December 28, 1980, Forty Years Ago: Assam agitation
Today was the tenth day of a 13-day state-wide satyagraha the AASU and AAGSP have organised to protest against the central government’s alleged indifference to solving the 15-month-old foreigners’ problem.
By: Editorial | New Delhi | December 28, 2020 3:42:23 am
Nowgong, with Sadiya and Golaghat were earlier scenes of police lathi charges and teargassing in which many people were injured, according to reports received here.
The police fired in Nowgong to disperse a crowd of agitators who had gathered to picket government offices as part of the mass satyagraha on the foreigners’ issue. A bus conductor of the Assam State Transport Corporation, who was injured in the firing, was admitted to hospital. Nowgong, with Sadiya and Golaghat were earlier scenes of police lathi charges and teargassing in which many people were injured, according to reports received here. Today was the tenth day
Forty Years Ago: December 25, 1980
Part of northern India was in the grip of a cold wave as heavy snowfall in the hills and intermittent rain in plains continued for the second day. December 25, 2020 12:18:48 am
The night-long heavy snowfall blocked traffic on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. Indian Airlines could operate only one service to Srinagar because of bad weather.
HM’s Assam offer
Home Minister Zail Singh announced his invitation “without condition” to leaders of the Assam agitation to discuss the foreign nationals issue, which has disturbed the state for to long. He wanted the other side also not to put any conditions. ‘‘Let them come and we will talk,” he told the Rajya Sabha and welcomed Opposition members’ help in the matter. Zail Singh’s invitation came half an hour after the House had heatedly debated a calling-attention motion of A K Sharma (Ind) and others for nearly two hours. The critics of the government had fel
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