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.
The Assam Assembly will hold its winter session from December 15. Governor JB Patnaik has convened the session for only 12 working days. Several crucial bills are scheduled to be moved in the short session.
Tinsukia police have arrested a hardcore ULF-I militant n Saturday a day after the militant outfit believed to have exploded a powerful grenade in a tea garden area. Identified as Bhaity Asom, the dreaded ULFA militant was captured during a search operation in Borguri area in the afternoon.
Dr Subramanima Swamy is on a two days visit to Guwahati. The veteran BJP leader arrived in the capital city to be received by the party leaders at the Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport in the afternoon. Dr Swamy is scheduled to attend two party meetings in Guwahati on Sunday before leaving back to New Delhi.
Journalists’ Forum Assam (JFA) has expressed concern over the ban on a book of a Dimapur based Naga Editor-Journalist by a tribal body and urged Ao Senden to withdraw the restriction urgently. Ao Senden (Ao Hoho), which is responsible for the welfare of Ao tribe in Nagaland, alleges that Monalisa Changkija’s recent book has narrated some false allegations against the tribal body. Released on October 25, the book titled Cogitating For A Better Deal (published by Heritage Publishing House, Dimapur, 2014), is a compilation of six seminar papers which the author presented at various national seminars.It may be mentioned that Monalisa, an acclaimed Journalist and Editor of Nagaland Page, an...
The Golaghat police have blamed Naga militants for the recent firing at Ratanpur paddy field where a villager was killed and three others sustained injury.According to police, despite tight vigil by the security forces, armed miscreants from Nagaland opened fire on a group of farmers when they were harvesting crops. Senior police officers are probing the shocking incident to convey it to their Nagaland counterpart.
Security forces claimed to have killed 2 dreaded Karbi Peoples Liberation Tiger insurgents at an encounter in Karbi Anglong district on Saturday.The encounter took place in the morning when police and army launched a counter offensive against the Karbi militants Rongtaru. Police nabbed another KPLT militant after the two hour long encounter. Two AK-47 rifles and one pistol were recovered from the slain cadres.
AASU on Saturday pledged not to allow the state to become a safe haven for the fundamentalists and illegal Bangladeshis in Assam. Jihadists, Al Qaedas. In his address at the Satyagraha rally in Guwahati, Bhattacharya demand immediate measures to evict these elements from the state.Taking a potshot at Tarun Gogoi, he blamed it all on the Chief Minister’s vote bank politics alleging that the government has not sealed the porous Indo-Bangla border. “The number of Bangladeshi immigrants has been increasing and with these immigrants fundamentalists elements have been managing to sneak into the state,” he said.According to him, a section of immigrants have already settled inside the Kaziranga...
Yet another blow awaits the common people. Power tariff will hike which generates statewide protest on Saturday a day after the Assam Electricity Regulatory Commission approved it.The hike to be enforced from December 1 is an average 13.1 per cent. According to the AERC, the increase in the tariff for different consumer categories ranges from around 7 per cent to 18 per cent. The consumers have been paying a fuel and power purchase price adjustment (FPPPA) charge of Rs 0.36 from July.The domestic consumers will have to pay an additional amount at the rate of Rs 0.31 to Rs 0.74 per unit, depending on the rate of consumption. Some other domestic consumers will have to pay the enhanced tariff...
The Central Bureau of Investigation steps up the probe into the Saradha scam where a circle of powerful political leaders is involved.The country’s premier investigation agency probing the scam is all set to quiz former minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma and Anjan Dutta.The duo received summons from to appear before the SIT on November 24 at its Salt Lake based office. CBI earlier questioned Dutta in this connection.CBI on August 28 conducted raid at the residence of Dutta in Guwahati apart from Dr Sarma’s residence and Newslive office owned by his wife. Sources told Assam Times that CBI if need be is likely to seek their custodial interrogation.
Dispur on Friday came all out against New Delhi alleging lack of interest to give the road sector a fresh lease of life. Addressing a press conference in Dispur, PWD minister Ajanta Neog alleged that the Centre has not sanctioned the projects even after Dispur proposed before it a couple of months back.Neog further announced an ambition concrete road project across the state with Rs 194.60 crore. She told reporters that named after Gopinath Bordoloi, the scheme would be implemented 2 KM in each of the 126 constituencies.
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