Skip to content Skip to navigation

Four killed in Boko truck mishap

By AT News |

Four persons died when a truck full of logs carrying them slipped into a ditch in Kamrup district bordering Meghalaya on Tuesday.

The shocking accident took place at Hahim in Boko where the logs fell on the four persons as soon as the truck met with the mishap. All of them died on the spot.

According to the local residents, the truck which was full of smuggled logs fell into the drain after the driver lost control over it.

Local residents and police rushed to the spot and  took Sn hour to extricate the bodies. Police have registered a case to investigate it.

  • 15307 reads

Add new comment

Other Contents by Author

Speaker angry; Majhi left red faced

Disaster Management department came in for sharp criticism on Monday when Assembly Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi was disappointed over alleged non implementation of a ruling of flood relief.An angry Gogoi said he would take the department to the privilege panel for alleged inaction over non-utilisation of a two-year old flood relief fund for Sonitpur district despite his earlier ruling.Gogoi told the House,”It is a breach of privilege and I will refer the matter to the Privilege Committee of the Assembly." He said,"We have to find out whose responsibility it is”.The issue cropped up when AGP legislature Padma Hazarika raised 'Point of Order' during the Zero Hour alleging before the Speaker...

Youth programme on entrepreneurship

North East Youth Foundation (NEYF) in association with All Bodo Students Union (ABSU), Boro Bazar Anchalik Committee had organised an awareness programme on career opportunities, entrepreneurship and skill development for college students and other young people at Boro Bazar in Udalguri district on 14th December. The aim of the programme was to disseminate information on career opportunities, self employment opportunities through entrepreneurship and skill training. Programme was moderated by Ranjan K Baruah of NEYF. He spoke on various opportunities and focused on the importance of creativity, communication skills apart from formal qualification .He also gave an overview of different...

UNICEF thrust on child rights

The UNICEF is holding a brainstorming consultation in Guwahati on Monday to focus child rights to participate in media and communication apart from the decision making process and content development. The Assam based UNICEF Chief officer Tushar Rane opened the consultation outlining the role of the global agency in the innovation and implementation of sanitation and hygiene awareness in the schools. UNICEF’s Assam chapter chairperson Runumi Gogoi released the digital report of the World’s Children sharing her experience of working with children and students across the state. Distinguished personalities from media, health and education  fields also graced on the occasion. 

Rs 34,44,353 for CM’s trip

The state exchequer bore a Rs 34,44,353 expenditure in the name of chief minister Tarun Gogoi’s foreign visit since 2001. Parliamentary affairs minister Nilomoni Sen Deka informed that House on Monday that since his first stint as chief minister, Gogoi made 18 foreign trips.According to Deka, during the CM's visit to the US, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between The Earth Institute, Columbia University and Assam State Disaster Management Authority. Deka said Gogoi’s first foreign visit was to Indonesia and Singapur.He has travelled to Canada, UK, Italy, Sri Lanka, US, China, Switzerland, France, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Spain, Belgium, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam and Thailand. A few...

Assembly begins winter session

Amid intense debate, attacks and counter attack between ruling and the Opposition, the Assam assembly begins its winter session on Monday.The government is taking full advantage of the divided Opposition on several issues. AGP, BJP and AIUDF have been maintaining different stand on vital issues like land swap deal, mega dam, ration in tea gardens. The five day long winter session began with the question hour at 9 in the morning to be followed by other business.   

Govt prepared to counter Opp

Assam Congress president Anjan Dutta has stressed a well coordination between party and government to benefit the common people. In his address at a meeting at Chief Minister’s official residence in Koinadhara Dutta, said that government should work in close coordination with the party where the common people take the benefit.Attended by chief minister Tarun Gogoi, several other ministers and many party leaders formulated strategy to counter the opposition onslaught on the floor on crucial issues. 

Cabinet clears police commissionerate

A cabinet meeting on Sunday cleared the proposal for police commissionerate in Guwahati. Sources told Assam Times that the presided over by chief minister Tarun Gogoi at his Koinadhara residence in the evening, the meeting decided to introduce the system in Guwahati from January next year.All police stations and outposts in the Kamrup metro would come under the police commissioner who would be picked up from among an IGP level officer.       

Modi lauds NE and its people

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday pledge to make north east a real heaven for tourists from the country and abroad. In his monthly radio address, the prime minister said nature’s beauty and bounty make the entire region a tourists paradise.According to him, the north east is no less good than Dubai and Singapore. He called the region the Taj Mahal of India. His recent visit to the region finds prominent place in his speech which he calls a heart warming experience.He also appreciated the people of the region saying that these people have strong sense of belongingness. Modi visited Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Manipur on November 29 and 30.    

Downstream disaster not “reversible”

Despite repeated suggestions to halt the mega dam work by north east dam experts, NHPC and the Centre have categorically allayed the fear of downstream disaster of the controversial dam at Gerukamukh. Yet another expert panel is studying the entire issue of downstream impact of the NHPC-owned power project. That is what it in the case of Assam.     But the Centre itself has held hydropower projects responsible for the Uttarakhand disaster last year that left hundreds dead and thousand displaced. The situation aggravated in the upstream and downstream areas of the projects.  The Centre admitted it in the recent affidavits of the MoFE before the Supreme Court on...

Sports varsity brings new hopes for NE

North East is full of sports talents. But the talents are lying unexplored to a great extent. The proposed sports varsity in Manipur would go a long way to bridge the gap. It would be a huge boost to the field of north east sports.This was more or less of what speakers after speakers said at a seminar in Imphal on Saturday.  Organized jointly by Indian Chamber of Commerce, North Eastern Council, Department of Youth Affairs and Sports,  the North East Sports Conclave focused on infrastructure development, training, challenges and opportunities .  ICC Regional Director Ishantor Sobhapandit urged the industry to invest on sports and sportsperson and the national Sports...