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25 Dec

Third unnatural death of rhino since September

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Another unnatural death of rhino took place in Assam where a streak of tigers killed a sub-adult rhinoceros in Assam’s Orang National Park on Saturday night. Divisional forest officer Pradipta Baruah told, “The rhino, aged about seven years, was attacked by a group of four tigers that included a female tiger and her three cubs last night. We have found pugmarks of three tigers.” As Rhinos are a major tourist attraction in all the National Parks of the state, their conservation has been a key priority for the government and organizations. To earlier reports, the last rhino death was reported…

23 Dec

Assam CM takes exception to misbehavior of Assam SP

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A forester of Kaziranga National Park was detained by Assam Golaghat SP for not being able to secure a elephant safari ticket for the SP’s family. The forester was allegedly abused and arrested for three hours. According to the sources Assam SP Rajen Singh detained the forester name Tarun Gogoi by Golaghat Police for some time. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma took exception to the reported misbehaviour of the Golaghat Superintendent of Police with a forest department employee. He said, “We do not endorse arrogance and it is important for public servants to remain humble.” Later Gogoi explained the…

23 Dec

Assam three MPs, 83 other candidates to go for Lok Sabha elections

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Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has recently shared a release of aspirants seeking tickets for Lok Sabha election to be held in Assam. According to the release, a total of 83 Congress members in Assam, including all three sitting MPs in the state, have sought party tickets. As per the shared release by APCC, among the 83 candidates more than 10 of them are women. Dhubri has the highest number of aspirants with 13 filing papers, while Kokrajhar has the lowest number with two aspirants. Eleven applications for Karimganj, seven each for Barpeta, Darrang Udalguri and Sonitpur, six for Silchar…

22 Dec

Indigenous people to get houses built by govt without land, Assam

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Assam Government has approved Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) guidelines to construct houses for the rural area people under the Mukhymantri Awas Yojana scheme. According to the sources, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma presided Cabinet meeting on Thursday, the decision was taken to construct 1.3 lakh houses. Addressing the media, the government said that the initiative was taken under Mission Basundhara 2.0, land settlement for indigenous households without land which will be carried out.

22 Dec

Rare fish valued Rs. 4.5 cr seized by Forest dept, Assam

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At Dibrugarh Airport, Assam Forest Department seized around 500 ‘Channa Barca’ fish which is unique and endangered worth Rs. 4.5 crore which was smuggled to Kolkata. The Forest Department cited that, Channa Barca" are protected under Schedule 2 of the Wildlife Protection Act. Further, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the fish was classified as severely endangered in 2014 in Bangladesh. To reports, officials will soon release the fish in the river again.

22 Dec

Precautionary measures already taken to Covid-19,states Health Minister of Assam

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The surge of Covid-19 cases is to hit the state again; the Assam Government is all set to face the situation with major precautions. Recently, a meeting was hold by state health minister Keshab Mahanta chaired by Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya. State Health Minister through ‘X’ asked the people, “Attended the crucial meeting from Guwahati in which the Hon’ble Union Minister advised the states to take precautionary measures and monitor the situation and be prepared in all respects by ensuring availability of ICU, isolation beds, Oxygen etc. in hospitals based on previous Covid experience. No case of the new…

21 Dec

Assam teachers can no longer continue studies while at work

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Teachers and non-teaching staffs can no longer continue their studies while working in provincialised secondary schools without prior permission of the competent authorities. In a letter to the Inspector of Schools across the state, Secondary Education Director Mamata Hojai cited, “Departmental proceedings should be immediately initiated against those teaching and non-teaching staff of the provincialised secondary schools who have acquired any academic or professional qualification during the service period without obtaining permission from the appointing authority.” Prima facie if it is found that the incumbent has violated the rule, Further, if the government servants are found violating the rule then…

20 Dec

ULFA-I trio arrested linked to blasts in Assam

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Recently, there was a blast in three places of Assam, Sivasagar, Tinsukia and Jorhat and ULFA-I have claimed the blasts. In connection to the blast, Assam Police has arrested three men from Guwahati on Tuesday. Earlier, the ULFA-I had claimed responsibility for the blasts stating it was carried out in response to the arrogance of state Director General of Police G P Singh. The DGP in response stated that, ''always refer to me and if they have a cause with me, they can always target me. I live in Kahilipara and my office (DGP headquarters) is in Ulubari, (both in…

20 Dec

BJP should start selling liquor from its offices: AKhilesh Yadav

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During a Cabinet meeting, presided by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has cleared the allowance for 2024-25 liquor sales at airports, metro and railway stations, and cruise ships. On Wednesday, Samajwadi Party Chief Akhilesh Yadav has accused the BJP government for allowing the sale of liquor, saying there is a "deep relation" between alcohol consumption and crime. The leader said that the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) should start selling liquor from its offices.

20 Dec

MPs suspension creates chaos in the parliament

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The Indian Government has suspended 141 MPs from 11 different opposition parties who sit in the lower and upper houses of parliament till the end of the winter session which is to end on Friday. To reports, 78 MPs were suspended on Monday, the highest in a single day. Recently, the MPs were suspended for protesting against the security breach at the parliamentary premises. The parties have accused the leading Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the suspension of the MPs. Further, the Opposition MPs have demanded Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the home minister, Amit Shah Intervention into the matter…