72nd Republic Day celebrated with patriotic fervour across Assam
Along with the rest of the country, the 72nd Republic Day was celebrated with patriotic fervour at Government HS&MP School playground in Kokrajhar on Tuesday.
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KOKRAJHAR: Along with the rest of the country, the 72nd Republic Day was celebrated with patriotic fervour at Government HS&MP School playground in Kokrajhar on Tuesday.
Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) Chief Executive Member
Pramod Boro hoisted the national tricolour on the occasion. Boro offered floral tributes to martyrs at the national martyr tomb in Kokrajhar town. The flag hoisting was organized centrally by Kokrajhar district administration.
Letters to THE EDITOR
Letters to THE EDITOR
As per reports, the State government has allotted certain bighas of land in Guwahati for construction of a Ram Mandir.
The proposed Ram Mandir
As per reports, the State government has allotted certain bighas of land in Guwahati for construction of a Ram Mandir. As this news got air, a section of secularists have immediately questioned the Government of pursuing Hindutva agenda. At the same breathe, questions were thrown at the Government why no masjid is constructed simultaneously. These same breed of animals never question the authority when big masjids are constructed across the nook and corner of the State. Even in remote places for example Barpeta district one would see huge masjids being built in short intervals. We have never seen any violent protest from the pseudo secularists when roadside constructed mandirs are demolished by the authority. In fact, we support the authorities concerned for demolishing the illegally constru
Forest Officials Kill Wild Buffalo in Biswanath, Issues Clarification
Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Biswanath, Mukut Das said that the forest officials were forced to shoot the buffalo in order to save their lives
| 15 Jan 2021 12:34 PM GMT
Biswanath Chariali: Within hours of accusations levelled against the Forest Department officials of Biswanath Chariali on killing the wild water buffalo on Friday, the forest department held a press conference and said that the forest officials killed the wild buffalo in self-defense.
Addressing the media, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) of Biswanath, Mukut Das said, On Friday a wild buffalo killed one person named Sukur Ali in Komalia village in Biswanath, Assam. And after the incident took place our officials along with police personnel reached the spot and tried to chase the buffalo towards the forest, meanwhile, it tried to attack them which forced our forest personnel to shoot, in order to save their lives.
DIBRUGARH: Assam Chah Mazdoor Sangha (ACMS) will launch a ‘Shramik Gorjon’ programme in Dibrugarh on January 18.
ACMS, which is the largest trade union of tea workers in the northeast, is seeking fulfilment of its 11-point charter of demands. Among its major demands are hike of minimum daily wages of tea garden workers from Rs 167 to Rs 351, adequate daily wage and other facilities for labourers working in tea gardens owned by small tea growers, Scheduled Tribe (ST) status for adivasis of Assam and a separate autonomous council for the tea community.
ACMS general secretary Rupesh Gowala on Monday said that that more than one lakh tea labourers of the Brahmaputra valley would participate in the first phase of agitation in Dibrugarh, which would be followed by a similar programme at Biswanath Chariali on January 28. The agitation will culminate in Guwahati with a ‘Dispur Chalo’ programme on February 8.