| Home Guards to abstain from duty on I-Day |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 7: The All India Home Guard Welfare Association has threatened to abstain from the Independence Day parade and stage a 10-hour demonstration at Dispur Last Gate on the occasion, for lack of response from the government on fulfilment of their various demands.
Speaking to mediapersons, Dipen Sharma, president of the Association said despite seve... |
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| AASU demands quick updation of NRC |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 7: The All Assam Students’ Union has expressed grief over the communal flare-up in the BTAD area and demanded strong action on the part of the Government to control the heated situation in the trouble torn districts.
In a release issued to media, AASU President Shankar Prasad Rai and General Secretary Tapan Kumar Gogoi said that the prob... |
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| Security tightened ahead of I-day celebrations |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 7: Security alert has been sounded at various parts of the State in view of the threats by the anti-talks faction of the ULFA and other Northeast militant groups to engage in subversive activities in the run up to Independence Day.
Police have been deployed at various parts of the city and are carrying regular frisking of vehicles and passenge... |
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| ABVP criticizes CM for lack of initiative in expediting Pritam Bhattacharyee murder case |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 7: The Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) has condemned Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for the lack of support from the State machinery in the investigation of the Pritam Bhattacharjee murder case. Speaking to mediapersons at a press conference held here today, Jayanta Saikia, ex-general secretary of the Parishad said that a four-member team of the... |
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| AASAA condemns death of Adivasi girl |
GUWAHATI, Aug 7: The All Adivasi Student Association of Assam (AASAA) has strongly condemned the death of a 17-year-old domestic maid servant, Bobita Orang at Kharghuli Guwahati. Although the family has termed her death as a case of suicide, the police is investigating the matter. Meanwhile, AASAA has demanded a high level enquiry into the incident and punishment to the culprit as per the law. The... |
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| Bike lifter nabbed |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 7: One bike lifter, Anwar Islam was arrested by the Jalukbari police from Jalukbari Rotary point today. Anwar had stolen the bike with registration number AS-01-AT-8970 from Bhagaduttapur in Kahilipara. With this, the total number of theft cases solved by the Jalukbari police has risen to 4 in the past one week. Meanwhile, 21 bikes and 14 bike lifters... |
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| Guwahati Refinery ladies' club donates relief materials |
GUWAHATI, Aug 7: In a significant gesture toward the needy, Chetna Ladies’ Club of Guwahati Refinery donated clothes, packed food items, detergents and baby food to those affected by the recent floods in Assam. The items were distributed to local residents at a health camp organized by Guwahati Refinery at Mayong on July 4, stated a release.
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| Case filed against student for demanding money |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 7: The General Secretary of States’ premier Cotton College, Bedabrata Gogoi has filed an FIR at Panbazar police station against a third year degree student of department of Philosophy on charges of defamation.
It has been alleged that Khagen Gogoi, a third year graduation student had demanded money from the guardians of a girl seeking ad... |
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| Awareness and eye screening camp held at Sonapur College |
GUWAHATI, Aug 7: A day-long awareness programme on control of blindness and free eye check-up camp was held at Sonapur College premises on August 4, under the auspices of its Women’s Cell and in collaboration with the National Programme for Control of Blindness (NPCB), Kamrup (M) District Office, Guwahati. Besides holding an open meeting, hundred of students of the college were examined t... |
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| Inter-College debate competition held on World Breastfeeding Week |
Guwahati, Aug 7: Ten groups from Gauhati Medical College, Government Ayurvedic College, Arya Nursing College, Assam Engineering College participated in an inter-college debate competition at Gauhati Medical College Hospital, organized by National Rural Health Mission, Assam in collaboration with UNICEF, Assam today. The topic of the debate was “Babies Need Mom-Made, Not Man-Made”. T... |
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