a statement Namrup deputy ranger Pranab Kalita also doubted a fierce fighting of leopards where the cub died in attack. Leopards often keep coming down from the Joyepore reserve forest to the human habitats and tea gardens in search of food.
GUWAHATI/KOKRAJHAR: Financial help and support are pouring in for Angkushita Boro a day after the 17 year old pugilist from Dhekiajuli struck gold in the AIBA's youth women world boxing championship on Sunday. The Assam government has announced ₹10 lakh for her while AGP has paid her a cheque of ₹2 lakh. Former chief minister PK Mahanta has promised her one month's salary. On the other hand, BTAD chief Hagrama Mohilary will felicitate her with ₹5 lakh at a huge public function at KDSA stadium on Wednesday. BTC sports department has already announced ₹2 lakh just before she went to the ring to take on her Russian rival. Rajya Sabha MP Biswajit Daimary,UG Brahma, ex-...
GUWAHATI: There seems to be no respite for Nishamoni Deka as the Gauhati High Court on Monday refused to grant anticipatory bail for the ACS officer who is on the run. Hearing the anticipatory bail plea, the high court straightly rejected it and asked the special operation unit probing the APSC scam to submit the case diary by December 15. Earlier, Deka moved a plea before the Special court to grant her anticipatory bail citing her two month old baby. When rejected, she moved the high court which upheld the ruling. Deka along with another accused ACS officer have yet to be arrested by the police in connection with the APSC scam where they along with 23 others resorted to forgery...
GUWAHATI: Even an escalating protest across the state can't halt the massive eviction drive if Pramila Rami Brahma is to be believed. Talking to reporters in Guwahati on Monday the forest minister said at any cost the illegal settlers must be evicted from Amchang, Karbi Anglong, Lakhimpur where forest department and district afminustrations are jointly running the drive from Monday. "We will stop the drive only after freeing the government plots. Why should we stop half way," said the minister. Amid mammoth security arrangement, the Kamrup district administration and forest department started evicting the illegal settlers from 7 in the morning deploying...
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