| AGP expresses serious concern over mass exodus of NE people |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) has expressed its serious concern over the sudden exodus of the northeast people from Bangalore following threatening SMSes, phone calls to them.
Addressing reporters here on Thursday, AGP president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta said scores of panic stricken people especially students from Assam and other northeast S... |
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| Perpetrators of violence will be dealt with firmly: CM |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: The situation is fast returning to normal in the violence-hit Kokrajhar, Dhubri and Chirang districts, said Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi in his Independence Day address after hoisting the national flag at the Veterinary playground at Khanapara in Guwahati on Wednesday.
“I would like to take this occasion to express my deep ... |
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| 'Do not get influenced by rumours, maintain peace' |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: A meeting was held today in Guwahati between the Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuba Chatra Parishad (AJYCP) and various organizations of religious minority communities in order to discuss the situation in the Bodo Territorial Areas District (BTAD) and the situation which is slowly developing in the rest of the country as a retaliation for the clashes in the B... |
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| Wine shops in Assam: Five-member committee to be formed |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: On August 9, the Gauhati High Court has passed an order that no wine shops and bars in Kamrup (metro) would be allowed to function within a radius of 500 metres from hospitals, dispensaries, nursing homes, religious institutions and educational institutions.
The All Assam Wine Shop Owners’ Association filed a writ petition (2386/12) ... |
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| Exodus of students of Assam decried |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: Those who are propagating the notion in the rest of the country that mostly Muslims were attacked in the Bodo Territorial Areas District (BTAD) should be arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), said pro-talk ULFA leader Mrinal Hazarika. He was addressing a press conference in Guwahati today.
Hazarika said, “There are som... |
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| Attack on Assam students flayed |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: The Asomiya Yuva Mancha (AYM) today staged a demonstration in front of the office of the Kamrup (metro) Deputy Commissioner in protest against the attack on students from Assam in other parts of the country. Memoranda was submitted to the Chief Minister and the Union Home Minister seeking safety and security of Assamese people living outside the State a... |
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| UPPK cadre apprehended |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 16: City police, along with the 128 batallion of CRPF, apprehended K Homeswer Sing from the Beharbari area in Guwahati today morning. Sing is the organizing secretary of the United People’s Party of Kangleipak (UPPK). Police also recovered a car, a computer and indiscriminating documents from the rented house from where Sing was arrested. A case has b... |
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