Despite tight security arrangement suspected ULFA(I) rebels exploded a series of blasts in Tinsukia district on Monday to make its strength felt.
The first explosion took place at the Indira Gandhi School at Laipuli at around 7 in the morning where there was no report of any casualty.
The second one bomb went off at Line No 6 of Badlabhata Tea Estate in Doomdooma. This was followed by the third one explosion at Masuwa. Another explosion took place at Gamtumati in Philobari area two days after the rebels killed two people and injured several others.
These have forced the people in the district to keep confined to their houses on Monday. Security forces have been carrying out counter insurgency operation in the vulnerable areas. But nobody has been arrested.
Lovlina Borgohain has lost the semi-final match against Turkey’s Busenaz Surmenel in the Tokyo Olympics on Wednesday.
The bronze medal is now confirmed for India.
I am grateful to everyone for your love and support. pic.twitter.com/M3BZ5FvpCS— Lovlina Borgohain (@LovlinaBorgohai) August 4, 2021
Congratulations @LovlinaBorgohai on bringing home bronze at your debut Olympics! We're all so proud of you #TokyoOlympics @WeAreTeamIndia pic.twitter.com/NG0EqQ0Q5H
— Abhishek Bachchan (@juniorbachchan) August 4, 2021
"After killing 5 Assam police personnel and injuring many , this is how Mizoram police and goons are celebrating.- sad and horrific" tweets Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Look at this video to know how personnel of Mizoram Police acted and escalated the issue.Sad and horrific! pic.twitter.com/vnS1RlcsOt— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) July 27, 2021
Assam Police officials confirmed that five of their personnel were killed in clashes on Monday at a contested border point.Fifty policemen were injured, including Nimbalkar Vaibhav Chandrakant, SP of Assam’s Cachar district, who sustained a bullet injury in the leg.
in a tweet, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, said: “I am deeply pained to inform that six brave jawans of @assampolice have sacrificed their lives while defending constitutional boundary of our state at the Assam-Mizoram border. My heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families.”
PRESS STATEMENT: GOVERNMENT OF ASSAM (JULY 26, 2021)
1. In another breach of existing agreements and the existing status...
At a time when people of Assam are battling with the COVID-19 pandemic, the same are also preparing how to tackle the multiple waves of rising flood situation. Many rivers have started to flow above warning marks gradually causing threat to communities’ lives and livelihood. Flood in times of COVID are in fact challenging, and this worsens the capacity of people to cope. Severe flooding in the northeast Indian state of Assam has submerged croplands and villages, pushing thousands of people into relief camps.
Last year, days of heavy rainfall over the week caused riverbanks to burst. State authorities said that the floods have affected at least 6 million people in 30 of...
Bhupen Borah was appointed as the new president of Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) replacing Ripun Bora on Saturday.
The newly appointed Working Presidents are : Rana Goswami, Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha and Jakir Hussain Sikdar.
Congratulations to @BhupenKBorah for becoming the new President of @INCAssam. My best wishes to Working Presidents Rana Goswami, Kamalakhya Purkayastha and Jakir Hussain Sikdar. My gratitude to our former PCC @ripunbora. We will work with @JitendraSAlwar to strengthen @INCIndia .— Gaurav Gogoi (@GauravGogoiAsm) July 24, 2021
The Covid-19 crisis in India has posed severe challenges to small and growing businesses in the country, widening the pre-existing gender gaps and diminishing considerable developments achieved within the women entrepreneurship ecosystem in the past decades.
In a bid to shed light on the unique and disproportionate impact of the pandemic on women-led businesses, GIZ has recently come out with a detailed report. The report titled “Women Entrepreneurs’ Resilience in Times of Covid-19” was based on GIZ’s Project Her&Now. The Her&Now project is implemented by GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit) on behalf of the German Federal...
Governor Prof.Jagdish Mukhi has extended his greetings to the people of Assam on the occasion of the holy festival of Islam Id-ul-Zuha.
In a statement here on Tuesday, Prof. Mukhi said, “I extend my heartiest greetings and warm wishes to the Muslim brethren of the state on the occasion of Id-ul-Zuha. May the festival augur peace and motivate all of us to embrace each other with the feeling of brotherhood. On this occasion, I appeal to the people to celebrate the festival with a renewed sense of sacrifice for the larger societal goal and work for strengthening the bond of co-existence to make our life more beautiful and harmonious”.
He further said that the celebrations of...
FASS International (a think-tank non-profit organization for NER overall development ) was little involve in Assam Govt.
Budget preparation this year. FASS International welcomes and congratulating Assam Finance Minister to presenting a strong progressive budget for the year 2021-22.
FASS is incredibly happy to see lots of provision in this budget that included as suggested by FASS. Assam is an agriculture-based state and enough importance have been reflected in this budget for this sector.
TEA industry is one of the backbones for Assam economy and budget is giving good focus in TEA industry and the people involved in this industry.
It is a balanced budget and going to build a...
Essays on Srimanta Sankaradeva authored by Dr Sanjib Kumar Borkakoti is a valuable addition to the works on Indian culture and philosophy. The author has carried out extensive research on Assamese hagiographies, particularly Sankaradeva and different aspects of Sankari culture. The book contains several analytical articles, a few of them that have already been published in different journals or websites. Dr Borkakoti has analysed in this book the significant impact left by the saint litterateur Srimanta Sankaradeva on the socio-cultural as well as economic milieu of Assam. How the medieval polymath influenced the society from literature to culture to economy is exhaustively analysed in this...
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