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  • Auto driver killed young man when he protested against paying more fare

    Auto driver killed young man when he protested against paying more fare

    Bengaluru (IANS) | An auto driver in Assam killed a 28-year-old man in Bengaluru. It is being told that the only fault of the victim was that he protested against the accused auto driver for charging more fare. The police gave this information on Monday. Accused has been arrested. The incident took place on Sunday night near Yeshwantpur soap factory under Subramaniam Nagar police station area. The deceased has been identified as Ahmed. His brother Ayub was seriously injured in this incident.

    According to the police, the victims took an auto from their workplace to reach their home in Yeshwantpur area.

    On this, when the accused auto driver Ashwath asked for double the fare, the brothers started questioning him. The argument soon turned violent and the auto driver attacked the two brothers with a weapon.

    Police reached the spot, gathered information about the accused and arrested him. Police has started further investigation.

    –IANS

  • Modi flags off Assam’s first Vande Bharat Express, targets previous governments for ignoring Northeast

    Modi flags off Assam’s first Vande Bharat Express, targets previous governments for ignoring Northeast

    New Delhi (IANS) | Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday flagged off Assam’s first Vande Bharat Express through video conferencing, which will connect Guwahati to New Jalpaiguri. He took the occasion to take a jibe at the previous governments for indulging in corruption and neglecting the connectivity and development of the North Eastern states. Along with the semi-high speed train, Modi also dedicated to the nation the New Bongaigaon-Dudhnoi-Mendipather and Guwahati-Chaparmukh electrified rail sections. He also inaugurated the new DEMU/MEMU (workshop for trains) shed at Lumding.

    Addressing the event virtually, Modi said it is a big day for rail connectivity in the Northeast including Assam.

    He said, three projects related to Northeast connectivity are going on simultaneously. In a first, Northeast got its first Made-in-India Vande Bharat today. Second, about 425 km of railway tracks between Assam and Meghalaya have been electrified and thirdly, the DEMU/MEMU (workshop for trains) shed has come up at Lumding.

    He also accused the previous governments of indulging in corruption and neglecting the development and connectivity of the northeastern states.

    He said, before the decade of 2014, there were records of scams in various sectors. The worst hit by these scams were the poor and the less developed regions. Our government gave priority to the welfare of the poor.

    To hide their past failures, some people say that a lot of work was done in the Northeast earlier also, he said. These people made the people of the Northeast wait for decades even for basic amenities. The North East has suffered the brunt of this unforgivable crime.

    Modi also said that infrastructure is for all, equally, without any discrimination. Therefore, this structural construction is in a way true social justice as well as true secularism.

    He also said that today the whole world is talking about the infrastructure work being done in India because this infrastructure makes life easier. The Prime Minister said, this infrastructure creates employment opportunities. This infrastructure is the basis of rapid development. This infrastructure empowers the poor, dalits, backward, tribals, every such deprived.

    Modi said, the last nine years have been of unprecedented achievements for India to build a New India. Only yesterday the country got the grand and divine modern Parliament of independent India. This is the Parliament connecting thousands of years old democratic history of the country with our prosperous democratic future.

    He further said that after coming to power, his government gave top priority to the welfare of the poor. From home to toilet for women, from water pipeline to electricity connection, from gas pipeline to AIIMS Medical College, road, rail, waterways, port, airport, mobile connectivity – we have made full strength in every area, he said. Has worked since.

    Modi said that in the last nine years, the budget for the Railways has been increased manifold as compared to the pre-2014 phase. He said, the average rail budget for Northeast was around Rs 2,500 crore whereas this time the rail budget for Northeast is around Rs 10,000 crore.

    He said, along with speed, today Indian Railways is also becoming a medium to connect hearts, connect society and connect people with opportunities.

    It is also the first Vande Bharat service in the Northeast.

    The travel time of this train is expected to be saved by about one hour as compared to the existing fastest train connecting the two places as it will cover the distance of 410 km in five and a half hours.

    This is the 18th Vande Bharat Express service, which became operational from Monday.

    It will run six days a week and stop at six stations – New Alipurduar, Kokrajhar, New Bongaigaon and Kamakhya including New Jalpaiguri and Guwahati Junction.

    The train will leave New Jalpaiguri at 6.10 am and reach Guwahati in the afternoon. Vande Bharat Express will leave from Guwahati at 4.30 pm. And will return to New Jalpaiguri at around 10:20.

    –IANS

  • Assam BJP president warns of action on infighting in district units

    Assam BJP president warns of action on infighting in district units

    Guwahati (IANS) | Assam BJP has been facing infighting in several district units for the past few days. In at least four district committees, a section of leaders have rebelled against the local leaders. Seven block-level leaders of the BJP in Goalpara complained to Bhabesh Kalita, the party president in Assam, for the removal of district president Brighu Ranjan Rabha.

    A similar situation has also come to the fore in Bongaigaon, Nalbari and Jorhat districts.

