| Central team visits Kokrajhar, Gossaigaon to assess relief distribution |
From our Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, Aug 22: A seven-member central team led by Joint Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs Sambhu Singh today arrived here and visited relief camps in Kokrajhar and Gossaigaon to take stock of the situation in the camps that were setup for the displaced people during the violence in lower Assam districts.
The team comprised chief joint secretary, SS M... |
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| ATASU vandalizes TADC's aid distribution function |
From our Correspondent
SIVASAGAR, Aug 22: A tense situation prevailed in Sivasagar today after activists of the All Tai Ahom Students’ Union (ATASU) vandalized some materials at an aid distribution programme organized by the Tai Ahom Development Council (TADC) at Sibsagar Natya Mandir on Wednesday. Alleging anomalies in the inclusion of names in the list of beneficiaries, a group ... |
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| Poor condition of Dibrugarh roads |
From our Staff Correspondent
Dibrugarh, Aug 22: The major PWD roads of Dibrugarh town as well its adjoining areas are in a dilapidated condition. Every major road is filled with pot holes which is posing a great threat to life and property of the passers-by. Some of the roads like the Seujpur path, stretching from Gabharupathar Tinali to Paltan Bazar, Rajani Kanta Bordoloi Road stretchi... |
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| Educationist questions exclusion of Northeast from test centres |
By our Staff Reporter
DIBRUGARH, Aug 22: The failure to select test centres in the Northeastern States of India for students applying for scholarships launched by a leading newspaper house has evoked sharp reaction from the director of a leading education institution here.
The Times of India (TOI) ran an advertisement on August 21 inviting students of Class XII to apply for Time... |
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| Xatradhikars visit Kokrajhar with peace mission |
From our Correspondent
KOKRAJHAR, Aug 22: A group of Assam Xatra Mohasabha (AXM) led by Janardhan Dev Goswami today visited Kokrajhar with a peace mission and called upon the people to restore peace, harmony and tranquility.
The ten-member team at the same time expressed concern over unabated infiltration from across Bangladesh and stressed that the Indo-Bangladesh border ... |
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| Mob beats up three women on witchcraft charge |
From our Staff Correspondent
Dibrugarh, Aug 22: The Lahowal police led by its newly posted officer in-charge, Nikunja Barman rescued two old women and a young girl from the clutches of a section of tea labourers of Rangoliting Tea Estate, Ghoramora in Dibrugarh district today while the labourers were planning to kill them on suspicion of practicing witchcraft.
The injured were r... |
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| Bars violating Excise norms in Jorhat |
From a Correspondent
Jorhat, Aug 22: A large numbers of bars are running in Jorhat violating the Excise Duty Act, 1993. According to Clause 183/ 2 of this Act, license should be granted to those bars, which are located outside 500 meters distance from any educational Institute or religious establishment. However, most of these bars selling foreign and local liquor are flouting the Excis... |
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| Dreaded ULFA militant surrenders |
From our Staff Correspondent
Dibrugarh, Aug 22: Dreaded ULFA militant Hiteswar Dihingia alias Guli surrendered before the Superintendent of Police, Arabinda Kalita here today.
Son of Hanuram Dihingia of Katuhuwa Baligaon, Hiteswar joined ULFA at the instance of Jayanta Handique, a hardcore militant of the district and had undergone training at Bangladesh. Surrendered Hiteswar ha... |
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| 48-hour NC Hills bandh |
HAFLONG, Aug 22: The NC Hills Indigenous Students’ Forum (NCHISF) and the NC Hills Indigenous Women’s Forum (NCHIWF) have jointly called a 48-hour NC Hills bandh from 5 am on August 23 to 5 am of August 25, in demanding creation of a separate Autonomous district with a separate Autonomous Council for the non-Dimasa communities, residing in NC Hills under 3 (c) of articles 244 (2) an... |
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| Youth commits suicide at Gossaigaon |
From our Correspondent
GOSSAIGAON, Aug 22: Binod Boro, a youth who hailed from Darogo Chopa area of Udalguri district in BTAD committed suicide today after jumping in front of the UP Rajdhani Express train at Gossaigaon Haat Railway Station in Kokrajhar district on Tuesday evening. According to GRPP sources, the victim was sitting on the platform and as soon as the Rajdhani Express arrived, h... |
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| Businessman assaulted |
From our Correspondent
DIGBOI, Aug 22: Mintu Ghosh, a small businessman, of RS area in Digboi was assaulted by one Om Prakash Passi alias Babu Passi of Kalibari Housing area in Digboi under Digboi Police station late last night. Om, who was now absconding after the incident, is the son an IOC employee at Digboi AOD. According to eye witnesses, Passi called the poor pan vendor Ghosh, who was r... |
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