| Assam to get its photo electoral rolls soon |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 3: You will now get the photo electoral (PER) rolls at the click of a mouse. The draft PER will soon be made available online as the Assam election department has almost completed the preparations to upload the PER on its official website. This is for the first time the State election department will make the PER available online and the people can se... |
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| CPI to raise illegal arms issue in Parliament |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 3: The Communist Party of India (CPI) will raise the issue of illegal arms possessed by a section of surrendered militants and cadres of the dissolved rebel groups in the Bodoland Territorial Areas District (BTAD) in particular and the State in general in the next session of the Parliament.
Addressing reporters here on Friday, CPI national se... |
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| 'Muslim immigrants have no right to live in tribal belts, blocks' |
From a Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, Aug 3: The National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB-Progressive) led by Gobinda Basumatary on Friday came down heavily on the State Government for its failure to protect the indigenous people of the State and warned that they would not allow any Muslim immigrants from Bangladesh to live in the tribal belts and blocks. He also cautioned that the violen... |
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| HC seeks 'action taken report' on cashew cultivation 'scam' |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 3: The Gauhati High Court has asked the State Government to submit the final ‘action taken report’ on the Manisana Singh Commission probe into financial anomalies in cashew nut cultivation in Dima Hasao district of the state, within the next two months. This was stated by the advocate of the Assam Enviro-Legal Protection Society, an NGO, ... |
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| Hazare, team end fast; promise people's movement as political alternative |
NEW DELHI, Aug 3: Anna Hazare and his team ended their indefinite fast against corruption here Friday evening, spelling out the contours of their political alternative that would be a “movement” to put an end to the “Delhi-centric government” and take governance to the villages and the people.
Hitting out at an “unresponsive government” that refused ... |
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| Pravin Togadia to visit Kokrajhar today |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 3: International working president of the Viswa Hindu Parishad (VHP) Pravin Togadia will visit Assam on Saturday. Togadia will visit the relief camps in Kokrajhar district and interact with the camp inmates. He will also meet the representatives of political and social organizations of Kokrajhar district. A VHP, North East, office bearer said the visit of P... |
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| Remove black films from cars or face action, SC warns police |
NEW DELHI, Aug 3: The Supreme Court on Friday directed police chiefs in all States and Union territories to ensure compliance of its direction that no material, including films of any VLT, be put on the safety glasses of any vehicle or face action. “All the director generals of police/commissioners of police are hereby again directed to ensure complete compliance of the judgment of this cour... |
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| 83 mn fake Facebook users worldwide |
WASHINGTON, Aug 3: Spurred by growth in Brazil, India and Indonesia, Facebook increased its user count to 955 million, but the popular social network said over 83 million of them were fake accounts it wants to disable. IANS... |
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| Dhaka says India has never raised issue of influx! |
DATELINE GUWAHATI/Wasbir Hussain
The recent ethnic riots in western Assam involving Bodo tribes-people and Muslim settlers have once again brought to the fore the issue of illegal migration from Bangladesh. While observations by political leaders like BJP’s LK Advani that illegal influx is among the key reasons that had triggered the riots in Kokrajhar, Chirang and Dhubri m... |
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