    This has angered the top party leaders of the state. Since the Lok Sabha elections are due within a year, the BJP is eyeing at least 12 of the 14 seats in Assam.

    BJP leaders are well aware that the party will have to do well in Assam to regain a commendable position in the Northeast after the Lok Sabha elections. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has set a target of winning 12 seats. The party has also started gearing up for the elections and some preparatory meetings have been held in Guwahati.

    In such a situation, the news of internal discord is a matter of concern for the party.

    Kalita said, we all in BJP have to follow the discipline of the party. The district leaders should learn how the party leadership maintains good equations. We cannot accept indiscipline within the party. If necessary, strict action will be taken against the leaders of a section.

    A few days ago a closed party meeting was held at BJP’s Jorhat district office and some local leaders made the discussion public.

    This has sent shockwaves among the top party leaders in the state.

    Kalita said, the matters discussed in the closed-door meeting cannot be made public. This is our party system. We have sent show cause notices to those involved in the incident.

    However, apart from these four districts, there is a deadlock in other district units of the party as well.

    A senior BJP leader said, after the BJP returned to power in Assam, a lot of leaders from other parties have come in the last few years. The struggle between the new and old classes is the root cause of discord in many places.

    –IANS

  • Principal arrested 10 days after alleged sexual abuse of minor

    Principal arrested 10 days after alleged sexual abuse of minor

    Guwahati (IANS) | The principal of a school in Assam’s Karimganj district has been arrested after she filed a complaint alleging sexual harassment of a minor girl in the school premises, police said on Sunday. An FIR was lodged at Badarpur police station in the district on May 18 against Asar Uddin, head teacher of Bhanga Higher Secondary School, alleging that he called a girl student to his room and sexually assaulted her.

    The police issued an arrest warrant against him after registering a complaint under the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offenses Act (POCSO). However, Asar Uddin fled from the spot after the incident.

    Several social organizations protested against the incident and demanded the immediate arrest of Asar Uddin. Karimganj police caught him from Neelambazar area on Saturday night and presented him in the court.

    According to Karimganj Superintendent of Police Partha Pratim Das, Asar Uddin was hiding in a house there. He said that the police got information about his hiding on Saturday.

    “Our team carefully planned an operation and based on precise inputs, nabbed him from that house,” he added. We produced him in the court. Those who helped hide him are suspected, and we’re looking into the situation more closely.

    Asar Uddin was removed from his post by the Secondary Education Department of Assam last week and advised to help the police in the investigation.

    Mamta Hojai, Director of Secondary Education, Assam, wrote in her letter: “Reports regarding the involvement of Principal Asar Uddin in the sexual abuse of a minor girl student of Class VII of Bhanga HS School have been published in the media, which has tarnished the image of the department. Have done There is a demand from the public and the parents of the students for immediate departmental action against Asar Uddin.

    According to the officials of the district level education department, sufficient evidence is available against the accused and its information was given to the higher authorities.

    Considering this, a need has been felt for departmental action against Asar Uddin, Hojai said in the letter. He has been placed under suspension with immediate effect under Rule 6(1) of the Assam Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules, 1964.

    The medical of the minor girl was done.

    According to officials, the student claimed that Asar Uddin threatened to fail her in every subject if she told anyone about the incident.

    –IANS

  • Assam businessman shot dead by unidentified miscreants, three suspects taken into custody

    Assam businessman shot dead by unidentified miscreants, three suspects taken into custody

    Guwahati (IANS)| Unidentified miscreants killed a businessman in Assam’s Dhubri district. Officials gave this information on Thursday. The incident took place in the early hours of Thursday at the victim’s house in Bilasipara area of the district. The victim, Baseer Ali, was a well-known and well-known businessman of the area. According to the police, Ali was shot from close range by unknown assailants.

    After committing the crime, the miscreants fled from the spot. After getting information about the case, the local police reached the spot and started the investigation. The police have also found an empty cartridge at the crime scene.

    Dhubri Superintendent of Police Aparna Natarajan told IANS, “Based on the preliminary investigation and the statements of Ali’s wife, we came to know that the man had multiple businesses involving transactions of a lot of money.” We are probing the matter from every angle.

    Police have detained three suspects in connection with the case. His identity has not been revealed by the police. Natarajan said that we have detained some people for questioning. Ali’s wife told us that she could not see the faces of the miscreants who shot her husband.

    –IANS

  • Gang rape of 13 year old girl in Kokrajhar

    Gang rape of 13 year old girl in Kokrajhar

    Assam: In the country, the rapists are continuously targeting the girl children. Now a 13-year-old girl was allegedly raped by four youths in a moving car in Kokrajhar district of Assam.

    A senior police officer said that on Tuesday evening, four youths forced the girl to sit in the car. They later took her to National Highway 31C, where they raped her in a moving car. The official said that this area falls near Dotma city. When the police got the information, they started searching.

    The officer said that a case has been registered at Dotma police station. After the search, the four accused were arrested on Wednesday. The accused were produced before a court in Kokrajhar and were sent to three-day police remand.

