KOHIMA: Nagaland BJP has stepped up action against TheNewsJoint.com, after lesser known news portal broke out a story alleging Ram Madhav's stay at hotel in Dimapur with two girls.
Issuing a statement hours after the damaging story went viral in social media state party president said the story was totally false which aimed at tarnishing the image and integrity of the BJP heavyweight who has been handling the party's affairs in the north eastern region.
The state president further threatened to initiate action against the news portal under the IT Act.
GUWAHATI: Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said that agriculture is the mainstay for the economic growth of the State and mooted that Assam Agricultural University (AAU) should take the lead in preparing a broad roadmap for agriculture driven growth in the State. Speaking at a one-day brain-storming session on 'agrarian stress mitigation for higher productivity, profitability and permanency in Assam' at Assam Administrative Staff College on Friday, he said that a broad roadmap guided by the latest technology for agriculture and allied sectors would stimulate sustainable development in the state. He, therefore, asked the Vice Chancellor of Assam Agricultural University Dr. KM...
TINSUKIA: A heavy gunbattle between ULFA-I rebels and policemen keeps Tinsukia tense one again. The encounter that resulted in zero casualty took place at Bordomsa on Friday midnight where a group of rebels who are believed to have been moving in the area suddenly fired upon on a police team set up a couple of months back. The police men also retaliated by firing for nearly 30 minutes. Then the rebels vanished. Senior police officials arrived in the spot and cordoned off the area in search of the rebels who fled after the exchange of firing. A group of ULFA-I rebels are believed to have been moving in Bordomsa area to extort money from a section of monyed people forcing the authorities...
NEW DELHI:There seems to be no respite for Subodh Biswas and his henchmen who clashed with student leaders in Silapithar six months back. The Supreme Court on Friday turned down his bail plea and agreed to hear the plea in February next year. Biswas, the leader of an organization advocating for thd Hindu immigrants earlier moved the bail plea in the Gauhati High Court. But it was rejected and he challenged ir before the apex court.
GUWAHATI: In a strange revelation two persons arrested a couple of days back in the outskirt of Guwahati confessed to have been trying to eliminate Himanta Biswa Sarma for ₹5 crore. The revelation surfaced on Friday only when police produced the duo before s local court which remanded them to judicial custody. The duo believed to have been planning to kill the powerful minister exploding a powerful bomb for which the would have received ₹5 crore. It was learnt that mobile phone call list suggested their contacts with top Congress leaders Ripun Bora, Tarun Gogoi and Rockybul Hussain. The police who picked up them from Jalukbari a couple of days back produced them in court only on Friday...
HOJAI: The Hojai Town Unyaan Samiittee has called Hojai Bandh on Friday for showing their protest against the construction of fly over bridge from J.K Kedia road via railway station to New Market. "We are not against the development of Hojai town, we need a fly over bridge immediately, but it should be constructed from West side of railway crossing which was declared during Congress reign.",said Samiittee Members.
Kohima: Nagaland Chief Minister TR Zeliang lauded the Churches, Civil Societies and the NGOs for facilitating the resolution of the Naga political issue. He said that with their contribution and co-operation, the DAN Govt since its installation to office in March 2003, had accorded highest priority to the Naga Political Issue and continues to do so. Speaking at the Consultative Meet of the Nagaland Legislators Forum with Ex-Parliamentarians on Naga Political Issue on Thursday at RCEMPA-Jotsoma, Kohima he said 'Efforts at bringing about better understanding between the different NNPGs and drawing them closer to each other has been made while numerous resolutions were passed by the Nagaland...
Kokrajhar: More and more people are pouring in to participating in the ongoing prayer and healing festival at Titaguri Bhawanipur ground in Kokrajhar district who keep praying for peace and integrity. On the third day of the festival on Thursday, Kampa Borgoyary, BTC deputy chief graced as guest hoped that the prayer and healing is giving way to get healthy and remedial measures through prayer and healing. Nearly 20,000 devotees and followers from the BTAD districts are attending the festival every day to take prayer and healing tradition for meeting healthy life among society, which was organized by inter denominational Christian groups to provide prayer and healing facilities to the...
GUWAHATI: A local court in Guwahati on Thursday remanded two police officers to judicial custody a day after CID arrested the duo in connection with the sensational Jugdal case where local resident Harakanta Doloi along with five of his family members were hacked to death under mysterious circumstances in 2009. The CID which has been probing the case arrested the then Sonapur police station officer in charge Pranab Jyoti Deka and investigation officer Motlib Chaudhury charging the duo with trying to destroy evidence at the instance of the culprits.
TEZPUR: The Rongjuli incident seems to have taken a new turn with the revelations the displaced people have been keen to stay with Meghalaya. According to information, since they decided to stay in the side of Meghalaya they did not feel it necessary to apply for NRC.
GUWAHATI:The Guwahati High Court on Monday will decide on the fate of Akhil Gogoi who is languishing in Dibrugarh Central Jail since he was arrested under the National Security Act. A division bench of the court heard the bail plea moved by the KMSS leader. But the hearing was incomplete. The bench will resume hearing on Monday. His bail petition was moved amid country side protest against the arrest of the pea sent leader joined by many veteran social activists. He was arrested under NSA a couple of days he openly urged the people to remain prepared for an armed struggle.
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