Defying ULFA diktat, national flag kept fluttering in the sky of Assam as the state along with other parts of the country celebrated the 70th Independence Day on Monday.
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal hoisted the flag in the central function at the Khanapara Veterinary Playground and took salute of the march past by army, police, para military forces and scouts and guides.
In his address, the Chief Minister stressed peace which he said is the key to development. He said that his government has been trying to step up the pace of development and that his government is committed to implement the Assam Accord in letter in spirit.
His cabinet colleagues along with many legislators and bureaucrats unfurled the national flags in the district and sub divisional headquarters in the morning.
Barring a few stray incidents the red letter day is peaceful.
Hundreds of people in Dibrugarh paid their last respect to Kamalesh Joshi along with two others a day after the mortal remains of the Tirap DC and pilots were recovered in Khunsa on Wednesday. The mortal remains were straightly taken to Assam Medical College Hospital in Dibrugarh for post-mortem. Then these bodies were taken to the Mohanbari airport where SP and DC along with many others paid their last respect en route to New Delhi on Thursday morning.
Despite an escalating controversy, the Assam government has cleared the appointment of 89 ACS junior officers two months after the state public service commission selected their names. Dispur has appointed these officers through a notification issued on Wednesday night. “Process is on to appoint the APS officers in a day or two who were selected by APSC two months back,” said sources. According to government sources, the Gauhati High Court on Friday will hear the PIL filed by KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi. But the court has not asked the government to stop the appointment.
Security forces are fanning in the nook and corner of Guwahati city in search of a bomb which is believed to have been planted at a bicycle in the run up to the Independence Day.All district authorities have received similar instructions from Dispur keeping army, police and paramilitary forces on alert following the input of jehadi forces who have been waiting to strike before the red letter day. In a letter to the district authorities it is said, “Militant outfits, particularly the anti-talk faction of ULFA, are likely to plant IEDs in bicycles for explosion." DGP Khagen Sarma told reporters that the past experience suggest that the militants can use cycles and vehicles to plant...
Caught in an escalating controversy the government finally ordered the demolition of the huge wall in Numligarh that has been disrupting the movements of the wild elephants in the entire area. The wild elephants have been unleashing terror in Numligarh soon after the authorities of refinery erected the huge wall a couple of years back. Despite repeated requests, the authorities have not addressed the grievances forcing the government to intervene. The wall would be demolished in a day or two.
Amid a pall of gloom hundreds of bereaved people in Tirap paid their last respect to Kamalesh Joshi after the lifeless deputy commissioner arrived in the district headquarters. From ministers to officers, from school children to housewives in the district laid floral wreath at the mortal remains of Joshi who along with two others died when the Pawan Hans chopper carrying them crash landed at a dense jungle on way to Khunsa eight days back. Joshi was a popular DC among the residents of Tirap district who joined the office in 2013. His decomposed body would be flown to his home on Thursday.
Marking an end to the eight day long suspense, lifeless Kamalesh Joshi along with two others have been recovered from a dense jungle in Arunachal Pradesh on Wednesday. Braving an inclement weather, the commandos of the High Altitude Warfare School located the decomposed bodies of the Tirap Deputy Commissioner along with and pilots MS Brar and Rajeev Hoskote at a dense jungle.The highly-trained commandos of the HAWS in Jammu and Kashmir reached the spot where the debris of the chopper had been spotted on Monday. The bodies have been spotted. The commandos are cautiously moving on foot to retrieve them for airlifting to Khonsa.
ULFA C-in-C Paresh Baruah’s mother Miliki Baruah is undergoing treatment at the Sanjeevani Hospital in Dibrugarh where she was admitted on Tuesday. Doctors attending on her said that her condition is improving gradually. But it would take time to ensure complete recovery. She was admitted in the ICU of the hospital following the complaint of breathing difficulty from Monday night.
Guwahati turns into a security fortress with army, police and para military forces pounding on the vital spots fearing terror strike by L-e-T in the run up to the Independence Day celebration.Vital roads and rivers, rail and bus stations, temples and mosques, Dispur and Cotton College are being heavily guarded apart from air and river surveillance to thwart the inimical attempts.Police have inputs that a group of L-e-T militants is waiting to strike in the city.A dreaded militant popularly known as Raju is leading a group of armed youths targeting some major spots in the city.
Senior CID officials are believed to have extracted more stunning revelations on the multi crore limestone scam that rocked the agriculture department.The revelations have come to light after the CID officials interrogated Jorhat deputy director along with an assistant inspector on Wednesday.They were picked up from Jorhat on Tuesday to be taken to Guwahati for detail interrogation.
Speakers after speakers blamed both Delhi and Dispur for the failure to implement the Assam Accord even 30 years after it was signed.Participating at an AASU-sponsored seminar on the historic pact in the national capital on Tuesday, the student body adviser Dr Samujjal Bhattacharya said that the principle clauses of the pact remains unimplemented.“Ït suggests lack of competency and good will of the government both in the state and Centre. No party has shown their sincerity,” said Dr Bhattacharya.Union home minister Rajnath Singh said that the NDA government will not allow the sacrifice of the 855 people who lost their lives in the 6 year old agitation.Minister of state for home Kiren Rijiju...
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