  • Woman policeman killed in accident, family alleges conspiracy

    Woman policeman killed in accident, family alleges conspiracy

    Guwahati (IANS) | Terming the death of Assam Police sub-inspector Junmoni Rabha as ‘mysterious’, the family has demanded a high-level probe.

    The accident took place in Kaliabor area of Nagaon district.

    According to locals, Rabha’s vehicle collided with a container truck on the national highway.

    The vehicle was completely damaged due to the collision.

    As soon as the news was received, the police reached the spot and admitted Rabha to Kaliabor Civil Hospital. However, the doctors declared him brought dead.

    According to police sources, he was wearing plain clothes.

    Meanwhile, Karuna Rabha, brother of the deceased policeman, said: My sister left home in Guwahati last night and told us she would go with her colleague Abha Rabha, but later we learned she was going alone. Abha claimed that she was not going with Junmoni.

    Junmoni Rabha came into limelight last year when she broke off her engagement with her fiancee, who was accused of corruption.

    Later, he was also accused of corruption, criminal conspiracy, cheating and was arrested.

    He was granted bail by the sessions court.

    –IANS

  • Assam DGP told policemen, lose weight by November or take VRS

    Assam DGP told policemen, lose weight by November or take VRS

    Guwahati (IANS) | Police personnel in Assam, who are overweight, have time till November this year to reduce their weight, else they will have to go for VRS. Assam’s DGP G.P. Singh said on Tuesday. Earlier, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had announced that an obese person cannot work in the state police department. Such police personnel will have to take VRS by following the government procedure.

    Singh said, it has been decided to do professional recording of Body Mass Index (BMI) of all Assam Police personnel including IPS and APS officers, battalions and other staff of the police department.

    “We are planning to give three months’ time till August 15 to all Assam Police personnel including officers and then do BMI assessment in the next 15 days,” he said. Those who are in the obese (BMI 30+) category will be given three more months till November to lose weight.

    Singh further said that officers and personnel who fail to reduce their weight, unless they have co-morbidities like hypothyroidism etc., will be given the option of VRS.

    The DGP also mentioned that he himself would be the first person to go for a professional reading of BMI.

    –IANS

  • Polygamy will be banned in Assam before 2024: Himanta

    Polygamy will be banned in Assam before 2024: Himanta

    Guwahati (IANS) | Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that polygamy will be banned in Assam before 2024. Addressing reporters here, he said that “the process of constituting a committee is underway for a detailed study on the implementation of the ban on polygamy in the state”.

    The Chief Minister said, I hope that it will be formed by this evening. He said the committee would be given three months to submit its report.

    He said, I am hopeful that by the end of this year, before 2024, we can have a law banning polygamy in Assam.

    Sarma’s comments come three days after he said in a tweet that the Assam government has decided to form an expert committee to examine whether the state legislature has the power to prohibit polygamy in the state.

    The committee will examine the provisions of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Act, 1937 along with Article 25 of the Constitution of India as Directive Principles of State Policy, Sarma tweeted. The committee will hold wide consultations with all the stakeholders.

    Earlier, All India United Democratic Front chief Badruddin Ajmal had criticized Sarma’s proposal to ban polygamy.

    He had replied, “There are many problems in the state, but the chief minister is busy with other things.”

    Responding to Ajmal’s statement, Sarma had said, “He (Badruddin Ajmal) is our opposition.” If he supports me, how will people vote for him in the next election? Therefore, I do not give importance to Ajmal.

    –IANS

  • Polygamy will be banned, Assam government took a big decision

    Polygamy will be banned, Assam government took a big decision

    New Delhi. A major decision has been taken to ban polygamy in Assam. In fact, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that we are not going through Uniform Civil Code (UCC), but we want to ban polygamy (more than one marriage) under a state act. The Assam government has decided to form an expert committee to examine whether the state government has the right to ban polygamy in the area.

    CM Himanta Biswa Sarma further said that the committee will hold extensive discussions with all stakeholders including legal experts and examine the provisions of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Act, 1937. The Committee will examine the provisions of the Muslim Personal Law (Shariat) Act, 1937 along with Article 25 of the Constitution of India in relation to the Directive Principles of State Policy for Uniform Civil Code. The committee will hold extensive consultations with all the stakeholders including legal experts to arrive at a considered decision.


    Addressing the people, the CM of Assam said that we also have to make a Uniform Civil Code. More than four marriages are conducted for Muslim women and daughters, is this a system? There should not be such a rule in the world. We must bring Uniform Civil Code and end this polygamy system. He said that Muslim daughters should be made doctors and engineers, not child-bearing machines. BJP has promised to work on Uniform Civil Code if voted to power. I want to thank BJP for this. Notably, the BJP, in its manifesto, has promised the implementation of the Uniform Civil Code in the state of Karnataka, based on the recommendations of a high-level committee, to be constituted for the purpose if voted to power.