Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 16 (ANI): The fourth sub-committee meeting for fast-track implementation of the Assam Accord was held on Thursday at the Implementation of Assam Accord Department, Guwahati.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 28 (ANI): Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the National Register of Citizens (NRC) should be reviewed and done afresh.

Guwahati (Assam) [India], March 25 (ANI): Assam Agriculture Minister Atul Bora on Thursday said that the state government has decided to move Supreme Court seeking re-verification of the National Register of Citizens (that was published in 2019 August).

Guwahati Mar 21 PTI Commissioning of PSU major NHPCs much-delayed 2000 MW Subansiri hydro project has been postponed further till August when it will start operation partially the Assam assembly was informed on MondayThe company had earlier set a target of March for commissioning its biggest project being constructed along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh borderIn a written reply to a query by Congress MLA Bharat Chandra Narah in the assembly Power Minister Bimal Bora said that the project has eight units of 250 MW eachAll out efforts are being made to commission two units by August 2022 The project is scheduled to be commissioned by August 2023 Bora saidIn December 2020 the NHPC had said that the Subansiri Lower Hydro Electric Project would be commissioned by March 2022Construction work of the ambitious project at Gerukamukh along the Assam-Arunachal Pradesh border on Subansiri river was stalled from December 2011 to October 14 2019 due to protests by locals and many groups fearing safety and downstream impactAccording to a company estimate in January 2020 the cost of the mega project which was scheduled to be commissioned in December 2012 had escalated to around Rs 20000 crore from the initial worth of Rs 6285 croreThe protests were primarily led by Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti KMSS All Assam Students Union AASU and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad AJYCPTo address the concerns of the agitators multiple committees were formed by the Assam government and the Centre PTI TR SOM SOM

Guwahati Nov 30 PTI At least 13 people including the prime accused have been arrested so far for allegedly lynching an All Assam Students Union AASU leader in Jorhat city while the outfit on Tuesday vowed not to keep quiet until the culprits were given exemplary punishment AASU leader Animesh Bhuyan 28 was beaten to death and two others seriously injured by a group of people following a heated argument over an accident in Jorhat on Monday The lynching took place in front of scores of onlookers who did nothing to stop it Condoling Bhuyans death Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma ordered the police to file the chargesheet within a month for trial in a fast-track court and asked Special DGP Law and Order G P Singh to personally monitor the case A magisterial probe was also ordered into the incident Education Minister Ranoj Pegu visited Bhuyans house in Dergaon on Tuesday morning as per the instructions of Sarma who also announced a relief of Rs 5 lakh for the family of the deceased Meanwhile Jorhat Superintendent of Police Ankur Jain told PTI that 13 people have been arrested so far from various locations for the barbaric incident which has sent shockwaves across the state The main accused Neeraj Das alias Kola Lora dark boy was also arrested We are talking to eyewitnesses and corroborating with video footage to find out if more people were involved in the incident he said Das a drug peddler was earlier arrested in one such case but later released on bail as the trial was yet to begin Several other cases were also lodged against him Jain said The lynching took place in broad daylight when an old man fell down from a scooter in front of Bhuyans four-wheeler but some people claimed that the AASU leader had hit the two-wheeler He and his two friends got down from the vehicle to help the elderly person The old mans son and some friends who were nearby rushed to the spot and started thrashing Bhuyan and his two friends accusing them of causing the accident A large number of people were present at the spot but they remained mute spectators Bhuyan was the education secretary of Brahmaputra Regional Committee of AASUs Golaghat district unit One of his companions was local reporter Mridusmanta Baruah and the other was Pranay Dutta both AASU members AASU chief advisor Samujjal Kumar Bhattacharya and president Dipanka Kumar Nath visited the family members of Bhuyan on Tuesday morning and offered their condolences It is a serious issue for the society that a person was beaten to death because he came out of his car to help another person Humanity is at stake This is happening because there is no fear for law and the government should think about it Bhattacharya told reporters He also demanded that the Assam government must take full responsibility of Bhuyans family Nath blamed the government and the police for the tragic incident as the main accused is a habitual offender and is an infamous drug peddler of the area This is not the first time In recent times Jorhat and nearby areas have seen at least three such lynching incidents including that of Abhijit-Nilotpal and Deben Dutta They are getting encouragement because law is not taking its logical conclusions he said Nath said that culprits of such heinous crimes are not punished for a long time due to loopholes in chargesheets and interrogation This is a barbaric act The police said that they will file a chargesheet in Animeshs case within 15 days We will keep a close watch so that no lapse takes place We will not keep quiet until the killers of our colleague are given exemplary punishments he said AASU has been staging protests across the state demanding justice for Bhuyan In Jorhat the powerful student body took out a march on the main roads of the city Various political parties and social organisations including Congress Anchalik Gana Morcha Raijor Dal Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti and Asom Jatiyatabadi Yuva Chhatra Parishad have strongly condemned the incident and urged the government to take the strictest action against the culprits Another shameful incident of mob lynching in the state This time a young student leader became the victim in Jorhat Its high time the state as well as the country enacts strong anti-lynching laws and takes necessary steps to prevent such horrific crimes Rajya Sabha MP Ajit Kumar Bhuyan said Assam MLA Akhil Gogoi said mob lynching incidents cannot be accepted in a democratic country and demanded that the government introduce a strong Act to prevent such cases Bhuyans lynching brought memories of such incidents in recent times such as that of Abhijit-Nilotpal and Dr Deben Dutta with people criticising the government on social media for taking timely inaction in punishing the culprits On June 8 2018 two friends -- Nilotpal Das and Abhijeet Nath -- had gone to the picnic spot of Kangthilangso waterfalls in Dokmoka police station area in Karbi Anglong district While returning their vehicle was stopped at Panjuri Kachari by a group of irate villagers over rumours that the tourists were actually Sopadharaa child-lifters The villagers then attacked the vehicle pulled the two youths out and bludgeoned them to death Videos of them pleading for their lives went viral on social media The Assam Police had filed an 844-page chargesheet within the stipulated 90-day period in September 2018 against 48 accused in the mob lynching case The case is still in court In another gruesome incident that took place on August 31 2019 Senior Medical Officer Dr Deben Dutta of the hospital of Teok Tea Estate owned by TATA subsidiary Amalgamated Plantations Ltd was killed by an irate mob following the death of a worker undergoing treatment in the medical facility The police within 22 days of the incident had filed a 602-page chargesheet in the District Court which gave death sentence to one accused and life imprisonment to 24 others for lynching the 73-year-old doctor PTI TR ACD ACD

Guwahati Oct 22 PTI The All Assam Students Union AASU staged a satyagraha across the state on Friday in protest against the rising prices of petrol diesel LPG and essential commodities Holding banners placards and cut-outs of LPG cylinders members of AASU raised slogans seeking measures to arrest the spiralling prices of essential goods AASU chief adviser Dr Samujjal Bhattacharjee during the protest outside the organisations headquarters in Guwahati told reporters Both Assam and central governments have completely failed to control price rise There is a food civil supplies and consumer affairs department which is making no effort to halt surge in prices despite knowing that citizens are getting badly affected All sections of people are suffering due to this steep price hike of LPG petrol and diesel but the government is not concerned the AASU chief adviser claimed The students union had no option but to come out on the streets to observe satyagraha and register protest against the anti-people attitude of the government he added During the day the outfit held similar agitations in all district headquarters The opposition Congress had on Thursday demonstrated against price rice across the state PTI ESB RMS RMS