In a bizarre move that leaves the BJP-led government red faced on the floor on Monday, AGP thrashed the Narendra Modi Government at the Centre for the controversial move on the Hindu Bangladeshi nationals.
Former Chief Minister and AGP leader PK Mahanta said that he was dead opposed to the move and that it would be an insult to the spirit of Assam Accord.
However, AGP president Atul Bora who holds the agriculture minister looked very disappointed when his predecessor rose to speak on the controversial move to give refugee status for the Hindu nationals of the neighbouring countries.
PermalinkSubmitted by jay Boro on Mon, 08/08/2016 - 19:44
Why Can't they go and settle in west bengal? Assam is already a semi-bengal. Mahanta did a good job by raising his opinion. Ruling the govt doesn't mean you don't have a voice against election manifesto.
NDA came to power after it promised every possible measures to end the immigration problem confronting Assam for decades.But the promises seem to have been remaining only in the papers. Even the government has not informed the court on the measures to deal with the decade old problems.The Centre has yet to file an affidavit before the apex court explaining the steps to detect and deport the immigrants. It further was asked to detail the measures for border fencing.A division bench of the apex court comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice and RF Nariman has asked the Centre to file the affidavit within the next 10 days.The court issued the directives on Tuesday when it was hearing a writ...
The Kamrup district administration will not further allow anybody to encroach upon the waterbodies. Any encroachment won’t be tolerated. This was what the simple message it passed when it is carrying out an eviction drive at Deeport Beel area.Launched on Tuesday, the major drive reached Pamohi river to ensure smooth flow of flood water from the city to the two major water-bodies.Led by an additional Kamrup Metro deputy commissioner, the drive on Tuesday demolished 6-foot-high wall of school a few days after the Azara Circle Officer filed an FIR at Gorchuk Police Station.“We have already cleared five elephant corridors. Pachyderms have been using these corridors to reach Deepor Beel. For...
The Supreme Court is unhappy with the Assam Government’s affidavit on the measures to update the NRC.A division bench of the apex court comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice and RF Nariman found some flaws in the affidavit and asked for a fresh one within the next 10 days.The court made it clear that it would continue to monitor the implementation of some of its directions.“If need be, you can take help of Chief Secretary to prepare the fresh affidavit,” the court told the counsel.The court issued the directives on Tuesday when it was hearing a writ petition jointly filed by the Assam Public Works (APW) and All Assam Students’ Union (AASU).
Both Delhi and Dispur have drawn flak from the Supreme Court for the measures to update the National Register of Citizens.A division bench of the country’s apex court on Tuesday asked the state and Centre to file fresh affidavits within ten days explaining the measures to update NRC during the last three months.Comprising Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice RF Nariman, the division bench ruled that it would monitor the progress in a period of every three months.The court, further, NRC nodal officer Prateek Hajela to file a status report detailing the progress during the last three months.The court issued the directives on Tuesday when it was hearing a writ petition jointly filed by the Assam...
Assam has not a set of rules to fix fees and salaries structure, said Sarat Borkotoky.The education minister told the House on Tuesday that a set of Supreme Court directions is there to control of the private institutes to be implemented by the Deputy Commissioners..He said that the government will consider steps to ensure reservation of seats for poor meritorious students in private schools.
Assam has currently 1,167 private schools, excluding play schools, and 420 private junior colleges are in the state. Education minister Sarat Borkotoky told the House on Tuesday that the government permits a private education institute to start operations if it has own land. A private institute has to fulfill the norms under The Assam Non-Government Educational Institution (Regulation and Management) Act 2006 and Rule 2007. For elementary education, permission has to be obtained under RTE Act 2009," said the minister.
A special Act is coming up to deal with the private schools known for exorbitant charge as fees. The same Act , now in process, would further firmly deal with the school managements were the teachers are not paid due amount. At the end of a livelier discussion on the floor of the House on Tuesday, education minister Sarat Brkotoky said that Sarat Borkotoky said private English medium schools, mostly, have been violating the norms. He said that the best possible way to deal with these schools is a tough Act in the state. "I will talk to the Chief Minister to get a special Act to rein in these school,” said the minister as he was responding to Keshab Mahanta from AGP during the...
A child development programme officer of Khowang in Dibrugarh district along with an accountant of the same office got the real price of bribery when police caught them red handed on Monday.Police caught them when officer Leena Sonowal, and accountant Dilip Dutta acting on a complaint by Aganwadi workers when they sought the release of arrears.Around Rs 32,000 was recovered from Sonowal and Rs 50,000 from Dutta.
Gauhati University has conferred honourary doctorate to linguist Pramod Chandra Bhattacharya, witch hunting survivor Birubala Rabha and Jadav Payeng, who afforested 550 hectares of land near the Brahmaputra.They received the degree from chancellor PB Acharya at the convocation ceremony at the varsity campus on Monday.Bhattacharya is known for his researched on language and culture of different indigenous communities of Assam while Birubala has been waging war against witch hunting. Payeng stole the limelight for their his afforestation initiatives.
Dispur on Monday has asked the Darrang Deputy Commissioner to file a detailed report on the incident where nearly a dozen students were taken ill after they were administered JE vaccination on Monday.According to the district authorities, the students who have been undergoing treatment at the Mongoldoi Civil Hospital are stable and a number of tests are in process to ascertain the cause.The students told Assam Times that they came to feel dizziness and nausea after taking the vaccines.Health depatment officials said that it should not strike unnecessary panic among the school goers across the state.They told Assam Times that the JE vaccination won’t halt following the Darrang incident....
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