| Pranab visits NE in his presidential bid |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, July 6: UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee is on a two-day visit to the Northeast to meet members of the electoral college as part of his country-wide campaign for the July 19 presidential election.
As part of his Northeast visit, Mukherjee met Congress party legislators and leaders of other small regional parties from the northeastern St... |
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| Special Judge sets an anti-graft precedent |
‘There is no provision in the CrPC which shows that a private complaint received by the Special Judge should not be sent to the police for investigation’
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, July 6: Based on a public complaint against graft, the Court of Special Judge, Assam, for the first time, has directed the anti-corruption branch (ACB) of the State Poli... |
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| State flood situation improves, but toll rises |
CM conducts aerial survey
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, July 6: The toll in floods and landslides in Assam has risen to 117 but the overall situation across the State has improved.
In Jorhat district’s Nimatighat, the Brahmaputra is still flowing above the danger level but recorded a falling trend in Dhubri, a government flood bulletin said.
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| Youth Congress workers assault Akhil Gogoi |
KMSS and other organizations call 12-hour Nalbari district bandh
From our Correspondent &
By our Staff Reporter
NALBARI/GUWAHATI, July 6: A group of youth Congress workers physically assaulted the general secretary of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS), Akhil Gogoi, at Dharmapur LAC in Nalbari district on Friday evening. Akhil was admitted to Swa... |
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| Speaker gives permission for police investigation |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, July 6: State Assembly Speaker Pranab Kumar Gogoi has given permission to the police to investigate into what happened in North Karimganj MLA Kamalakhya Dey Purakayastha's MLA hostel room here on Thursday night. Purakayastha on Friday filed an FIR against party MLA Rumi Nath alleging that she along with her second husband had illegally entered his hostel room a... |
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| One killed in firing |
GUWAHATI, July 6: One person was killed and few others were injured when motor-cycle borne miscreants fired at some people near a wooden bridge on the Kokrajhar-Dotma-Gossaigaon Road at around 8.15 pm on Friday.
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| '766 complaints of paid news received in Jan-March polls' |
NEW DELHI, July 6: The Election Commission received a staggering 766 complaints of paid news during the January-March assembly elections, of which 253 were found to be true, the poll panel’s former head SY Quraishi said here on Friday.
Speaking at a seminar on “Challenges Facing the Media” at the India International Centre here, Quraishi said notice had been issued in ... |
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| VAT on sugar opposed |
GUWAHATI, July 6: The Assam Government’s decision to impose 5 per cent VAT on sugar has not gone down well with the Kamrup Chamber of Commerce.
In a memorandum submitted to the Chief Minister, Kamrup Chamber of Commerce (KCC) general secretary Nirmal Kumar Jain said, “The recent imposition of 5 per cent VAT on sugar and textiles will not only adversely impact the general co... |
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| Water, water everywhere...not a drop to drink! |
DATELINE GUWAHATI/Wasbir Hussain
Yet again, floods have caused death and destruction across Assam. A hundred lives have been lost, more than two million homes came under water, scores of houses have been swept away, and hundreds of cattle have perished. We saw the Prime Minister and Congress president touring parts of Assam, looking at the havoc below from the skies. We have hear... |
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