Archive for November, 2007
Guwahati blocks NDTV and CNN-IBN
A protest against media, who tells half-truth! Two national news channels NDTV and CNN-IBN have been blacked out indefinitely by cable operators of Guwahati for allegedly airing “misinterpreted version” of the clash between locals and Adivasi protestors here last week.
The Coordinator of Greater Guwahati Cable Operators’ Association (GGCOA) Iqbal Ahmed said here today that the [...]
Adivasi demonstration in Golaghat
A peaceful demonstration! More than 400 activists of the All Assam Adivasi Tea Students Association (AATSA) and All Adivasi Students Association (AASA) on Thursday, staged a peaceful demonstration in Golaghat.
Similar protests were also organised in the tea garden areas of the district, but there was no report of any untoward incident, they said. Local businessmen, [...]
Ten injured in Tinsukia following a rumour
At least ten persons were injured during a stampede following a rumour of a bomb blast in the Bordumsa area of Assam’s Tinsukia district on Wednesday. Police said panic spread in the bazaar area after a loud sound which was caused by a tyre puncture of a truck.
The people taking it to be a bomb [...]
Govt rejects adivasi demand for ST
After the spiralling violence in Assam, Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil on Tuesday rejected the adivasi demand for Scheduled Tribes status. The adivasis have been maintaining all long that ST status is required to protect their unique identity in the state.
Patil said, “By turning violent, these tribals have lost their tribal bearings.” He also said [...]
Militants killed eight mill workers
A fight against whom? About a dozen heavily armed militants of the Dima Halam Daogah (DHD), a group fighting for political autonomy for Dimasa tribespeople, attacked two saw mills in the North Cachar Hill district of Assam and shot at workers, killing eight. More than half a dozen were wounded in the attack.
A man identifying [...]
Who wants violence in Assam?
A problem that can’t be solved by violence! We are talking about the violence in Guwahati and the problems of Advisai people. We think that it was a result of historical anger. It was the anger against the ethnic Assamese people. It was the anger of adivasi people, against the neglect and abuse of by [...]
Brahmaputra river from Space
A nice view! On October 13, 2000, the Expedition 3 crew of the International Space Station, high over Tibet, took this interesting photo of the Brahmaputra River. This mighty Asian river carves a narrow west-east valley between the Tibetan Plateau to the north and the Himalaya Mountains to the south, as it rushes eastward for [...]
Police arrested 3 for stripping an adivasi woman
A good move! Today, Guwahati police has arrested three youths for allegedly stripping an adivasi woman on Friday in the Beltola area of the state capital, when the people attacked adivasi protestors.
All the three were picked up by police on Sunday night. Two of them are shopkeepers of Beltola area. The main accused was Anil [...]
Four bomb blasts in Assam
A day after mayhem on Guwahati streets, the spectre of violence reared its head once again with four explosions rocking different parts of the state on Sunday, killing at least two persons and injuring several others.
The twin blasts in Guwahati took place in front of a factory at Aathgaon, killing one person and injuring two. [...]
Adivasi protestors killed one during ‘Bandh’
At least one person was killed and half a dozen injured in sporadic incidents of violence during the All Assam Adivasi Students’ Association(AAASA) sponsored 36-hour ‘Assam bandh’ (general strike) called from Monday.
Assam Police sources here said the Adivasi protestors attacked two vehicles at Karigaon in Kokarjhar on National Highway 37, killing one on the spot [...]
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