Bullet riddled body recovered in Assam
Jorhat: Body of an unidentified male with bullet wound was receovered on Tuesday at Lesubari area in Jorhat district, a senior police officer said. The body of a 45-year old man with a bullet injury near his ear was found on the road to Sooteagaon near Nimona Tea Estate here, district superintendent of police Sanjukta Parasher told PTI. The person was suspected to have died after midnight last night, Parasher said. The identity of the person was yet to be ascertained. Investigations were on, she said. (PTI)
Arunachal troupe selected to perform in R Day celebrations
Itanagar: The Rikam Pada dance troupe from Arunachal Pradesh has been selected to perform in the Republic Day celebrations at the national capital. An official release said on Tuesday that the defence ministry has selected Rikam Pada dance from Arunachal to perform in the cultural section in which only five teams are scheduled to participate. Of the total five, four troupes are from the national capital region itself and only Rikam Pada has been selected from outside Delhi through the North East Cultural Centre (NEZCC), Dimapur. The cultural team which includes 150 dancers and 12 teachers from various schools of Itanagar is led by chief choreographer Bengia Tabb, music in-charge Bamang Loram and assistant choreographers Joram Renia and Toko Rina. (PTI)
Arunachal Pradesh decision on fruits, vegetables, eggs
Itanagar: In a decision that would benefit poor farmers, the Arunachal Pradesh government has de-listed fruits, vegetables and eggs from Arunachal Pradesh Agricultural Produce Marketing (Regulation) Act. “The government felt that fruits, vegetables and eggs are by and large perishable produce in nature and due to inadequate storage and market facilities, the farmers are deprived of getting their due return out of the farm produces. Hence this policy decision was necessitated” Chief Minister Nabam Tuki said while passing the order on Monday. The step would benefit the farming community to reduce post-harvest investment for marketing, besides enhancing competitiveness in the emerging agribusiness sector, official sources said. It would also safeguard the interest of small and marginal farmers for selling their marketable surplus at remunerative prices, the sources said. (PTI)
Missing Cotton College teacher’s body recovered
Guwahati: Body of a faculty member of the premier Cotton College, who went missing 10 days ago, was recovered on Monday from the bank of Brahmaputra river in the city, police said. The body of Bhagaban Goswami was found just behind the old. DC Bunglow and it was stuck in a water pumping tool, they said. “We cannot tell immediately whether it is a case of suicide or a murder. We have sent the body for post-mortem. One thing is clear, there is no external injury mark on the body,” an official said. Goswami, head of the History department, had gone missing on January 4 from the North East Book fair in the city. He was dropped by his son at the book fair and reported missing ever since. (PTI)
Assam Governor calls assembly session on Feb 10
Guwahati: Assam governor Janaki Ballav Patnaik on Monday announced to convene a one-day session of Assam Legislative Assembly on February 10. According to an official release, the Governor said: “I summon Assam Legislative Assembly to meet at 9 am on Monday, the February 10, 2014 in the Assembly chamber at Dispur.” The same has been informed to the chief minister and his ministerial colleagues and all the MLAs. (PTI)
Cong urges govt to safeguard people
Kohima: Congress on Tuesday urged the Nagaland government to perform its bounden duties to safeguard the people and see to it that Mukalimi incident did nor recur. Instead of playing a blame game, the state government should peform its duties to safeguard the people and work for their welfare, AICC member K V Pusa said here. Reacting to the ongoing blame game after the Mukalimi incident and the problem between Rengma and Karbi communities in Karbi Anglong district in Assam which has spilled over to Nagaland, the Congress leader said blame game would not resolve the issue but would further aggravate the volatile situation. He urged the government for adequate compensation to the victims of the Mukalimi incident and also worke out measures for the welfare of Rengma people who have been displaced due to the conflict in Karbi Anglong. (PTI)