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| ‘We will not allow NRC update disruption’ |
| Twenty-five organizations of the State, including the All Assam Students’ Union (AASU), All Bodo Students’ Union (ABSU), All Tai Ahom Students’ Union (ATASU) and others, today made it clear that under no circumstances would they allow the government to stop National Register of ... |
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| Five CRPF troopers killed in blast |
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At a time when efforts are on to initiate peace talks between the government and the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA), five CRPF personnel were killed and 30 injured, five of them critically, in a landmine explosion near Holmari village in Goalpara district today. The Unit... |
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| ULFA, NDFB may be behind blast: PC |
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Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said that the anti-talk factions of the United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) and the National Democratic Front of Boroland (NDFB) might be responsible for today’s blast in Goalpara district in Assam where five CRPF jawans were killed. He said ... |
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| Barman to look after affairs on CM’s behalf |
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Revenue Minister Bhumidhar Barman will look after all affairs of Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi till Gogoi resumes office after his heart surgery. Gogoi wrote a letter to the Chief Secretary stating that in his absence, Barman would take care of all affairs of the State on his behal... |
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| CBI probe will be free and fair: PM |
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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has assured a delegation of the Opposition parties from Assam that the CBI inquiry into the multi-crore-rupee NC Hills scam would be done in a free and fair manner.
A delegation of the Opposition parties from Assam met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh... |
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| Gogoi admitted to Asian Heart Institute |
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Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi was today admitted to the Asian Heart Institute in Mumbai where his heart surgery will be conducted on August 4. Preliminary examination of his health started this evening.
Gogoi was taken to Mumbai from New Delhi earlier in the day. He was accompani... |
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Need moratorium on talks with newer rebel factions |
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The Ranjan Daimary faction of the NDFB is desperately trying to prove that it is the only potent badshah of terror in Assam today. If desperate rebels of the faction blew up a train track in Kokrajhar district on July 8 that killed a child and injured a dozen others, and ambushed an SSB patrol, killing four troopers on July 26, it was to prove just one thing— that the faction was alive and kicking and must be taken seriously by the authorities. One faction of the NDFB is already on a ceasefire and is talking to the Government. The recalcitrant group that is indulging in the latest bouts of terror has just seen its Bangladesh-based chief Daimary being picked up by authorities in Dhaka and han... |
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