Politics / Assam

GUWAHATI, June 19 ? Gauhati High Court has served show-cause notice to Assam State Development Corporation for Scheduled Caste (ASDCSC) Ltd after hearing a writ petition wherein an aggrieved ?beneficiary? brought allegation of irregularities in distribution of 2 Maruti Van sponsored by National Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSFDC) Ltd. When contacted by this newspaper the Chief Accountant of the ASDCSC Lt Sri BN Das, confirmed that a court notice was received by the Corporation on June 18 last asking it to show cause on alleged irregularities in...

NEW DELHI, June 19 ? The hunt is on for a new Governor for Assam, as the NDA Government is undecided over sanctioning Assam Governor, Lt Gen (Retd) S K Sinha an extension for the second term and may instead appoint a BJP man to the top post. While the possibility of the former Vice Chief of Army Staff of being re-nominated is not being ruled out for now, stiff opposition from State BJP unit, which apparently wants him replaced, may mar his chances. The State BJP unit, according to sources in the party, has had on the eve of the AGP-BJP alliance even petitioned Union Home Minister, L K Advani...

GUWAHATI, June 18 ? The high-level meeting between Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and his Meghalaya counterpart, Dr FA Khonglam on the age-old boundary disputes today resolved to follow a three-tier strategy for a sustained effort to resolve the disputes besides deciding against setting up of police tickets/outposts in all ?areas of difference? on either sides of the inter-State boundary. The meeting which was held in a ?cordial atmosphere? for two hours in Assam Administrative Staff College here today, decided that there should be more frequent discussions on the boundary disputes among...

GUWAHATI, June 18 ? The State Government today announced a series of austerity measures including a ban on purchase of vehicles, air conditioners and other gadgets. An official release said that with the exception of the Chief Secretary and the Director General of Police, only one vehicle would be allotted to the entitled officers irrespective of the number of posts and charges held by the concerned officers. All pool vehicles would be under the direct control of the head of departments, directors etc and log books would have to be maintained strictly. Only the Chief Secretary and the DGP will...

Imphal, June 17: The report in The Imphal Free Press about the selection of four tribes of Manipur in the new list of 43 tribes to be recognized as Scheduled Tribes under the Scheduled Tribe Order, 1950, has met with mixed response from different parties. An organization called the Kuki Tribes Recognition Demand Committee, while welcoming the inclusion of "Any Kuki Tribe" into the four selected for inclusion in the ST list, strongly objected to the list of tribes in the IFP which are reportedly annoyed with their non inclusion in the ST list as independent tribes. A memorandum by the...

GUWAHATI, June 17 ? The ULFA today warned those responsible for ?instigating? the relatives of its members to move the Assam Human Rights Commission (AHRC) against the outfit?s commander-in-chief Paresh Baruah. In the latest edition of its mouthpiece Freedom, e-mailed to a section of the media here, the outfit warned ?the person or the group of persons? which was instigating the kin of the ULFA members to appeal to the AHRC that they were forced to join the outfit. Recently about 200 relatives of senior ULFA leaders and cadres had complained to the Assam Human Rights Commission that Paresh...

GUWAHATI, June 17 ? The Human Rights Cell of the Assam Police has directed all the police stations of the State not to detain any non-criminal lunatic (NCL) in a police lock-up. Inspector General of Police, DK Borah, who is the head of the Human Rights Cell of the Assam Police, recently sent a circular to all the police stations with details of the ways to treat a non-criminal lunatic. The circular pointed out that many police officers are not aware of the treatment to be given to the non-criminal lunatics once they are found in a situation where they may either cause injury to themselves or...

GUWAHATI, June 16 ? As per the directives of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) a full-fledged human rights cell headed by an Inspector General of Police has been set up in Assam police headquarters to enquire into all cases of human rights violation by police personnel and it is expected that the cell will go a long way in improving the behaviour of the police towards common people. Inspector General of Police, Sri D K Borah, who heads the human rights cell, told The Assam Tribune that as per the NHRC guidelines, the basic objectives of the cell include monitoring of human rights...

GUWAHATI, June 15? The dawn to dusk Assam bandh called by the Bhumi Adhikar Ganamancha: Assam (BAGA) today in protest against the eviction drives conducted by the Forest Department to clear State?s forest areas of eviction, passed off somehow peacefully without any report of major untoward incident from any place. However, the bandh had affected normal life partially. In the city, today being a Saturday, Central Government offices remained closed, while attendance in other offices including the State Government offices was thin. The long distance buses connecting the suburban area with the...

MUSSALPUR (Nalbari), June 15 ? The All Assam Students? Union (AASU) and the All Bodo Students? Union (ABSU) the two major students? organisations of the State have decided to work together for the development of the students community besides the all round development of the State. The leaders of both the student organisations recently took an oath to fight against those evil power who are trying to create divisions among the students, in solidarity day function held at Mussalpur in Nalbari district recently. Addressing the meeting the president of AASU Prabin Boro said that to unite the...