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| Mohilary condemns Dotma firing, offers Rs 1 lakh compensation to each victim |
From our Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, July 8: BTC Chief, Hagrama Mohilary on Saturday strongly condemned the killing of two persons by unknown armed miscreants near Angthihara under Dotma police station in Kokrajhar on Friday. He said that such heinous crimes should not be repeated.
In a brief press meet held at the party office here, Mohilary said there should be proper high... |
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| UPF felicitates meritorious students |
From our Correspondent
SIVASAGAR, July 8: A total of 30 meritorious students of HSLC and HSSLC examinations were felicitated by the Sivasagar district committee of the newly formed political party, the United People’s Front (UPF) of Assam in a function held at Shikshak Bhawan, Bishnu Nagar in Sivasagar today.
The felicitation ceremony was attended by Dr Gunin Basumatary,&n... |
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| Controversial agreement on bamboo supply cancelled |
From our Correspondent
JAGIROAD, July 8: Following protests against the controversial agreement between Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) and the M/S Hills trade agency of Guwahati, for supply of bamboo from Karbi Anglong to the Nagaon paper mill (NPM) of Hindustan Paper Corporation (HPC) here, the KAAC has cancelled the agreement and made way for the NPM for procuring bamboo dire... |
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| Protest continues against assault on KMSS leader |
From our Correspondent
CHAMATA, July 8: The health condition of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti(KMSS) general secretary and RTI activist Akhil Gogoi remained unstable on Saturday night, sources from the Swahid Mukunda Kakati civil hospital in Nalbari, said on Sunday.
Talking to The Sentinel, Dr Jatin Barman, superintendent of the civil hospital said, that the KMSS leader was suffe... |
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| Hardcore ULFA cadre nabbed |
From our Correspondent
DIGBOI, July 8: A 2008 batch of Myanmar trained hardcore ULFA militant, identified as Manoranjan Gogoi alias Arup Bora (25) of Bosa gaon of Sadiya in Tinsukia district was apprehended by a joint team of security forces early last morning at Sitpani in Mahadevpur near Namsai in Lohit Ditrict of Arunachal Pradesh.
According to official sources, the outlawed ... |
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| Tankers carrying adulterated diesel seized |
From a Correspondent JORHAT, July 8: OIL officials seized a tanker carrying adulterated diesel to Jorhat on Saturday after complaints by AJYCP Jorhat City committee. As per report received, the tanker bearing registration no AS-23G-1122 had been carrying diesel from Assam Oil, Tinsukia to the Sun birth depot at Kushal Konwar road in Jorhat yesterday. The truck workers did not unload the diese... |
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| Legal service authority makes assessment of flood peril |
From a Correspondent Goalpara, July 8: The Legal Service Authority(LSA), under the order of the Supreme Court of India, is taking stock of the flood situation in all districts of Assam. In Goalpara, there are at least five teams making regular rounds of the flood affected areas to assess the extent of damage caused by the floods since July 5. The team includes 11 advocates from Goalpara distr... |
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| Sonowal flays government for poor law-and-order situation |
From our Staff Correspondent Dibrugarh, July 8: Former MP and National Executive Member of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Sarbananda Sonowal, flayed the State Government for the deteriorating law and order situation in the State. Expressing serious concern over the rising criminal activities and corruption in all departments of the State Government, Sonowal sought Governor’s ... |
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