| AASU stages NH-37 blockade |
From our Correspondent
SIVASAGAR, Aug 17: Demanding arrest and punishment of Madhurjya Dutta, a youth Congress member for his attempt to kill AASU activists while staging a road blockade yesterday, hundreds of Sivasagar Regional AASU activists and school students staged a one-hour NH-37 blockade at Gaurisagar on Friday.
It needs mentioning that eight AASU activists were injured,... |
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| BPPF: Police action at Tamulpur a second Jalianwala Bagh event |
From our Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, Aug 17: Bodoland People’s Progressive Front (BPPF) today came down heavily on the Assam Police for creating a reign of terror by unprovoked firing on the peaceful protesters on Thursday at Tamulpur in Baksa district where at least 12 innocent people received bullet injuries and demanded that the erring police officer should be transferred and such... |
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| 'Mass exodus of Northeast people unfortunate' |
From our Staff Correspondent
DIBRUGARH, Aug 17: The national executive member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Sarbananda Sonowal termed mass exodus of Northeast people from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad, Maharashtra and Delhi as extremely unfortunate, lamenting that the people of the Northeast in general and Assam in particular have always been harassed in other parts of the... |
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| AKRSU decries attack on Rajbongshis in train |
From our Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, Aug 17: The All Koch Rajbongshi Students’ Union (AKRSU) today decried the attack on the Rajbongshis in the trains in South India by Muslims and demanded safety and security to the passengers in the trains.
The president of AKRSU Hitesh Barman in a press meet held at the union’s office at Dimalgaon in Kokrajhar said the killing of San... |
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| AATSA protests over VDP secretary's killing |
From our Correspondent
SIVASAGAR, Aug 17: Protesting against the brutal killing of Michel Purty, a resident of 5 No. Bakupukhuri under Charaideo subdivision and Adivasi VDP secretary on August 8 by suspected ULFA cadres at Lengribor under Mathurapur police station in Sivasagar district along the Assam-Nagaland border, the Assam Tea Tribes Students’ Association (ATTSA) staged a pro... |
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| SSB 15th Battalion declared Best Marching Contingent |
From our Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, Aug 17: The 15th Battalion of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) was judged the Best Marching Contingent during the Independence Day parade at Kajalgaon, Chirang. This was informed by the Assistant Publicity Officer GD Saklani. Chief guest Kampa Borgoyary, deputy chief of BTC handed over the Best Marching Contingent Trophy to the Commander of the Marching Continge... |
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| Dhekiakhowa Bor Namghar ready for month long Nam Kirtan |
From a Correspondent
JORHAT, Aug 17: The Dhekiakhowa Bor Namghar has been made ready for a month long Nam Kirtan from tomorrow. The managing committee of the Namghar has already prepared the Namghar clean by white washing and painting for the devotees. Although the Namghar campus has been developed for the devotees, the subway had not been completed through Humdia gaon to facilitate the Bhakt... |
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| Thousands of Assamese people arrive at Jorhat from other States |
From a Correspondent
JORHAT, Aug 17: Thousands of Assamese students and working people arrived today at Jorhat from States outside of Assam. Most of the students and working people arrived today at Jorhat by trains and night buses from Guwahati. Among them about one thousand young boys who were working at different companies and studied at different educational institutions in various States ... |
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| AKRSU burns effigies of HM and Railway Minister |
From our Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, Aug 17: Kokrajhar district committee of the AKRSU led by vice president Labanya Kr Ray today burnt the effigies of Union Home Minister Sushil Kr Shinde and Railway Minister Mukul Roy at Dimalgaon for failing to provide safety and security to the people of Northeast in trains. The student body also demanded safety and security to the people of Northeast who ar... |
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