The recently detected illegal Bangladeshi national Kammaluddin has been deported to his country on Monday. This was followed by the arrest of ten more illegal Bangladeshi infiltrators on Tuesday at Doboka in Nagaon distirct.
According to information, before pushing Kammaludding back to Bangladesh, he was rushed to the Border Security Force personnels at Mahisashan checkgate along the Indo-Bangladesh border on Sunday. His Bangladeshi identity was confirmed by the Guwahati High Court recently and a bench of Justice Biplab Sarma ordered his arrest to be pushed back to Bangladesh. The court further talked tough with the government for its inability to detect and deport the illegal Bangladeshis who have sneaked in the state from across the border.
In yet another development several organisation including AASU and AJYCP have demanded immediate arrest of Assam Minority Students Union leader Abdul Aziz for his alleged unfair remark on the recent high court judgment. The student body leaders and some lawyers have said Aziz have committed a criminal offence by passing an unfair remark on the judgement. Notably, Aziz said on Sunday that the High Court has passed an order which sounds line a political one. He further termed the judgement a politically motivated.
In Jorhat polcie arrested 7 suspected Bangladeshis.
Menawhile, AASU activists have apprehended some 45 suspected Bangladeshi people in Sorbhog areas in Barpeta distirct of lower Assam on Tuesday.
PermalinkSubmitted by YK Shrestha on Wed, 06/08/2008 - 17:53
How long, how long this illegal infiltration will go on? Shame on us! A Bangaldeshi comes and contests elections too. What has happened to us??
AAMSU's leader Abdul Aziz too should be arrested and deported to Bangladesh.
A special court in Guwahati received chargesheets against 55 government officials, filed by three investigation agencies - the Chief Minster's Special Vigilance Cell, Vigilance Cell (Anti-corruption) and the CID - in 17 cases on Friday.
On March 7, the special court ordered the superintendents of the three agencies to file chargesheets against 255 government officials, including six IAS officers accused in 21 corruption cases, within 10 days of time.
The 255 bureaucrats did not face trial earlier as the state government has not sanctioned their prosecution for many years.
On Friday, the Chief Minster's Special Vigilance Cell furnished chargesheets in five cases against 14 officials...
Union Finance minister Pranab Mukherjee has pumped in more money to develop the northeastern Region.
In his general budget, he has from the revised amount of Rs 1664.27 crore to Rs 1929.33 crore, a jump of Rs 265.06 crore.
The plan outlay under the head of northeastern areas has also been lifted from a meager Rs 3.65 crore in 2011-12 to Rs 73 crore.
The biggest jump is in the central plan outlay from Rs 91 crore in 2011-12 to Rs 205 crore, which include Rs 60 crore as outlays on industries and minerals, Rs 45 crore for roads and bridges under NE States Roads Investment Programme, which is a huge hike from just Rs 0.35 crore in the last budget allocation
The North Eastern...
Security forces apprehended an ULFA bomb expert and seized a powerful IED in two different places in Assam on the ULFA Army Day' on Friday.
Indentified as Tapan Phukan alias Bhabani Khaklary, the ULFA bomb was arrested from Solmari village in Lakhimpur district. He was trained in Myanmar.
On the other hand, security forces seized a powerful IED, weighing more than one and a half kg during a joint operation by the police and army in Teestapara area in Dhubri district.
Meanwhile, security was tightened throughout the state following a directive by the union home ministry on ULFA's 'Army Day' on Friday.
DGP Jayanta Narayan Choudhury said that three districts -- Tinsukia, Dibrugarh and Sibsagar -- were areas of concern and put on maximum alert while Goalpara and Dhubri districts were vulnerable. He said several youths had been picked up and police pickets posted in vulnerable districts.
The outfit observes 'Army Day' on the raising of its armed wing in 1979 under 'commander-in-chief' Paresh Barua who now heads the anti-talk faction.
The general budget has hardly anything for Assam and its other north eastern states. Industry chambers of the NE have termed the union Budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today as a 'stereotype' with nothing specific in it for the region.
FINER said the decision to increase service tax and lack of stimulus for the industry would curb weak growth. FINER Chairman R S Joshi said that there were no measures in the budget to revive industry. Instead standard excise duty has been hiked.
Assam's tea industry is very much upset with the union budget on Friday. The industry fails to get any stimuli in the budget.
The industry had hoped the budget presented by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee in parliament Friday would look into issues concerning the tea industry, one of the major revenue earners for the state.
The Union Budget seems to have brought some cheers for Bodoland. Union finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Fridau announced Rs 50 crore as special package for developmental projects in Bodoland Territorial Council.
Rongali Bihu 2012 will be celebrated in Dubai on April 6. The event is being organised by Assam Society UAE for the 14th time. For details, please contact: assam.dubai@gmail.com or phone: 050-275059.
There seems to be no trace of Dr MC Agarwalla two days after miscreants kidnapped the doctor from his residence in Guwahati.
Security forces engaged in the search operation on Wednesday have recovered the vehicle. It was found abounded at Suprakuchi along the Nalbari-Bagsa inter district border on Wednesday.
Notably, a group of 12 miscreants armed with sharp weapons forcibly lifted Agarwalla from his Athgaon-based residence on Monday evening.
The Centre has sounded alert on Assam a day before ULFA’s Army Day on Friday.
A Home Ministry letter on Wednesday has instructed the Assam government to tighten security in the state apprehending strike by the outfit’s Paresh Baruah faction. Security forces are in place in all sensitive installations, crowded places, markets, railway stations and tracks to foil any attempt by the extremists to disrupt peace.
Comments
Pages
Add new comment