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22 Apr

Youth Congress president Angkita Dutta banned for anti-party activities for 6 years

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On Saturday, Assam Youth Congress president Angkita Dutta was expelled from the primary membership of the Congress for six years. The reason behind the ban is said to be anti-party activities as said by Tariq Anwar, member-secretary of the Disciplinary Action Committee of the Congress. To another reports, Dutta had accused Indian Youth Congress chief Srinivas B V for causing mental agony to her after she revealed sexual harassment charges against former IYC president Keshav Kumar. Dutta through a tweet said, "When previous IYC president Keshav Kumar had sexually harassed and because of #MeToo came out. He was compelled to…

22 Apr

HC Observation on evictees camp

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Gauhati High Court has slammed Assam Govt Himanta Biswa Sarma for not making adequate arrangements for evictees in Assam by calling it “inhumanity of the highest order”. Chief Justice Sandeep Mehta told the Assam government advocate D. Nath on April 21, “How long can you keep people like cattle in temporary shelters built of tarpaulin?” According to the sources, on April 20 senior advocate Bhaskar Dev Konwar visited the rehabilitation camp on high court’s instruction. Earlier, the eviction drive was carried out by the forest department as per an order of the high court based on a public interest litigation…

21 Apr

Oil exploration in northeast disputed areas

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On Thursday, Nagaland Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio met Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and signed an agreement, MoU for oil exploration in the disputed areas of the region for economical benefits. The official announcement was done on Friday. “We have discussed about our border issues and development issues. Because we have to work together, support one another and how to go forward. Assam and Arunachal Pradesh signed an agreement on border dispute today; likewise we are also discussing how we should settle our border dispute outside the court with the ethnic from both sides,” Nagaland CM said. Earlier Assam…

21 Apr

Assam & Arunachal signed MoU ending border dispute

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On Thursday, Assam-Arunachal signed MoU by ending long pending border disputes between the states in the northeast region. According to the sources, the MoU was signed by Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and his Arunachal Pradesh counterpart Pema Khandu in presence of union home minister Amit Shah and union minister for law and Justice Kiren Rijiju, who represents Arunachal Pradesh in Lok Sabha. Union Home Minister, Amit Shah called it historic moment for India witnessing the agreement. “We are witnessing a historic moment in India and northeast’s history. The border dispute between Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, which was going…

20 Apr

MoU to sign by Assam-Arunachal in New Delhi

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Long time ongoing border dispute between the states of Northeast Assam & Arunachal Pradesh has decided to sign memorandum of understanding (MoU) to resolve the dispute. As per reports, both the northeast states will be signing the MoU on Thursday in New Delhi in presence of Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The States’ border dispute is to solve soon under this memorandum. The Assam cabinet on Wednesday approved the recommendations given by 12 Regional Committees formed by the state government to resolve the decades-long border dispute issue with Arunachal Pradesh. The decision was taken during the state cabinet meeting held…

20 Apr

Drugs smuggling in Assam, accused arrested

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Assam Police in Karbi Anglong district seized worth 3 crore heroine, Assam and arrested the accused along with it. According to the sources, two of them are arrested and they are identified as Th Boby, 21 years old and Pusham Abdul Hasim, 26 years old. The drugs were seized under the supervision of the SDPO Bokajan. "On being thorough search of the vehicle, the police team recovered a total of 45 soap cases containing 529.36 grams of heroin. The heroin packets were hidden inside the spare tyre of the vehicle. We have arrested two persons from Manipur. The market value…

19 Apr

Naga community not happy with lyrics of World Record song

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On April 14, Assam etched its name in the Guinness World Records held at Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati, Assam. The mega Bihu performance was organized for 15 minutes in the stadium, with largest number of Bihu performers in the country. According to some reports, some groups like All Assam Naga Welfare Society (AANWS) and the All Assam Tangsa Students’ Union are not happy with lyrics sang by the singer there. The words of the lyrics have hurt the sentiments of the community, calling it racist song for the alleged words used in the song. The lyrics of the song say:…

19 Apr

Assam Govt. announced date for cash prize to Bihu performers from Guinness World Record

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Recently, Assam has entered into Guinness World Record for holding world’s largest Bihu performance in Guwahati, Assam. Along with it the Assam Govt. has also announced its prize for the Bihu performers there. The World Record was held on April 14 at the Sarusajai Stadium in Guwahati, 11,304 bihu dancers and 2,548 drummers that created World Record in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Earlier, the Assam Govt. has announced to offer cash prizes of Rs 25,000 each to all performers and now the date for the prize distribution is decided, according to the reports. From 6 to 8 May…

13 Apr

The State Election Commission held meeting with the district administrators

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This time Tristar Panchayat has 62 thousand 404 Gram Panchayat seats. 9 thousand 498 Panchayat Samiti seats and 928 Zilla Parishad seats. That means the total number of Tristar Panchayat seats is 72 thousand 830.Exactly when the panchayat elections are currently the most popular question among the public as well as the political circles of the state. Duare government's tenure has already increased till the end of this month. So it is expected that the announcement of the date of polling may be in early May. According to a section of the political circles, there is a high possibility of…

13 Apr

Finally, 2 Trinamool leaders were arrested in the crime case in South Dinajpur

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Finally, 2 Trinamool leaders were arrested in the crime case in South Dinajpur. The 'punishment' of joining the BJP, cutting the stake and returning to the grassroots. Finally, 2 Trinamool leaders were arrested in the face of severe criticism. 4 women were punished as 'punishment' for party change, arrested after 7 days. Five days after the incident, two grass workers were arrested last night. The police did not want to take custody of the arrested. Therefore, the court has ordered the custody of the arrested till April 17. On Wednesday night, Vishwanath Das and Anand Roy were arrested. Both are…