| Situation is returning to normal in BTAD area: Government |
People leaving refugee camps
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, July 29: The Assam Government said the situation in the violence-hit areas of the BTAD and its adjoining areas was fast returning to normal despite the extremely difficult initial circumstances.
The State Government, in a statement to the media, also said there had been no major incident in the last 48 ... |
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| Land encroachment rampant along Assam-M?laya border: Committee |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, July 29: Dispur is not taking the Assam’s inter-State boundary problem with Meghalaya seriously and has left the villagers living along the Meghalaya border at the mercy of the neighbouring State. This was alleged by the Greater Baisistha Development Coordination Committee.
According to the Greater Baisistha Development Coordination Committ... |
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| Weak border defence, infiltration pose serious threat to Assam's security |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, July 29: Though the Assam Government has brushed aside the allegation of involvement of cross border Bangladeshi miscreants in the Kokrajhar ethnic violence, the weak defence structure along the India-Bangladesh border and non-stop infiltration of Bangladeshi nationals across the porous stretch of the border in Assam point to a possible role of cross bord... |
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| Refugee problem resurfaces in Bodo heartland |
About 4 lakh people affected in the BTAD riots
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, July 29: In the wake of the ongoing ethnic clashes in the Bodo Territorial Area District (BTAD), the problem of refugees and their rehabilitation threatens to raise its ugly head once again in Lower Assam.
Kokrajhar and Bongaigaon districts had been ravaged by ethnic clashes in 1993, 1... |
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| Chidambaram to visit State today |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, July 29: Union Home Minister P Chidambaram will visit the violence-affected areas of the BTAD on Monday to review the situation. Sources said during his two-day visit starting on Monday, he would review the law and order situation in Kokrajhar and neighbouring areas and would meet senior State Government officials.
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| Special Judge Court receives more graft complaints |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, July 29: The Special Judge Court, Assam is now-a-days receiving large number of public complaints regarding corruption cases. Sources said most of these public complaints were related to graft in State Government departments like Education, PWD and Irrigation. Sources further said the Special Judge Court had started receiving more public complaints after it had... |
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| Reshuffle in administration |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, July 29: In an administrative reshuffle following the BTAD violence, Kokrajhar Deputy Commissioner D Gilfilon has been asked to report to the Personnel Department, Dispur. Chirang Deputy Commissioner Dr UN Bora has been asked to report to the Personnel Department, Dispur. Rastriya Madhyamik Siksha Abhiyan Mission Director Jayanta Narlekar has been transferred a... |
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| Hazare begins fast, calls for real 'swaraj' |
NEW DELHI, July 29: Social activist Anna Hazare began an indefinite fast against corruption here on Sunday, calling for the establishment of real “swaraj” or people’s rule in the country. The 75-year-old began the hunger strike at 10.30 near the Jantar Mantar observatory demanding a stringent Jan Lokpal bill to check corruption. A total of 350 others including three Team Anna ... |
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| Still a long way to go! |
It has been almost six years since GMDA took up the project of constructing three footbridges in Guwahati. None of the footbridges have been completed as yet. In fact, work on one of the footbridge has not even started!
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, July 29: Way back in 2006, the Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) had taken up the project of const... |
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