| CAG report: NRHM under the scanner |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 22: The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) had audited fund allocations under the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in different States in the wake of the multi-crore NRHM scam in Uttar Pradesh.
The CAG report of 2009-10 on performance audit covering the period from 2005-06 to 2007-08 reported irregularities in civil works in States like... |
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| Merapani continues to remain tense |
From a Correspondent
JORHAT, Aug 22: The situation in Gar Basti Merapani turned tense after the house of an Assamese family was burnt down on Tuesday night, allegedly by Naga miscreants. A gang of Naga miscreants burnt the house of Rabi Gogoi on Tuesday night. But according to the local people, the house was burnt down by the Nagaland police. On the other hand, the indefinite economic b... |
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| Two shot dead by miscreants in Dhubri |
From a Correspondent
DHUBRI, Aug 22: Two youths were shot dead and one sustained bullet injury in fresh violence that broke out along the Kokrajhar-Dhubri border under Chapar police station on Wednesday afternoon. Zabedul Islam and Rezzak Ali were shot dead and Ismail Hussain sustained bullet injury. He was admitted at the Dhubri Civil Hospital. “We had gone to Zonrai Beel for fishing w... |
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| Building bridges of understanding |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 22: “Civil policing is important, coupled with the participation of local leaders from both communities, to remove misunderstanding and to build bridges of understanding,” said Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi at a meeting convened in Guwahati on Wednesday with opinion makers and members of civil societies.
The meeting was called to disc... |
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| Fast called against AXX's affairs |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 22: The controversy over the upcoming elections of the Axam Xahitya Xabha (AXX) has reached its nadir following the announcement of a hunger strike by one of its former members. The member also hinted at the possibility of forming a new committee of the apex literary body of Assam, different from the one headed by Rongbong Terong and Dr Parmananda Raj... |
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| 'Citizenship of refugees will be checked' |
From our Correspondent
BONGAIGAON, Aug 22: “The refugees who are still living in the relief camps in the Bodo Territorial Areas District (BTAD) will be rehabilitated after checking their citizenship on the basis of the Assam Accord,” said Dr Bhumidhar Barman, advisor of the Chief Minister, on Wednesday. As directed by the Chief Minister, he visited the violence-affected areas of B... |
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| AGP team calls on Shinde |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 22: A 15-member team of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), led by party president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, called on Union Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde in New Delhi on Wednesday. The AGP team drew the attention of Shinde at the “failure” of the Assam Government in tackling the situation in the Bodo Territorial Areas District (BTAD) in the initial... |
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| BJP Mohila Morcha welcomes HC's bar ban order |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 22: The BJP Mohila Morcha has welcomed the Gauhati High Court’s decision on banning the bars or liquor shops within 500 meters radius of educational institutions, religious places, hospitals, et al in the city.
Talking to reporters here on Wednesday, BJP Mohila Morcha State president Chikimiki Talukdar said the decision of the High Cour... |
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| KMSS, GUSSAM stage road blockade for land patta demand |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 22: Activists of the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samity (KMSS) and the Guwahati Unnayan Samity Samuhor Aikya Mancha (GUSSAM) blocked the road from Dispur Last Gate to Beltola in protest against the State Government’s reluctance to issue land pattas to the landless indigenous people of the city.
The two-hour road blockade resulted in traffic s... |
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