| Centre approves four-laning of Numaligarh-Dibrugarh stretch |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 8: The Ministry of Surface Transport has approved a Rs 2,096-crore project for four-laning of the Numaligarh-Dibrugarh stretch of the National Highway 37 and work on the project is expected to start soon.
Addressing a press conference in Guwahati on Wednesday, State PWD, Urban Development and Guwahati Development Department (GDD) Minister Ajan... |
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| Advani blames Centre for BTAD violence |
NEW DELHI, Aug 8: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday termed the violence in the Bodo Territorial Areas District (BTAD) as “unprecedented” and blamed the Central Government for failing to halt illegal infiltration from Bangladesh that posed a threat to India and Indians.
Bharatiya Janata Party leader LK Advani, while moving an adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha, s... |
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| Jugdal murder case: Key witness seeks PAC's intervention |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 8: Dulal Bora, key witness in the Jugdal murder case, has given a written complaint to the Chairman of the Police Accountability Commission (PAC), Assam, and the State Director General of Police (DGP) against the officer in-charge of the Baisistha police station for not providing him security.
Dulal Bora, in his written complaint, said the of... |
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| Implement NRC based on 1951 census: NDFB (P) |
From our Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, Aug 8: National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB-Progressive), led by Gobinda Basumatary, has urged the State Government to update the National Register of Citizens (NRC) on the basis of the 1951 census report before attempting to rehabilitate the riot-affected Muslim migrants of Kokrajhar and Chirang districts.
In a press statement, B Borosa,... |
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| Minor reshuffle in State police |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 8: In a minor reshuffle in the State police, Surajit Singh Panesar, Additional Superintendent of Police (ASP) of the Dima Hasao district has been transferred as the Kokrajhar ASP while Hare Krishna Nath, Kokrajhar ASP, has been transferred as Dima Hasao ASP. Hiranya Kumar Barman, Nagaon ASP (Border), has been transferred as the ASP (Security) of Kokrajhar d... |
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| ULFA gets a new 'chairman' |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 8: The anti-talk faction of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) has removed Arabinda Rajkhowa from the post of ‘chairman’. In an email sent to media houses on Wednesday, Arunodoy Asom, assistant secretary for information and publicity of the outfit, said, “We had given a three-month ultimatum to chairman Arabinda Rajkhowa to return ... |
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| Body recovered in Kokrajhar district |
From our Correspondent
BONGAIGAON, Aug 8: An unidentified body was recovered on the bank of the river Champa in the Moujabari area under Salekati police station in Kokrajhar district. The recovery of the body created tension in the area. The body has been sent for post mortem.... |
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| ABSU members observe hunger strike to protest BTAD violence |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 8: The All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU) observed hunger strike for eight hours from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Lakhidhar Bora Khetra in Dighalipukhuri here on Wednesday in protest against the unwanted group clashes presently taking place in Kokrajhar, Dhubri and Chirang districts.
In the hunger strike, the ABSU appealed for peace in all sec... |
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| Fence entire Bangladesh border, says Opposition |
NEW DELHI, Aug 8: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and some other opposition parties onWednesday demanded immediate steps to complete fencing on India’s border with Bangladesh to check illegal infiltration.
Taking part in a discussion in the Rajya Sabha on the ethnic violence in Assam, BJP’s Balbir Punj said that about 50 km of the Indian border with Bangladesh had been &ldq... |
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