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Bangladesh is no longer safe heaven for NE millitants
Bangladesh authorities had ‘pushed back’ ULFA chairman Arabind Rajkhowa along with many others through its border posts to India who were promptly arrested by Indian authorities. Apart from many ULFA cadres, leaders from Manipur insurgents too were similarly pushed back to India as India and Bangladesh does not have an extradition treaty. These arrangements worked as Bangladesh elected pro-India party Awami League in 2008.
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Yesterday, MESO ( North East Students Organisation) staged a massive rally at Latashil field in Guwahati. It was supported by many organisations and participated by all walks of life.
This protest was organised by AASU ( All Assam Student Union) which spearheaded 6 year agitation for expulsion of illegal immigrants from 1979 to 1985 which resulted in birth of AGP ( Assam Gana Parishad) which captured power after election was held.
NESO secretary general Gumjum Haider, said, “The movement is not against Muslims, Hindus or any other community. It is against the illegal migrants staying in the North-east.”
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Pradeep Brahma, MLA of Kokrajhar ( West) constituency was arrested today in the morning from his residence at Dotoma near Kokrajhar town. He has been arrested for his alleged involvement in recent violence in BTAD which claimed more than 80 lives so far.
Pradeep Brahma alias Gara is an ex-BLT member who was known as a sharp-shooter during his BLT ( Bodoland Liberation Tigers) days. He is an MLA of Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF), which is an ally of the ruling Congress in Assam.
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SMC Assam, in its continuous endeavor of non-profit events ranging from 1st Assam Photo Walk to Earth Day Tree Plantation 2012 (in association with Regional Science Centre, Guwahati, Assam), is launching a Mobile Photography Contest 2012 starting this 19th August in accordance with the World Photography Day.
Contest is Open to All Indian Citizens. One can practically participate from anywhere. Just send us the entries at smcassam.in@gmail.com
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While a day ago, whole India celebrated bronze medal by Manipuri boxer Mary Kom, today another Manipuri young boy of 17 years old, Premananda Khomdram, got beaten by 30 unidentified boys for no apparent reasons but for being ‘Chink’, as per PuneMirron.in reports.
Khomdram, 17, was on his way to college to check on his pre-exam subject listing, when he was approached by a youth. “Ap Assam se ho?”(Are you from Assam?) the youth asked. “I told him no,” recalled Khomdram.
But before he could get beyond that he was slapped on his head. Then another youth came along shouting, “Sab chinki log ko nahi chhodna,” (Don’t let any ‘chinki’ person go.) The next thing he knew was a rain of blows.
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The previous week has been quite eventful for North East India ( Assam in particular) and Guwahati trended in Twitter for wrong reason. Guwahati Molestation case had become national outrage in both social media as well as mainstream media. Many debates raged in newsroom and well as internet space, and we at North East India Blog had also did a poll on the same topic.
The question we put up was ( the poll is still on) “Do you think that it is justified to upload the mob-molestation video of the victim girl disclosing her identity that multiplies her misery for the rest of her life ?”
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Today, in twitter #ResignAtanuBhuyan campaign has started and it has recorded 266TPH ( Tweets Per hour) as per http://www.twazzup.com. Yesterday, there was protest march and agitation in front of NewsLive office in Guwahati protesting against uploading of the video of molestation of a woman on 9th July evening by NEwsLive TV channel.
Atanu Bhuyan is the Chief Editor In Chief of the NewsLive TV channel which is owned by Riniki Bhuyan Sharma, wife of Assam’s powerful Health and Education Minister, Himanta Biswa Sharma.
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Assam Police today arrested two more accused which were identified by the video footage. The two arrested persons are Diganta Basumatary and Navajyoti Deka, meanwhile one sub-inspector of police Shovan Barua of Dispur Police Station has been suspended.
Assam CM Tarun Gogoi had given 48 hours deadline yesterday for arresting all the identified culprits which were seen molesting the victim in a bizarre Molesting On Camera in Guwahati incident.
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