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Our Correspondent Diphu, Oct. 17 (EMN): The 17th National Mourning Day was observed on Monday to commemorate those who lost their lives in a mass massacre on October 17, 2005 in West Karbi Anglong. Miscreants attacked and killed innocent lives from two Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) transport buses coming down from Jirikending at Charchim – Prisek. Altogether 41 innocent lives, including children, were lost. The National Mourning Day was held at the incident site at Charchim – Prisek. Keeping aside political and religious differences, the victim’s family members and public participated in the mourning day by offering prayers at the commemorative stone. Participating in the mourning day, the Chief Executive Member (CEM) of Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) also offered floral tribute and prayers to the victims at the commemorative stone erected at the site. Addressing the gathering, the CEM said INR 5 lakh has been given to the victim’s family as compensat
Our Correspondent Diphu, July 4 (EMN): All Party Hills Leaders Conference (APHLC) on Monday organised a Sixth Schedule awareness rally in Diphu town demanding a re-election of KAAC ‘as the election conducted in June was not as per the Sixth Schedule provision, but was conducted according to Panchayat laws, which is illegal’. APHLC is the main opposition party of the BJP ruled Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council (KAAC) in the hill districts of Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong. Braving the scorching heat, thousands of APHLC supporters and workers from different parts of Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong participated in the awareness rally. Before the rally was taken out, APHLC leaders addressed the gathering in front of Semson Sing Engti Memorial Park. President of APHLC, JI Kathar said, “There were proxy voting and attacks on non-BJP supporters on the voting day on June 8 in Bithung-Rengthama Member of Autonomous Council (MAC) constituency, the home constituency of Chief Execu