| Fresh violence in Chirang district claims five |
From a Correspondent
BONGAINGAON, Aug 25: Five people were killed in fresh violence in lower Assam’s Chirang district. An indefinite curfew has been imposed in the Chirang district after the killings.
With this incident, the total number of people killed in the violence in the BTAD area has gone up to 85.
Police said the bodies were recovered from a paddy field a... |
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| Karnataka Deputy CM appeals to NE people to return |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 25: Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister R Ashoka appealed to the people of the Northeast who had fled from Bangalore and other parts of Karnataka in the wake of the SMS/MMS threat, to return to Bangalore without any fear.
Addressing reporters in Guwahati on Saturday, Ashoka said a city like Bangalore had never witnessed such an incident in the la... |
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| Mayang BDO's house raided |
Taxpayers’ money looted by the BDO recovered from his daughter’s stuffed toys
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 25: Based on the order of the Special Judge Court, Assam, the Anti-corruption and Vigilance wing of the State Police conducted a raid on Saturday at the house of Mayang Block Development ... |
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| Sahitya Akademi Award |
GUWAHATI/JORHAT, Aug 25: Three eminent literary personalities of Assam have been conferred with Sahitya Akademi Awards for their outstanding contributions to the field of language and literature in the State. The recipients of the Sahitya Akademi Awards are : Narayan Chandra Goswami, xatradhikar of Natun Kamalabari Xatra, Majuli; Tabu Ram Taid and Hari Charan Boro for their contributions to the li... |
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| 'Women should raise their voice against atrocities on them' |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 25: “Discrimination against women is a social malaise. But women are not responsible for it,” said Anju Borkotoki, president of the All Assam Progressive Women’s Association. She was speaking at a convention of women organizations held in Guwahati today. Borkotoki called upon women to fight for their rights and added that women shoul... |
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| Stop illegal infiltration into Assam immediately: RSS |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 25: The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) said the illegal immigration from Bangladesh into Assam and other parts of the country should be stopped to keep the law and order situation in the country peaceful. Interacting with media persons here today, RSS’s all India spokesperson Ram Madhav said a section of illegal immigrants in the country was involv... |
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| Himanta resumes duty |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 25: After withdrawing his resignation on Friday, State Health and Education Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma resumed his duty today by signing some files of his departments at his official residence.... |
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| Demand to 'clean up' Axam Xahitya Xabha |
By our Staff Reporter
GUWAHATI, Aug 25: Former central committee organizer, publication secretary and lifetime member of Axam Xahitya Xabha (AXX), Prof Bhabani Prasad Adhikari today staged a 12-hour at Dighalipukhuripaar in Guwahati. This fast had been called in support of Dr Nagen Saikia and Homen Borgohain and against AXX general secretary Dr Parmananda Rajbongshi and the “manne... |
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| The heart of the matter |
Much water has flown down the Brahmaputra after the recent riots in the BTAD area of Assam. And despite the orchestrated violence in Mumbai as well as the exodus of our youths from major Indian cities, the one welcome change that is so visible is in the articles that are being written on the conflict in different newspapers and magazines. They are quite different from what has been written abou... |
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