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.
The National Investigating Agency claimed to have arrested a dreaded NSCN(K) militant from Bangalore on Friday who is supposed to be the main culprit of the attack on Assam Rifles in Kohima early this year. Identified as Atoshe Chopey, the Naga insurgent was captured during a joint raid of Bangalore Police at a lodge in the morning. After detaining and interrogating for a few hours, he was produced before a special court in the city. NIA team is preparing for his transit remand to shift him to Dimapur for proper investigation of the incident where four Assam Rifles jawans were injured at the Indira Gandhi Stadium in Kohima March 26 this year According to NIA, Chopey hails from Zunheboto...
After Mahendra Das, yet another murder convict has escaped the gallows much to the delight of the his delight. He is none other than Holiram Bordoloi who got the court breather. The Gauhati High Court has commuted his death sentence to lifer ten years after he killed two of his brothers. According to a statement, a division bench comprising Chief Justice (acting) T Vaiphei and Justice C R Sarma, in its judgment recently commuted the death sentence of the murder convict to imprisonment for life. The Morigaon sessions Judge, in case No.47(A) of 1999 convicted him in the gory offence under sections 147 (rioting)/148 (rioting with deadly weapons)/436 (mischief by fire or...
TRAI has issued another consultation paper asking once again, if we want Net Neutrality. This time, it's about differential pricing - Airtel Zero and Internet.org type services. Copy and paste it in your email and send to TRAI. You will be able to edit before you send. Emails should be sent to advisorfea1@trai.gov.in Please bcc us at trai@email.savetheinternet.in We will try to ensure that your response is acknowledged by TRAI. ---------------------- To, RS Sharma,Chairman, TRAI CC:Vinod Kotwal, Advisor (F&EA), TRAI Dear Sir, On the outset, I would request you not to publish my email address on the TRAI website. I would like to thank the TRAI for...
Security forces belonging to army and police have claimed to arrest a KLO cadre from Anthaibari on Thursday in Kokrajhar district. Based on an information, a joint team of security forces launched operation and managed to arrest KLO cadre identified as Mukti Roy of Anthaibari village under Kokrajhar PS. The arrested handed over to Kokrajhar PS. Roy was involved in extortion, recruiting new cadres, illegal and nefarious activities. A country made riffle along with live ammunition was recovered from him.
The 3rd edition of T G Baruah Memorial Media T 20 Cricket Tournament is all set to commence from the 2nd of January, 2016. The tie draw of which was publicly finalized in front of representatives of all participating teams on 24th December, 2015. A copy of which is attached herewith. Hope this will provide all the participating teams with all the details regarding the tournament and match schedules. All media houses and publications are requested to be present on the 2nd of January and grace the inaugural match of the tourney. T G BARUAH MEMORIAL MEDIA T 20 CRICKET TOURNAMENT, 2016 GROUP A ...
Assam cyclists team at the 68th National Track Cycling Championship held at Ludhiana, Punjab from December 16-20 won several awards. Gold Medal in 3000 meters Team Pursuit for under 18 girls won by Anu Chutia, Bismita Gogoi, Bristi Kangkana Gogoi, Jayashree Gogoi. Anu Chutia also won silver medals in the 500 Mtr. Time Trial and 200 Mtr. Sprint. In 500 Mtr. Time Trial – Girls under 16 Years , Bronze Medal won by Bristi Kangakana Gogoi. In the Team Sprint – Girls under 16 Years, Bristi Kangkana Gogoi and Jayashree Gogoi won bronze medals.
In yet another incident of moral policing, an irate mob of a remote village in Nagaon district stripped off a woman and a person to be mercilessly beaten up sending no less shock and sensation across the state on Wednesday. The incident took place in the afternoon at No 2 Beltola village in Kampur bordering Karbi Anglong village where a section of local villagers caught the duo alleging illicit affairs between them. Then they were dragged out of a house to be tied, chastised and stripped off. Policemen arrived in the spot. But the scene refused to change. The villagers continued to inflict torture on them even in full view of the policemen who failed to deal with the situation. Later,...
Bihu dance in Assam is set to dazzle in the Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi. The state's tableau will showcase the age old Assamese Bihu dance before lakhs of people in the national capital. Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Tuesday requested defence minister Manohar Parrikar to give the state an opportunity to display its tableau in the forthcoming Republic Day celebrations. According to Gogoi, a tableau from Assam in the Republic Day parade will help enhance the sense of patriotism amongst the people and instill a feeling of nationalism amongst the misguided youth of the state. Meanwhile, the Centre's Expert Committee for Selection of Tableau has shortlisted the design...
Amid a fresh barrage of controversy over the performance of Hindi songs in the Bihu functions, the United Liberation Front of Asom (I) on Tuesday warned the state artists to refrain from for performing in Hindi to keep the age old Assamese culture alive. In a statement issued to Assam Times, ULFA-I C-in-C Paresh Baruah said that they will not tolerate Hindi songs on the Bihu stage at least for the first seven days and that if any artist fails to stick to it it they won't be responsible for any unexpected incident. Baruah, in his statement welcomed the guidelines prepared by a conglomerate of Bihu celebration committees in the state. But the state evokes sharp reaction...
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